Derek Messer Racing 22

Well all I can say is some nights are better than others. Had a pretty good race car last night but ran into some trouble in the feature.

Went 6th to 3rd in the heat race which put me starting 4th in the feature. The changes I made between races didn’t really work all that well and had a super loose car for the feature. Unfortunately someone spun in front of me and I had nowhere to go except right into his side. Folded the ole girl up like a pretzel.

I’ve been very fortunate this season to not take much serious damage. This one is by far the worst so far. I’ll have to get some parts ordered and bend a few things back in place. Not sure if we’ll make it out next week but I’ll keep everyone posted!

Morning parts run turned into a nice little two hour cruise! Had to get some heat in this old sled and blow the cobs out!

Well we did a little work on the old sled this week and I'm ready to go Springfield Raceway tomorrow night! May be a little warm but it'll still be fun!

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Taking the weekend off from racing to hang out with my baby girl! Mom is having a girls night so we’re gonna eat junk food and watch movies!

But next time we head out Joe Duvall is going to be riding sh***un with us! Hope he gets all healed up so he can hit the track with us again soon! Thank you Jim Chisholm Racing for the sticker!

See everyone next weekend Springfield Raceway!

Well the old girl did her job pretty well this weekend! Driver still has plenty of work to do but I’ll get there! Pulled out in the heat race P4 and drove it right to P2 and held it there through the checkered flag. That put me starting P3 in the feature. The car felt so good and I drove it up to P2 for almost the entire race. With only a handful to go I got into some lap traffic that tried to cut my nose off and let Karter Jackson Racing slip by! He has a heck of a hot rod! Held it in P3 for a few laps and a late caution let Josh Krusen get a nose under me for a solid P4 finish. I have no complaints at all. Car was working better than ever and I’ll keep doing my homework to be a better driver!

Didn’t have the night I was looking for at Lucas Oil Speedway so tonight we’re going to try to win a 🎸 at Springfield Raceway!

Bring the fam and have some fun with us! Racing starts around 7!

Well last night just wasn’t our night! Went out for hot laps and the car was a little tight in the middle of the corners. Decided to move a bar and while I was doing that the rear end shifted way back. I didn’t realize it at the time but the yoke fell out of the transmission. So when I went to take of for qualifying the car didn’t move. Jump out of the car and thrashed as fast as I could but as I was getting my belts on the last car was pulling on the track. I didn’t make it. That out me starting 7th in my heat race. Changes were great and I was running 4th and got smoked right in the visor with about a 3” diameter rock. It popped my visor open and that split second deal cost me two spots. Finished 6th. In the feature I started 11th row outside. Holy smokes. Car felt great but coming out of 2 and 4 you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. I came out of 4 at one point and couldn’t see where I was at but the front stretch wall let me know very abruptly! 🤣 ran a few laps after that and decided to pull off the track. I’ll get back in the shop and hopefully get the car ready to go for Lucas Oil Speedway next Friday!