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Team n9rracing Crew Chief: Uncle Ray Modified Driver: Cory Nuttle Mini Stock Driver: Jake Hinton |
Meriwether Tool Showcase Grafix Pipedreams Chassis Minich Racing |
September Baer Field |


August 31st Angola Speedway USA Modified event Cory had decent practices and had made plenty of adjustments and thought he had the right setup combination when he went out to qualify, but the car wouldn't shift in to gear, so he had to start at the back o both the heat and the feature. The heat race looked very promising until Cory found himsel one of the many victims of Ralph Baxter IIIs inability to control his own car and was barely able to keep himself from being spun out by the out of control driver. It took 6 or 7 laps to catch back up to the rest of traffic and by that time the race was over, with Cory in the 5th position. We are hoping Baxter takes up golf or perhaps tennis for a hobby next season. Cory started around the 20th position for the feature and ran well, holding his own against the other drivers. There were a lot of cautions, and near misses for Cory but he kept his head on straight, his eyes on the traffic ahead of him and stayed out of trouble and brought home around a 14th place finish. Jake had a great start to the day by clenching fast qualifier and running a very solid second place in the fast heat race. The feature race on the other hand was just riddled with cautions, luckily most of which did not involve Jake in any way, and he made his way up to fourth place a couple of times after staring in the back, and then being sent to the back, and then being sent back a couple of positions for jumping the start. Jake was trying to make a move on 3rd place when something in the car just let go and he was forced to pull off the track for a mechanical failure. The guys are still trying to figure out exactly what failed in the car, but will get it squared away and we will be back out in 2 weeks! The team is taking off the weekend of the 6th to join Rory and Morgan in celebrating their marriage so we will see everyone the following weekend! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * August 30th Baer Field Speedway Jake had a decent night at Baer Field, it was retro night, so he ran a dash instead of a heat, which he won, and then he finished 5th in the feature * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * August 23rd Angola Speedway Cory finally got the mod finished and out on the track for the first time of the year! It was a great first night, Cory qualified mid pack, and won his heat race. He was running great in the feature and was keeping pace with the faster cars without problem until about halfway thru another car made contact with him going into turn 3, breaking a shock and causing enough damage to end his night. It was still a great night though! Chad Richardson joined us this weekend driving Jake's mini stock, he qualified decent and also won his heat race. Chad jumped out in front in the feature race and led the entire first half of the race before he was shown the black flag for breaking out of his qualifying time and having to give up the lead. All in all a great fun night for the team though, everyone was happy at the end of the night. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * August 16th Baer Field Speedway Jake ran Baer Field and did a good job, he qualified 4th, and then ran 4th in the heat. In the feature, coming around turn 2 there was contact made from another car and the cars got locked together! After a 30+ minute caution in which Jake had to fight to keep them from puncturing his tire to get the cars apart, the race restarted and Jake had to go to the tail because of being involved in the caution. Jake came all the way from the back and ended up 4th by the end of the race. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * August 8th Baer field Speedway Cory raced the Mini tonight, and qualified 3rd, struggled a lot with the cars handling, and ended up 7th in the heat and in the feature. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * August 2nd Plymouth Speedway Jake ran 3rd or 4th in the heat race and then 7th in the feature * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * July 26th Plymouth Speedway Jake qualified 10th, and then the guys found something in the handling. Jake went on to "win" the heat race, but broke out and ran under his time, earning the black flag. Because of the black flag in the heat race, he had to start dead last, 24th, in the feature. by lap 5 he was in 11th place, and ended up 4th at the end of the night, and had a great time doing it. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * July 20th Angola Speedway "run what you brung" race Jake qualified 6th, finished 4th in the heat and in the feature. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * July 19th Baerfield Speedway Qualifying rained out, Jake ran well, finishing 1st in the heat and 3rd in the feature! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * July 12th BaerField Speedway Jake qualified 6th, ran 2nd in the heat and finished 4th in the feature * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * July 5th Baerfield Speedway Cory ran the car this week, He qualified 3rd, finished 3rd in the heat and 4th in the feature * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * June 28th Angola Speedway * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * June 21st Plymouth Speedway With BaerField Speedway rained out, the team headed to the only local track still running for the night, Plymouth. The team showed up at the track and after only getting 10 laps of practice realized that the Plymouth Mini Stock rules were quite a bit more liberal than the BFS rules are! After some adjustments Jake still managed to pull out a 3rd place in the heat race, and then was going for the lead in the feature and had to check up for some slower traffic. Unfortunately, the cars behind him didn't check up and ended up KOing Jake in the rear, ending his night early. The guys liked the track though and had a great time. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * June 14th Baer Field Speedway Jake qualified 2nd, and then finished 7th in the heat race, but rallied well to finish 2nd in the feature race! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * May 31st Baer Field Speedway Jake qualified in 3rd, finished 2nd in the heat and went on to finish 4th in the feature. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * May 24th Baer Field Speedway In his first night of the 2008 season Jake qualified 7th, finihed 5th in the heat and then 4th in the feature. |