Kentucky Lake Motor
March Madness 3/7/09
left to right:
Mike Posio,
Austin Feger,
Jason Feger,
Bobbie Pierce, Bob Pierce, Josh & Vanessa
JDearing photo from www.stlracing.com
The feature March 7 at Kentucky Lake Speedway in Calvert City, KY was possibly the best race I've ever seen Jason run. It was amazing.The post prior to this one was originally on www.dirtondirt.com, hopefully Eric Grigsby won't mind that I posted it on the blog.The five plus hour trek to KLMS was well worth it. Katie and Chris went headed South with me. Grandma and Holly were in charge of the dogs in Bloomington.We had racing fever - the night before, I didn't get anything done at home. I was waiting all night for results, looking through all the bulleting boards trying to find info. Friday night Jason's heat was stacked, the competitors included Jeep, Babb, Francis, and more. Jason finished second to Jeep in the heat and sixth in the feature. Jeep won the feature!! Congrats to Jeep, Angie and their entire family.Jimmy Dearing from www.stlracing.com posted this cool photo from Friday of Jason shooting sparks at KLMS. http://www.stlracingphotos.com/gallery/7528365_NFwhK#486531250_hTRLtRead the post below about Sat's Feature! CONGRATS TO AUSTIN, JASON, THE CREW, VANESSA, PIERCE RACE CARS AND ALL OF US.Thanks so much to all of the people who support Feger Racing!
Date: March 7, 2009By Todd Turner DirtonDirt.com chief writer Visit www.dirtondirt.com to get more racing updatesJason Feger lived up to his nickname in a big way at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway's March Madness finale.The Highside Hustler jumped into the tricky top groove from the outset, blazed past Shannon Babb and then Billy Moyer, and survived a few scrapes with the wall and a few jumps over the cushion for a 40-lap victory paying a career-high $7,500 at the 3/8-mile oval in western Kentucky. "I just thought the top was going to be (good)," said the 30-year-old Bloomington, Ill., driver, who overtook Moyer on the 15th lap and led the rest of the way. "The guys would have to slow down more getting through the middle, especially with a few holes down in turn three getting in, and I thought I'd be able to get around the top that much faster, and carry much more speed. It worked."
Babb, of Moweaqua, Ill., challenged Feger a few times in the race's late stages before settling for second while Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., was third in the UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned event. Frank Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill., was fourth and Jeep Van Wormer of Pinconning, Mich., Friday's $5,000 winner, rounded out the top five. Moyer started on the pole and led the first 14 laps, but he broke an engine while running third on the 34th lap.Feger's throttle-stomping impressed everyone, including chassis builder and former Hall of Fame driver Bob Pierce, who was among many supporters congratulating Feger in victory lane. When someone said Feger looked like the Tall Cool One of old, citing Pierce's nickname, the former racer brushed off the compliment. "I could never run that high," he said with a big smile.
Feger's foes, too, were impressed that he made the high groove into the winning groove with his fifth-to-first run in the first 15 laps."He definitely found that top before everybody did. He definitely drove by us on the top there. It was good for him," said Babb, who started outside the front row and kept an eye on some of Feger's near-disastrous laps the second half of the feature. "When you do drive like that — I've done that 100 times — you can't run every lap that good, but you can always make a good roll, but you never know when you're going to mess up. He didn't ever mess up. ... He had her cooking really good. I was happy for him."The third-starting Cook thought the high groove had potential, but he was leery of running up there early in the race after his car became airborne when he hit a high-groove hole exiting turn four. "But he was the only one who took the chance on going up there early, and it paid off for him," Cook said.The 20-year-old Heckenast, who started fourth, found his car running better down low and couldn't keep up with the winner. "I saw him when he went by me. He was putting a show on," Heckenast said. "I was underneath Ray Cook and (Feger) split both of us like we weren't there. He was doing a helluva job."Feger, who battled last June for a UMP DIRTcar Summernationals victory before high-side miscues contributed to his demise, was glad it all worked out this time around as he brought a new car to KLMS, grabbing a victory and a sixth-place finish in Friday's opener.
