07/14/2026
Last Saturday we introduced our trucks on dirt and in all my years I never had this happen to me where the spur gear split in half like it did. Truck was fast and very stable but I notice a weird sound coming from the truck. Later it started to pull real bad to the right before it locked up on the track.
Want to thank Don Lieske and Chris Johnson for coming out. Congratulations to Don for driving a clean race and winning his heat and for Chris Johnson for winning the feature.
Later that night I let Joel Fritz run my sprinter for the first time. He did a real fine job on the track. Joel is my team driver for the Dirt Nationals coming in Aug. Joel has excellent experience in racing 600cc sprints and of course his 10th program. I will be looking for a crew chief to help Joel maintain the car if any repairs needed especially if you have 1:4 scale experience. Unfortunately I’ll be busy running the races that week.