Welcome Race Fans,
RACE RESULTS – SUPER STREET RACE #11
JRN RACING TAKES A WIN!
Greetings Race Fans, JRN Racing has taken our first win of the year and has assumed the points lead in the Super Street Division.
Randy has taken his first victory of the 2009 season with a great run this past Saturday night, September 19. We had worked and tweaked on the car during the week previous and it payed off. The car ran good all day, with the loose problem much much better. Practice times were decent, and Randy was able to qualify 3rd. Usually we have been starting second, which places us on the outside lane. This is hard to navigate early in the race when all the cars are bunched up, as the fast way around Langley is on the bottom of the track. It usually takes a lap or so to sort out the leaders and find an opening in traffic that allows us to get to the bottom.
We started the race out good, held our line, and ended up second after a lap or two. The leader was forced to park it with overheating issues early in the race. In the mean time, we battled with the third place car for our position for a few laps. Not wanting to be held up getting to the front, Randy passed the leader on the outside and assumed the top spot. Randy led the rest of the race. Our pucker factor was high though as we had a good lead midway through the race, only to have the caution flag fly. On the restart, Randy got a good start, cleared away from traffic, only to have the caution come out again a few laps later. Another good restart, and Randy led until lap 48, when the caution flew for the final time, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. On the final restart, Randy pulled away enough to maintain his lead to the checkered flag, and his first win for 2009.
The below is the race report from Gary Daugherty, the tracks reporter:
In the 50-lap Atlantic Power Sweeping Super Street race, Randy Sample took the lead on lap 13 and sped to his first victory of the year. He also took over the division points lead from nine-time race winner Ryan Nester, who was suspended for the remainder of the season after a brouhaha on Aug. 29.
Randy Akers was the pole-sitter for Saturday’s race, clocking in at 74.607 mph. He led the first four laps before officials spotted an obvious leak from his car and put out the black flag. Akers pulled into the pits on lap 5 and parked his machine for the night, turning the lead over to Jonathan Mullett, who had just taken second place from Sample.
By lap 11, Mullett and Sample had been joined by Larry Venable and Jeff Shannon, making it a four-pack at the head of the field.
On lap 13, Sample took a run to the outside of Mullett in Turn 1. He pulled even and grabbed the lead off the fourth corner. Within a couple laps, he had driven away by two lengths and the gap was growing.
Shannon, looking for his second straight win, picked off Venable for third on lap 19 and charged past Mullett on lap 20 to move into second. The shuffle allowed Sample to extend his lead to nearly half a straightaway.
The race was slowed by caution flags on laps 29 and 30. During the second caution period, Shannon suddenly made the hard turn onto the pit lane, spelling a premature end to his run. Shannon’s exit passed the runner-up position back to Mullett.
On the restart, Sample darted away from the field, while Mullett and Venable dueled for second. Sample enjoyed a five-length advantage when the third, and final, caution flag appeared on lap 49, setting up a “green-white-checkered” finish.
Under green for the last time, Sample eked out a one-length margin over Mullett, stretching it to two lengths as they reached the backstretch. He would maintain that edge to the finish, winning by 0.616-second. Mullett was second to the line, followed by Venable, John Foster Jr. and Rod Busitzky, who fought off Sean Calway at the line for fifth.
In the standings, Sample is up by 32 points over Nester, who only dropped to second. Mullett is third, 38 points behind the new leader.
As a result of this race finish, Randy inherents the points lead. We have two races left to finish the season out. We need to work hard, save up and buy tires each week, so we can best our chance of staying on top.
Jamie’s new car is well underway in construction. The chassis has been cleaned up and roll cage installation is in progress. Progress has been severely affected by work obligations of chief mechanic and crew chief Doug. With one month of racing left, our hope is to have it out by the seasons’ end is bleak. I know Jamie is chomping at the bit to get back in the car.
Our next race is this Saturday, September 26, 2009. Please come and join us.
JRN Racing would like to welcome our new sponsor for the remainder of this season and for 2010, State Farm Insurance, Agent Erica Chigos-White, in Hampton. She can be reached at 757-826-0603 for all of your insurance or investment needs. As always, we thank our current sponsors this year. They are:
POMOCO Auto Group
Bond Pro Clean – Commercial and Residential Cleaning Services
Guaranteed Auto Service
Bayport Credit Union
Wilbert’s Upholstery
Tidewater D-J’s {DJ Services}
Linville’s WINE & DELI
Discount Used Auto Parts
3-Wide Graphix
Series Sponsor Atlantic Power Sweeping We appreciate them coming on board and hope you will contract their services.
