Grandview Racer Flea Market…

The crew will be at the Grandview Flea Market on Sunday November the 15th selling a lot of good modified parts. There will be some good deals to be had. I might just go along to see who and what are there.

Hagerstown Octoberfest 350…

Just the fact that I’m writing this on Sunday afternoon should tell you something. We started the weekend out in a big hole with a draw of 95 putting Shawn last in his heat. We had steering problems all day, and even changed out the power steering pump to no avail. With the car not turning Shawn couldn’t race into the turns. The long day ended with finishing last in the consi and towing home very late last night. We are done racing as far as I know.

Pic’s from last night’s Short Track SuperNationals

I posted the pictures I took last night at the Short Track SuperNationals at Five Mile Point. They are at Redline Rover Photography. The link to Redline Rover Photography is to the right on this page. or Redline Rover Photography

Five Mile Point Short Track SuperNationals

I’ll make this short tonight. Shawn started 5th in the 6th heat and the car had a bad push. Not helping things both rear tires were going flat so he finished in the back of his heat. We worked on the car but with a starting spot of 9th in consi number 3 with 2 to qualify it wasn’t looking to good to get in. There were 5 track champions in the consi so it was a bit stacked. The car was running better and Shawn was up the 5th at one time but that was it, ran out of laps. 70 Modifieds in the pits, 27 cars started the feature. There was some real good side by side racing that went on, but there were also a lot of yellows and two red flags one for a car rolled and landed on it’s wheels and one for a fuel stop because of the yellows. We learned a little to get us faster for Hagerstown, hope to see ya all there.

Two races in October…

The Sitler Kline Race Team will travel North to Five Mile Point for the Short Track SuperNationals and South to Hagerstown Speedway for the Octoberfest 350. Shawn Reimert will replace Kevin Hartnett behind the wheel of the Generation II Construction, Kline Motorsports 55 Big Block Modified for both races. Kevin informed us two weeks ago, because of personal reasons, he could not drive the 55 the remainder of the year. He also wanted to give us time to find a replacement for the Diamond Nationals at Big Diamond. The Team called Shawn and he was set to drive the car at the Diamond Nationals, however they rained out. The crew at SKR wishes Kevin and Tara the best.

Sometimes it’s a win win…

    When I first saw that Penn Can Speedway was going up against Hagerstown Speedway’s Octoberfest, I said “they must be nuts”. But, then I got to thinkig about it, it’s a win win for Penn Can. If even 5 or 6 off the big teams skip Hagerstown and go to Penn Can they have a good field of cars and a great show for the people. If the big teams skip Penn Can and go to Hagerstown, then they still will have at least a full field of cars and one of their own most likely wins the King of the Can, not an outsider, Penn Can wins either way. Of course there is the best of both worlds and that would be if the big name teams go to Penn Can and one of their own wins the King of the Can. This could happen as there are some very good drivers at Penn Can and it’s a very hard track to get hold of.

    RoC on the other hand could be hurt next year if these guys that have supported them all year have to give up the Octoberfest 350. They may decide not to support RoC next year in fear of the same thing happening with other events. That could happen, but I think it’s unlikely.

    I would think race teams in the RoC point battle are better off at Penn Can money wise. Less distance to travel for most, don’t need a hotel room for two day show, and less cost all around. Except for first place the payout is about the same and when you throw in RoC point money maybe more.

    Hagerstown could care less, would be my guess, four classes of cars two days of racing they will have plenty of cars and fans and it’s not like they are right next to each other. There might even be cars go to Hagerstown, that would of stayed home, if it looks like some of the bigger teams are headed to Penn Can.

    And at the very least, you never know with weather like this years, it could rain at one of the tracks and not the other and the teams and fans will still have some place to go. So it could be a win win for the race teams and fans also.