2 posts tagged “race car”
I am so blessed to get to do what it is that I love so much. Racing has been a passion of mine ever since I obtained my drivers license two days after my 16th birthday. I soon figured out that racing on the street was a bad idea when I received my first ticket a month or so later. It was then I decided that I needed a race car. I didn't have very much money so I started looking for a car that I could buy that was in my price range. My months of searching yielded a race ready 1967 Dodge Dart 4door Bomber car with a 318 V-8 for $325 from my friend Aaron Jelcick who was heading off to school soon. I was set. I test drove it on the runway at the airport and found out a few things that I didn't know.
1. When power shifting an automatic transmission from 1st to 2nd at redline, 2 clicks too far is reverse and surprisingly it will go into gear and begin turning the tires just as fast backwards as it had previously been forwards. Exciting!
2. Racing is EXPENSIVE! My little tranny experiment cost me two tires and a wheel.
This is where YOU come in. No I am not asking you to sponsor my racing program although if you are interested in getting involved with what we are doing we have many promotional packages to fit any marketing budget. What I am asking is for you to use the people who do support us. Those names on the side of the cars are there because we sell the space to business people who love racing and want exposure, which in turn brings other race fans to them as customers. NASCAR fans are the most brand loyal people on earth. Prove this to our sponsors by letting them know that you came to them because you saw their logo on the side of our race car at the speedway.
Here are the companies who have kept us racing every week this year. Jeff and I truly believe that they are the BEST in their field. Each of them have built their businesses on Christian values and pride themselves on honesty and integrity.
MTS Construction. Commercial and residential site work and utilities. If you need a site prepared for a building, from demolition to underground utilities, give Nolan a call.
Contact: Nolan Bender 425-754-6322
Rock Of Ages Plumbing. Who doesn't need a plumber? Rock and Sue Borchardt are two of the nicest people on the planet and have been hooking up and repairing the pipes in commercial buildings and homes for 13 years.
Contact: Rock Borchardt 425-483-7202
Visit www.rockofagesplumbing.com
The Rock Church. Come check out our church. Shanna and I spent five years searching for a church to call home. All of the places we attended were nice but we just didn't feel like we belonged. Sound familiar? We attended The Rock after the terrorist attacks on 9-11 and immediately felt welcomed. Take everything you know about church, huck it out the window and show up on Sunday at 9:00am or 11:00am or both. Visit www.therockchurch.info for more information.
Contact: 360-805-0699
Aaron Anderson's Hometown Lending. In this crazy home market it is great to know you have someone in your corner who knows the business and will try every angle to get your financing handled. Aaron is super cool and will make you feel comfortable the moment you meet him.
Contact: Aaron Anderson 360-805-4333
Speedway Autocraft and Refinishing. We have two of the nicest cars at Evergreen Speedway because of Fred and Jayleen Hall who own Speedway Autocraft And Refinishing. If you are involved in a fender bender, DEMAND that your insurance company uses them for the repairs. They are a Progressive Insurance preferred shop and have state of the art equipment and the best in the business body men and painters. They just repaired Shanna’s BMW and it is flawless! Fred personally inspects every car that leaves the shop and it doesn’t go if he doesn’t like it. I think every car is a show car to him
Contact: Fred & Jayleen at 360-805-3130
So go out and buy a piece of land, have Aaron finance it, have Nolan prep it for the building, have Rock plumb it, crash your car along the way and have Fred repair it, and praise God that it all worked out perfectly at the Rock Church on Sunday!
There are five races left in our season and we are second place in points. The state championship is still within reach so don't miss the exciting action at Evergreen Speedway every Saturday through September 15th. For more information visit www.evergreenspeedway.net
We picked up our motor from Speedway Chevrolet on Thursday and immediately understood the name. I have included pictures to show those of you who were wondering why they are called “crate” engines. The team instantaneously went to work preparing it for installation. Of course, this groundwork created another list of parts needed to complete fitting it up to the car. Order it, ship it today, red label Saturday delivery no problem. Whatever it takes is our motto on this project.
This evening we will start with a huge pile of racecar parts, a mountain of boxes and packaging materials littered with UPS and Fed EX overnight priority labels, and a virtually bare chassis with a body and tin installed. It is hard to believe this car will race on Saturday.
I would like to send out a special thank you to Lex Johnson and his employees at Concept Racing for their hard work and late nights lining us up with parts. The fact that they just finished building a crate motor car has been paramount in ordering the right parts for us the first time. If you need racecar parts and don’t want to get the run around in the process, call Concept Racing at 360-805-5169. They have incredible knowledge of stock cars, from hornets to late models.
Check back tomorrow for more information about the Weapon and introductions to the Total Velocity Motorsports race team members.
