5/1/2012
Mitch Runge
Seasons Underway
Well the season has begun, Mitch and team headed down to Eagle,Nebraskas Eagle Raceway this past Saturday night. "it was fun to get out of the shop and get back to the racetrack, eagle raceway is an amazing facility, quite possibly one of the nicest ones I've ever been to."
With a field of 24 cars, Mitch drew a 33 that set him up for a 3rd row outside starting position in the 2nd heat race. "I got a pretty good start and rolled up on a couple cars racing side by side I was able to drive under one car right away, but I kinda got held up by the other one for a lap or two. There was yellow and I ended up driving by the other one on the restart and ended up third which was good enough to get in the redraw for the feature."
Ending up with the #8 in the re draw Mitch would line up 4th row outside for the main event.
"unfortunately just the opposite of the heat race I got an absolutely horrible start, we probably went from 8th to13th in the first lap or two. once I got the car rollin a little bit on the bottom we picked up a couple of the positions I lost on the start but really our car wasn't very good, with 8 laps to go I was up to where we started and some how I lost all my tear offs, the racing was really tight and you really had to battle for position. I figured I was better off taking it back to the trailer and take our chances another night. We got some good fast laps, knocked some rust off and I feel pretty good about where we are at."
We woukd really like to support Jacksons Spring nationals this Friday night Folken Bros trucking and Van Whyes do a Heck of a job on that race. Just not 100% sure its in our cards right now. We will see as the week goes on.
We are planning on running most all Sunday nights at Husets Speedway and they have a good 360 race this Sunday for their opener.
If we don't see you at the races Friday be sure to come on down and see us afterwards on Sunday night!