knute2
03-08-2010, 01:09 AM
Hey Guys!
So after a slow start on pit road to start off for the season things have picked up, last I told you was that the truck deal we had fell through the last week before Daytona and we were kind of left with nothing but a 1 race ARCA deal. Even with nothing for the first week we kept our hopes up and continued to work hard at practice and on our own at OTW (over the wall) crew.
It looked like me might have had a Nationwide deal for 4 races starting at California, but that deal didn’t happen, the team pulled from the race the day before haulers entered the track so it was a no go. I didn’t get left with nothing to do because the ARCA series raced in West Palm Beach the next week and OTW crew sent 3 teams down there. I pitted for Eddie Sharp Racing #6 car driven by Blake Koch in his first ever ARCA race. This race was on a road course and for the first time in my pit road experience it rained. However no rain delays here, for the first time in ARCA history we slapped on some Hoosier rain tires and races in the wet stuff. The rain wasn’t very heavy for most of the race into it started to down poor with about 7 laps to go and they called the race. Blake did a great job and we finished 3rd!
Eddie Sharp had nothing but good things to say, our pit stop was very good and the word back at the OTW crew shop is that he wants up back saying we are one of the best pit crews he has seen in a long time. This Eddie Sharp deal is a good one, they are like the Hendricks motorsports of ARCA, winning many races and last year’s championship with Justin Lofton. At Daytona they have Nelson Piquet Jr, (former F1 driver and son on a 3 time F1 champion I believe) drive for them, and Nelson just signed to race more ARCA races with them starting at Texas. Maybe I will get lucky and get to pit for him. I got to briefly meet him and his dad at West Palm and they are very nice and I think Nelson can wheel a race car.
Speaking of his dad, I was talking to him and had no idea who he was, I actually thought he was the dad of a kid getting an autograph from Piquet Jr. and we were just chatting as the kid was wondering around. After he walked away one of my teammates said to me “you know who that is?” I had no clue I was talking to a F1 champion.
That race was fun, I got an awesome escort ride on a golf cart back and forth from the car to the hauler a few times to grab stuff we needed, oh the luxury! The only negative really was the down pooring rain after the race. We got soaked and stopped at the first McDonalds, we pretty much walked in there with all of our stuff and fully changed in the bathroom, then took the long ride back to Mooresville and got home around 4am.
Ok enough of that, here's the good news, I finally went NASCAR racing! Truck style!
Yesterday was my first truck race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and it was a wild day. During the week DJ told us he knew a guy who puts teams together for smaller low budget teams, and they usually need one or two guys. This one guy needed a jack man, changer and gasman. However there were some negatives to it, first off it wasn’t really a well organized deal, but it was a chance to get another race and a few bucks. However we would have to pay for our Truck License, that is something you have to do some time to get in to this sport, sometimes you have to invest a little to crack open the door and will soon hopefully be wide open for opportunities. Usually DJ wouldn’t ask us if we wanted to do this, but he felt pretty confident that we will be doing the next few Truck races and would get our money back, so might as well start 1 race earlier. So with a little help from Mad Finn (dad) because of the tight financial situation, me and two other guys I’ve been with since my start went to Atlanta for our first NASCAR race in the truck series.
So after a slow start on pit road to start off for the season things have picked up, last I told you was that the truck deal we had fell through the last week before Daytona and we were kind of left with nothing but a 1 race ARCA deal. Even with nothing for the first week we kept our hopes up and continued to work hard at practice and on our own at OTW (over the wall) crew.
It looked like me might have had a Nationwide deal for 4 races starting at California, but that deal didn’t happen, the team pulled from the race the day before haulers entered the track so it was a no go. I didn’t get left with nothing to do because the ARCA series raced in West Palm Beach the next week and OTW crew sent 3 teams down there. I pitted for Eddie Sharp Racing #6 car driven by Blake Koch in his first ever ARCA race. This race was on a road course and for the first time in my pit road experience it rained. However no rain delays here, for the first time in ARCA history we slapped on some Hoosier rain tires and races in the wet stuff. The rain wasn’t very heavy for most of the race into it started to down poor with about 7 laps to go and they called the race. Blake did a great job and we finished 3rd!
Eddie Sharp had nothing but good things to say, our pit stop was very good and the word back at the OTW crew shop is that he wants up back saying we are one of the best pit crews he has seen in a long time. This Eddie Sharp deal is a good one, they are like the Hendricks motorsports of ARCA, winning many races and last year’s championship with Justin Lofton. At Daytona they have Nelson Piquet Jr, (former F1 driver and son on a 3 time F1 champion I believe) drive for them, and Nelson just signed to race more ARCA races with them starting at Texas. Maybe I will get lucky and get to pit for him. I got to briefly meet him and his dad at West Palm and they are very nice and I think Nelson can wheel a race car.
Speaking of his dad, I was talking to him and had no idea who he was, I actually thought he was the dad of a kid getting an autograph from Piquet Jr. and we were just chatting as the kid was wondering around. After he walked away one of my teammates said to me “you know who that is?” I had no clue I was talking to a F1 champion.
That race was fun, I got an awesome escort ride on a golf cart back and forth from the car to the hauler a few times to grab stuff we needed, oh the luxury! The only negative really was the down pooring rain after the race. We got soaked and stopped at the first McDonalds, we pretty much walked in there with all of our stuff and fully changed in the bathroom, then took the long ride back to Mooresville and got home around 4am.
Ok enough of that, here's the good news, I finally went NASCAR racing! Truck style!
Yesterday was my first truck race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and it was a wild day. During the week DJ told us he knew a guy who puts teams together for smaller low budget teams, and they usually need one or two guys. This one guy needed a jack man, changer and gasman. However there were some negatives to it, first off it wasn’t really a well organized deal, but it was a chance to get another race and a few bucks. However we would have to pay for our Truck License, that is something you have to do some time to get in to this sport, sometimes you have to invest a little to crack open the door and will soon hopefully be wide open for opportunities. Usually DJ wouldn’t ask us if we wanted to do this, but he felt pretty confident that we will be doing the next few Truck races and would get our money back, so might as well start 1 race earlier. So with a little help from Mad Finn (dad) because of the tight financial situation, me and two other guys I’ve been with since my start went to Atlanta for our first NASCAR race in the truck series.