"I knew my car was good there at the beginning, but I didn't know how good," Feger said. "I was able to hook that cushion a couple of times and they put me on the outside for that first restart, and it just stuck and I knew it was good. I was just trying to be patient and bide my time and take what I could get, but still take the holes when I could get 'em. Everything just worked out real good."I was getting a little nervous, a little shaky. My timing was getting a little off. This was my second night in the car and ... my timing's still not down. I'm a little twitchy. I'm not the smoothest guy anyway, but my timing's just not there yet like it needs to be. I was just getting a little rust shook off. But I can't complain at all, that's a new race car and I'm stoked. It's awesome. Just trying to keep my head and focus and choose my lines and worry about everything else too, it just worked out tonight, it just worked out good."
The race was slowed by four cautions, none for serious incidents. Steve Francis spun on the second lap and was towed off the track. Jeff Larson got into the backstretch wall on lap 17. Brent Kreke spun in turn four on the 19th lap and on the restart, Jason Riggs spun between turns three and four for the final yellow.For Feger, it was a thrill to take the lead from a Hall of Famer in Moyer, and to outduel Babb, one of his racing heroes, in front of Pierce, another hero."Just to be able to run door-to-door with them guys and beat 'em here, and have a little bit of luck go my way here," Feger said. "I'm so glad Bob was here to see it. It just means a lot to me, and all my guys who've worked so hard."Feger's Pierce Race Car is sponsored by Advanced Racing Suspensions, Absolute Apparel, Mulligans, Campbell Construction, ABS, La Bamba and Crutcher Mfg. ... The victory was the richest by a Pierce car. ... An off-grounds power outage and the resulting repairs dimmed the track's lights, delaying action for about a half-hour before time trials. ... In the first consolation, Michael Kloos spun in turn three while battling for a transfer spot and triggered a melee that caught up several drivers, including Friday's third-place finisher Will Vaught. ... In the first heat, Jeep Van Wormer and Jason Feger did some fending-banging on back-to-back laps while swapping slide jobs. ... Terry English, driving the Bob Harris-owned Warrior No. B1, had a rare miscue in qualifying, spinning in turn four. ... Newcoming drivers for Saturday were Jeff Beyers of Pana, Ill., Josh Throgmorton of Providence, Ky., and Billy Faust of Lebanon, Ill. ... Drivers on hand Friday who didn't return Saturday were Mike Hammerle of St. Charles, Mo., and Jeff Walston of Paducah, Ky.(1) Jason Feger, (2) Shannon Babb, (3) Ray Cook, (4) Frank Heckenast, (5) Jeep Van Wormer, (6) Don O'Neal, (7) Steve Casebolt, (8) Justin Rattliff, (9) Craig Smith, (10) Jordan Bland, (11) Brad Neat, (12) Tommy Weder Jr., (13) Greg Johnson, (14) Billy Moyer Jr., (15) Jason McBride, (16) Billy Moyer, (17) Jason Riggs, (18) Brent Kreke, (19) Jon Henry, (20) Billy Faust, (21) Jeff Larson, (22) Dennis Erb Jr., (23) Chris Simpson, (24) Steve Francis. Fast qualifier (among 51 cars): Van Wormer, 14.686 seconds. Heat race winners: Moyer, Babb, Cook, Heckenast.
