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2010  Points finish for the 53 Team

Sundance vacation speedway   8th

Shangri-la 2   9th

10/9/10 Sundance Vacation Spedway

We returned to Sundance vacation speedway for the first time since July to race the king of the mountain race, but with a twist. Joe was going to be driving the #88 for Joe Polny of RPM fabrications. Our plans were to only run a few laps so we could finish in the top 10 in points for the year. Joe settled in the car rather fast. He was driving a car that was not set up for him had 200+lap tires on it but made the show. When Joe went out for the feature he was starting in the rear of 21 cars to just run in the back for a few laps. As Joe went on the track we found out he needed to finish 18th or better to make the top 10 in points only problem is there are no radios at this track to tell him that. The plan was to run a few cautions and come in. Joe stayed out till lap 25 our so and came in. We told him he needed to go back out and had to finish in the top 18 to get 10th in points. Now driving a car with no tires left on it he took it up though the field to a 12th place finish. NOT BAD!!. this landed the team an 8th place finish in points for the year at Sundance.

Joe will be driving the # 88 for RPM one more time this year on Oct 23 for the NELMA 100 lap race

A big Thanks To Joe Polny Rpm Fabrications 

9/11/10 Shangri-la

The last points race of the season proved to be a great race again for the team. Joe started the race in 4th but fell back on the first race due to some contact in the front of the field. Joe moved forward and on around lap 12 he took over the second place from Travis Fischer. Joe was running down the leader when the caution came out with 9 to go. Starting on the outside pole Joe got shoved up on the restart. He was able to fall back in 3rd but ran out of time to advance any further. A 3rd place finish the teams best yet. this gave Joe a 9th place points finish for the year. not bad for 4 races at the track.

We will be running the fall brawl 50 lap race this coming sat the 16th at Shangri-la looking to better a 3rd.

in car video of 9/11 http://www.vimeo.com/14909372

8/14/2001

ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT AT A GREAT TRACK

The car and Joe performed at there best again last night taking home another top 5 finish. Joe crossed the finish line in 5th with now brakes. The racing between 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th was so hard that Joe lost the brake in the car from overheating them. We are faster just need to figure out how to pass at Shangri-la 2. Fast track but passing is not easy but I am sure will come with more seat time for Joe then there going to be chasing us( We Hope)

                In car video

http://www.vimeo.com/14168699

8/7/2010

7/11/10

After a month off and Joe's graduation the 53 hit the track once again. It was a Madhouse day at Sundance Vacation Speedway.  The car and Joe were fast all day long. Unfortunately Joe wound up in the wrong grove all day. The heat race was a 3rd place and the feature after going from the back to 5th 2 times Just to get dumped running 5th with 5 laps to go was depressing to say the least. It is a shame that some teams have to tarnish racing that way. We are still looking for our first feature win and will try again on the 24th of July

6/10/10

First win

With the car handling the best it ever has Joe started 4th in the heat race and by the end of lap 2 Joe was in the lead and never looked back. For the feature race Joe lined up 4th again. On the drop of the green Joe was on the move. By the time they crossed the line Joe was in 2nd but the caution came out due to an oil pan being torn open, it took about 20min to get it all cleaned up and then it started to rain. It was our race to win this week but unfortunately the rain took care of that. The race was rescheduled for Jun 26th the race we were going to miss due to Joes graduation we will now miss 2 races ouch gona hurt in the points.  In car vid soon.

Pics from 5/31/2010 by Trish Sahler

http://gallery.me.com/triciamergeleft#100139

In car video of heat race win   view 1  http://vimeo.com/12572500            

view 2 http://vimeo.com/12570927

 5/31/2010

 7Th Rough night

   Not such a great night. Joe finished 2nd in the heat race and started 5th in the feature race. The feature race was a rough race cars bouncing off each other and checking up on the starts. All of this caused Joe to take a beating front and rear. At one point there was a car up on his Left rear quarter panel. Joe finished the race in 7th place and jumped to 5th in points.

