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CRAZY NIGHT

Date: Thursday, September 04, 2008 Posted By: Jim Galloway
WE GOT TO THE TRACK WITH GREAT HOPES FOR ALL 4 CARS AND 1 TRUCK.TO START OFF THE DAY HOT LAPS WERE GOOD FOR ALL THE CARS.KAMRON TOOK HIS #46 TRUCK TO THE TRACK TO DEFEND HIS TRACK RECORD AND HE WAS SO FAST THAT THEY DID NOT GET A TIME ON HIM BUT PAPA HAD HIM AT A 42 WHICH IS 4 SECONDS FASTER THAN HIS PREVIOUS RECORD. HE PULLED IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE FOR HIS FIRST OF MANY WINS ALONG WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TROPHY. ALL OF US AT G&R RACING ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM. IN QUAILIFING STINKY SET FAST TIME TENNESSEE WAS OFF A LITTLE BIT WHICH PUT HIM 11TH AND GARY AND BRENT WERE OFF A LITTLE BIT ALSO. CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT AT THE SPEEDWAY THEY ONLY RUN FEATURES.FIRST UP WAS STINKY AND HE STARTED 2ND ROW INSIDE BECAUSE HE WAS 3RD IN POINTS.WHEN THE GREEN FLAG dropPED THEY TOOK OFF WITH JOHNNY FOOTE OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD CHRIS GARRETT IN 2ND AND STICKY IN THIRD.LATER IN THE RACE STINKY HAD A SMALL PROBLEM AND GAVE UP 3RD TO DONNIE RITTER TO FINISH 4TH FOR THE NIGHT.TENNESSEE'S FEATURE WAS LAST AND IT WAS UGLY.TENNESSEE LINED UP 3RD ROW OUTSIDE.AT THE START OF MANY RESTARTS THE 0 OF RICH HARDY SPUN IN TURN 2 CAUSING THE NUMBER 18 OF ROD BROWN TO HIT THE OO OF KEN KIRBY CAUSING HIM TO BREAK. ON THE 2ND RESTART SAME CAR SAME TURN SAME SPIN EXCEPT NO ONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED. ON THE 3RD RESTART THE 0 CAR AND THE 49 OF SCOTTY RUGG GOT TOGETHER AND HIT THE WALL AND COLECTED THE 18 AND THE X OF MARTY CRAWFORD JR. AFTER THE TRACK WAS CLEARED TENNESSEE LINED UP OUTSIDE FRONT ROW BESIDE THE 38 OF JESSE VANAVERY. ON THE 4TH RESTART TENNESSEE RAN GOOD FOR 2 LAPS BUT GOT LOOSE AND dropPED TO 5TH.AFTER 4 OR 5 LAPS A NEW CAR AT THE TRACK SPUN ON THE BACK STRETCH AND KNOW ONE SAW HIM UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE AND THE 45 OF JEFF VOCHASKA T BONED HIM. BOTH DRIVERS WERE SORE BUT OK.ON THE 5TH AND FINAL RESTART WE RAN 4 OR 5 MORE LAPS AND THE 14 OF DAN MACENDORFER CAUGHT FIRE AND THE RACE WAS CHECKERD BECAUSE OF TIME RESTRICTIONS AND THOUS ENDED POINTS RACING FOR THE YEAR. CONGRATS TO STREET STOCK CHAMP CHRIS GARRETT,SPORTSMAN CHAMP JIM WOODIN, MINI STOCK CHAMP JUSTIN (PUTS) STEPHENS AND LATE MODEL CHAMP SCOTTY RUGG. THIS WEEKEND WE WILL RUN IN THE RUN WATCHA BRUNG AT GALESGURG SPEEDWAY ALONG WITH THE LADIES OF G&R RACING IN THE POWDER PUFF. COME join US FOR SOME FUN. TILL THEN CHERRIO