Riker Racing #00

On July 2nd we went to Greenwood Valley Action Tracks. I started 7th out of 8 cars in the heat and ended up getting 4th. Then since they combine the 2 heat races for the rookies, I started 8th in the feature. It was a long race because of a lot of cautions and a red flag. I was running in 7th and 6th place towards the end of the race. Then on the last lap I passed the 5th place car to get 5th place. At the end of the race I got 5th place. I was really happy because there were 16 starters in this race and that was my best feature finish yet. My dad put a new motor in my car for this week to see how it runs. It ended up running pretty well! I think I got my best lap times at this track so far this week too. Overall it was a great night and probably my best race yet.

This is what my dad had to say about the night:

Great night of racing at Greenwood Valley. Rookie 270 class out there is quite large.18 cars total in the heats and 16 starting the feature. Running a new engine this week. Got to find out some time if and how it performs. Practice showed us we were too rich. Little jet work before heats and we are golden. Off we went to heats. Alyssa asked for a couple adjustments before the heats, then we were off.

Heats Alyssa started 7th out of 8 cars. Finished up in 4th place. Missi Seip finished up in 4th place in her heat also. This ment they were starting side by side in the feature. Missi in 7th Alyssa in 8th . This was going to be interisting to say the least. Middle of the pack is rough racing.

Features, tight racing all night, on the start Alyssa got a good jump and moved ahead a couple positions, Raced hard with lots of great cars, two wide, three wide racing. I was amazed how we survived the night. A couple cautions bunched up the field but on every one Alyssa pulled two cars lengths on the others, drove off into the corners harder than I have ever seen and went on to pass another car.

WOW is all I could think. we could end up with a great finish. Bad accident and the red came out. Drove over to her on the quad so I could push her off. Went over to talk to her. She said the car was great but she needs more speed to catch the frontrunners. HUH wow where did that come from? She said her goal was to get a top 10. Now we are in 7th place.

She can see the leader. Yellow flag push her off and away we go. She was lined up in 9th place.. oh well. Green flag once again great jump and passing cars resumed, getting to 5th place.. yup 5TH PLACE.. great finish, it was like a WIN for us.