Every racer knows that when the decision to run extreme
sports has been made, there is a lot of hard team work involved to be
successful.
For the Pro Extreme LenMar Motorsports team of Gaylen "The Texas Bounty
Hunter" Smith and Mark Eddins, the last two weeks of racing have brought
the team together for just that, hard work, and lots of it.
Following a spectacular debut of "Hel Air" at The Rock a few weeks earlier,
the team headed to Houston Motorsports Park for the final TOPMA race at HMP
for the season. At the end of the 2nd qualifier, the LenMar Co-Founder's
brand new 57' Chevy Bel Air made a hard right turn in the shut down area
hitting the wall and significantly damaging the car.
This incident was no set back for the team as they banned together and
worked endless hours repairing the Hel Air and to put their Texas Bounty
Hunter Cuda back into racing action for the TOPMA double header a week
later.
The Team's hard work paid off for Friday's final race at the Texas Raceway
points series race in Kennedale, Texas and the team made a great come back
by working their way into the semi finals for the event.
Saturday's race at Dallas Raceway in Crandall didn't work out quite as well
as the team had hoped for. They broke a lifter on the second qualifier,
aborting the pass and left the team with a rare DNQ for the event.
"We knew we couldn't miss those two races as we're getting down to all of
the finals for the season" Smith said, "while we were replacing parts and
fixing Hel Air, getting ready for the finals, we had to stay out there for
these races as well since we've worked all year towards the $30,000 Texas
Raceway Shoot-Out and the TOPMA Championship.
"After the race at Crandall when we DNQ'd, we had Hel Air ready to go for
testing on Sunday just to make sure everything was good to go.
Unfortunately, we spun a main bearing and tore up the crank and motor. We
spent this week getting another motor together and we're ready to go at the
LenMar World Finals at Ennis while still attending to our customer
requirements at our shop. This is our home track and our Company sponsored
race, so we are focused to do well on every lap and want the best showing
possible with all of our family and friends by our side" concluded Smith.
In addition to the teams' racing efforts, LenMar Motorsports is proud to
announce that the LenMar World Finals will also be the 2009 debut of the
1967 Camaro of Darrell and Randall Reid of Wichita Falls, Texas. Randall
Reid will be piloting the Camaro and- will be running a brand new LenMar
Motor combination.
For more information on Gaylen Smith and Lenmar Motorsports, please log on
to: www.lenmarmotorsports.com
For more information on TOPMA, please log on to:
www.texasoutlawracing.com
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