Helping a friend out

It was first time at Hudson Speedway, I turned it into a day of learning for the driver I was helping out, Robert Rund, driver the 64 Road Runner. Robert is one of my sponsors and I decided to return the favor by assiting him for the day.

We started off the day trying to find a bog at full throttle. He went out in first practice with a jet change in the carburetor from the week before hoping it would fix it his issue. When Robert came in he noted it was still bogging but it was much better. Also, on the good side, the water temperature of the car stayed at 190 degrees instead of going to 210 degrees. That was a improvement. We continued to try and find what the problem was before the heat race. We could not think of anything, but I mention to Robert a few things to try.

Robert started 7th in the heat race. He cleared the carb out just before the start of the race and it made the car pull better but still not great. He finished the heat in 5th place. With the exception of the bog, the car handled really good, and all Robert had to do was slow his hands down and it would be perfect. I told him to focus on that and we went on to the feature race.

Robert started 15th in a field of 17. Robert stayed in the back making laps and keeping the car in one piece. He picked off cars here and there and moved to 12. After a late race restart Robert dueled it out with a car and beat him to the line which was some excitement for him. To be battling and have power to stay with other cars was a small victory. Even thou Robert still has the bog, I would say the race was good. We learned a bunch together and hopefully can make more improvements to make Robert even faster next time.