Welcome Race Fans,

RACE RESULTS – SUPER STREET RACE #2 5/15/2009

Our second Super Street race of the season was almost as successful as the first. Jamie and Randy’s day started out great. The car’s were handling good and practice times were respectable. Randy qualified 3rd again and Jamie qualified 8th.

The start of the race was good with Randy quickly taking over the second spot. Starting on the inside always pays off. During the race, the cars & drivers drove well. Randy chased the leader the whole race, just about over taking him about a quarter of the way through the race. Jamie likewise had a respectable run. His car is doing better, but we still need to work on the handle. The car just does not want to turn good in the middle of the corner. Oh well, more work to make it right. Randy finished up second in the end, and Jamie sixth. Both cars are in one piece, so overall, a good night. Randy is solidly in 2nd place in points, and Jamie is in a 3 way tie for 3rd.

We have swapped the rear end in Jamie’s car over the off time. Hopefully the taller gear will help us be a little quicker coming out of the turn.

The following excerpt from Langley Speedways website provides a summary of the race.

Ryan Nester picked up his second win in as many starts in a 50-lapper for the Atlantic Power Sweeping Super Streets, leading the way from pole to checkers.
Nester nabbed the pole position with a 73.458-mph qualifying effort. Doug Woodyard was second-fastest, followed by Randy Sample, Larry Venable and John Foster.

As the event got going, Nester jumped out front and hauled the field off into Turn 1. Sample tagged along with the leader and gained the second position, while Woodyard dropped into third. Behind the top three, Foster and Venable dueled for fourth. Foster claimed the spot and left the lane open for Jeff Shannon and Jonathan Mullett, who also scooted past Venable.

At lap 5, Nester held a slim margin over Sample. Four lengths behind Sample, Woodyard led Foster and Shannon in a three-car pack.
The only caution flag waved on lap 7 to allow rescue personnel in the infield to respond to a call on the grandstand side.

As the race resumed, Nester quickly fashioned a three-length edge over Sample. Meanwhile, Shannon went after Foster for fourth, taking the spot on lap 9. Within a few circuits, Shannon had pulled away from Foster and was closing in on third-place Woodyard. On lap 17, Shannon ducked under Woodyard in Turn 4. He cleared Woodyard on lap 18 as they raced down the backstretch.

At the crossed flags, Nester’s lead had swelled to half a straightaway over Sample, while another full straightaway separated Sample and Shannon.

Over the second half of the race, Nester maintained that half-straightaway margin and won by 1.803 seconds over Sample. Shannon was third, followed by Woodyard and Foster. Foster, however, failed to clear the post-race inspection and was disqualified. Mullett took Foster’s place in the amended rundown.

Our next race is Saturday, May 16, 2009. Racing starts at 7 pm.

JRN Racing would like to thank our current sponsors this year. They are:

POMOCO Auto Group
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We appreciate their help and support this year. Please use our sponsors when your business requires services they can provide. We have plenty of additional opportunities to help perspective sponsors with advertisement. Please consider us for your marketing needs.

We also want to thank our friends and teammates are supporting us again this season, and who have put time, material, and energy into our racing this year:
Bryan Stilley
Casey Wyatt
Sammy Gaita
Jason Michaud
Chuck Norsk
Tim Leftwich
Tom Dushatinski
Sam Smith
Jim Sample
John Simpson

We appreciate your help and support this season. You can find our racing schedules and pictures at www.jrnracing.com.

Doug Sample