My Dad, Ron Griffin loved the Hawkeye Racing News, he read it all of the time. Jason and Austin's Grandpa Griffin would have loved getting to read about his grandsons in the Hawkeye. Thanks much to the Hawkeye and writer, Kyle Ealy.January 23, 2009 edition of the Hawkeye Racing News.Kyle Ealy's Headline was:The season that 'could've been' has Jason Feger looking forward to 2009 campaign. BLOOMINGTON, Ill. 2008 was a season of ups and downs for Jason Feger.Feger started the season on a high note, with feature wins and top-10’s in April and May. In June and parts of July, Jason hit a wall with motor issues during the Summer Nationals in what you could say was hell on the “Hell Tour”. In late July, things started coming around again for Feger and he seemed to be back to his winning ways. In August and early September more disappointing finishes. As the season came to a close, Feger got back on track and finished strong with several big wins against some of the best Late Model competition around.“We ended up third in the UMP National points and second in the Northern All Stars, so we were pretty satisfied,” Jason remarked. “If it hadn’t been for some flat tires, while we were leading some races and the motor problems we experienced at mid-season during the Summer Nationals, who knows. But this was our best season by far, so all in all, I’m pretty happy with it.”“The year before (2007) we were really fast towards the end, so heading into this season we were really positive and looking forward to the season beginning,” Feger said looking back. We started off this season really hot, things were going good and we won a few big races.” A couple of feature wins at Jason’s hometown track, Kamp Motor Speedway, including a Northern All Stars victory seemed to give Feger momentum heading into the Summer Nationals. When the Summer Nationals arrived, though, Feger and his team hit a brick wall.“At the first race at Kentucky Lake we won our heat race and pretty much led the whole feature until the last four laps when we had a tire go down.” For Feger and his team, that spelled the beginning of the end for his Summer Nationals. “I don’t know what happened after that. We got a little off track and never could regroup. We would run real well in heat races but come feature time, we always seemed to struggle. With the Summer Nationals you’re gone everyday and you don’t have the opportunity to take the car home, pull the car into the garage and do some brain storming. During Summer Nationals you’re either going really good or really bad. Unfortunately for us, it was the latter.”
Feger decided it was best to go home and regroup. He caught up with the tour at Oakshade on June 21. “We found a few things and corrected them,” he remarked. “We had a real good run there, got into a scuffle with another guy, broke a left front shock and still finished eighth after running third.” More problems arose for Feger a couple of nights later when he blew a motor at Sedalia on June 24. From there it was back to Bloomington once again.The next few nights were nothing but frustration as Jason struggled with his motor time and time again and made repeated trips back home. “I ended up borrowing a motor from Bob Pierce and we headed to Peoria to finish out the tour. “It took me a little while to get adjusted to the new motor but after that, everything just took off for us,” Feger explained.
With a healthy motor and car troubles seemingly behind him, Feger steamrolled the competition in a couple of Monster Midwest Series events taking $2,000-to-win feature victories at Spoon River on July 23 and again on the following night at LaSalle Speedway on July 24. A couple of Summer National make-up dates at Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville and Macon (Ill.) Speedway (the Herald & Review 100) proved that Jason seemed to be back on track with a couple of strong third-place finishes.Starting out the fall schedule, Jason headed to the “World 100” in Eldora, where he had to qualify through a talented B main field to make the A main. Jason finished fourth in the B to make the starting field. Starting 27th in the big show, Feger finished the grueling 100 lapper ending up in 18th place.In mid-September Feger scored an impressive win at Paducah Int’l. Raceway in the “Wayne Coakley Memorial” in what proved to be a thrilling finish with Feger passing Brad Neat on the last lap to score the $5,000 victory.
Luck was finally on our side for that race. That car may have been the worse car I’ve had there, but as they say better to be lucky than good! Looking back, we probably should’ve won two or three other races we competed in at Paducah last season,” Feger mentioned. “We were leading the race one night and got a flat and still finished second to (Ken) Schrader driving on the rim. In the MARS race we were leading that and had another tire go down. I love that track, it really fits my driving style well.”
As the momentum kept going, Feger accomplished a life-long dream by winning the “Kamp 50” at his hometown track of Kamp (Ind.) Motor Speedway to round out the month of September. “It seems like at your home track you usually struggle a lot. I don’t know if it’s the pressure or what. We’ve won a couple of $2,000 Northern All Stars races there before but when a big event like the “Kamp 50” or a national race like the World of Outlaws it always seemed like things wouldn’t come together.” That night things came together for the “Highside Hustler” as he came from his fifth starting position to check out a stellar field of Late Models.
