Follow the 2010 Season
on and off the track!

 4.26.10  >> I have to keep telling myself CJ is only 12 years old......he's making his dad proud this year !!

 4.20.10  >> WOW!!! What a year so far. Our 220 Kart Shop / Falcon Firehawk / Kirby Speed Secrets kart has just been unbelievable. If CJ isn't winning he's finishing 2nd. I couldn't ask for anything else from our tires, motor or CJ. We have been hitting it at every track. Special thanks to Josh from 220 Kart Shop for great tires and chassis, Thomas Underwood for taking time to talk with CJ...his talent and race experience has been great for CJ and James Kirby for the best motors !! The competition level at the Burris Series, PDKS and VDKA are top notch this year.

 3.15.10  >> This will be the last free weekend for a while! CJ and I are heading to Williams Grove Friday night and then Shippensburg to watch their first day of practice / racing and then to Lincoln Saturday night. Our schedule has us racing 8 times in April in 3 states.....we will be traveling a bunch this year, getting our 2010 Falcon / Firehawk it's workout. Special thanks to 220 Kart Shop, Kirby Speed Secrets, Stiffie Clutches and SPL Oil for all your support!

 10.26.09  >> CJ has the SWINE !!! We missed the race at Greenwood Raceway this past weekend. CJ will be off school until this Thursday, getting rid of the swine and resting up for Trail-Ways this Saturday the 31st.

 8.24.09  >> What a season so far!! We have no budget this year, we are running on fumes, have no good tires left in the trailer and CJ still manages 19 feature wins so far this season, wrapped up the points championship in the Burris Tire Series @ Hunterstown Speedway, is on his way to his 4th track championship at Shippensburg Speedway and CJ is running 3rd in the State Series. We have a few more races in Jr. II, then CJ will move up to Jr. restricted for 5-7 races at the end of 2009, to get ready for the 2010 season. As always, thanks to Kirby Speed Secrets, SPL Oil, Stiffie Clutches, Prowler Karts and everyone else who has helped CJ out this year!

 6.22.09  >> Well, we are about at the halfway point of the 2009 season. It's been a pretty good year so far. The competition this year at the local tracks, Burris Tire Series and the PDKS races is extremely tough this year in CJ's class. CJ had 7 wins all last year and so far this year he has doubled that with 14 wins. CJ is first in points at Shippensburg and the Burris Tire Series and 2nd in lites and 3rd in heavy's, in the PDKS. Some of CJ's toughest competitors this year are Gavyn Deiter, Owen Dubble, Ryan Montgomery, Spencer Davis, "little" Quentin Graham and I'm sure a few more that I'm not thinking of. We plan on doing some traveling down South in the fall to collect some "Southern Money". As always, CJ couldn't be as fast without help from James Kirby / Kirby Speed Secrets, Stiffie Clutches, SPL Oil, Prowler Karts and Kirby Preps!!

 5.28.09  >> Last Friday CJ got his finger slammed in a door at school, by accident when he and a buddy were fooling around in the bathroom. He raced Friday night to a close 2nd to another school buddy Gavyn Deiter. After the race at Shippensburg on Friday night, we stopped by the ER at Carlisle Hospital and we had a doctor basically drill a hole through his finger nail, to relieve the pressure. Blood went everywhere!! The finger was sore for Saturday night racing at Shellhammer's, but CJ wanted to race and he did and won. The finger nail is completely black now and really swollen, but CJ says it doesn't hurt. So we'll race this weekend and hopefully he doesn't "bang" it anymore and it heals quickly. The only thing really hurting is CJ's 4 wheeler, which he hasn't been able to ride for the past week :)

 5.20.09  >> CJ racked up another 2 feature wins this past weekend. Sunday was a very interesting day at the PDKS race. We had the right tires and gearing...the track was so funky, we only missed with a little air pressure. We time trialed good but I couldn't figure out what the damn track was doing. One class would be picking up, the next would be slowing down and then the next would be the same. So I went conservative with air and CJ got locked down after a few green flag laps...he held on as long as he could. CJ finished 7th in lite's and 6th in heavy's out of 24 karts. Not a really good day for us, but we maintain our championship hopes and will be up front racing for some wins at the next PDKS June 14th at Shellhammer's Speedway.

 5.12.09  >> What a year so far... With the purchase of our new Prowler Chassis in 2008, we struggled to make it fast the first half of 2008 and had only 7 wins all last year and so far this year we have 8, including a win and a 2nd at the first PDKS race. We love our Prowler Kart, a great engine from James Kirby, clutch from Stiffie and our oil sponsorship through SPL, is a winning combination so far in 2009, not to forget great Friday night tires from Al's Kart Supply - AKS Tires and Kirby Preps. This weekend is race #2 of the PDKS at Greenwood Valley Action Track. The Jr. II class is stacked with competition and great drivers and we are looking forward to a great race on Sunday.

