Kelsey Racing is starting to see a little bit of a trend: Strong heat race finishes, mid pack feature race finishes but a lot of learning in the process.
Following a week the Kelsey Racing team missed the set-up for the feature event, it just so happened again this week.
Starting in the 4th position in heat race #2 of the IMCA Stock Car B-Main event the action didn’t take long to get started. The green flag dropped and Bill would start making moves in his #0K machine on lap 1 but entering turn #3 Bill would take a ride off of several bumpers and receive some damage to the drivers side door rail as he was turned sideways. The caution would fly and without completing 1 lap, the field would be reset to the top of the order. The damage was minor enough to keep the car on track and back into its 4th place starting spot.
The second restart would be cleaner and the race would run from that point to the checkered flag. Bill worked his way from 4th to 3rd. From 3rd to second and would march towards the leader as the laps clicked off. The checkered flag would fly with the Kelsey Racing #0K of Bill Kelsey crossing the line in a strong second place closely behind heat race winner #31K.
The strong second place finish would yield the #0K machine a great 4th place starting position for the A-Main event.
With 2.75" of rain on Friday and a mainly overcast sky all of Saturday and high humidity Sunday, this left the Kelsey Racing team the continued question.. set the car up for tack or for dry conditions. The IMCA Stock Car race was also the last class on the card for the night, so 4 classes would have feature events before the race.
Last week the car was too tight in the A-Main and this week the team adjusted the car too loose for the feature event. Although a great starting spot of 4th welcomed the team, Bill had his hands full from the start. He did a heck of job staying clean as he was the meat in the sandwich for for at least the first 6 laps of the race running in the middle of 3 wide action. As the field spread out, Bill was able to maintain several positions with the very loose car and crossed the line in the 14th position.
With ever changing dirt track conditions, missing the set up a little bit can make a big difference from one race to the next and learning what is "too far" for adjusting the car has now been found for both loose and tight. This will help the team and Bill as the driver as we move forward from the 14th place feature finish at Seymour Speedway this Sunday.
Kelsey Racing remains in the 12th position in the points standings for IMCA Stock Cars at Seymour of the currently 61 scored cars. August 29, 2010 is the final points night for IMCA at the Seymour Speedway with racing getting underway at 6 PM sharp.
Bill Kelsey Heat Race IMCA Stock Car Win August 15, 2010 at Seymour Speedway in Seymour WI (Photo)
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