11-20-11: We sold our racecar. This is the first time in 23 YEARS that we have not had a race vehicle of some kind in our garage/shop. This goes all the way back to Matt's MICROD days at age 10 in 1988. In 1994 (17 years ago) we bought our first NASACR Grand American Modified/Sportmod/SST/Sunoco Modified and boy does the garage look empty. We are going over our options for 2012, either taking a year or two off, or looking for another car. Either way, THANKS for your support over the years and HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

9-13-11: Sorry for not updating folks, its been a rough year. My mom has been the hospital for a few months and things weren't going too great at the track and I didn't want to report poor results. We had high expectations for this year with a new engine and all, but they never materialized. First the engine failed on the dyno, our luck, we got a bad cam, and had to totally rebuild the engine. Twice more we had to tear the top end of the engine apart to replace bent push rods/valves. The only good news there is that we are really good at engine tear downs now. We worked every week trying to get a handle on the car, it was scary loose. We kept throwing changes at it, but nothing seemed to work. We put 4 new shocks on and that didn't help either. There are so many adjustments that can be made, but we didn't hit on the right setup until the last Friday of the season. All in all, with as bad as a year we thought we had, up against very tough competition, we still managed 4 top ten finishes, and with all our hard work we never missed a race, we were able to finish the year with a 9th place in points. Consistency and perseverance does pay off.

I first have to thank my CREW, and their families for all their time that they spent at the shop and track away from home, and also with putting up with me. Next I have to thank my teammates over at Cline racing, so many race nights they were there to lend a hand. And of course, I have to thank all my sponsors. THANKS EVERYONE and that includes you, the fans!!!!

2012 who knows....with finally getting the car dialed in, it makes our future look better to run up front more often. Thanks for visiting, and happy off season.

Dave

6-14-11: Frustrating, is the one word to describe our season so far. We have a new engine, new shocks, new bushings and bearings, and the car is not handling, it is inconsistent. For two weeks we have been chasing the problem and we haven't found anything wrong, we set it up to last year's notes, and the car is not responding. We started 21st in the first race and finished 11th, and in the second race, we started 24th and again finished 11th. It could have been worse, but not at all what we are expecting. Between the heat and feature race of the 100 lapper, we changed all 4 shocks just to see if we had a bad set, but that was not the problem, but we had to try something. We will go over the car (again) with a fine tooth comb, to see if we can find what is causing our handling problems. The good news is that we have had full fields of cars, so the competition is there. Hoping for better results next week, see you there...........

6-3-11: Check out the videos of Matt's practice at Spencer Speedway!

 

5-28-11: Two weeks into the 2011 season and we are still tied for first! OK, not really. We have been rained out twice. I have bad news, good news and great news. First the bad news, we had our new engine in the car and all set to run practice when I noticed, by regular maintenance, that our cam failed and the engine was not fit for racing, and we would miss the first two weeks of racing . The good news, we had the two weeks of rain outs to work on the engine. Now the great news, with lots of work, and more money, the engine is all back together and ready for the dyno. It should be back in the car Wednesday evening, and ready to race next Friday. Even more GREAT NEWS. no one can have a better teammate than Matt has In Mark Cline! Mark not once but twice offered up his car to Matt so far this year. First for the 100 lap opening race that was rained out, Then again for the second race that was also rained out. At first we thought that we would only miss one week repairing the engine, but when we had to wait for parts, Mark again offered up his ride to Matt for the second race. THANKS SO MUCH MARK. You and your team mean so much to us. I hate for the other racers to miss weekly racing, but I am happy for Mark that he will be starting the season with us, instead of watching us. Good luck Mark. Friday's forecast looks great, see you there......................

4-26-11: GOOD NEWS from the dyno test, the engine runs and sounds good. We have what we hope is a dependable engine, and it is a little stronger than last years engine. We are still low budget, but hope to be competitive again this year.

4-25-11: A QUICK UPDATE
Our engine is finished and going to the dyno today. Needless to say we are excited to find out the results of Matt's hard work. The car is almost ready too. All we have to do is install the new shocks and drop in the new engine. New headers and exhaust will go on also. We will let you know tomorrow how everything went. The racing season is almost here!

2-4-11:  Sorry for not updating the NEWS folks, but better late than never! We've been working hard on the car getting it ready to make a run for the 2011 Spencer Speedway Championship. We stripped the body off and took the front suspension apart; going over every part on the car. We found a few problems up front like bent uppers and bad uniballs. They will be replaced, as well as all new rod ends etc. New body parts were made, as well as all new bumpers and nerf bars. As for the engine............well, we're going into new territory, we are going to build our own engine. When we took the old engine apart we found some sub standard parts (not race parts, but parts good for a street car) in the valve train, which led to the engine failure last year. Money is tight, but we are building (we hope) what will be our best engine to date. New SPONSORS are always welcome, so if you know someone, pass their name on to us. As of now, the paint scheme will be the same as last year. 

We are PLEASED to announce that LESSORD will again be racing on the side of our car, signing on for 2011.

See you soon.