Disappointing Night at Lorain

Three weeks ago, we had some great practice runs at Barberton Speedway. Since that time, rain-outs have kept us off the track. The car has been in and out of the trailer a couple of times, but that's it. You can imagine my surprise when the car had a huge vibration on the first lap of practice at Lorain County Speedway last Saturday, and it continued to get worse throughout the session. Dave Spotton and I looked at a number of places, and all we could find at the time was a broken fan mount.

After repairing the fan mount, I attempted to practice again, and the huge vibration was still there. We looked again, and with help from Dennis Knox, determined that we at least had a problem with a wheel bearing, and probably issues with the rear end gears as well. At that point, I decided to start and park in the Feature, finishing 15th. The car shook so bad on the pace lap that I was having trouble keeping up with the field.

I was able to tell, through all the shaking in the first set of hot laps, that we were on the right track with the new setup.

We have a big week ahead of us. Our next event will be at Barberton Speedway this Saturday night, and then we will participate in the Mayfield Heights "Community Unity Days" Parade on Sunday, August 23.