We appreciate all of our sponsors 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 for 2010’s racing season.
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
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Welcome Race Fans,
RACE RESULTS – SUPER STREET RACE #9 & 10 – WILD TIMES AT THE RACETRACK
Greetings Race Fans, JRN Racing has had a couple of wild weekends racing since our last report. Fortunately, we have come through these weekends no worse for the wear.
Our race on August 22 was a challenging day. Due to the USAR Pro Cup series racing with us the same night, qualifying for the Super Street Division was suspended and the best practice lap times were used to set the starting order. Unfortunately, we were fighting a very loose race car all day, and therefore our practice times were not stellar. We ended up qualifying 7th, but at least we were on an inside starting position. Soon after practice ended, the rains came and racing was ultimately cancelled until the following day.
The following Sunday, turned out to be a hot, muggy day to race. We were able to work on the car slightly and it helped a little. We finally got to race, but during the race the car was again way too loose. When our race was finally over, we pulled away with only a 7th place finish, our worst of the season. Much work was needed during the week to get the car better by the next weekend.
During the week, we made significant changes to the suspension in an effort to make the car turn better and not be so loose coming off the corners. On Saturday, August 29th, practice laps indicated we had gone in the right direction with the car. Although not perfect, we clicked off another 2nd place qualifying run at 19.226 seconds, only to be bested by the 51 car (who’s won every race so far this season) by .010 seconds.
The race though was a wild one that ended up taking out several top cars, including the 51 Car (points leader and winner of every race so far this season). Randy had a good start, but in Turn 3 on the first lap, got together with the inside car which got him out of shape, losing a few positions. He gathered it back together and started working on the cars ahead of him as the race continued. At lap 24, all heck broke loose. The leader (51) and second place car got together and both ended up in the outside wall in Turns 1/2. Randy was able to navigate through the carnage easily. The 51 car was severely damaged, and was leaking fuel and had sparks igniting the fuel on his way back to the pits. In the pits, flames caught up with the car and a serious fire ensued. It took the fire department time to put out the fire. In the mean time, tempers & fights flared as well in several places between the drivers, crew members, and fans. When it was all said and done, the 51 was out of the race due to damage, and the other car was able to keep going. On the restart, Randy started 4th. However, a few laps later, the car in the previous issue got together again with another car, causing the other car to loose control and spin out. The caution again flew during that issue and the race officials put both cars in the back on the restart. On the restart, those two got together again in Turn 1 and both ended up in the wall with damage. Tempers and fists flared again, and both drivers ended up out of the race.
Once we were able to go green again, Randy was able to drive to the front and was able to gain a second place finish in the end. The below is the race report from Gary Daugherty, the tracks reporter:
Jeff Shannon assumed the lead on lap 25 and showed the way to his first victory of the season in a raucous 50-lapper for the Atlantic Power Sweeping Super Streets. With Shannon’s win, Ryan Nester’s unbeaten streak ended at nine.
Nester began his quest for his 10th straight win from the pole position, qualifying at 74.001 mph. He grabbed the lead on backstretch on lap 1 and proceeded to pace the first 24 circuits.
Jeramie Wood started third and moved up to second on the opening lap. As Wood followed closely in Nester’s tire tracks, it quickly became apparent that the streak might be in some jeopardy.
After shadowing Nester for the first half of the event, Wood got a run on the leader on lap 25 and poked a fender underneath him at the flagstand. The two tangled into Turn 1 and both cars careened into the outside wall, bringing out the race’s second caution flag.
By far, Nester got the worst of the exchange, backing hard into the wall. He pulled away from the scene, a trail of flaming fuel in his wake. He headed to the pits where he was greeted by a fire truck and a host of fire extinguishers. As he rolled to a stop, the flames flared up, creating a scary sight.
While track workers, fire personnel and others were trying to douse Nester’s car, scuffles began to break out in the pits, along the backstretch (where Wood had stopped with the rest of the field) and in the stands as Nester and Wood supporters squared off.
When order was finally restored, the race resumed with Shannon as the new leader. He jumped out to a two-length advantage over John Pereira and began to ease away.
