I started racing in 2005 by making a couple passes in my
dad's camaro and then racing my own car that was a primered
1985 Oldsmobile cutlass street car that ran 12.20. My first
race in it I runner up and lost because the car ran off
which also happen to be my first final. The next weeks
Test-n-tune had a gamblers race which I also managed another
runner up finish. When points started I decided to start off
into Street class and get some driving experience on the top
and bottom end of the track, 12’s is fast but was the
perfect speed to learn the finish line. I ran that entire
year of points and managed to win two races and finished 3rd
in points. The car broke the week before Bracket Finals so I
had to borrow a car to race, that didn’t turn out all that
bad.
The following year (2006) we kept the car all the same and
started double classing in our Modified class but didn’t
join there points, but joined Street Class points again.
Right off the bat I was doing really well and started off
leading points and never lost the lead. I won 6 Street Class
races and Runner up ounce with 4 semis, then won 1 gamblers
race, and also managed to runner up in modified ounce. I won
the Summit Super Serious track PR for No-Box. I finished
26-4, and I also won the Street Class point serious. Winning
the track PR put me in the Summit Super Serious run-off with
all the other track champions. At the end of the year when
points where all over I started running my dads 1968 Camaro
in Top Class, trying to see how good I could be using a
delay box, which didn’t turn out to bad and was able to be
pretty consistent.
In 2007 we made the move to a 2007 American Racecars 235”
swing-arm dragster that we purchased brand new from American
Racecars out of Teledo Ohio. I can not thank the owners of
American Racecars enough, Travis Colangelo, Mark Horton, and
all they guys at American Racecars for helping make this
opportunity for me to own and drive one of there racecars. I
joined the Top class points and Summit Super Series and went
through a huge learning process. I feel that I had a pretty
awesome year winning my 3rd race out in the car
and having a couple semi’s finishes and was able to finish 4th
overall at the end of the year and 3rd in the
Summit Super Series. I also qualified for the Bracket Finals
team which was 43 of the top qualifiers from our track, and
squared off against other tracks in our division. During
Bracket Finals race there was a couple races that took place
which started with Thursday and Friday Gambler races, I was
able to do really good on Thursday by making it down to the
semi’s and losing at 3 cars left. Friday had a good run but
lost 3rd round. Come Saturday was when the main
event of the Finals started where the tracks started to
compete for a final score and which carried into Sunday. I
was able to do really well and scored the winning point for
our team and being the last car from our track left which
was an awesome job from everyone on our team in all the
classes and was an honor to represent our track and racers
being that the race is the best of best from all around our
division. At the end of every year our track holds a big
Halloween race where we run off for all the year end
run-offs and a 3 day racing weekend. I was able to win the
main event race on Sunday which was the big money day with a
Coffins of Cash race. The Final race we went to was Summit
Motorsports Park’s Halloween Classic which is the biggest
sportsman race in the world. I was able to also make a semi
finish which was a huge accomplishment and something I will
always remember.
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