TRP Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Texana Raceway Park August 29, 2009 “The Younger of the Racing Chamberlain’s Scores First Feature win at Texana” Hitting a high of 91 degrees on Saturday it felt as if a cool front had suddenly hit the area. However, for what the slightly milder temperatures would offer during the day, the night’s racing adventures would heat things up to make up for the less than triple digit temps during the day. Wrapping up the heat race events in quick fashion it was feature time. The mini-stocks rolled out first with a healthy field of 13 cars to start their feature. Three new comers to the group were welcomed in with open arms. Interestingly enough, it was the top three point's holders starting 1st, 2nd and 3rd (Jason Bloom, Zach Tesch and Lauren Chamberlain). Chase Sanchez started on the outside of Row 2 in the 4th position. When the green dropped, Tesch got the point moving in front of Bloom with Chamberlain and Sanchez racing for 4th. The race quickly became a fan pleasing show as the top 4 started to pull away from the field and ran very close together as a group. Throughout the entire field of 13, the youngsters proved they have what it takes as they ran the entire event caution free. The front 4 started putting on a great show for the fans as they ran several laps in a tight cluster with not so much as even mild paint sharing among the group. Chamberlain, who was one of two female competitors in the group of 13 along with Ashley Perks, worked past Sanchez as the foursome continued to distance from the rest of the field. With the four running nearly nose to tail, the lady in the pack then used a consistent line to pass Bloom. At this point it was Tesch, Chamberlain, Bloom and Sanchez. After a few laps of following Tesch, Chamberlain was able to come off of turn 4 with a good bite and race side by side with Tesch headed down the front straight into Turn 1. Chamberlain would make the low line stick and pass Tesch coming out of 2. With the top 4 still running in a tight cluster, lap traffic was the next task at hand. Chamberlain got a good run at two lappers and was able to pass them on the back straight before reaching turn 4. This gave Chamberlain a chance to distance herself a bit as the next three had to negotiate the same lap cars. With laps winding down, Chamberlain held on to the lead and scored her first feature win at Texana Raceway Park. “This may not be the first career feature win, but it’s my first win at Texana and this is very special. I’ve so wanted a win here, because this is the track where I learned how to race starting two years ago. We have some very good mini’s here and a group of very good drivers. To win against these guys is an accomplishment”, said Chamberlain following the event. Mini Stocks (top 5) 55 Lauren Chamberlain 49 Jason Bloom 63 Chase Sanchez 72 Zach Tesch 82 Colton Sinibaldi If you love close racing, then a race in the Texana Classic Dwarfs with Andrew Cline and Willie Veach Jr., is sure to deliver. Early in the event, Cline went to the lead, with Ryan Watkins, Gary Faris and Willie Veach Junior hot on Clines bumper. The Texana Classic Dwarfs actually had three good races going on at one time with the second group consisting of seven cars running in a tight bunch and running lap after lap very close ant at times three wide in the turns. As the event progressed, a scary moment occurred as past track champion, Greg Sexton flipped on the front straight. Fortunately Sexton was ok and walked away from the wreckage and back to the pits. Back to racing, the excitement was building as Veach had moved up to 2nd position and was placing the heat on Cline. Veach looked low, high and all points in-between. At one point, Veach got a good run out of the turn and pulled beside Cline. But, Cline would stay strong and pull back out front again. Meanwhile, Frank Fruia and Greg Sexton moved up into the top 4 in 3rd and 4th respectively. Dave Tedford also moved up into the mix getting 3rd for a moment. The race up front between Cline and Veach produced a thrilling finish as Veach made one last run to the lead pulling beside Cline coming out of turn 4. As the two crossed the finish line, it was Cline by no more than half a car length. According to Cline, who celebrated his 24th birthday on August 24th “I was glad to see that checker flag. I could feel the heat from Veach and it was close at the line”. Texana Classic Dwarfs (top 5) 19 Andrew Cline 41 Willie Veach 3x Frank Fruia 13 Mike Christians 40 Ryan Watkins The Bomber feature would take many twists and interesting turns before the checker would wave. Janet Perks took the early lead with Chris Shafer in 2nd. Shafer would work past Perks with Nic Priem in 3rd. All the while David McBride and Shawn Kline were holding their own and would end up scoring 3rd and 4th. Bombers (top 5) 77 Chris Shafer 12 Janet Perks 26 David McBride 11 Shawn Kline 31 Brian King In Hot Stock Truck action, the winning driver who also was the night’s “featured driver” may have felt that being a “featured driver” can be a good luck charm. Greg Turner took the early lead. But, in this race there would be very little margin for error if Turner would stay in that first position. Bob Ort was testing high and then low to put pressure on Turner. Eventually Ort was able to pull aside Turner, as Ort slipped in using the low line. The two would race back to the next turn and Turner edge ahead slightly. Seeing the need to protect the low line, Turner drove lower in the turns while in front of Ort