#73 Larry Barnett

#73 Larry Barnett

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Next Mod Race - Thursday, July 25th

First, an update on the Sportsman car: 
On July 18th at Thompson, we picked up our 4th win of the season, our 67th win overall, in the first of two features. During the second race, the car was heavily damaged, when I was turned directly into the wall off turn 2 by Joe Plonski.  He will get an assist for anyone winning a race the remainder of this season.


It will be the last race for this year in my #73 sportsman car, and may be the last ever. I have no plans to make any repairs to the car.   All good things come to an end eventually.  With oval track racing potentially ending soon at Thompson speedway, it is hard to justify the work and money to make repairs.

I will sell my awesome Nat's Racing Engine for $6,000 now, or mothball everything for possible use someday.


Modified update:
We are almost done with preps to bring the car to Thompson speedway on July 25th.  I had hoped to concentrate on driving the mod on some of the shorter tracks, but do look forward to the better power under the hood I have this season.  We will plan our next event for the mod after the Thompson event.



Possibles:
Beach Ridge on August 3rd (tough because most of my crew can't attend)
Waterford August 10th(sorry, but I just don't like this track)
Or Seekonk on August 17th


For those who want to enjoy the video of an in-car camera when pummeling the car against the wall (without feeling the pain), see you tube video which should be posted soon.  It will be Here, on 3400 modified  videos.


Cheers,
LB