Weekend Wrap Up - West Coat Sprint Cars - Hanford 9-20-13 - Tulare 9-21-13 - Matt Mitchell

The racing gods did not shine down on JFM this weekend in Hanford or Tulare. Matt Mitchell was doing his thing as always, Jimmy May had the #73 fast, just was not in the stars for us...

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR - KINGS SPEEDWAY - HANFORD, CA - 9-20-13

Coming into tonight’s running of the 6^th Annual ‘Jim Turner Memorial’ everything was looking about as good as it could. Jimmy May had the JFM King Racing Products A&A Precision CNC Machine Berry Pack #73 dialed in and fast. We had the talented Matt Mitchell running for us and he did not disappoint. Mitchell was third quick tonight with a time of 15.807 that put him to start 3rd in Heat 3. Matt came up strong in his Heat race to take the WIN which put him in the 8 lap Dash starting 6th. Again coming from behind he powered his way up to claim 3rd in the Dash which gave him a starting spot on the inside of the second row.

Now the feature race Mitchell fell back a spot from the gate but held onto 4^th for a good part of the race through several Yellow Flags. By lap 20 Matt was in front of Netto holding 3^rd and coming around laps 1 and 2 they got together and it took Mitchell out and to the back on the restart. Hobbling with a low left rear that was losing air quickly, he pulled off on the 23^rd lap. This is Sprint Car racing.

Qualified: 3^rd FORD-15.807
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1^st
DASH: (6 laps) 3^rd
FEATURE: (30 laps) 16^th DNF

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR – THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY - TULARE, CA - 9-21-13 – ‘HARRY TALBOT MEMORIAL’

Matt Mitchell running the JFM King Racing Products A&A Precision CNC Machine Berry Pack #73 tonight here at the Thunderbowl, again, was going along as well as we could have scripted it. Mitchell was the fastest in qualifying, came from 6^th to 3^rd in his heat race, went from 8^th to 5^th in the Dash positioning him well for the main Sprint event of the evening in Tulare.

Starting on the inside of the 3^rd row for the Feature, things were looking pretty optimistic. Then, after the 2 front runners tangled in the first turn, the race had a full restart putting Mitchell starting 3^rd! Forward now to lap 5 where Mitchell had pulled into 2^nd right behind the leader and trying to pass he got into the wall and off the track completely. All or nothing sent Matt to the back and this made getting back to front a steep uphill battle. This was lap 5, by lap 10 he had powered his way up to 12^th with another yellow. Now in lap 15 with another yellow, Mitchell had the #73 car up to 9^th. Now with the track taking on all that rubber, passing was getting tough. Another Yellow at lap 29 has Matt in 8^th and he finishes in 7^th.

Qualified: 1^st FORD-15.639
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 3^rd
DASH: (6 laps) 5^th
FEATURE: (30 laps) 7^th

NEXT RACE FOR JFM:
USAC WEST COAST SPECIAL EVENT: September 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “Brawl For It All” (Grudge Series)