to protect that line. If Ort was going to be able to make another run at it, he’d have to use the long way around. Ort gave it a try, but Turner was consistent and carried it to the checker. “If I’d of known being the featured driver would have been a good luck charm towards winning the feature, I’d have asked to be featured driver a long time ago” stated Turner after the event. And then Turner asked, “Can I be featured driver next race also?” Hot Stock Trucks (top 5) 13 Greg Turner 43 Bob Ort 84 Justin Bloom 76 Justin “Peanut” Airhart 39 Nathan Kildair Shane Hoefling and Paul White led the parade of limited modifieds to crank up their feature. Hoefling went to the early lead with White close behind. Hofeling would lead the first several laps, but got a little loose in 1&2 opening the door for White to pass. At that point, White headed for the lead and Hoefling had some distance to make up. Meanwhile in 3rd place was “Last Minute Racing’s” Mickey Helms working his way forward. As the race progressed, the top three cars would remain with White, Hoefling and Helms to the finish. Limited Modifieds (top 5) 216 Paul White 63 Shane Hoefling 175 Mickey Helms 43 Jeff Mueller 90 Barry Moody Doing double duty each night, it’s not uncommon for White to get on a role and score two feature wins in a night. In the Modified feature, White headed to the early lead and never looked back. Jesse Manning spun in 1&2, went to the tail of the field and would work diligently to get back to 2nd. Manning and Darin Leonard would provide several laps of good clean racing action competing for the 2nd spot. On this night, no one had anything for White as he would cruise to a smooth victory. Modifieds (top 5) 2w Paul White 76 Jesse Manning 26 Darin Leonard 155 Vince Kacir 96 Foster Ellison III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48mom Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Janet took 1st place!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRP Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Janet took 1st place!!!!!! On the track, yes. But, they all discussed it and 77 was awarded 1st place and 12 got 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckster Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Janet took 1st place!!!!!! At the end of the night it turned out that #77 was the winner because Janet got into him and PUSHED him almost into the wall. A case of driving into hard into the turn and going up into the driver, Janet even admitted to this and it was witnessed by a track offical. That is why first place ended up going to the #77 and Janet got 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRB76 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 At the end of the night it turned out that #77 was the winner because Janet got into him and PUSHED him almost into the wall. A case of driving into hard into the turn and going up into the driver, Janet even admitted to this and it was witnessed by a track offical. That is why first place ended up going to the #77 and Janet got 2nd. That's a crock ! I was there and Janet made a legal pass for the lead, THEY NEVER TOUCHED ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texana55 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 How 'bout that driving by the blonde headed girl in mini's, getting her a Texana win. The track where she started kicking up her first dirt 2 years ago. Very proud of you Lauren... You drove smart, smooth, and cautiously, choosing your passing locations. You did so much of what we've talked about and worked on so hard, to get your car up there clean and smooth. - Dad (Monty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRB76 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 How 'bout that driving by the blonde headed girl in mini's, getting her a Texana win. The track where she started kicking up her first dirt 2 years ago. Very proud of you Lauren... You drove smart, smooth, and cautiously, choosing your passing locations. You did so much of what we've talked about and worked on so hard, to get your car up there clean and smooth. - Dad (Monty) Lauren ran a great race and faced some good competition, Congrats to her on her first (and won't be her last) feature win ! Everyone is very proud of you Lauren ! You have a great Teacher ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texana55 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Lauren ran a great race and faced some good competition, Congrats to her on her first (and won't be her last) feature win ! Everyone is very proud of you Lauren ! You have a great Teacher ! Thx... 4th win thus far this year, but first one at Texana. Those guys that always run up front are darn good young drivers (Jason, Zach, Chase and others). It's been her goal this year to try and get a win at Texana. She felt like if she could pull that off against those guys she would have really accomplished something, because we view them as a pretty good benchmark. And, they were were all still running and getting after it at the end. The mini race was very good. I'm always impressed with how our young racers get it done out there. 