July 24th- Waynesfield Raceway Park (Waynesfield, OH) 18 Mods. Once again driving the #52 Luchini Motorsports JBR Modified. Drew a 74 and would start 9th in the first heat race. I had a good run in the heat and was able to gain eight positions for a 2nd place finish. Unfortunately mother nature had other plans before our feature started. With a lot of rain fall in a short amount of time Waynesfield was forced to cancel and make up the feature this Saturday July 31st. I will start 4th in that feature.
Jon
July 23rd- Limaland Motorsports Park (Lima, OH) 29 Mods. Driving the #52 Luchini Motorsports JBR Modified. Drew a number 12 which started my night out right on the outside front row of the third heat. After a couple laps I started to get comfortable with the racecar and was able to grab the heat race win. The inversion put me in the fourth place starting position for the feature. The race track was in excellent shape and held good moisture for having extreme heat and wind all day. I knew I had a fast racecar and but just needed to be patience. When the race started it was difficult to be patience because my car just felt that much faster than everyone else. I was running third following first and second around the bottom. I knew I had to change lanes if I was going to make the pass. We then had a caution on lap six and when we went back green I decided to take the high side and it paid off. I made my move past first and second and walked away with the win in my first appearance at Limaland this season. What an awesome feeling to come back to a track that I won a championship at in 2008 and still not miss a beat. I had a lot of fun and I would like to thank Dave, Jeff, and Nick for the opportunity to wheel one fast machine.
Jon
Racing Waynesfield Raceway Park tonight in the #52
Limaland results. Started 4th. On lap 7 took the lead and won the feature!
Limaland. Will start 4th in the feature.
Headed to Limaland tonight wheeling the Luchini Motorsports JBR #52
After a month off I didn’t expect to set the world on fire. I was really happy with the car and its performance. I made the driver errors that killed the results and I’m not afraid to admit the car was better than I was this weekend. We will continue to progress and results will come. Thanks for all those who support me to get me back on track.
Jon
July 17th- Oakshade Raceway Park (Wauseon, OH) The final night of the UMP summer nationals with 58 cars present for the highest car count of the tour. Had a little more confidence than last night and was ready to start it off right. I qualified second quick in group number four as Summer National champ Jason Feger out qualified me by only seven thousandths of a second. The heat races started heads up and I was able to steal the lead off the start and lead every lap for the heat race win. Redrew the number five starting position for the feature. Tire selection was key as the race track was hard to read after the track officials watered and reworked the track before the 60 lap feature. The race started a little under the gun as the track was still a little greasy. I fell back to 8th as I went with harder tires and needed the track to come in more. By lap ten I started to get some heat in the tires and charge back to the front. On lap 28 I was back to fifth working to pass the three cars bunched up in front of me. As I tried to sneak under Feger I missed my mark and clipped the inside tire smashing my nose into a form of a snow plow. Everytime I hit my brakes I would push like a freight train. I tired rolling around the top so I didn’t have to use my brakes and keep my nose in the air. Once I lost my spring cup on the left front I pushed off the race track and could not control the car. I was unable to continue and held yet another disappointing finish.
Jon
July 16th- Attica Raceway Park (Attica, OH) JHR is finally back in action after suffering damage at the Dream that postpone us for about a month of racing action. 50 cars in attendance for this summer national’s event. I was 9th fastest in group four and had to shake it off and make some changes to the racecar. Only the top four would transfer out of the heat so I had some work to do. After a ten lap heat race I was able to rally my way from ninth to the fourth and final transfer position locking me into the A-main with a 16th place starting spot. I felt like I had a car that could go to the front with the right tire selection and adjustments. As we lined up for the feature a couple cars dropped out in front of me which then started me in 14th. When the green flagged waved I wasted no time and started my charge to the front. I worked the bottom of the race track to my advantage picking off one to two cars at a time. By lap seven I was already up to the seventh place position. I continued to crawl to front and briefly passed Matt Miller for third but fell back to fourth. I followed in line as the racetrack started to move to the top. The top of turn one and two was tricky and if you over charged the corner it was easy to get caught slipping off the banking. Unfortunaly I slipped off the track and lost a couple spots. I rode around in 6th until the final lap were I was spun out from behind and launched out of the ball park. All that hard work was wasted with one final turn to go.
Jon
Oakshade results. Started 5th. Hit an inside tire on lap 32 that ended my night.
will start 5th in feature.
OakshadeRaceway. Started outside front row and led ever lap for the heat race win. Redraw soon for top six spots
Oakshade Raceway. 58 cars. Second fastest in group four. Feger on the pole. On two transfer out of the heat
Attica results. Started 16th. Was up to 4th. Fell back to 6th and then was spun out on the last lap. Finished 11th
Attica Raceway. Bad qualifying run. Started 9th in the fourth heat and had a good run to a 4th place finish. Start 16th
JHR will be back in the dirt this friday and saturday for the final two summer nationals races at Attica & Oakshade.
JHR update. Late model is back square and ready for new body. Mod motor is now fixed and ready to rock. More to come.
June 19th Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH) 31 Modifieds. Drew a 71 and started 10th in the second heat race. A surprising heavy race track made it hard for passing but I still managed to climb my way to a fourth place finish. The track didn’t change a whole lot from the heats, the speeds were about the same but the groove had moved up on the race track making for a little more passing. I started 11th in the feature and knew there was no time to wait around. I quickly picked off one car at a time and after sixteen laps I found myself passing for second place. A late red flag with two laps to go bunched the field back together. Eldora leaves laps cars in the spot they were running so I restarted in the fourth position with a lap car in-between first and second. Unfortunately I felt like I had the car to win the race but the lap car did not help the situation. And one more lap wouldn’t have help either because coming out of turn four on final lap my motor had broke and I had to coasted to the finish line. I was able to get by the second place car and the lap car in one turn and just didn’t have enough time to catch the leader. Strong finish though and still maintained the points lead at Eldora.
Jon
Eldora results. Started 11th and worked my way to a 2nd place finish. Broke a motor on the last turn.
Eldora Speedway. 30 cars. Started 10th in the second heat finished 4th. Should start 11th in the feature.