12/08/2025
Have you ever seen an explosion like that? What a weekend is all we can say. We didn't get the results we expected or hoped for, we got way more. We unloaded fast out of the trailer. Went for qualifying and Mike Marlar Racing went for the pole and got it (literally). There definitely was no gas in the car! The car quickly disassembled itself. Everyone said we were done for the weekend, the car was junk, and basically give up. Cody, Nicholas Byrd Racing Josh Dietz racing and myself had other plans.
We beat, bent, cut and welded the back of the car back together. Joe Gibson , Patty New Gibson Brandon, Rick Gibson,John Withrow and everyone else went to beating what was left of the body back flat. Big thanks Fast Freddie Carpenter for coming through with a welder to borrow! Within the hour we had the car almost back together and just missed Mike's heat race.
Mike made it back out that night and put us in the position to make the main show on Sat.
On Saturday we lined up 9th and he raced to 5th one short of the opportunity to advance to the next step.
We're proud of this team and what we accomplished. Nobody worked harder to try to make this happen. We learned, we grew, and we have gotten faster. These cars are well built, great driving and most importantly safe race cars that we are proud of.
Some other people who helped us get here this weekend but didnt get much credit. Eric Hinderberger and Jennifer @ Performance Engineering Racing Engines for the HP and reliability and Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems LLC for the dyno proven high quality headers and mufflers. The list goes on and on.