#73 Limited Sportsman 04, 06, 09, 10 Sportsman Division Champions Thompson International Speedway Thompson Connecticut

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Modified Musings - a Year in the Life of a Rookie Follow LB’s Blog Here are a few video’s we’ve done with our Go Pro Hero camera and my own camera. Consi Race at Monadnock Speedway From the Stands Consi Race A quick GoPro video from Waterford Practice last night. Practice Run from Waterford We made it to the Valenti Modified Racing Series opener at Waterford. This is what the car looked like before loading it up Friday am. . See blog for rest of the story. . Next up for the Mod will be April 21st at Monadnock Speedway.  . As of today (easter), there is still a chance I will find a bag of energy, and install one of our three engines into the sportsman car, and haul it to the Icebreaker.  Life, and the new Mod are still the first priorities, but it could be fun to race the icebreaker event with the sportsman car, possibly for the last time? Cheers Larry Corrected for the new number. We got 73! Coming to Waterford Speedbowl March 31^st! 2-19-12 First Test fit of the Jacks Competition Racing Engine! 2-09-12 For sale! Our 8.9 compression rules engine $1000 3 race old SK engine with engine plates, VDL carburetor, clutch and flywheel, scatter shield, headers, $12,000 or best offer. Nat’s Sportsman open rules engine. Used only at world series. Brand new block, new head castings. $8000 or best offer Zz4 crate engine.7 races since complete overhaul by Nat. w/ 4bbl carb, flywheel. $5000 or best offer. If engines for sportsman car sell. Best offer on the 73 car 1-12-12 We have been making good progress on the Modified in preparation to run races in the Valenti Modified Racing Series.  The car has been completely Stripped down to bare metal.  We are making some preps such as the mounting of my Lajoie Racing Seat etc.  Then we will paint the chassis in our familiar Red, then start assembling the car. We hope to Sell some engines etc.  Locate an engine to install in the Mod, and somehow be ready for the season opener for the series at Waterford Speedbowl.  Sponsorship Levels will decide how many races we will be able to run with the modified, with the ol 73 Sportsman car being run some at Thompson Speedway if not sold prior to the season.  We are trying to locate parts, and convert the Waterford SK car into a competitive tour type modified. We are excited about the challenges that await us. Work in progress! -Larry 11-10-11: We have purchased a Modified! We recently picked up a Troyer modified that was driven by Jeff Paul at the Waterford Speedbowl. SO…for 2012 season, things may change quite a bit for the 73 team. . We will prepare the 73 car as if we are racing it at Thompson Speedway to go for a championship.  We will focus only on going even faster. We will expect to race the first race of the season.  If no changes to the roster from last season occur, or at a minimum, to how the drivers compete, we won’t be racing very often at Thompson. The car is still for sale, but I have no intention to give the car away for pennies on the dollar.  If offered a fair price for the car, it will be gone.  Either engine could be sold also.  A seven race old crate engine, or the one race old open rules engine.  Once rules are released, we plan to do a cam swap that we hope will make the new engine even better.  I also have spares and spares for the spares for nearly every part on the car.   Keeping a car and racing once in a while for fun might work out well. . The modified was purchased complete.  It has a three race old SK engine.  Our intention is to do as many vMRS races as we can afford or fit into our schedule.  If Thompson races are as crazy as last year, we will prove the speed of the 73 car, then focus our efforts all upon getting the Modified ready to compete in the vMRS races.  Depending on resources, we may have the modified ready to go on the track for the first vMRS race on the schedule.  We will go wherever the fun is. . Feel free to contact us if you have any parts that will help us convert the 2008 Troyer design car from an SK to a vMRS competitive car.  We certainly can use a bit more help getting the cars ready, and to get our shop and trailer set up to run a modified.  And of course, we certainly will be limited on how many races we can do this season if we do not team up to work with several sponsors.  We do not expect to go out and rack up wins with a modified, but we hope to make some good clean runs. -Larry Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Any problems viewing the Website E-mail Webmaster

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