5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st ......

November 2, 2002 -- WIN! We like starting at the back! We drew a last pill for the second time in a row, and started at the back of the field in the heat race. The 8 lap heat race seemed to take forever - we must have run over 50 laps with all the yellow flags -- the weather has turned much cooler and with over 20° cooler asphalt temperatures there were a lot of cars spinning out, but little damage! We got up to a 4th place finish in the heat race. The track drew a '4 invert' and we really got lucky with a pole starting position for the 30 lap feature. By the second lap it had become a three car race: Monty in the lead with the 39 - Gary Southard in second and the 64 -David Baxley in third. The first half of the race all three stayed close - 1 or 2 car lengths apart at the most. Just past half way there was a yellow from a middle of the pack spin. Monty got a good restart and jumped ahead, and about lap 20 started pulling away for good - wining by over a straight-away. Gary had his hands full of David trying to get by, but in the end it finished the same top three that ran the whole race.

November 26, 2002 -- The modifieds take a week off at Bronson, and we took a weekend off racing and enjoyed family!

October 19, 2002 -- WIN! Drew the absolutely last pill in the hopper for heat race starting position; finished 3rd in the heat race. Bronson does a "invert draw" to select how many of the front get inverted to set the feature starting lineup. Drew second row inside. Due to other people's unfortunate circumstances - outside front dropped to the back, pole sitter broke an axle on the parade lap, we started the feature on the pole -- and never looked back -- WIN!

October 12, 2002 -- 4th - One of those where you wish you just hadn't gotten out of bed! This week was a crash fest - bad news! Let laps 2 through 22, got tagged in the rear on lap 23 and sent to the back. Got back to the lead pack in 6 laps - on lap 28 the victim in the middle of another major crash - taken out with 2 flat tires, 2 bent rims, plus 2 flat spotted tires, and broken left front suspension. Only 3 cars finished the race - we came home with a 4th place. (There were a lot torn up a lot worse than ours.)

September 28, 2002 -- 2nd Let laps 2 through 22, got tagged and sent to the back, came back and got a 2nd place finish!

September 21, 2002 -- WIN! This year we got a late start on the race season, then plagued by rainouts (the first six trips only netted 2 races). July through September we have only raced 6 races, but have done well at Bronson: Finished In The Lead Pack And Top 5 Every Race! Most races have 12 to 18 cars in the Modified Class, so there is pleanty of great racing with 8 lap heat races and a 30 lap feature for the class.
We have beat the track champion (who has won most of the races this year) both the last 2 races - and he never got within 3 car lengths of us!
There should be 4 more races for us this year we plan on competing in, including a special 100 lap SARA Sanctioned race Nov. 9-10.

Bronson is a 3/8 mile asphalt oval track with a very nice facility: Outside wall, grassed infield, lighted reasonable, pits outside the track with asphalt pit road and pit stalls with grassy parking - No dirt, no mud!