A TEAM OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

             5/16/2010

5th

 Another great day of racing for team 5Js. The weather was great and we had for the first time a full crew of 8 guys on hand to help out. The car and Joe were 4th fastest car all day long. Joe started in the back of the 2nd heat race due to handy capping from the 3rd finish last race. It was a rough heat race and we did not qualify. Joe had to start at the rear of the feature but quickly started moving up through the field. There was one caution on lap 8 then they ran 22 green flag laps. Joe moved into 5th place by lap 15 or so and set his sights on 3rd and 4th. Closing a few car lengths per lap he was reeling them in but the car was starting to pick up a push. Unfortunately to much of a push to run them down so He had to settle for 5th this race. All in all it was another great week for the entire team. Thanks to all that were on hand to help out with all the work that needed to be done

Heat race  http://vimeo.com/11823437

Feature race http://vimeo.com/11825158

ACE #2 Full field video Shot by Big Jims Video  www. bigjimsvideos@aol.com  

http://vimeo.com/11854936

5/5/2010

RACE 2  WOW!!!

   A much better day for the team and Joe. We were able to get the push out of the car with the changes we made on the scales in the shop and small stagger changes at the track. We started 5th in the heat race and finished 3rd. Joe made a last lap move for second but the door got slammed on him going into turn 3. We started 5th in the race and got pushed back to 7th on the 2nd restart due to a car not going in front of us. Joe made some nice moves to pass cars in front of him. Some moves on the outside and some on the inside. After moving into 4th place Joe ran 10 or so hard laps with Mike Sweeny the 11d. There was some great and CLEAN racing between the 2 of them, on the last lap Joe sent the car into turn3 under Mike hopping the car would stick and it did. Joe beat Mike by a bumper at the line for a career best finish of 3rd. He also set a career fast lap of 14.666 in the heat race. All in all it was a great day for the team.  We moved from 10th in points to 6th.

 We would also like to thank new team members Bryan Coon and his son Shaun they were a Huge help this week and we look forward to them joining the team much more often.

 Check out the in car feed. http://www.vimeo.com/11442823

4/19/10

Not Such A Great Start.

 Our first 2 test sessions did not go as well as we expected. The first time out we had ignition problems and the 2nd time we tested we blew the motor. OUCH!  The engine came back on Thursday and we had to be at the track sat morning. We got it all together and headed to the track. We still had not gotten the car up to speed yet so we had no idea what it was going to do. The 1st 2 practices at the track we had carburetor issues but got it fixed. We had the car running pretty well in the last practice before qualifying. Joe went out and ran the best he could not knowing what the car was going to do. It was not the best run but we qualified 11th. Sunday morning we made a few changes in the car and hit the track. Car was ok but picked up a bad push now. Thought we had it ok when we started the race but after 5 laps it started pushing again. All Joe could do was drive it the best he could. With 2 laps left Joe was running 4th not bad. On the last lap the car pushed up out of turn 2 and 2 cars went under Joe. We wound up with a 7th place finish but the  car was in one piece. All in all not a bad outing for the first race. We are making changes for the next race on the 2nd of May, at Sun Dance Vacation Speedway. We are looking for a better day.

Link to in car cams of 1st race.

http://vimeo.com/11215921

THE NEW CAR IS HERE.

  The 5js race team will field a new car at Sundance Vacation Speedway for the 2010 season. They will also be heading south for a few shows with the PASS south series. Stay tuned for all the exciting news to come from the 5Js team.

11/06/2009

 The first full season of running the late model was a great year. We learned and grew as a team and Joe was able to tune his driving skills. We ran all but 2 races a Sundance Vacation Speedway. We had only 1 DNF all year. Our only major wreck cam in the last points race, but we were able to finish the race. Joe's best finish was a 4th and worst was a 13 in the last race.  The payoff was a 5th place finish in the points.  

 We have started rebuilding for the 2010 season. As of today we are looking at building a new car for next year and keeping this car for a back up car and for Johnny to get his feet wet in a high power late model.

 A few people we need to thank for this great season.

 Andy Lotto  Crew

 Troy Dillon  For all the great set up help (Chassis Builder)

 Mike Pettit  Racing engines for the Awesome HP its a rocket!!

  Steve DeGaray Pyramid flooring Sponsor