My Stafford motor speedway debut was pretty good. In first practice the car was fast but a tick tight, but was mostly me getting use to the track. The next round of practice we threw on new tires and the car was fast, and tight in the middle went away, which I was very happy about. The third round of practice we weren't expecting but we put the old tires on and ran laps to get me use to running on the track. In this practice I also followed cars to get use to being in traffic.
In the heat race I started 5Th but before the green was thrown the 83 car starting third went to the back and I moved into third starting position. at the start I shifted it into Fourth and the carb did not clear about because late to find when we get back to the garage, one of the ears was cracked and letting air into the carb. After I finally got it cleared out and settled into 7Th, I ran the cars down. I got into 4Th and was on 3Rd's bumper as we were running 1st and 2Nd down, but we ran out of time and I finished 4Th. after the race I talked to the crew chief(my dad) and we talked about how to clear the carb out so it doesn't happen again.
On to the feature were I started 17Th out of 19 cars. once again on this start the carb was not cleared but I got it cleared faster and stayed with the pack. a few laps in to the race I picked off a few cars to be in 14Th when two cars in front of me got in a wreck and the caution came out. I restarted 12Th and picked two cars off to get into 10th on the outside. I ran in the back of the pack with the faster unlimited cars, till I ran out of talent and spun the car out. No caution came out because I got the car going. I ran in 15Th place for awhile and when I was going for 14Th position i got in a tangle with him and spun out to bring the caution out. I restarted 18Th. Right away in 5 laps I moved up to 10 position till the caution came out. with 6 to go i was restarting 9. When I hit the gas pedal the car jumped, then died. After figuring the problem out I sow the throttle cable broke and I pulled in. I'm just glad it didn't stick wide open. I finished in 14Th position, but keep the rookie points lead. The car was fast and had something for the faster unlimited cars, as my car is the limited motor(stock).
The really good news was the announcers were talking about me all night. It was cool to impress a announcer that announces for several big race tracks in new England. The other big guy i impress was Ben Dodge. He is a huge race promoter in the new England area and its hard to catch his eye, and i did. All he kept saying was wow that kid is only 15. I was really happy about that and hope to meet Ben some day.
I have to thank my sponsors and crew for the help they do. My sponsors are thredz unlimited, andrews towing and recovery, west street auto body, Robert Rund and fleet saftey. The crew members i have to thank is my dad, my mom, my sisters, cam mcdermott, Dan meservy SR, Jamie pina, and Dan Meservy.
To learn more about me visit DerekRobbie.com or email me at Derek@derekrobbie.com. You can also find more about my division the pro four modifieds of new england at pro4mods.com
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