Poughkeepsie Speedway Report

Four cars went to check out Poughkeepsie Speedway on Sunday the 13th of April.
On arrival the skies opened up for a brief rain shower dampening the day but by noon the sun was peeking through and track drying operations began.
Once the track was close to dry 7 Mini Cup cars and 4 Microstocks hit the wet track. Most of us were simply happy to be driving rather than sitting in our trailers. Once the track was close to dry we were allowed to open the cars up and several Microstocks found themselves passing Mini Cup Cars left and right. At one point the 24X saw an opportunity to dive under both the 12a and 74 to pass both cars entering turn 1. Too bad the driver was over excited by such a great race track that he did not think and spun directly in front of the 12a leaving Gary no place to go but directly in to the side of the 24x damaging the sheet metal, bending the nerf bar and getting both cars stuck together. Shortly after this the track was deemed ready for practice. Unfortunately Bernie's 74 and Carl's 94 experienced some troubles towards the end of practice and these troubles continued to plage the 94. Swapping motors and carburetors and still not running. Meanwhile Bernie had some carburetor troubles and when heat races came along only 2 cars were ready. Since we were in a rain shortened schedule the Microstocks opted to skip the heat race and go right to the feature in the hopes that all 4 cars will be able to run by then.
After thrashing on the 94 for nearly 3 hours with no success the car was retired from starting the feature leaving the 12a on pole with the 24X outside pole and the 74 starting behind in a different class. The 12a brought the field down to the green flag for the start of the 20 lap feature. By the time they exited turn 2 the
24x had gone around the outside to an early lead and the 12a fell in behind. By half way the 24X had nearly a one turn lead on the 12a when the beginnings of motor troubles popped up leaving Gary to hang on till the end.

Poughkeepsie is an amazing track 1/5th of a mile long with 8 degrees of banking in the corners and 4 degrees on the straights. With plenty of racing room and multiple lines to facilitate really close competitive racing this track could quickly become any asphalt drivers favorite track. It is fast to the point of needing a circle track helmet support just to keep your head up strait and has nothing but grass around the outside making it easy on equipment when your pushed off line. Or simply not being set up yet. So if you're an asphalt racer with a Microstock, in my opinion, this is the place to race.

The next points show at Poughkeepsie is on the 27th of April. We are planning on making it up there with 3 cars as long as we get our motor issues resolved. One local car is planning on being there too, So who else is gonna come out or will you let those Microstocks simply collect dust in the garage? This track is on the World Formula tour with 3 dates. Anyone want to work on their setup or are ya gonna wing it at the last minute?

Hey.... Lets go racing Boys!