OK, so here it is, November.  Car is already loaded and getting MANY upgrades for next season.  I have already started the sponsor process and am very grateful to have Eight38 Sign Co. on board.  They will be providing a complete wrap for the car this year, so it will look AWESOME!!  Boogity Boogity, Let’s go racin’ boys!!!

OK, so after a crazy weekend at Shadyhill Speedway, we may be finding a new track for Saturday nights…  I apparently raced a local a little too hard.  Never did anything inappropriate, but “raced too hard”.  Was intentionally taken out by another “local”, and then treated unfair by the tech guys.  Then the flagman didn’t black flag a guy that’s fender was hanging out and hit my window net….  Looks like we will be moving a different direction on Saturday nights.

Wow, what a small track!!!  OK, so the first race of the season didn’t go so well… There was no parking for the big beast of a trailer, then we missed hot laps, backed in and almost knocked down a light pole in the pits with the car, hit a damn tire on the first lap of the heat and blew a tire, so going into the feature, I had NO track time!! AWESOME! Steering still wasn’t working, but we managed to get 6th.

Overall, it was a successful start.  I did put a couple of dents in her, but no new parts are needed!!  Ready for next weekend!

We now have the schedule on the schedule tab…. LET’S GO RACIN’!!!

We now have a fan page on facebook.  Check it out for the latest news and pictures.  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lafayette-IN/Daugherty-Racing/358533405608?ref=ts

I am very excited to add some new sponsors to the car this year!  A special thanks to Rolan Plant Services, Greg Graham State Farm Insurance, The Mitchell Agency, Mike Clark FC Tucker Realtor, and Starr Associates Land Surveying and Civil Engineering.  Without our sponsors, we couldn’t race!  Thank you for your support!

We are going to make 2010 the best year we have had for Daugherty Racing!  We can’t do this without your help and support.  One of our main sponsors, Abstract Technology Group, is offering to create and host a website for an entire year for any sponsors above $500, a $500 value!!!  If you already have a website, they will offer a Search Engine Optimization(SEO) package that will increase traffic to your website, a $450 value!!!

As I said, we can’t race without sponsors.  We have all different types of sponsors from the race car only, to a combination of car, truck, and the trailer.  Whatever your marketing needs for your business, we can help.

You can find the sponsorship form here.

Or here: http://www.Daugherty-Racing.com/sponsor.pdf

We raced this weekend.  We started with a good round of hot laps.  Then the track went to hell….  When I qualified, I took it to the top in turn 4 and barely missed the wall.  I qualified like 12th.  We made some changes to the weight jacks.  I finished 4th in the heat.  We made some major changes for the feature.  We reduced our stagger by almost 2″, and adjusted the weight jacks AND the tire pressures.  Did I mention this is the worst shape I have ever seen the track in??  We ran very well in the feature and should have gotten 5th!  There were 3 cars that wrecked on the final lap and DIDN’T cross the finish line.  I crossed it 5th, but they reverted back to the previous lap….What kinda SH*T is that?  So I was PLACED in 8th place…

What a great day for racing!! Started out a little rainy, but it was great! Hot in the sun, cool in the shade. I didn’t qualify too well as I got too high in the loose dirt, 11th fastest. I finished 5th in the heat, but I lost my clutch. I came in and we were talking about a plan. We were loosing oil from a bolt that came out that held the TO bearing on. Lon made a decision to pull the TRANNY!! Lon, Chet, and Bobby pulled the tranny, we ground all of the tires, reinstalled the tranny and were ready to race in 35 minutes!! Not too bad. While running the feature, I was running 9th or 10th and lost 4th gear. The transmission kept kicking out of gear…. So I pulled in and finished 17th…