The third caution flag flew on lap 32 when Wood and John Foster Jr. tangled near the entrance to Turn 1 and Foster spun. Both drivers were sent to the back of the pack. They immediately resumed their tussle on the restart and both ended up in the Turn 1 wall, reigniting tempers.
After that dust-up, the eight remaining drivers got back down to the business of determining the race winner. Shannon, Pereira, Jonathan Mullett, Randy Sample and Dale Parro made up the top five for the restart.
Back under green, Shannon managed a narrow margin over Pereira. He gained a little more breathing room on lap 40 as Mullett moved up to challenge for the runner-up spot. On the following circuit, though, Mullett gave way to Sample. Four laps later, Sample picked off Pereira for second.
While positions changed hands in his mirror, Shannon bolted to a half-straightaway lead and looked to be on his way to an easy win. On this night, though, nothing would be easy as caution #5 waved on lap 48 for a tangled involving Mullett and Sean Calway.
Shannon got a tremendous break on the restart when Pereira went after Sample for second place. With those two battling door-to-door, Shannon set sail and won by 1.491 seconds. Sample nipped Pereira at the line for the runner-up spot. Mullett was fourth and Parro completed the top five. Nester was credited with 12th place and saw his division lead trimmed from 38 to 18 points over Sample, 478-460.
As a result of the race finish and the altercation’s subsequent suspensions between the involved drivers and crews for the rest of the season, Randy will inherent the points lead. We have three races left to finish the season out. We need to work hard, save up and buy tires each week, so we can best our chance of staying on top.
Jamie’s new car is well underway in construction. The chassis has been cleaned up and roll cage installation is in progress. Progress has been severely affected by work obligations of chief mechanic and crew chief Doug. With one month of racing left, our hope is to have it out by the seasons’ end is bleak. I know Jamie is chomping at the bit to get back in the car.
Our next race is this Saturday, September 19, 2009. Please come and join us.
JRN Racing would like to thank our current sponsors this year. They are:
POMOCO Auto Group
Bond Pro Clean – Commercial and Residential Cleaning Services
Guaranteed Auto Service
Bayport Credit Union
Wilbert’s Upholstery
Tidewater D-J’s {DJ Services}
Linville’s WINE & DELI
Discount Used Auto Parts
3-Wide Graphix
Series Sponsor Atlantic Power Sweeping We appreciate them coming on board and hope you will contract their services.
We appreciate all of our sponsors 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 for 2010’s racing season.
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
RACE RESULTS – SUPER STREET RACE #9 & 10 – WILD TIMES AT THE RACETRACK
Greetings Race Fans, JRN Racing has had a couple of wild weekends racing since our last report. Fortunately, we have come through these weekends no worse for the wear.
Our race on August 22 was a challenging day. Due to the USAR Pro Cup series racing with us the same night, qualifying for the Super Street Division was suspended and the best practice lap times were used to set the starting order. Unfortunately, we were fighting a very loose race car all day, and therefore our practice times were not stellar. We ended up qualifying 7th, but at least we were on an inside starting position. Soon after practice ended, the rains came and racing was ultimately cancelled until the following day.
The following Sunday, turned out to be a hot, muggy day to race. We were able to work on the car slightly and it helped a little. We finally got to race, but during the race the car was again way too loose. When our race was finally over, we pulled away with only a 7th place finish, our worst of the season. Much work was needed during the week to get the car better by the next weekend.
During the week, we made significant changes to the suspension in an effort to make the car turn better and not be so loose coming off the corners. On Saturday, August 29th, practice laps indicated we had gone in the right direction with the car. Although not perfect, we clicked off another 2nd place qualifying run at 19.226 seconds, only to be bested by the 51 car (who’s won every race so far this season) by .010 seconds.
The race though was a wild one that ended up taking out several top cars, including the 51 Car (points leader and winner of every race so far this season). Randy had a good start, but in Turn 3 on the first lap, got together with the inside car which got him out of shape, losing a few positions. He gathered it back together and started working on the cars ahead of him as the race continued. At lap 24, all heck broke loose. The leader (51) and second place car got together and both ended up in the outside wall in Turns 1/2. Randy was able to navigate through the carnage easily. The 51 car was severely damaged, and was leaking fuel and had sparks igniting the fuel on his way back to the pits. In the pits, flames caught up with the car and a serious fire ensued. It took the fire department time to put out the fire. In the mean time, tempers & fights flared as well in several places between the drivers, crew members, and fans. When it was all said and done, the 51 was out of the race due to damage, and the other car was able to keep going. On the restart, Randy started 4th. However, a few laps later, the car in the previous issue got together again with another car, causing the other car to loose control and spin out. The caution again flew during that issue and the race officials put both cars in the back on the restart. On the restart, those two got together again in Turn 1 and both ended up in the wall with damage. Tempers and fists flared again, and both drivers ended up out of the race.