13 kids and no cautions. Very impressive. I think a lot of all of the kids competing in mini's and I know the track does as well. Now, just a few days to get ready and here we go this weekend with two days of fun....... And, if Lauren will do it, she's going to get some seat time in my car this Saturday with the bombers at Texana. She hot lapped it recently and it will be good for her to start getting a feel for the big car.... She can be like Paul White doing double duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckster Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 That's a crock ! I was there and Janet made a legal pass for the lead, THEY NEVER TOUCHED ! If they never touched why did Janet go over to the driver #77 and apologize for getting into him? And why did she tell Bruce that she indeed went into the turn to hard and did indeed get into that driver? It was the result of hard racing and contact that could have been costly at any rate. What difference does it make it has been settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirttrackfan Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 If they never touched why did Janet go over to the driver #77 and apologize for getting into him? And why did she tell Bruce that she indeed went into the turn to hard and did indeed get into that driver? It was the result of hard racing and contact that could have been costly at any rate. What difference does it make it has been settled. Janet admitted she went in hard...what driver wouldnt...right before the checkered flag! Plum Crazy Racings true fans know that Janet WOULD never DO anything intentionally to take anyone out! So she didnt get 1st...Oh well she will always be first in her fans eyes. Even though she did deserve the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanmachine33 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Rubbin is racing!!! I know from experience what the wall feels like when other drivers go in the corner to hard, or out of the corner to hard, but you rub it off and live to race another day. The 77 should just be lucky his car was not tore up and take the 2nd place finish and run. JMO But heck what do I know!!! Plus most racers would knock their own mother out the way for the checkered flag!!! And their mother probally wouldn't cry about it............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMR11 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Im staying out of the 12 and 77 conversation. But i can say this the whole twenty laps i was on the track with them me and McBride had our own race going behind them. Lap after lap side by side. NOW THATS WHAT I CALL CLEAN RACING! I think we touched maybe once or twice but nothing for either one of us to cry about... RUBBING IS RACING! THAT IS THE QUOTE I BELIEVE. Great run David had a blast hope we can do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8G RACING FAMILY Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 CONGRATS Lauren WTGO KEEP UP THE HARD WORK UR SURE MAKING UR DAD PROUD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1970 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 CONGRATS Lauren WTGO KEEP UP THE HARD WORK UR SURE MAKING UR DAD PROUD Good job 55 !! The track made the right call on the 77 winning he made the pass for the lead clean and deserved the win !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texana55 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 CONGRATS Lauren WTGO KEEP UP THE HARD WORK UR SURE MAKING UR DAD PROUD Good job 55 !! The track made the right call on the 77 winning he made the pass for the lead clean and deserved the win !! Thanks guys, for the congrats for Lauren. Shad- You running Sunday? Greg & Family - Good luck in Boone and be careful driving up there and back. We'll keep track of the results My mom and step-dad are heading down from McKinney and they are going to the races with us on Saturday and Sunday. woo hoo. -Monty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanmachine33 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Im staying out of the 12 and 77 conversation. But i can say this the whole twenty laps i was on the track with them me and McBride had our own race going behind them. Lap after lap side by side. NOW THATS WHAT I CALL CLEAN RACING! I think we touched maybe once or twice but nothing for either one of us to cry about... RUBBING IS RACING! THAT IS THE QUOTE I BELIEVE. Great run David had a blast hope we can do it again. I ran with David for 3 years, very clean driver, Shaun you too, but just step in Janet's shoes for one second. You get a run on the leader going down the backstretch, last lap, checkers flyin, do you run in hard and give it your all and chance RUBBIN the leader or do you just SETTLE for second place? Hmmmmmmmm................................................................the 77 would have done the same, would he not? What do you think Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMR11 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Well of course im gonna drive it in hard hoping it sticks but if rubbing goes on then it dont matter. If you dont want other peoples paint on your car leave it at home. And i for one dont mind a little trading paint. Its the most exciting i think. My opinion is RUBBING IS RACING!!!! Let it go and be done with it.... No personally i dont want to just settle for second, NOBODY wants to just settle for the first losers spot they are gonna give it their all... I have ran with Janet this would be my second season now and never once had a problem trading paint with her on occasion. O well what is said on here is just blow off now. Its done and over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1970 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I will be there , going to be weird racing on a sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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