Catching Up

Well, it's been a few days.  Sorry.  Longer travel times between tracks, some later races, and a self-induced bout with Racer's Flu.  Over the last few days we have traveled from central Iowa to far SE Iowa, then up to north central IA, now in far NE IA (Rock Rapids).  



Had a good night last night here.  4th in our Heat Race,  then took a 7th in the Main, behind some very good teams (Sanders, Hughes, Ramirez, etc.)  Good performance by Casey.  The previous night in Mason City, not so much.  5th in Heat, then DNF in Main due to right front damage in incident w/ Joe Duvall triggered by spinning car ahead.  Bummer.
Better news last Wednesday in Tipton (Cedar County Raceway)  Got shuffled back in the Heat Race, ended up 6th.  In the Main we ended 15th out of 21 runners.  We moved up 3 positions during the race in which only 8 cars advanced.  Not much passing opportunity, so all-in-all a good outcome.

Webster City is expected to Cancel tonight due to rain, so this leg of the USMTS series is done.  We race next in Oscaloosa IA on July 21.  Have to admit the break will be welcomed, as it will give us time to regenerate, and to check in back in CO.

Thanks for checking in!

Doug & Lorna

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