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Chad Humston – Fast Track!
(Bill W) August 30, 2011 – It was a fast track Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. A 360 track record was laid down in time trials, and Chad Humston registered the second quick time of the night. The Giltner, Nebraska driver and the Mark Burch Motorsports #1m team didn't get much luck after that however, and a DNF in the feature was the end result. The team plans on returning to Knoxville on Saturday for Season Championship night.
Clint Garner set quick time and a new track record in qualifying, and Chad was second quick. "We were second quick, but we were still a long way off from Clint," he says. "He really had that thing dialed in to set a record like he did."
Starting sixth in his heat on a fast track, the luck, or lack thereof, came in the form of the helmet shield popping open. "We should have finished better there," says Chad of the heat that gave the top five the honor of starting within the feature invert. "I'm never one to make excuses, but I ran into the first corner and my shield came open. The fresh air was fine, but the dirt and mud and rocks weren't. Once I got that handled, I tried to recover, but it was tough to pass on the track the way it was."
Chad pulled up on the fifth place car on numerous occasions, but could not make the pass. "It was close racing for a while, but we couldn't get there," he says. "That was big, because that put us starting back in 16th for the feature."
The team readied for the feature and their starting spot outside of row eight. Another patented charge from the #1m in the feature was expected, but it was not to be. "I thought the car felt pretty good to start the race," says Chad. "I think we were moving forward for the four laps we were actually in the race. We broke a rocker arm and that ended the night."
The DNF was obviously a disappointment. "I really believe we had a top ten and maybe a top five car from where we were starting," says Chad. "Stuff happens, and there's nothing you can do about it once it's over."
The team plans on running Knoxville Championship Cup Series Season Championship Night at the Knoxville Raceway, and then may venture to the Belleville Highbanks in Kansas on Sunday.
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Chad at Knoxville (Danny Howk Photo)
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I need to do a better job, and I have work to do!
Well
last Saturday night did not really meet our expectations, that's for
sure. We qualified second which is good. The bad news is that we were
only .418 seconds off of quick time. Chad's shield blew up on the start
of the heat race. Then we managed to break a rocker arm in the A main
and had to pull out. Tough night. But we've had worse.
Now
before we all start pointing fingers at the 40 car....remember: When
you start pointing fingers there is always one pointing out and three
pointing back. (The thumb you ask? Stuck up my a$$ probably.) Sorry
Kiddos....
You see this is really all my responsibility. It's my
team. My helpers, I hired the driver, the crew, etc. I make all of
the setup calls, bars, shocks, gear ratios etc. Chad gets in and drives
and does a great job. Sure we all have our good nights and bad nights.
For the most part I am the primary engine builder too. Man have I got
work to do.
Obviously, the exceptionally talented Clint Garner,
his humble and hard working team, and their engine builder Al Parker
have all done their jobs. And they have done them quite well. As a
matter of fact, they have done it so well that I am embarrassed to
return to Knoxville Raceway this Saturday Night.
Probably the
biggest embarrassment of all is that I have allowed my team to crumble
to the point that it is almost one half of a second inferior to the
toughest of competition. My loyal helper of many years, Mavin Gardens,
has finally found greener pastures. Believe me when I say I wish him
all the best. Obviously he will be missed and cannot be replaced.
No-one can ever replace Marvin.
If it wasn't for my two helpers
Cal Werner and Parker Burch, we wouldn't even make it to the race track.
Those two have helped fill fuel jugs, mount tires, change wings,
engines, etc. You say it and they do it. They are good helpers that is
for sure. But I have more work to do. A lot.
Football season
is here and school has started. I can barely compete with a crew made
up of a 17 year old playing varsity football and a barely 10 year old
that's a fifth grader playing flag football. I have a lot of work to
do.
I'm not making any excuses. The fact is that we can barely
find the time and personnel to race one night a week. And when I run
the numbers, logistically and financially, Belleville Kansas makes more
sense than Knoxville Iowa. It's certainly closer, it pays $750 more to
win, and probably most important, I won't have to try to compete against
the fastest 360 in the Midwest.....at least until I can do some more
work.
Peace Out!
MB
Rome wasn't built in a day......but they sure didn't
waste any time burning it down!
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