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2008 Season
Finished the 2008 season in 5th place.
Raced at 85 Speedway in Ennis, TX.
| Race Night | Date | Finished | Points & Position | Notes |
| 1 | Saturday, March 15, 2008 | Finished 5th | - points counted, but not provided | |
| 2 | Saturday, March 22, 2008 | Placed 11th | - total 64 points - 10th position overall |
Did not finish. Fan belt came off and radiator hose blew. Car overheated. |
| 3 | Saturday, March 29, 2008 | Finished 4th | - total 101 points - 5th position overall |
Won the Heat race. |
| 4 | Saturday, April 12, 2008 | Finished 2nd | - total 140 points - 2nd position overall |
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| 5 | Saturday, April 19, 2008 | Placed 9th | - total 172 points - 3rd position overall |
Did not finish. Got caught up in a wreck on the first lap in turn two. Flew off the track with two other cars (were all hung together). A few laps later, car 13 caught my rear bumper, ripped it off, and spun me around. A couple laps later my right front tire blew and I had to throw in the towel. |
| 6 | Saturday, May 3, 2008 | Placed 7th | - total 206 points - 3rd position overall |
Did not finish. Kept throwing the fan/water pump belt due to a bad alternator bearing. |
| 7 | Saturday, May 10, 2008 | Finished 9th | - total 238 points - 3rd position overall |
Car was running extremely bad. Problem was either a bad fuel filter or burnt spark plugs. I ran almost an entire race in second gear because I couldn’t get ANY power out of the motor in first gear. I normally race ONLY in first gear. |
| 8 | Saturday, May 17, 2008 | Placed 11th | - total 268 points - 3rd position overall |
Did not finish. Kept throwing the fan/water pump belt again. |
| 9 | Saturday, May 24, 2008 | Placed ? | - total 298 points - 4th position overall |
Did not finish. Had a head-on collision with Charley Morgan #69 when he spun. Bent and broke my front tubing. Threw a belt and overheated due to the accident. Did not finish the race. |
| 10 | Sunday, May 25, 2008 | Finished 4th | - we’re unsure if points were counted for anyone | Albert McCall Jr #7 was spun in turn three and I hit him in the side at a good rate of speed on the last lap. Slightly bent my frame horns, shredded my radiator when it was pushed into the fan, pushed my engine sideways a little, broke a transmission mount, and caused a lot of body damage. It was a HARD hit. Still managed to get the car backed up, straightened out and finished 4th. |
| 11 | Saturday, May 31, 2008 | Placed ? | - points were screwed up | Did not race feature. Body was shifting due to the big wreck the previous weekend and caused the radiator to move forward into the fan. Didn’t make the feature race so I didn’t earn any points. |
| 12 | Saturday, June 7, 2008 | Placed 12th | - total 366 points - 5th position overall |
Did not finish. Blew a head gasket or cracked a head. |
| 13 | Saturday, June 14, 2008 | Placed 7th | - total 400 points - 5th position overall |
Did not finish. I had my new car out there this weekend. Started and finished second in the heat race. Thought the fuel pump went out, but the fuel line got clogged. Had a flat during the feature and broke a transmission mount. |
| 14 | Saturday, June 21, 2008 | Placed 13th | - total 428 points - 5th position overall |
Did not finish. I raced my new car again. Did not finish the heat race or feature. Fuel line got clogged again. Determined the previous owner of the fuel cell (#7) had used silicone on the fittings. Fuel and silicone do not work well together. |
| 15 | Saturday, June 28, 2008 | Finished 8th | - total 461 points - 5th position overall |
Won the Heat race. |
| 16 | Saturday, July 5, 2008 | Placed 13th | - total 490 points - 6th position overall |
Did not finish. I raced my new car again. Started second in the Heat race and finished third. I started second in the feature. On the first lap, a car spun in front of me, I slowed to avoid hitting him, another car hit me from behind, spun me around, and another car hit me head-on hard. Needless to say, my car was done for the night. |
| The chase for the championship begins: The chase only determines the season champion. The chase points do not determine the other positions. |
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| 17 | Saturday, July 12, 2008 | Placed 9th | - total 523 points - 5th position overall - chase 33 points |
Did not finish. I raced my new car again. Car was handling well, but the car started overheating due to a bad radiator. I led a couple laps, restarted in the rear due to accidents, came back up to fourth place, dropped to fifth and on the last lap my overheated engine decided to seize up. |
| 18 | Saturday, July 19, 2008 | Placed 11th | - total 553 points - 5th position overall - chase 63 points |
Did not finish. I raced the old car. Back to the problem of throwing the fan/water pump belt again in the Heat race. I removed all belts, except for the fan/water pump belt, and still threw it in the Feature race. |
| 19 | Saturday, July 26, 2008 | Finished ? | - total 580 points - 5th position overall - chase 90 points |
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| 20 | Saturday, August 2, 2008 | Finished ? | - total 606 points - 5th position overall - chase 116 points |
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| 21 | Saturday, August 9, 2008 | Finished 4th | - total 643 points - 5th position overall - chase 153 points |
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| 22 | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | Finished ? | - total 674 points - 5th position overall - chase 179 points |
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| 23 | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | Finished 8th | - total 707 points - 5th position overall - chase 217 points |
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| 24 | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | Finished 7th | - total 775 points - 5th position overall - chase 285 points |
Won the Heat race. |
| 25 | Saturday, September 20, 2008 | n/a | - total 775 points - 5th position overall - chase 285 points |
Did not race at all this weekend. Participated in a demolition derby at Cowtown Speedway instead. |
| 26 | Saturday, September 27, 2008 | n/a | - total 523 points overall - 5th position - chase 285 points |
Did not race at all this weekend. Last race of the regular season. I have already secured fifth place overall and cannot lose or gain on the position. |
End of Year Big Race – Black and Gold
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Finished 13th.
Raced the new car, but with a 305 engine instead of a 350. After intentionally hitting the protective tires in turn three to avoid hitting a car that had flipped, my carburetor screwed up. I pitted a few times during cautions, but was unable to correct the problem. Finished the race slowly on the inside edge of the track.