Tom Got the win in his Heat, and picked up 4th in the Feature.
Heat Race

Feature Race

I never put Tom’s first race up on the site. Sorry for the oversite, but here are his first Heat and Features from 5/09/10.
Heat Race

Feature

Tom test drove Cody Erickson’s Mod4(1x) last night. He hopes to move up next season and wanted to get a feel for the difference. I had camera problems for the heat, so I don’t have video of that. Tom made through a couple laps of the heat before he spun out on the front straight away. He was having some problems steering the car because of how close the steering wheel was to him. He kept hitting his elbows inside the car. He got it figured out a bit for the feature though, with a little help from a hammer. For the Feature Tom started at the back in the 1x car. Tom held it on the track well. It will take some time, but if last night was any indication he’ll be just fine. A BIG THANK YOU to Cody Erickson for putting your trust in Tom and letting him try out your car last night!
Mod4 Feature

They had a lot of cars in every class last night at the track. It ended up being a dry track with a lot of cautions. They had three heats of Hornets and Tom started in the second heat in the back. By the time Tom got worked through the first four cars ahead of him, he ran out of laps to catch Scott Lampton and Bryce Mueller. Tom ended up with third place in the heat. On the redraw for the Feature Tom got fourth. He started directly behind Chris Julsrud and Bryce to his inside. Chris jumped out to a lead off each of the restarts. Tom after they actually got some laps in secured second place, but Chris had built up a pretty good lead. Tom wasn’t able to make up any ground on Chris, So they ended up finishing with Chris Julsrud, Tom, and Parker Bilden as the top three finishers.
Heat 1

Heat 2 (Tom’s Heat)

Heat 3

Feature

There were a lot of Hornets at the track last night. Twenty four of them to be exact. That makes for a wild night for our favorite driver. Tom got the pole in the third Heat and that worked great for him, because everyone else seemed to be stuck in group a little over a quarter of a lap behind him. Yep, he got the Heat win. Tom wasn’t lucky enough to get the pole again for the feature, but he did start fourth. Starting on the outside just hasn’t worked as well the last month or two. Tom can’t get enough speed going around the corners up top to gain ground on the lead cars. That seemed to be what happened tonight. When he went low he got stuck behind a car and when he was high he couldn’t gain on anyone. He did manage to come up with fifth though. I’ve lost count of top 5 finishes he’s had this year, but add 1 more to whatever that number is.
Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3 Tom’s Heat

Feature

Fun night at Greenbush last night. Tom started in sixth place for the Heat. It took him a lap to get the car really cooking out there. After the first couple laps Tom had worked his way to third and just kind of held that spot till the last lap. On that lap he had enough get up and go to grab 2nd place. For the Feature, they started where they finished. So Tom started 2nd and fell back a little on the start. With starting on the outside for the race he couldn’t get a good bite around the corners till he worked his way to the bottom. Then he got to work and started to chase down the leader. With about five laps Tom took the lead and was running great, till he got stuck behind a lap car and lost the lead. I didn’t know if he had enough time left to catch the lead car again, but on the last lap Tom took back the lead on the back straight away. As they came off turn four the 17 car give it one last shot to take the win, but Tom held him off for the Victory. GREAT RACE GREAT TIME!!!
HEAT RACE

INTERVIEW AT INTERMISSION

FEATURE RACE

We thought the car was ready to go, but of course we were wrong. Before the Heat I started the car to make sure it was good to go. After it got up to running temperature it started leaking antifreeze out of the bottom of the fill tube. We had to take it off, put silicone on it, let that dry, put duct tape around that and then a zip tie to make sure it kept pressure on it. I’m not sure how, but it held up for the night. Tom started sixth in the heat and came in fifth. Tom said that the car didn’t seem to have the power that it should. For the Feature Tom started tenth. He wasn’t really able to get his way to the front like we’ve grown acustomed to, but he held his own. After a couple of cautions Tom ended up in sixth place and manaaged to pass one more car before the checkered flag dropped. So he finished 5th in his Heat and 5th in the Feature. Tom ended up in tenth place for points at I94 Speedway. A nice finish to the season.
Heat Race

Feature

Heat 1

Heat 2

Feature

Congrats to Parker on First win. GREAT JOB PARKER!!! Nice race.

Tom had a great night. He started outside row one in the second Heat. The track was muddy early on so they were having trouble getting the tires to bite in. Anyway Tommy Habedank and Luke Littlewolf got by Tom early in the race. It was a good close race the whole way and Tommy Habedank held on for the win and Tom got 3rd. In the Feature Tom started 5th and by that time it was a fast track. It was a close race early on but by the time they were half way thru the race first place was already claimed by Luke. So it ended up a race for second and at the checker Tom just edged out Chris Julsrud for second place. It was a good clean race guys, good job.
Heat 1

Heat 2 Tom’s Heat

Feature

Heat Race

Feature Race