Let's get back to the last couple of days - shall we??
Above is a slide show of our day at the track - Sunday, July 22nd. We had a horribly HOT day at the track and it wasn't without problems. First, A.J. was swept up before the green flag flew to signal the start of his first heat race and had to have a rod repaired and get himself back out on the track before the re-start! That's the best way to stress out a little guy - especially A.J. After that little tangle his car wasn't the same and he struggled the remainder of the day. There's always next week for him. Let's move on a talk about Nick's BAD DAY. It started out fabulous... it was his very first official race in his new Jr. Stock car. He raced so well that he took first place in the heat race and went on to the A-Main event - YEY!! Then in the A-Main...the judges made a REALLY BAD call and said that Nick caused another driver to spin... That little guy had already starting spinning around when Nick was coming around the corner and Nick just happened to be going by as he was spinning and then he was charged with "racing room" and sent to the rear of the re-start. UGH!! Then, Nick did in fact, get tangled up with the same driver - this time it was an accident but a valid call. When a driver gets 2 calls in one race, he's disqualified - so you got it - he got a DQ after finishing first. He was so disappointed but showed great sportsmanship and congratulated the winner and apologized to the other driver that he ran into. Still, he was a wreck - emotionally. He wanted to win that race soooooo bad as it was his first time in the car and had wanted to show that he could do it. All of this drama and it was over 100 degrees out - HOT!!
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