 4.29.09  >> With money being so tight this year, we decided not to run the WKA national series and just focus on winning every race we can at the local and state level. I just saw the kart count for the first WKA national dirt race in Margaretteville's this past weekend. 4 karts in CJ's class (jr. II) are you freakin' kidding me !! Thank God we decided not to run the national series. You spend $1,200 - $1,500 each race, no matter if you are racing 22 karts or 4 karts. The PDKS had 22 karts in CJ's class at the first race and a total of 419 karts. The PDKS is the premier series...not doubt.

 4.27.09  >> CJ  sweeps the weekend!! Winning Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This weekend will be race #2 of the Burris Tire Series @ Hunterstown.

 4.20.09  >> CJ had another GREAT weekend! CJ won on Friday night at Shippensburg....then Sunday was race#1 of the PDKS at Selinsgrove Raceway Park. CJ was really fast during practice, which always worries me...we kept up with the track, CJ told me when to change tires and he had 2 good qualifying runs. We adjusted for the features and CJ drove his ass off to get around Ryan Montgomery on the last lap, on the outside of turns 3 and 4 to take the win in Jr. II lite...I was screaming like a little girl!! CJ's buddy, Gavyn Deiter was involved in a nasty crash at the beginning of the Jr. II lite class...he walked away but very sore and lucky not be seriously hurt. James Kirby from Kirby Speed Secrets gave us a great motor, along with an awesome clutch from Stiffie Clutches and our oil from SPL...thanks!!

 4.14.09  >> What a weekend! Last year it took us until June to get our first win with the new Prowler Chassis. CJ won heat and feature at Shippensburg on Friday night, giving him win #2 of the 2009 season. Saturday CJ ran Jr. II and Jr. restricted at Hunterstown. His kart was fast all night and should of won both heats and both features, but some motor trouble stopped that. CJ did win his heat in Jr. Restricted and a valve spring broke in the Jr. II heat, while CJ was leading. This weekend is Race #1 of the PDKS...this will be a big test for the Rocket Race team!!

 4.09.09  >> This weekend we'll attempt to run 2 classes at Hunterstown, Jr. II and Jr. restricted. This will be CJ's first time racing with a jr. restricted motor.

 4.06.09  >> CJ won on Saturday night at Hunterstown. Sunday he were fighting a slight push during practice and time trials at the Burris Tire Series race. We got that fixed for the feature, but then went the wrong way on gearing...stupid mistake. I'll be kicking myself a while over this one! CJ ran 4th all race....we just didn't have enough to get to the leaders. Gavyn Deiter won the race on Sunday.

 4.02.09  >> This weekend is Shippensburg on Friday night, Hunterstown on Saturday and the Burris Tire Series @ Hunterstown on Sunday. I just got my tires back from AKS Tire Services and began my prepping on the 55's for the first Burris Tire Series race and getting them ready for Race #1 of the PDKS Series on April 19th at Selinsgrove Raceway Park. Since we took all the traveling out of the 2009 season, CJ decided to run for points at Shippensburg and Hunterstown on a weekly basis and also run for points in the PDKS and the Burris Tire Series at Hunterstown.

 3.30.09  >> Well, like usual we struggle at the beginning of the year. CJ started 3rd in his heat on Friday night at Shippensburg and finished 2nd. The rains came and cancelled the features. We are still just a bit off, but are really close to fine tuning the kart and getting it where we need it. The #24 of James Loveless has really looked good early on this season and looks to be a handful this year at Shippensburg.This weekend is the Burris Tire Series Race #1 at Hunterstown Speedway.

 3.26.09  >> This is the first entry in "Dad's Blog" Over the 2009 season, I will be ranting, complaining, praising and everything in between about racing and CJ's life on and off the track....including his 2 sisters! Right now the 2009 season is just about ready to get underway and the Rocket race team has already made major schedule changes due to the lack of $$$$.

We were planning on running the WKA National Series, Delaware State Series and a few races down South....they have all been takin' off the schedule. We are still running for points in the PDKS (WKA State Divisional), Burris Tire Series @ Hunterstown and Shippensburg Speedway. CJ is a 2 time track champion at Shippensburg and the 2007 PDKS Champion. We are looking forward to racing these series' and local tracks, including Shippensburg, Hunterstown and Shellhammer's.

This weekend will send the Rocket Race Team to Shippensburg on Friday night and Hunterstown on Saturday.

Also, CJ has been chosen to represent "TEAM SPL"  as their junior driver for the 2009 season. SPL is a Lubricant company that has developed racing oil for 2 & 4 cycle kart motors. Learn more about SPL. Click here