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5/21/2007 First Heat Win at Lincoln Speedway
A week off brought a great night back for Jessie in
her 358 Sprint Car at Lincoln Speedway. Making the feature at
Lincoln on any given race night is tough. There were 45 cars
racing for the 24 feature spots Saturday night and our goal was to make
the feature through the heat race or the Consi.
Frank Fleming had the Car set up just right.
Jessie started on the outside pole of 11 cars in the second heat.
Looking back through the group were some tough drivers. Just to
name a couple were the 66-Dale Hammaker; 7C-Chad Trout; 4R-Glenndon
Forsythe; 22H-J.R. Fry; 1W-John Westbrook. All pretty good.
The competition at Lincoln is just plain tough. Only four make the
feature through the Heat.
With this group it might be tough to make it through
the heat race so at least a front starting spot in the Consi was still a
good possibility.
As the heat race unfolded Jessie pulled away.
All we could hope for was one of those long green flag runs we didn’t
want went we were in the back just a few nights before. This time
it came true for her. Green to Checker with no cautions and a time
just two seconds off the track record.
Yes she was grinning from ear to ear with her
First Heat Win at Lincoln Speedway. The Consi’s were
tough Saturday night. Either one would be a great feature at many
tracks.
Now the wait for the feature and the second guessing
on what to adjust for the changing track conditions as the night dried
out the clay. As it turned out we didn’t get her car tight enough,
though she did a great job with what she had. It was apparent the
car was too loose in the first lap. She was 3rd in lap 6 and still
a top 5 about lap 10 but the car just got looser and Jessie finished
13th. All in all a great night.
Sunday the Fletcher’s of the Olney, Md and
Fletcher’s Service Center and BP invited Jessie to bring her Sprint Car
to the Olney Days Car and Truck Show.
She had a great time with the kids and adults. Bobby
Fletcher knows a thing or two about Sprint Cars (he and his
dad). It was all part of a weekend celebration “Olney
Days 2007” that the Fletcher’s are a big part of. Just
the day before was the annual Joe’s Ride and
Stride Remembering Olney’s Kids to benefit the
Joseph Patrick Sanford Foundation.
Be sure to stop by their station and let them
know how much you appreciate their community support and if you would
like to get involved next year. Jessie does.
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