With a high draw for his heat, Skyler picked up several places to finish fourth.  After a draw-redraw (a system no one really understands), Skyler started second row inside in the 19 car feature.   The field included several serious veteran "B Mod" drivers, as well as several rookies.

After a cautious first few laps, during which Skyler slipped back to 9th position, a yellow flag closed up the field.  On a restart, Skyler made some nifty moves to avoid a pile-up of cars in turn four, and picked up several places.  He fought his way back to 5th, and was a completely different driver in the second half of the race.  Afterward he said, "I realized I couldn't keep the car pretty forever," meaning that he had been avoiding the bump and run type of driving the older drivers were used to. He also said later that the drivers in this class were "Way more aggressive" than the Mod-Four class last summer. 

At any rate, he found some good bite down low, and made his final pass on the last lap to finish a very good 4th place--his first race in the new car.  We'll take it.  All in all, a fine opening night for Team Weaver.

Ev Barrett drove our Mod Four "Bookmobile."  She finished well back in her heat, mainly because she forgot to put tear-offs on her helmet visor, and couldn't see well.  In the feature, she finished in the last third of the pack, but seemed to gain confidence as the race went on.  That's all we asked--that and to have fun--which we all did.

Stay tuned next Sunday night for the race report.....

p.s.  The Team Weaver May trip to multiple schools in Texas went up in smoke because of the big 'flu scare.   A real shame, but it allowed us to be better prepared for opening night at the speedway, plus visit a couple of local schools.