2nd Series of the Sprint Car Grand Slam at Bakersfield Speedway 4/25/09

There was a good turn out of Sprint Cars tonight, I think the car count was around 35. We did not quailify tonight just 1 Heat race and a Main Event. TJ started 5th in the Heat and ended up 3rd and he started 9th in the Main Event and ended up 7th or 8th, the track dried up and it was hard to keep my eye on where he ended up, a big cloud of dust everywhere! Confirmed the Main finish and TJ ended up 8th.

TJ hanging out with his old team mate Wes Gutierrez, they met racing Quarter Midgets when they were 8 yrs old.

Hot Laps

Kings Speedway 360 Wing sprint car 4/18/09

Racing came to an end pretty quickly tonight, with only 7 Wing sprint cars in TJs class and not to many cars ran in the other classes too. It's all about seat time with a low car count. With this only being the second time TJ has been in the Wing 360, he said he is finally figuring it all out.

Grandpa Dan and Big TJ getting the car ready.

Having fun in the grandstands as we cheer TJ on.

Me and Raio.

Plaza Park Raceway racing the Micros 4/17/09

Well, the car count was good again at Plaza Park with 37 cars in the Super 600 class. TJ qualified 29th and Raio qualified 24th. That put Raio in 8th for her heat race and she fininished 6th. TJ started 7th in his heat and DNF (did not finish) I kept seeing puffs of smoke and on the last lap his car came to complete stop and poof the Motor Blew!! TJ was done for the night and Raio started 3rd in the Semi and she held on there for the transfer spot to the Main Event. She started 22nd in the Main and we aren't quite sure where she finished, but I will check and post it at a later date. Well, I checked Plaza Park website and Raio finished 10th.

Raio and her friend Karissa.

Raio and TJ running Hot laps.

Happy Easter!!!

This is normally just my blog for racing but I wanted everyone to know we actually do other things besides racing. Raio didn't come in for Easter this year but she will fly out for racing again on Friday.

TJ and his cousin Zach.

My place is usually behind the camera but here I am with TJ.

TJ jumping in the trampoline with his cousins.

Taking a break because they wore TJ out.

360 Non Wing race at Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway 4/11/09

Tulare Thunderbowl had a good turn out for the 360 Non Wing class. There were 23 cars and TJ qualified 10th. That put him 3rd to start in his heat. On the second lap there was a car in front of him that was sideways so TJ slid into him and the cars were stuck together. Once the cars were untangled from each other, TJs car was okay to finish the race. He went to the back in 8th place with only 7 laps to make it to the top 4 transfer spots for a good spot in the main. On the last lap he ended up 4th and was on his way to the Main Event. He started 2nd in the Main with 21 other drivers. There were alot of yellows and one red flag and they were down to 16 cars to finish the race. When the checkered flag was thrown, TJ ended up 5th. It was a good night.

Hot Laps

TJ Qualifying

Final results of the Main Event

Another crazy night of racing!!!!

Well, after tonights race I looked up in the sky to see if it was a full moon. Because we just had a crappy weekend of racing. I don't know what was going on at Kings Speedway but only 7 of the 360 Wing Sprints showed up and only 5 ended up racing in the Main Event. The other classes that ran tonight car count was down too. Rumor has it that some of the drivers were boycotting Kings Speedway. I don't know the details but I know it did effect tonights car count. He started out good in the Hot Laps with the fastest lap of 16.662 going 81mph and after that it just kept getting a little worse from there. TJ was running real fast in the first Heat race with the fastest lap of 14.530 going 92mph he was in 1st place and the Torsian Stop came off of TJs car and went through 00, Corey Eliason's wing and put a hole right through it. Thank God, it was only his wing! TJ ended up 3rd in that race and the second Heat race wasn't so great either, he ended up 4th and the Main Event just got worse as he spun out twice to DQ himself for the night. And to top this whole weekend of craziness, TJ had bet some of the guys at Kings Speedway that if he didn't finish in the top 3 tonight, he would have to cut his hair into a MULLETT and wear it like that for 2 weeks. I don't know about any of you, but I really don't want to see my son sporting a Mullett. So, thankfully we left the track with all his hair in place! :)

Raio and her boyfriend, Tyler watching TJ run the sprint car.









TJ's second Heat Race.

WOW!!! Plaza Parks 1st Race of the Season, what a crazy night for our race team!!!

Where do I start, there was so much craziness I don't really know. For starters of this night, Raio's Micro was still being put together around 5:30 tonight at the race track. Both cars still need vinyl on them and the tempers were at their peak in our pit area. There were 39 Micros in the Super 600s which TJ and Raio run, so they both had their work cut out for them. TJ qualified 11th and Raio qualified 20th. Which never fails, put them in the same heat race together. The top 4 cars would transfer to the Main Event and TJ finished 2nd and Raio finished 7th where she would have to run the Semi. We were waiting to watch Raio in the Semi when TJ came up to let us know that he was DQed for being 10lbs too light, so he would be running the Semi as well. Raio started 3rd and TJ started 7th and only the top 3 transfer to the Main Event. So, of course all the drivers were running hard to get to the top 3. At the checker flag Raio got 3rd the last transfer spot and TJ got 4th. Well, as they reached the scales we saw them keep pushing Raio's car back and forth and she ended up being 3lbs to light to be DQed and done for the night. That put TJ in the transfer spot to run in the Main. TJ was not too excited to run the Main by Raio getting DQed but he got back into the car and started 22nd in the Main Event. There were alot of yellows and during the race but when the Checker Flag flew TJ had made his way back up to 10th place. Not to bad for the luck they had tonight.

Raio's biggest fan, Tyler her boyfriend.