Big Hat Racing

Last night's opener at Wilmot was a but of a mixed bag, with several big positives to leave feeling good about. For a shakedown event, the car fired easily for the first time and didn't show any issues with fuel or oil leaks that can only really be checked for at the track. This is a totally new build for Big Hat in 2026, and we're sorting through a lot of new pieces of fit and finish work, so avoiding major mechanical problems let's us focus on those moving forward.

Unfortunately, we did run into a few issues that cut the night short and prevented what could've been a nice feature run.

Midway through our heat race in lost steering going into turn one and rolled off the high side of the track. After review, it seems like we lost the pump belt and therefore power steering (and fuel and oil).

We'd also had trouble getting the car out of gear, and it turned out that the shifter cable broke. The thought it that it could still "push" to get the car into gear, but not "pull" to get it back out. Unfortunately that meant we couldn't get it locked in to fire for the feature.

With tonight's Dahlke Memorial getting postponed, we'll make some repairs and work on what's in front of us. See you in a couple weeks for a return to Plymouth Dirt Track Racing!

Gotta support the team! Repping the Ole Sooner Racing Team gear tonight at Wilmot Raceway as we roll with BMARA Racing for the first time this season.

So far, much like SRT in Michigan, we've passed tech on our first try and the car started (suspiciously well)!

Looking to use tonight to shake down the new equipment and try to be in a position to start tuning and looking for speed tomorrow night at Angell Park Speedway

Unfortunately ran into a few too many "to do" items and didn't get out the door fast enough.

Good luck to our friends at the BMARA Racing show tonight in Davenport, we'll plan to see you next week at Wilmot AND Angell Park Speedway!

This seems like a lot of 'safety wire' for a guy named Danger...

So, we didn't make it to inspection last weekend and now we have this piece of paper hanging around declaring that we haven't been yet. But not too worry! We're pretty sure most of the parts are here to finish this up and get to Davenport!

Speedcar...with wings? Those will be legal, right BMARA Racing?

One of the new friends we made last week in Tulsa was Brady Houser, and we did an interview! Go give it a watch, then check out his other interviews from the and

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Unfortunately, our day ended with only 1 Feature as I couldn't get out of the N. Contact early in the race appears to have ripped a hole in the oil tank and doused the floor (and left rear tire and brake rotor) which may have had some impacts on the back half of the race. Either way, the oil leak likely would have ended the run there.

Ultimately this has been a very fun week with some successes to build on, and has us looking forward to more midget racing soon!

We're up this morning in N Feature #1, should be on between 10 and 11 AM on Flo.

Also want to shout out our supporters, including our BMARA Kenzie Dunn Youth Sponsorship Program friends, Kasen, Xavier, and Lil Jessi B! Having you on the car has been a fun addition for us, and we look forward to more friends in 2026.

Also thanks to Doyle's Dogs, Kenzie Dunn, and Bo Weavil Tool for the support! We're going to go try to put on a show for you.