4/25/2016
Scotty Thiel
Scotty Thiel – Bad Luck Strikes at Beaver Dam
They say if it wasn’t for bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck at all. Well that was the case for Scotty Thiel on Saturday night as he raced at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, WI with the IRA Outlaw Sprint Car Series. After a good start to the night, bad luck struck Thiel on the third lap of the A-main as his right rear wheel broke apart and forced a DNF on the night.
29 cars were signed in with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Car series on Saturday night for the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial event. Scotty drew a 49 pill which set him to go out 20th in the IRA qualifying order. After putting down a 12.036 lap time, that was 9th fastest overall. That would place Thiel to start on the outside of row two in the third, 10 lap heat race event. The field took the green and Scotty charged his way to the top side of turn one and shot into the second position. He held that spot for all ten laps as he would reel in the leader but fell short of completing the pass for the win. Regardless, he was eligible for the redraw which would place him to start in the top five rows of the 30 lap A-main event. The pill was drawn to invert the top 10 starting positions and Scotty was fortunate enough to start on the pole of the main event! The crew went to work to provide him the best car possible and try to capture the win.
As the field took the green flag, Scotty did not get the start he wanted and fell back to the second position. He was closing in on the leader until the unfortunate mishap occurred. As thiel was charging down the front stretch and entering turn one, the right rear wheel broke in half and would hop the car up the track and bounce softly off the wall. Thiel was hauled back to the work area where the crew would determine that there was just too much damage to on the car to continue on. That would force a DNF finish on the night. “I never felt a thing until I went into turn one and the car just locked up and bounced up the track. I didn’t have really any idea what broke until I got out and saw that the rim was literally in half. I have heard of that happening before but never experience it. I’m lucky that the car wasn’t complete set in the corner as it broke.” Scotty mentioned after the race.
It was a night of bad luck and misfortune but the team will certainly regroup and focus on the next event planned. Next up on the schedule is Scotty’s own SixFour Promotions event on Friday May 6th at Manitowoc Speedway in Manitowoc, WI. Following that night will be Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, WI on Saturday night. Both events will be under the Bumper to Bumper IRA series.
Keep up to date on all of Scotty’s upcoming events on www.scottythiel.com and also on the Scott Thiel Motorsports social media pages, www.facebook.com/ScottThielMotorsports. The team will be doing random Live Feeds throughout the race nights, giving race fans the chance to view what happens behind the scenes and also live race action if you aren’t able to attend the events.
Scott Thiel Motorsports would like to thank all of their great marketing partners for the 2016 racing season and encourages everyone to check out these fine companies! Please support the people who support racing!
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Photo Credit: Dan Margetta
Article Credit: SixFour Promotions
Submitted By: Scotty Thiel