For the 2009 season Feger’s goals won’t change much from the previous seasons. “I’m not one to chase points. A lot of guys will chase the points but I’ve discovered when I try and do that I do nothing but wear out my equipment. I’d rather save it for the big shows,” he commented. “The way the UMP points works if you do well during the Summer Nationals and some of the big shows you’re probably going to be towards the front of the national points. Last year we really tried to be more focused on being more prepared going to the track rather than racing quite as many nights, which I feel really helped a lot.“We’re going into this season with that same mindset. I’m going to try and be more prepared, which we’re already set up better this season with a new car and a solid back up, which is the car we ran last year. Our motor program is much better this year than year’s past, which we think will be a big plus.
We’re just that much better prepared this season for the big races. If you prepare yourself for the big shows and run well when they come around, in the end, you’ll be there when the points come around, too. If we can run great come Summer Nationals time and string together some top-five’s and top-10’s and show some consistency, we’ll be near the top for points.”Feger also mentioned that the upcoming Monster Midwest Tour promoted by Don Hammer will be another great opportunity to score points in the always competitive UMP Late Model division. “Instead of a week long event like it’s been in the past, he has a 20 to 25 race schedule that starts in May and runs through October. Most of the races are within a two to three hour jaunt for Feger. “He has a points fund together and contingencies for the series, which really helps. Most of the shows will be $2,000 to win and that’ll bring in guys like Erb, Hedrick, Steidinger, Weaver and the Shepherds. The competition will definitely be there.”
For the future, Jason wants to run on the national level someday. “I’d love to run on the World of Outlaws tour someday. The competition there is the toughest around and that’s where you want to prove yourself. I’d like to be like a (Brian) Birkhofer or a (Scott) Bloomquist and freelance. They go where the big money is and run the tracks they want. I’d love to have that opportunity someday. That’s all my crew and I would like to do, is be out on the road full-time.“With our financial situation, we can’t do that right now. I know that I can run with those guys, but when I make that commitment I want to be prepared. When and if I run in those series I want to be in it for the long haul and know that I have a shot at doing it,” he said. “I don’t want to be running the series and then stop because we ran out of money or we don’t have the proper equipment to continue. I want to see the whole thing through.”
For now, Feger feels fortunate to be in the position he’s in. We’re able to race on a lot of quality tracks right here in the Midwest, compete in some big shows and race against some stout competition.”Jason couldn’t race without support from his sponsors and crew. His crew consists of Austin Feger, Devin Shickel, Mike Posio and Josh Otto.Feger’s sponsors include: Bob Pierce Race Cars, Advanced Racing Suspension, Campbell Construction, Mulligans, ABS, LaBamba, SVC Construction, Crutcher Mfg., BSB Mfg., Richardson Racing Products, Budda Racecars, BRT Racing Products, Stealth Racing Carbs, Sweet Mfg., Out-Pace, Weld Racing, All Star Performance, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Bell Racing, PRC Performance Rod and Customs, HyperCo, The V-Batter, KDK, Boitnott Lawn care, Bob’s Taxidermy, Triple T, Strong Concrete, Bairds, Hill Lawn care, and Showtime Signs.
Again, Thanks to the Hawkeye Racing News and Kyle Ealy
Jason Feger headed North last week to help Jeep prepare for Speedweeks in Florida. Sounds like they had quite a bit of work to do last week in the shop. The past week-end they spent in Georgia watching the races. This week -- Speedweeks to kick off Jeep Van Wormer's run for the Lucas Oil Series. Jason will be serving as Jeep's temporary crew down South than head home with lots of work to do up here to prepare for the Feger teams kick-off at Kentucky Lake Speedway in early March.I'm sure Jeep will put on a heck of a show at any track he's at. Jeep is running a new Rocket after making the switch from Mastersbilt.
GO JEEP -- show those Lucas Oil guys what ya can do!!
We didn't see that one coming. At the UMP banquet in Dec, Jason received the award as 2008 UMP most improved driver. How cool is that!!The trophy is about as tall as Jason. I haven't seen it yet, Kris the Shockman from Advance has it.Thanks to everyone that voted for him!! In addition, Jason received third place in national UMP late model standings, missing second by five point. Plus second in Northern All Stars.Hope 2009 is a great season as well.
