DIRT Season off to a good start
 

Tru2Chevy and I went down to bridgeport speedway to help out teh #99 Yaple Motorsports team. it was a pretty good night overall. the track is nice and the racing is fast.
Randy got a good draw in his heat race, started 4th and the top 6 transfered straight into teh feature. randy held station in fourth from teh drop of the green until he got bottled up when another driver almost lost it. this cost randy the one spot, leaving him to finish 5th and head to his first feature on his first time competeing at bridgeport.
before the feature randy went around and collected advice from some of teh more respected crews and drivers. the resutl was some pretty big changes to the car. good thing we had plenty of time because of the URC sprint cars being a part of the program.
randy rolled out for the feature, starting 14th in the field of 24 cars. as soon as the green flag fell a problem that we had no anticipated revealed itself. as the track dried out it dusted up a lot, this became a problem as the visor on most racing helmets is not sealed. dust immediately filled randy's helmet and he was forced to make a quick decision and fall back a bit. once he got out of the pack a little he could pick up speed, but still had trouble seeing. he drove smart, stayed out of trouble, and avoided any problem to bring it home 12th.
overall a pretty good night and a good start to the points season. the only casualty of the night was 1 bolt that the threads got boogered up on while we were making adjustments. the helmet issue will be taken care of with a little weather stripping and everythign will be good to go this coming weekend.

damn should of told me u were going down havent been to a dirt track in years...

We'll be there every Satureday night for at least the next few weeks. I dunno if Randy has made up his mind on whether to stay at the port for the rest of the season or go back to New Egypt yet.

- Justin

if you dont mind me taging along i can always give a helping hand.

I'm pretty sure that you have to be 16 to get into the pits there....otherwise it would be cool to have you around to help.

- Justin

damn wtf lol.

Is it true you can race at 16 with the 4cylnders their? and Id like to help out in the pits next august when Im 16! even though i wouldnt be much of a help..

I'm not sure what their rules are regarding age in each division. I think there is some NJ law that states that you can't race anything with a 4bbl carb before you are 18.

- Justin

lol this is turning into a long thread but i wounder if theres any way around the age limit for the pits, ill have to call up the office tomorrow.

you have to be 16 to get into the pits at bridgeport or new egypt.

any races go on there that aren't on a saturday?

They have racing at Bridgeport on Friday nights, but we aren't involved in those classes.

I think New Egypt might have some wednesday night shows again this year, those are usually fun. They were just BB Modifieds and Sportsman cars on wenesdays last year.

- Justin

and in wall...

well, since saturdays are always a no go for me, let me know if you guys ever go on a different day, i should be up for it.

Will do...

- Justin