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| For 2003 I finished 3rd in points at Roseburg, I won 1 main event and 2 trophy dashes at Roseburg. I only raced 7 races in Medford, my best finish in Medford was 2nd in the "A" Main at the first race of the year. |
| My race results for 2003 | ||
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| Pro Stock & Street Stock | ||
| April 5th - Pro Stock at Yreka | ||
| April 5, 2003
I raced April 5th at Siskiyou Motor Speedway (Yreka CA). This was my first time racing at Yreka. There were only 6 Pro Stocks. The track was very dry to start with because they were afraid to water it too much because it looked like it might rain, later they watered the track better and it was halfway decent but it was still a one groove track in the corneres. We drove through rain and snow on the way to yreka but it was dry in yreka, it was very cold but it didn't rain at the track. In the heat race I started second row inside, I made it to the front quickly and I had a considerable lead on the rest of the cars, they put the yellow flag out so I slowed down then when I came back around they put the white flag but the only car that got by me on the lap that I thought was yellow but actually wasn't was a lapped car so I still finished 1st in the heat race. I started in last place in the trophy dash and made it to second place, by the time I figured out I needed to stay as low as possible in the corners I was out of time. They watered the track before the trophy dash and it was dry in the low groove and the rest was too slick. I finished second in the Trophy Dash, Bob Dees won it. In the main event I started in last place. I made it up to second place, it was a very competitive race, the cars were very close and competitive. When they said we were going to run 25 laps with just six cars I thought that would be too many but it was a good and fun race. When I was trying to pass the first place car (#25 Weldon) we rubbed a little and my tierod broke and I had to leave the track, I think there were only 2 or 3 laps after that, I ended up with a 6th place finish in main event. | ||
| April 19th - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
| April 19, 2003
I got 3rd in the heat race and 2nd in the main event. The track was rough, but it was fun, my car seems to do pretty good on rough tracks. | ||
| May 10th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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May 10, 2003
My car was missing during practice, found fouled plug on #1 cylinder and replaced it before qualifying but car was still missing, still got 3rd fastest time with 17.143. After qualifying found problem was a broken poly lock on #1 cylinder intake rocker, I had an extra and replaced it. During trophy dash it seemed good for about a 1/4 of a lap then it started missing again, finished 2nd in trophy dash. Found problem was 2 more poly locks broke and bent pushrod on #6 cylinder, I had an extra pushrod and borrowed a couple poly locks from Dan Fouts (thanks Dan) and I got it fixed just before the heat race, I got on the track late and they started the race with me half a lap down and I never did catch up (no yellows) but car was running good, I finished 5th in the heat race out of 6 cars. I won the Main Event, there were 12 cars in main. | ||
| May 17th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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May 17, 2003
3rd fastest time with a 17.145. I finished 3rd in trophy dash. I finished 4th in the heat race. My car had a push all night I thought I would fix it by putting on a different right front tire for the Main but I think it made it worse. I was running in 4th place at lap 15 of the Main and my right rear tire fell off so I did not finish. 2 wheel studs broke, it tore the center out of the wheel and cracked the axle flange. I am not sure what caused what but I think most likely the wheel studs broke first then the rest. | ||
| June 7th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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June 7, 2003
4th fastest time. I finished 4th in trophy dash. I finished 2nd in the heat race. I finished 6th in Main. In main I got tangled up with a car that was trying to pass me when I was in 2nd place and we got sent to the back. | ||
| June 14th - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
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June 14, 2003
I finished 5th in the heat race. I finished 2nd in the "B" Main. I finished 7th in the "A" Main. | ||
| June 21st - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
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June 21, 2003
I finished 3rd in the heat race. I got a left rear flat tire and ended up finishing 19th in the "A" Main. | ||
| June 28th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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June 28, 2003
I timed in 3rd fastest. I got 2nd in Trophy Dash. I got 5th in heat race. I finished 3rd in the Main. | ||
| July 11th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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July 11, 2003
I timed in 3rd fastest. I got 4th in Trophy Dash. I got 4th in heat race. I finished 3rd in the Main. | ||
| July 12th - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
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July 12, 2003
I finished 3rd in heat race. I finished 10th in the "A" Main. My power steering belt came off about half way through the "A" Main which made it a lot harder to steer. | ||
| July 19th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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July 19, 2003
I timed in 4th fastest. I got 2nd in Trophy Dash. I got 2nd in heat race. I finished 2nd in the Main. | ||
| July 26th - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
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July 26, 2003
I finished 2nd in heat race. I finished 4th in the Main. | ||
| August 2nd - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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August 2, 2003
I timed in 4th fastest. I Won the Trophy Dash. I finished 5th in heat race. The Main Event got rained out. | ||
| August 9th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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August 9, 2003
I timed in 4th fastest. I Won the Trophy Dash. I finished 2nd in heat race. I finished 4th in the Main Event. | ||
| August 16th - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
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August 16, 2003
I finished 7th in my Heat Race. I finished 2nd in the "B" Main. I finished 9th in the "A" Main. | ||
| September 6th - Pro Stock at Medford (SOS) | ||
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September 6, 2003
I got a flat tire in the heat race and I think I finished 8th in the Heat Race. I finished 6th in the "B" Main. I did not run in the "A" Main. | ||
| September 13th - Street Stock at Roseburg (DCS) | ||
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September 13, 2003
I timed in 3rd fastest. I did not race in the trophy dash because they let the 4 slowest cars race in it instead of the fastest. In the heat race I tried to avoid a car that spun out by going around it and I ended up going in the dirt and losing several positions, since it was on the next to last lap and there wasn't a yellow I lost several positions and finished near the back of the Heat Race. In the Main I had some contact with another car and bent my tie rod which slowed me down, then later someone bumped me in turn 2 and made me hit the wall, when I went to the pits I had a flat left front, a bent tie rod on the left front and a broken tie rod on the right front, we change the tire and the broken tie rod and I went back out for the last 5 laps, with the front end toed way out, but I was down about 11 laps, so I finished near the back of the Main if not last. |
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