Once we were able to go green again, Randy was able to drive to the front and was able to gain a second place finish in the end. The below is the race report from Gary Daugherty, the tracks reporter:
Jeff Shannon assumed the lead on lap 25 and showed the way to his first victory of the season in a raucous 50-lapper for the Atlantic Power Sweeping Super Streets. With Shannon’s win, Ryan Nester’s unbeaten streak ended at nine.
Nester began his quest for his 10th straight win from the pole position, qualifying at 74.001 mph. He grabbed the lead on backstretch on lap 1 and proceeded to pace the first 24 circuits.
Jeramie Wood started third and moved up to second on the opening lap. As Wood followed closely in Nester’s tire tracks, it quickly became apparent that the streak might be in some jeopardy.
After shadowing Nester for the first half of the event, Wood got a run on the leader on lap 25 and poked a fender underneath him at the flagstand. The two tangled into Turn 1 and both cars careened into the outside wall, bringing out the race’s second caution flag.
By far, Nester got the worst of the exchange, backing hard into the wall. He pulled away from the scene, a trail of flaming fuel in his wake. He headed to the pits where he was greeted by a fire truck and a host of fire extinguishers. As he rolled to a stop, the flames flared up, creating a scary sight.
While track workers, fire personnel and others were trying to douse Nester’s car, scuffles began to break out in the pits, along the backstretch (where Wood had stopped with the rest of the field) and in the stands as Nester and Wood supporters squared off.
When order was finally restored, the race resumed with Shannon as the new leader. He jumped out to a two-length advantage over John Pereira and began to ease away.
The third caution flag flew on lap 32 when Wood and John Foster Jr. tangled near the entrance to Turn 1 and Foster spun. Both drivers were sent to the back of the pack. They immediately resumed their tussle on the restart and both ended up in the Turn 1 wall, reigniting tempers.
After that dust-up, the eight remaining drivers got back down to the business of determining the race winner. Shannon, Pereira, Jonathan Mullett, Randy Sample and Dale Parro made up the top five for the restart.
Back under green, Shannon managed a narrow margin over Pereira. He gained a little more breathing room on lap 40 as Mullett moved up to challenge for the runner-up spot. On the following circuit, though, Mullett gave way to Sample. Four laps later, Sample picked off Pereira for second.
While positions changed hands in his mirror, Shannon bolted to a half-straightaway lead and looked to be on his way to an easy win. On this night, though, nothing would be easy as caution #5 waved on lap 48 for a tangled involving Mullett and Sean Calway.
Shannon got a tremendous break on the restart when Pereira went after Sample for second place. With those two battling door-to-door, Shannon set sail and won by 1.491 seconds. Sample nipped Pereira at the line for the runner-up spot. Mullett was fourth and Parro completed the top five. Nester was credited with 12th place and saw his division lead trimmed from 38 to 18 points over Sample, 478-460.
As a result of the race finish and the altercation’s subsequent suspensions between the involved drivers and crews for the rest of the season, Randy will inherent the points lead. We have three races left to finish the season out. We need to work hard, save up and buy tires each week, so we can best our chance of staying on top.
Jamie’s new car is well underway in construction. The chassis has been cleaned up and roll cage installation is in progress. Progress has been severely affected by work obligations of chief mechanic and crew chief Doug. With one month of racing left, our hope is to have it out by the seasons’ end is bleak. I know Jamie is chomping at the bit to get back in the car.
Our next race is this Saturday, September 19, 2009. Please come and join us.
JRN Racing would like to thank our current sponsors this year. They are:
POMOCO Auto Group
Bond Pro Clean – Commercial and Residential Cleaning Services
Guaranteed Auto Service
Bayport Credit Union
Wilbert’s Upholstery
Tidewater D-J’s {DJ Services}
Linville’s WINE & DELI
Discount Used Auto Parts
3-Wide Graphix
Series Sponsor Atlantic Power Sweeping We appreciate them coming on board and hope you will contract their services.
We appreciate all of our sponsors 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 for 2010’s racing season.
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
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