WOO HOO!!! Congrats to Bob & Gayle Kamp, plus everyone that works at Kamp Motorspeedway for being voted 2008 UMP Track of the Year. That's quite an honor. Kamp was also the Track of the Year in 2005.If you haven't been to Kamp, ya gotta go -- it is well worth the trek from Bloomington, IL. The track is bigger than most in Central Illinois, excellent facility, the fans and promoters are great, plus the track is FAST!!! You'll get to see some of the best side by side racing around.Here's a bit of trivia -- Jason Feger won his first late model feature at Kamp.Hope to make it there lots of times in 2009. My guess if there isn't a big show on a Sat night some place else, you'll see the tumbling dice at Kamp.
Thank you so much to Samanth Noe and her family!! They've welcomed JAX, the puppy Holly found last week, to their home with open arms.JAX now has a full name: Jaxon James. He also has a three year old, 4 legged brother Damon, plus two boys and a cat to play with. Thank you so very much to everyone who helped us look for a home for JAX.
Have you lost a puppy?? This is the little guy that Holly found this morning. Hopefully the owners will contact us . . . this poor little guy is having the time of his life playing with Sam, Dixie and Voche. Unfortunately, the inn is full at our house. So if the owners don't find us, Jax (that's his name for now) will need to go to CISAR.
So, if you know a very good family that is looking for a very smart, good-looking little boy to join their family PLEASE let them know about our find Jax. ~ Thanks! Tracy
Found lost young dog/puppy around 8:10 behind apartment complex on Mecherle drive, which is behind Premium Pet Supply in Kmart Plaza. We are guessing HE is less than 10 months old. Reddish in color. Appears to have German Sheppard in him, darker muzzle, darker tail. He also has white toes. No collar or microchip. Contact Holly Moreman at 309-242-5307 or Tracy Feger at 309-242-2705. We will also try to post a photo. We will also leave a message with the Humane Society on Wednesday. Hope he finds his way home!! If we cannot find the owners, we will be contacting CISAR.
Ya, that's right! Jason finally bit the bullet and purchased lots of 1/64th diecast. The cost of a diecast is $15, plus $5.00 shipping. Email Jason at jason@jasonfeger.com or contact him through his MySpace page if you want one.http://www.myspace.com/feger25Plus, they made more pink pinstripe hoodies!!! Other new stuff:2009 calendarBeer SteinsCoffee cupNew MousepadsI know I'm slaking -- I'll get some photos up around Thanksgiving.
OMG!!!! Thanks so much!! What a turn out for the Feger Bash at Tri-Lakes,I'm still exhausted! Over 400 people packed the house at Tri-Lakes in Bloomington on November 15. Lots of other drivers were in the house, people from all over the place, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and of course Central Illinois. Think ya' all went through 5 kegs, plus ran out of bottles, all the jello shots and lots of other stuff. And yes, the kids that were there had a great time.Food was great! Music was great! The auction went fantastic. Some of the hot items were the kool Feger blankets, the Gilmore sprint set, the beer pong tables, Shawn gave a great speech about Jason's Hoosier flats, so the Hoosier flags were hot sellers, plus lots of other stuff. Thanks to everyone who donated items! The winners of the Erb car kept putting it back in the auction, it was wild. Dennis has to be one of the toughest drivers out there, guess Jason better get in front of him more often.Jason, Austin and the rest of us can't thank all of you enough . . . I'm so serious about this . . . all you, who buy any Feger stuff and support this team really do keep him on the track! Thank you so much.
