A weekend at the track

WOW!! What a weekend Rescue Racing had. This weekend we raced locally at Praire City. Saturday was busy with practice and qualifying. Ryan drove a pre-runner and Chris navigated for him, Dave drove the other pre-runner and Jeremy navigated for him and Rick drove the trophy truck with Josh as his navigator. Qualifying went pretty well-it was great for the guys to get out on the short track and see what it is like driving in groups rather than in the open desert. But the excitement was really on Sunday-race day. First off-what amazing fans we have. We had a HUGE turn out and we cannot send out enough "thanks" to everyone who supports us on this adventure. It was so thrilling to listen to everyone cheering on the guys! So again, THANK YOU to everyone who came out.

This race is much different than the open desert because they split the cars into classes and then each class races in 2 different heats. Rick's class went first and all the announcer (Q-Tip) could say was "holly horsepower Batman!" Rick was creaming the rest of his class. He had a huge lead and we thought we would see our first checkered flag and first trophy. However, once again we had transmission problems and the race was over like that! So Rick and the trophy truck did not finish. But look at that air he caught!!!


But did Ryan and Dave do awesome!! During the first heat Ryan passed Dave and the two of them battled it out for the entire 8 laps. They both crossed the finish line with Ryan taking the first checked flag for Rescue Racing. During the second heat things really started to heat up. Dave took the lead on the starting lap and then Ryan slyly passed by him. they both were having a great race-ryan in 4th overall and Dave battling it for 5th with another team. But, as Ryan started his last lap the truck died after turn 1-they were unable to start it up again and had to be towed off the track. A HUGE bummer. But Dave did finish the race and caught huge air on the last jump to bring home another checkered flag!!



Although we didn't finish exactly where we wanted the whole experience was great. The smiles on all of the guys faces were worth all of the hard work. Another huge shout out goes to everyone that helps them work on these trucks. If it wasn't for them we wouldn't be where we are today. I mean to be able to pull an engine out late Saturday night at the track fix a transmission and then put the engine back in the matter of hours is truly impressive!!


Rescue Racing will be back at Praire City on April 26 and 27. So if you are in the area come out and support the team and watch them in action!!!