Ocean Speedway - 7/18/08: Off to Watsonville to race the crate late model. Standard field had all shown up. 13 cars in attendance. Came in 2nd in the heat; won the trophy dash (yay!), and 2nd in the main event to Bobby Hogge. Finishing behind Jeff was Andy Obertello, Bobby Scott and Phil Priddy.

Santa Maria Speedway - 7/19/08: We love racing at Santa Maria. They absolutely love the late models there and the officials, fans and racers are so nice. None of the officials show any partiality, and everything is done on the up and up. You just know when you show up there that you have the most chance of racing fairly and with no "promoter favoritism." It is very refreshing. There were 32 super late models in attendance and it was going to be a battle to get into the main event! But of course Jeff was up to the task. He qualified 3rd quick overall, finished 2nd in his heat race, finished 4th in the trophy dash, and would have had a top 3 in the main event, however bad luck struck again, and he got a flat tire with 6 laps to go while running in the 3rd position. He came into the pits, the tire was changed, and he managed to get back up to 12th position at the finish, but we were very disappointed. We'll come back and get em next time though. We can't wait to race Santa Maria again!

Ocean Speedway - 8/1/08: Off to Watsonville to race the crate late model. 13 cars in attendance. Jeff won his heat; won the trophy dash, and came in 2nd in the main event to Bobby Hogge. Finishing behind Jeff was Bobby Scott, Phil Priddy and Ray Martin.

Ocean Speedway - 8/8/08: Back to Watsonville to race the crate late model. Small field of only 10 cars in attendance. Jeff won his heat; came in 2nd in the trophy dash, and came in 3rd in the main event behind Bobby Hogge and Bobby Scott. We would have finished 2nd in this main event, however the officials decided to run 26 laps instead of 25, and our MSD box gave out on the 25th lap. Also, the wonderful decision of allowing lapped cars to be placed in front of the 2nd and 3rd place runners was made with 3 laps to go. This always gives the fans an exciting finish to watch, doesn't it? NOT! Finishing behind Jeff was Phil Priddy and Andy Obertello.

Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA - 8/16/08: We have been waiting to race at Silver Dollar Speedway for a very long time; and man, we were NOT disappointed! This is one of the most awesome facilities we have ever been to. This is one of the most banked, hooked up, racy tracks in California. You have to be on your A-game to race here. Despite it being 107 degrees, we were ready for the challenge! 23 super late models were in attendance and Jeff out qualified them ALL! Yep, he was smooth as butter and fast as can be. Only .100 of a second from setting a new late model track record! Jeff looked like he had been racing there for years! The old track record was set in 1990 in late model WEDGE cars, which definitely gave more needed downforce to this hooked up joint, but that is neither here nor there...

Because this was a special Saturday show at SDS, there were only two classes of cars running and everything was very rushed. We didn't have time to make many changes as we were so busy just scraping mud off the car! However, that didn't stop Jeff from doing just as great as he always does when running with the Western All Stars. In every Western All Star event that Jeff has ran this year, he has qualified in the top 3 overall, finished either 1st or 2nd in every heat race, which had him in every trophy dash as well. Pretty good statistics when running with the best in the West! If it wasn't for breakage and flat tires, I personally believe Jeff would already have had his first win with the WAS. In any event, Jeff finished 2nd in his heat race, finished 4th in the trophy dash and then ran an incredible main event, despite the fact that he was running with a bent ball joint and upper A-arm from contact with an out of control Oregon driver! He dodged the worst of the speeding bullets to finish 3rd behind the winner Bobby Hogge and 2nd place finisher, Ryan McDaniel. If Chico plans on running late models again, which I so hope they do, we'll be there FOR SURE!

Ocean Speedway - 8/22/08: Back to Watsonville to race the crate late model. 14 cars in attendance. Jeff won his heat; came in 2nd in the trophy dash, and came in 2nd in the main event behind Bobby Hogge. Finishing behind Jeff was Andy Obertello, Bobby Scott and Phil Priddy.

Labor Day plans: Weekend off! Boating out at the Delta and enjoying some much needed time off. Then we'll be back to gear up for some end of season big shows! We're definitely planning on running the Dirt Nationals out at Hanford, and we're thinking really hard about running the Maselli at Petaluma Speedway. Not sure yet if that is in the cards. We'd also like to hit up one more late model race at Santa Maria Speedway, but we're not sure if that isn't just too much racing in too short a time... Well, we'll be sure and let you know!

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