FEGER RACE CAR PARTY -- Come on over to Bloomington, IL on Sat. Nov. 15.Join the Feger Race Car Bash! Help us celebrate this last year and gear up for next year.It is a family affair -- all ages invited.When: Sat. November 15Where: Tri-Lakes located at 2100 Bunn Street in Bloomington, ILTime: 5:30 - MidnightCost: $6 in advance, $8 at the door. Kids 12 & under free with adult.Looking to pack the house at Tri-Lakes, let's see if we can beat last year's record setting alcohol sales. Ticket price includes great food, we'll have an auction, DJ, beer dolley, boards, jello shots, a few surprise Feger stuff (if they get done in time) and more.Thanks in advance!! If you're making the trek, plan on getting a hotel, everyone drinks quite a bit at the party.If ya need a ticket or hotel/motel info, let me know or contact Jason via his mySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/feger25
Running late posting like usual -- a couple of weeks ago the guys went to Paducah for the Battle of Mods. First night rain out, second night I think third and last night started pretty far back in the field and moved up to fourth in only 25 laps.Kentucky Lake is an awesome track and facility. WOW if you can ever make it down there you really should. We have some nice tracks in Central Illinois, it's hard for me to say, but the facilities around here don't compary to Paducah, Pevely or Kentucky Lake. The slightly bigger tracks are my favorites. The trek to Boswell, another great track is nothing when you have to drive 4.5 - 5.5 hours to get to the tracks.Rokae, Wendy, Sam and I made the 5 hour plus trek for Sat nights racing. What an adventure, poor Sam is a drivers ed instructor -- lol, so she may have closed her eyes a few times with me driving :) Near Matoon/Charleston, IL went over some patched pavement and my car started beeping at us. I turned it off. We were making really good time and should be at the track early -- that's amazing for me, to get there early.Any way, pulled off the ramp, into the frontage road to Steak & Shake. Passed the entry way into the S & S, turned around in the hotel and I noticed the car felt funny. We got out of the car at S & S, I went to the other side and the darn right rear tire was flat! Crap!!!! No way was I going to change the tire, I haven't had to deal with a flat tire in YEARS. So we saw a gas station, drove the block to the station. As I was pulling up to the air pump, there was $$$ blowing on the ground next the curb. I jumped out the car yelling MONEY. They all thought I was nuts. Grabbed the money, it ended up being only $9. Hey, it could have been all hundreds for all I knew. Sam got out of the car too. I aired up the tire, WOOOSH -- the air came back out.DARN IT!!! We saw a Walmart down the road, so Sam ran to the main road to figure out the best route. We drove my poor car to Walmart. Of course it was going to take at least an hour to fix it. So much for being early.We went and ate while waiting for the car. Eventually hit the road again. Pulled off the second exit near Marion, had to use the bathroom, get tea, etc. Once back in the car we headed to the interstate, the darn ramp to get back on the interstate was closed. GEEEEEZE, we can't catch a break. Sam asked some young guy at a stop light how to get to the interstate. He told us, go left, than right and left again. OK -- that didn't help. Pulled up to another guy walking, who gave us good instructions. Eventually we backpeddled to the first Marion exit. Now we really starting to run behind.Hit the gas and made it to the track at the end of qualifing.
WOW -- how about it 13 feature wins in one season. Hopefully after this week-end the guys will have another win. So what about UMP National Points -- Jason finished third!! Also finished third in UMP Northern points. He finished second in Northern All Star points. So the team's had a great season. Still have the opportunity to pick up a few more wins.Thanks to all of Feger Brothers Advertising partners :) All of you are so important to the team's success. Thanks so much!!Bob Pierce Race Cars, Advanced Racing Suspension, Campbell Construction, Mulligans, ABS, LaBamba, SVC Construction, Crutcher Mfg, BSB Mfg, Richardson Racing Products, Budda Racecars, BRT Racing Products, Stealth Racing Carbs, Sweet Mfg., Out-Pace, Weld Racing, All Star Performance, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Bell Racing, PRC Performance Rod and Customs, HyperCo, The V-Batter, KDK, Boitnott Lawn care, Bob’s Taxidermy, Triple T, Strong Concrete, Bairds, Hill Lawn care, and Showtime Signs.If ya get a chance, give one of these advertisers a call. If ya need a contact name, phone number or email address to get a hold of one, please send me an email or give Jason a shout. We'll get in touch with them.
