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December 07, 2013 at 02:32:09 PM

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Kerry Madsen – Looking Back, Looking Ahead!

(Bill W) December 7, 2013 – With 2013 in the books, the Keneric Racing #29 team and driver Kerry Madsen are looking forward to next season already. The year saw them finish tenth in the final point standings with the World of Outlaws, but a strong month of money had them finishing sixth overall in money earnings with the series. With a new crew chief on board, and a renewed confidence, the team is very much looking forward to getting 2014 underway.

Last season got off to a slower start than anticipated, but the St. Mary’s, New South Wales, Australia driver rebounded after a rough west coast trip to win at Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio in April. “It was a bit of a slow start, but once we got out of the west coast and got back to the Midwest in April, we hit our stride,” says Kerry. “We were able to win at Eldora and followed it up with a second at Elko (Minnesota in May) when we were leading and blew up.”

A number of podium finishes followed as the weather got warmer. “We were pretty quick here and there,” says Kerry. “Looking back now, you can see that we were. You think that we could have doubled our win total pretty easily, but we didn’t.”

The highlight in July came with a win at the “Knight Before the King’s Royal” and another strong run the following evening. “It was a good weekend,” says Kerry. “We were able to win on Friday night, and ran seventh in the King’s Royal. We had a great racecar on Saturday, but we just started a long ways back and really ran out of laps.”

August’s Knoxville Nationals started promising with a second place run in the prelim that garnered a fourth row starting spot for the finale. Unfortunately, the team struggled with their setup and were unable to vie for a win in the big show, finishing sixteenth. “To run so good in the prelim, and miss the boat in the A main on Saturday was disappointing,” says Kerry. “It was a little hard to take, but it is what it is. Looking back, you’d like to redo some things again.”

Following the Nationals, the team picked up where it left off before with several podium runs, including a win in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was a bit of a roller coaster ride from there to the end of the season in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The tire change was a big thing,” says Kerry, looking back on the season. “You can’t hide that. There was a lot of inconsistencies from a lot of teams this year. It wasn’t just us. You can sugarcoat it all, but the reality is, I don’t think we achieved what we should have.”

Excitement for 2014 is at a high level, however. “We’re really looking forward to next year, to be honest,” says Kerry. “We’re excited to have our new crew chief, Tyler Swank, on board. I think we will be much more consistent. We’re making changes to achieve that. We’re looking for a stronger year. Tyler is a good leader, and I think he’s the right man for the job.”

Swank comes with a well-regarded reputation in the sport. The former “Mechanic of the Year” with the World of Outlaws has Kerry excited. “I think I have my head around the tires much better, and we’ve made some changes in packages in cars and some of the accessories. Tyler comes with some confidence. He has faith in the team and faith in me as a driver. He’s going to be a great fit for us. He’s not coming in with his own agenda.”

The driver is also thankful for all the members of Keneric Racing. “Bob and Pete (Gavranich) from Keneric give us great resources,” says Kerry. “We’re working hard towards next year. We want to make another step every year with this organization. Brian Morrison (Morrison Motors) is working hard on our motor package as well. We know we have areas to work on. We need to bring that consistency up, and win more races. That’s up to everyone within the team.”

Kerry plans to work hard at Keneric Racing headquarters in Knoxville, Iowa this winter in preparation for next season. Right now, tentative plans have him racing a handful of events in mid-January “Down Under”.

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madsen

December 08, 2013 at 12:20:43 PM

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As one of his biggest American fans, I see great things in his future though biased I am. He seems to be up front very very strong at times but the consistency. Not sure if its the motor program or not but me thinks so. Freshen up those motors more often boys!

 Lawlessness and liberalism equals Hell.  NY City, 
Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Minnepolis, etc. We saw it. 
Burning hundreds of buildings, a thousand assaults and 
dozens of murders. Getting worser and worser.

onthechip

December 08, 2013 at 02:45:25 PM

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Posted By: madsen on December 08 2013 at 12:20:43 PM

Explain to me sir, why "you thinks" it is the motor program?

madsen

December 08, 2013 at 05:43:17 PM

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He has the skills as a driver, that's pretty obvious so something is missing in the program. I've seen him dominate races and then read on the internet that the next time out he finished 12th. Just seems odd. Maybe it is the driver's fault as someone above here seems to slyly imply.
If you read Flat Out or Sprint Car and Midget regularly, driver's often complain about the owner not wanting to spend the money it takes, and it's a lot of money, to have a strong car night in and night out. Some owners freshen every 6 or 7 races I'm told, some every 10 or more. Lots of difference. Even in his book LoneWolf, one of the best drivers ever, Doug Wolfgang, routinely complained about the motor not being up to par or the owner not wanting to spend the money on an expensive motor from one of the top builders and instead try to get by with what they have, an old motor built by a "not known builder" and a worn out one at that. It's not a freaken miracle that Kasey Kahne sprint cars and Tony Stewart's sprint cars are always up front, no matter who the driver. Look at the huge number of wins The Dude had for the Bass Pro Shop's car of Smoke's and he still got fired. How fast do you want to go? How much money you want to spend. Age old answer.

I'm done with this subect.

 Lawlessness and liberalism equals Hell.  NY City, 
Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Minnepolis, etc. We saw it. 
Burning hundreds of buildings, a thousand assaults and 
dozens of murders. Getting worser and worser.

madsen

December 08, 2013 at 05:49:21 PM

Joined:	10/09/2010
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PS - I havn't been called "sir" since 43 years ago when I was in the military and that was a mistake by a fellow soldier.

 Lawlessness and liberalism equals Hell.  NY City, 
Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Minnepolis, etc. We saw it. 
Burning hundreds of buildings, a thousand assaults and 
dozens of murders. Getting worser and worser.

jalaw

December 08, 2013 at 07:53:43 PM

Joined:	12/08/2013
Posts:	1

In my opinion if this team wants to become more consistant the first step in my opinion is to actually finish races. In the few years this team has been around it has torn up more racecars than anybody on the outlaw tour. Maybe not Darrah but hell it would be close. I was at a race in Indiana this year when he had a stuck throttle and was forced to pass pace car three times under yellow while running about 20th but never came to the pits to fix the problem and ended up destroying a complete race car for 20th possition. You cant do things like that and still expect to be in the championship hunt. I know i went down to the car after the race and heard the guys on the car talking and they could not believe what just happened all for nothing. They seem to do things right as far as presentation, promotion and personel. For some reason though i have noticed there is always good mechanics involved with this team but nobody ever sticks around long before getting fired. I can think of Sonny Kratzer, Rob Hart, Shane Bowers, and now Tyler Swank. It seems to me that the one constant is the driver. I don't know of many owners willing to go through that many mechanics without changing drivers. This car/driver combo is always bad ass fast at Eldora but besided that I have not been impressed. I wonder what they are talking about when they say that they are making changes to the program to fix the consistency and mention cars. Are they switching to J and J cars possibly, I know Tyler has been a good friend of Jack Elam for years and has nothing but good to say about his cars.

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