From Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design
The “Teenage Tornado” will be in full force this weekend, with Four consecutive nights of Mr. DIRTcar series racing, beginning on Thursday, July 2nd at the Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, New York. From there, the series will shift northeast to the Brewerton Speedway, just north of Syracuse on Friday, July 3rd.
On Saturday, July 4th, Raabe will make his season debut at the Brockville Ontario Speedway, where he is the defending winner of the Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman series race, and also reigning track champion. The weekend will wrap up on Sunday July 5th, for the inaugural stop on the series at the Cornwall Speedway.
Last weekend, on Friday night at the Can Am Motorsports Park, after an hour and a half delay due to rain, Raabe finished fourth in his qualifying heat, and lined up 12th in the 25-lap feature event. As the race started, a light rain began to fall over the Speedway, and after just 11 laps of racing, track officials were forced to postpone the remaining laps until Friday night, July 10th.
Saturday night, at the Thunder Alley Speed Park, Raabe took the lead on lap nine and never looked back as he drove his 2006 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 to victory lane for the third time in 2009 at Thunder Alley, and fifth time overall in 2009. With the win, Raabe now moves into the points lead.
After this week, and the four nights of Mr. DIRTcar tour racing, the 01 team will then shift its focus to the newly acquired asphalt car. The first race on the schedule for Raabe will be Saturday, July 11th at the Peterborough Speedway in Peterborough, Ontario. Chris will be making his debut in the Ontario Sportsman Series, and they will be running twin 50 lap features. More details can be found at www.peterbouroughspeedway.com.
Depending on sponsorship, the team hopes to run at least two more races with the Ontario Sportsman Series and then the final two events in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. Those events are September 12th, at the Barrie Speedway in Barrie, Ontario and September 26th at Kawartha Speedway, near Peterborough, Ontario.
The team would like to thank its sponsors, fans and friends for their support throughout the 2009 season. Due to the economy, and lack of funding, we haven’t been able to run as many pavement races as we had originally planned, but we now have the car, and are very excited about the coming weeks.
The Chris Raabe t-shirts will be available shortly. Last week, there was a mix up at the printer, which delayed the process another week. Once they are done, they will be available for purchase at the team hauler on race night, as well as chrisraabe.com.
For more information on Chris Raabe, please visit www.chrisraabe.com.
PHOTO: Chris Raabe in Victory Lane at Thunder Alley (Rebecca Eisele Photo)
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