Saturday, July 28, 2007
June 22nd Kawartha Speedway
The DeJong Motorsports team traveled to Kawartha Speedway this past Friday night to run in the Ontario Legends Series for the first time as a 2 car team. The 3/8 mile high banked track of Kawartha Speedway is very fast, with lots of room to make passes. Paul has run here before with some success and some top 5 finishes, however this would be the first time Jeff would get to race the track. Practice went well, with Jeff getting used to the track quickly. Paul's gear choice for the first time at this track with the new car was slightly off, and the team had to work quickly to change to a new ratio. As the heat races started, Paul's car was extremely loose entering the corners. Twice in the first two heats, he spun the car, luckily not sustaining any damage. The crew went to work to tighten the car up. Jeff ran his first heat race rather cautiously and came home in 5th place. His second heat, Jeff was in 3rd place with a lap to go on a restart, when he was run into from behind and spun out, finishing second to last. The car was only damaged cosmetically, but none the less the team gave it a full look-over. For the feature, Paul started from the 11th starting position, while Jeff started 16th. The race went well for both Paul and Jeff as they moved steadily through the field. Paul ended up finishing in the 6th position with a better, but still ill handling racecar. Jeff avoided several bad wrecks by inches a few times and came home with an 8th place finish. The team packed up the following morning and headed for the dirt in Brighton.
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