Last Saturday night, October 11 at East Moline Speedway Feger captured the feature flying on the highside. The Bob Pierce race car handled great, any where on the track. Jason started the night off with the fastest time in his group. He put on a show trying to get past Ray Guss Jr. in the heat race. Come feature time, Jason started sixth, by lap five was running second behind Brandon Sheppard. A yellow came out on lap five, on the restart Jason had Brandon passed coming out of turn two. He had a substantial lead on the pack the entire race while going in and out of lapped traffic. Nice thing was Karen from Bell was on hand to see the win, plus the guys met a lot of people from the Quad Cities. Thanks to Karen for getting info about the team on the Bell website!The track was in good shape, multi-groove. This week-end, Pevely -- the UMP Round-Up on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Next week-end Battle of the Mods at Kentucky Lake. If you know anyone that owns a Mod and needs a driver, have them give Jason a call, he'd love to run both classes at Kentucky Lake.REMINDER -- Race car party coming very soon!!! Grab a friend and come on over.
Jason had fast time in his heat.Finished second in his heat.Feature event, running second till the leader Erb ran over a lapped car, causing the car to spin infront of Jason. Feger hit the lapped car, buckled the nose of the car and had to go to the rear.Moved back to seventh.:( The leader shouldn't have to take out a lap car.
Darn it!! I hate the rain. I hate the cold rain even more.What really stinks is the guys are out in the rain on the ground working on pulling the toter motor. Both Jason and Austin haven't been feeling to well, so chances are everyone will be sick by this week end.And now for the GOOD NEWS -- thanks to Shep for finding a motor for the toter!!! YEAH!!Plus I forgot to tell Joe thanks for towing the toter, Kris, the Advanced Shockman for towing the trailer and car to Eldora, and Tyree for loaning his truck to tow the trailer and car back to Bloomington. THANK-YOU!! THANK-YOU!!I can't say it enough, the support of friends, family and fans really keeps Team Feger at the track, plus in the case of last week-end enables them to make it home :) The shirts, hoodies, stickers, anything you purchase goes directly back into the race car some how. Thank you everyone that helps out!
Last Thursday afternoon the guys were waiting for Austin before heading to Eldora for the UMP Fall Nationals. They left early in the evening.Around 2:00 in the morning, Jason called me -- the 'ole Toter couldn't take it anymore. She gave out at the Pizza place on Highway 127 before North Star. That SUCKS!Jason called a few people, woke Steve Sheppard up and maybe Walden. Luckily for Team Feger, Kris (spelled with a K) Shockman the Big E. I don't know where the guys slept that night. I'm pretty sure the Posio stayed with the toter waiting for Joe to come in one of Shep's tow trucks.So the toter was towed to Eldora by an even older tow truck. Jason called me the next day, letting me know to get in contact with Tyree Campbell of Campbell Construction. I needed to drive Tyree's truck to Eldora to haul the trailer and car back to Bloomington, while Joe towed the toter back.So it went, got Tyree's truck, drove to Eldora watched the races, rode in Tyree's truck back with Jason driving and Joe towing the toter.So how'd Eldora go? FAST TIME out of 69 or 70 cars. Group qualifing. The heats inverted four, so Jason started fourth. Did I mention that I really do prefer heads-up starts instead of group qualifing -- that's a whole other story. Anyway, in the first three heats there wasn't any passing if you started one, two or three that's pretty much where you ended up. There was some passing in the back, a few faster cars had slower times, so it wasn't too tough to pass some of the slower cars.Jason finished third in his head, starting him 15th in the feature -- DARN IT!! Jeep and Matt Miller were in the same heat. Other heats had Korte and Faust, both tough competitors. Erb by far had the easiest time in his heat, seemed like he looked at the car leading and they drove into the wall.In the feature Jeep shot out like a bat out of hell, he was flying to the front. Jason started out slower. By lap 20 Jason was running ninth, Erb was leading, Jeep and Miller were like 5th or 6th. Korte was right in the mix, but broke during a yellow, his car started smoking badly. After the yellow, Jason shot out towards the leaders, on lap 31 he took over 5th and was working on catching Faust for fourth. One of those nights where we wanted a 50 or 60 lap feature. Erb won, Miller, Jeep, Faust and Feger. Good showing for starting deep in the field.
