Bakersfeild Speedway  4-25-09  ( Grand Slam #2 ).  The car out of the trailer was perfect. The heat race the first lap i was hit by a driver that was not looking far enough in front of his front wheels to see that myself and a other car where together and were slowing down, He hit me in the left side full throttle ( That Hurt ).  My crew and I started to fix the car and Danny Faria and his guys all jumped in and helped, The car was ready just in time for the simi main. The simi the car was awesome I finish 3rd. The main event I started 22nd, The track was a dust bowl and in bad shape, But my car was a rocket, I was picking cars off one by one, I drove my way up to 9th. The car was great, until I hit the cushion out of turn 4, The right rear tire was flat ?, I could not tell if it was something else that broke ?, whatever  the right rear hit the wall and that was it for me. Thanks to Steve Luport and his crew and to Danny Faria and his crew for the hard work putting the car back on the track.  I Hope we will have the car ready for the next race.

Richard McCormick

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Back In The Sprint Car.... Ventura Raceway 4-11-09. Heat race #1 of the night, The track had good grip and fast, I finish 2nd. The main event, I had a good starting spot ( outside front row )  I jumped out front and into the lead, the car was fast, but 5 or so laps into it there were 4 or 5 cars stopped in turn 3, coution came out ( there go's my lead) we ran under the yellow for 10 laps or more, that killed my car !!. The new track is a one line up high, off the wall to get foreword bite, or cut someone off to get by them type of track. I am trying to make my car to drive so I do not have to depend on one line to go foreward and faster. We will try to fix the car or I will have to drive the car off the wall. At the end I finish in the top 10, we had a left rear tire down so that did not help.Thanks again to everybody and the fans for having patience with me, I will try to get to the winners circle soon. I will be....... Back In The Sprint Car.

Richard  McCormick

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Back in the sprint car, Grand Slam race #1. Ventura Raceway, Over 40 cars showed up, There were 5 heats and 2 LCQs. I was in the 5th heat race of the night, We finish 1st, It was a good run for the #71 sprint car. The main event was stacked with some of best drivers around ( not sure why they had so much grip ). The car was ok when we had green flag laps that were 10 or more. The track was again dry slick and no grip, The bottom was good but I had the car set up tite, And the top was ok, But the dust was thick it was hard to see the track conditions, The yellow's I lost heat in the tires and for some reason I did'nt have any left rear bite for the main. Well, we have some work to due on the car to make it better. The good news we have next sat. to fix it, Eventuality we will get it fixed. Thanks again to Steve Luport and the crew for the hard work on the car. Until next weekend, I will see you at the races Back In The Sprint Car.

 Thanks       Richard  McCormick

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Back in the sprint car, Ventura Raceway. I was in the frist heat of the night, The track was tacky, I had the car to tight for the condition of the track, But the car was fast, we finish 1st. The main event, The track was dry slick blue groove, We had the car set up good for the begnning of the race, I knew the car was not perfect, But it was still good for the rest of the race, we finish 5th. We ran under green flag conditions for 15 or 20 laps, It was a good test session for the #71 sprint car. Thanks again to Steve Luport and my crew for the prep and setup of the car, and thanks to all the fans. We will be back at Ventura Raceway next week for the grand slam race.Until next week see you Back in the Sprint Car.

Richard McCormick

www.richardmccormickracing.com

Ventura Raceway, The night started good, I was in the 3rd heat race, It was a good test for the #71 Steve Luport sprint car, I had clean air in front of me and led all 10 laps to win. The main event, I started in the 3rd row inside, The car was good, I was in 5th and olny 6 laps into it, A visitor from the bandits, (They use there bumper and nerf bars to get by you), Put me into the front wall coming out of turn 4, and an other car, So sorry to say that was the end of the night for me. Thanks to my crew for giveing me a great car all night, I wish we had some more laps to see how good the car was.  I will have better night next weekend. Until then see ya at the races.

Richard McCormick

www.richardmccormickracing.com

Opening night at Ventura Raceway. There were over 40 sprint cars there, There were 5 heat races and 2 LCQ mains. I was in the 2nd heat race, I finish 2nd . The main event I started in the 5th row outside. The car was not perfect, But it was good. The start I was hit by the car next to me, He put me into the back stretch wall, I fell back 5 spots. I came back and passed a few more cars. There were a lot of yellow flags, You would get up to speed and heat in your tires, Then there was another yellow, That went on and on. Back to racing, my car did not have good forward bite, I had to make the best with what I had. I passed a few more cars and ended up nere the front, But I ran out of laps, The checked flag was out, the race was over. A top 5 finish is the best I could do that night. The #71 sprint car will be back next week to try to put it in the winners circle.Till next week, see ya at the races. Thanks again to all of the fans and the people that help me to race this awsome sprint car.

Richard  McCormick