Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design - June 7, 2009 - This past weekend Chris Raabe and the 01 racing team invaded the Can Am Motorsports Park in Lafargeville, New York on Friday evening, and then the Thunder Alley Speed Park in Evans Mills, New York on Saturday night. After a pair of unusually frustrating weekends for the “Teenage Tornado” all eyes were on the 18-year-old superstar, and everyone that has seen Raabe behind the wheel of a racecar was anticipating another win to break the early season slump.
On Friday night, the team was very fast right from the beginning of the night as Chris put his Scott Industrial Services, Kingston RV, Tyroute Telus, Corcoran Excavating, McColman Media, Kwik Load Products, Canadian Tire Cataraqui, Kingston Hyundai, Word for the World Ministries, Aaron’s Sales & Leasing, Endura Paints, Brunet Plumbing, Waste Management and Finish Line Web Design sponsored TEO car in third place during the pre race practice session.
When the qualifying races took to the track, once again, Raabe had his car dialed in, as he used the inside lane to pass Christine Martin on lap 5 and cruised to victory. The team’s focus now shifted to the 25-lap Sportsman feature event,
“The car was a little bit loose in the heat race. The team is making some changes, and we are going to try and tighten it up for the feature. Every time we come here its like running a series race, because everyone is so competitive”, says Raabe, referring to the incredible field of cars that calls Can-Am Motorsports Park home on Friday nights.
The Sportsman feature was a marathon of sorts, and it took several attempts to get the race underway. It took nearly 25 minutes to run the first 5 laps due to several caution flags, including one in turn 4 that would send several cars to the pit area for the night. When the racing resumed, Raabe quickly made his way through the field and got to 4th place once the checkered flag finally fell.
On Saturday night, the team headed to Thunder Alley, and once again proved they are the team to beat, as they blew past race leader Brandon Sweet on a restart just prior to the halfway point of the race. Chris made a brilliant move putting the car to the outside and driving around Sweet, who was the current points leader heading into the evening’s program.
The win marked the 4th victory of the season for the Napanee, Ontario racer, as he looks to regain the championship form of the 2008 season, where he went on to win 3 track championships, 2 regional championships as well as the overall Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman crown.
Next weekend, the 01 team will once again be in competition at the Can Am Motorsports Park on Friday night, and then the weekly Saturday evening stop at Thunder Alley.
For those of you that have spent some time over at chrisraabe.com over the past week, you will have noticed a major change to the look of the website. Over the next few weeks, Donald Raabe from King Donnie’s Graphics, and Finish Line Web Design will be working together to finish restructuring the current website. We will have a section for the DIRT program, as well as an entire section of the website dedicated to our soon to be announced pavement program.
A design of the new 2009 Chris Raabe t-shirts have now been posted in the Chris Raabe store. To view the design, go to http://www.chrisraabe.com/ and click on the store tab. You will be able to purchase the team shirts in the store very soon.
On Friday night, the team was very fast right from the beginning of the night as Chris put his Scott Industrial Services, Kingston RV, Tyroute Telus, Corcoran Excavating, McColman Media, Kwik Load Products, Canadian Tire Cataraqui, Kingston Hyundai, Word for the World Ministries, Aaron’s Sales & Leasing, Endura Paints, Brunet Plumbing, Waste Management and Finish Line Web Design sponsored TEO car in third place during the pre race practice session.
When the qualifying races took to the track, once again, Raabe had his car dialed in, as he used the inside lane to pass Christine Martin on lap 5 and cruised to victory. The team’s focus now shifted to the 25-lap Sportsman feature event,
“The car was a little bit loose in the heat race. The team is making some changes, and we are going to try and tighten it up for the feature. Every time we come here its like running a series race, because everyone is so competitive”, says Raabe, referring to the incredible field of cars that calls Can-Am Motorsports Park home on Friday nights.
The Sportsman feature was a marathon of sorts, and it took several attempts to get the race underway. It took nearly 25 minutes to run the first 5 laps due to several caution flags, including one in turn 4 that would send several cars to the pit area for the night. When the racing resumed, Raabe quickly made his way through the field and got to 4th place once the checkered flag finally fell.
On Saturday night, the team headed to Thunder Alley, and once again proved they are the team to beat, as they blew past race leader Brandon Sweet on a restart just prior to the halfway point of the race. Chris made a brilliant move putting the car to the outside and driving around Sweet, who was the current points leader heading into the evening’s program.
The win marked the 4th victory of the season for the Napanee, Ontario racer, as he looks to regain the championship form of the 2008 season, where he went on to win 3 track championships, 2 regional championships as well as the overall Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman crown.
Next weekend, the 01 team will once again be in competition at the Can Am Motorsports Park on Friday night, and then the weekly Saturday evening stop at Thunder Alley.
For those of you that have spent some time over at chrisraabe.com over the past week, you will have noticed a major change to the look of the website. Over the next few weeks, Donald Raabe from King Donnie’s Graphics, and Finish Line Web Design will be working together to finish restructuring the current website. We will have a section for the DIRT program, as well as an entire section of the website dedicated to our soon to be announced pavement program.
A design of the new 2009 Chris Raabe t-shirts have now been posted in the Chris Raabe store. To view the design, go to http://www.chrisraabe.com/ and click on the store tab. You will be able to purchase the team shirts in the store very soon.
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