BY: CHRIS SANTOS
9/13/22…CHICO CALIFORNIA: WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NICK ROBFOGEL & HIS TEAM WOULD MAKE THEIR FIRST EVER VISIT TO SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY FOR THE JOE HUNT MAGNETO SERIES INVITATIONAL RACE. A STRONG FIELD OF THE TOP-20 JOE HUNT MAGNETO WINGLESS SPRINT CARS WOULD PACK THE SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY PIT AREA TO OPEN UP THE 2022 GOLD CUP.
WITH NO QUALIFYING, THEY WOULD GET STRAIGHT INTO HEAT RACES AFTER HOT LAPS. NICK WOULD ROLL OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE SECOND ROW IN THE 4TH STARTING POSITION. STARTING 4TH, NICK WOULD QUICKLY FIND SPEED AT AN UNFAMILIAR TRACK. HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET HIS WAY INTO THE 2ND POSITION WHERE HE WOULD FINISH THE HEAT RACE.
“UNCERTAINTY WHEN UNLOADING AT CHICO BECAUSE WE NEVER RACE THERE AND WITH THE PULL DRAW FORMAT FOR THE HEAT RACES. TRACK WAS EXTREMELY GREASY FOR HOT LAPS AND WAS REALLY ABLE TO FIGURE ANYTHING OUT WITH THE SETUP AND THE GEAR. WENT STRAIGHT INTO HOT LAPS AND FORTUNATELY WE WERE GOOD AND HAD SPEED STARTING 4TH AND FINISHING SECOND.”
THE REDRAW WOULD PUT NICK IN THE 5TH STARTING POSITION FOR THE FEATURE, WITH HIGH HOPES FOR A GREAT NIGHT. HOWEVER ON LAP ONE, THE LEADERS WOULD BE ALL OVER THE PLACE & SPIN IN FRONT OF NICK GIVING HIM NOWHERE TO GO AND MAKING CONTACT WITH ANOTHER CAR. NICK WOULD END UP BREAKING THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK AND BENDING THE REAR AXLE, BRINGING HIS NIGHT TO AN EARLY END.
TRACK DIDN’T LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING AWAY SO WE FREED IT UP A BIT FOR THE MAIN STARTING P5. AT THE DROP OF THE GREEN I COULD TELL EVERYONE FREED THERE CARS UP AND THE FRONT FOUR CARS WERE ALL OVER THE TRACK AND ON LAP 2 JAKE AND SHANE LOST IT IN FRONT OF ME WITH NOWHERE TO GO BREAKING THE RR SHOCK AND BENDING THE REAR AXEL.”
IT WAS A VERY DISAPPOINTING NIGHT FOR NICK. HE ONCE AGAIN SHOWED SPEED & HAD A WINNING CAR. UNFORTUNATELY BAD LUCK WOULD BRING ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT TO AN EARLY END FOR NICK AND THE ROBFOGEL RACING TEAM. “I’M M VERY DISAPPOINTED I DIDN’T GET MORE TRACK TIME AS I PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS YEAR FOR THAT ONE SPECIFIC RACE AND I ONLY TURNED 9 LAPS. VERY DISAPPOINTED BUT IT’S RACING AND ALL I CAN DO IS MOVE ON.”
NICK WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS SPONSORS; ROCK CRUSHING SOLUTIONS, EMPIRE AUTOMOTIVE, MATTERI MOTORSPORTS, APEX CONTRACTORS, TONY MAESTRI-STATE FARM, FERINA TRUCKING, AND B-S FARRIER SERVICE.
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