Team Crown

Thoughts on the Season Past

Just some thoughts and musings on the season that's just ended.  First of all I've got to thank all the people who have helped this past season.  Brian Brown drove a few times for us and what more do you need to say other than his name?  He's one of the top drivers in the country bar none and it's always fun to have him around!  Clint Garner did a fine job for us in the few national shows we got to run.  We were lucky enough to get Jake Peters to drive one night for us, and he helped get an engine issue straightened out, and we ran pretty good.  Jody Rosenboom did the majority of the driving for us this year, and we had fun!  We got to run a few races together all over the area and had a few wins in the process.  All in all we had alot of fun with every driver!  We've got to thank Joe Vosburgh for the help all year once again.  He's got the determination and the will to work hard enough to make a good team.  Reed Fricke helped some again this year too.  He's always a good asset to the team and we're thankful for his help!  Joel (Trolly) Vis came with to alot of the races and he's like everyone else when it comes to getting things done.  We couldn't have done this without any of these people and I couldn't thank them enough!

Sponsors as everyone knows is the biggest part of funding this or any other race team.  We have unbelievable marketing partners, and we hope to continue for years more in our endeavors.  The list is as follows:  Tritz Pallet, Inc., Tri State Truck Wash, Allen Henderscheidt Trucking, Steve's Truck Repair, 95.1 the Eagle, B&J Oil Co., The People's Music, FAST Wings, Maxim Chassis, Pro Shocks, Weld Wheels, and Robison Racing Products all make this possible for us!  We thank them for their continued support, and hope to add to this list for the next year!

As I've said before, we're not terribly sure what exactly we'll do for the upcoming season.  Money obviously plays a big factor in how much you can or can't race.  Then once we decide how much we'll race, we find the right driver for our situation.  I like every other car owner would love to just have that $100,000 check come in and know what we'll do today and move forward from there......(hey, we can all dream can't we??).  We'll see what happens in the next few months and move on from there.  I'll be back with updates as they come, but obviously with the off season here not alot of news comes around....so I'll try to check in periodically.

Thank you to all the fans and friends.  Thank you to those who check out our website!!  See everyone soon!!

Food for Thought

Definition of a hero:  a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble quality.

Example:  Joe Riedel.

I just want to take this time to impose my opinion I suppose.  I'm not trying to get all soft and what not here, but I feel compelled to say a few words here.  I was told about a week ago that a fellow racer, Joe Riedel, was going back to Iraq for service.  I know a few years ago Joe was there while on active duty, so it's no surprise to me that he is actually going.  What really gets me is the fact that he volunteered to go back.  I had the chance to speak to Joe last Wednesday night and wish him well on his tour of duty.  The courage it takes a man to go to a situation such as this is mind boggling to me.  I know that I myself, and millions of others couldn't do what he's doing.  He is a hero to all of us.  Good luck and a safe return in the future Joe.  Thank you for your courage.

I Believe the End is Here

It was announced last night that the races from Saturday at Husets are left as is.  It's unfortunate, because we'd have loved to finish the race....no matter where we would have ended up!  Huge congratulations to Johnn Cressman on the 360 point title at Husets.  Actually congratulations to Mark Dobmeier in winning the 410 title as well!  Jody captured the USRA national point title, and he was deserving of it.  He won enough this year, and it was nice to see him have the kind of year he had!  I'm just glad we could be a part of his 11 win season.  We had alot of fun this year even though we really didn't race a ton of races like we'd done years past.  We have some options and some deciding to do for next year as to what kind of schedule we'll race and who we'll race with.  As always money will be the deciding factor in how much we'll be able to race.  That's about it for now, but I'll post a little more this week.  Everyone have a great time this week!

Saturday 9-8 Husets Happenings

The night was pretty much as expected.  Some grumbling, and some people trying to get inside our heads (which won't work anyhow) but really it went pretty well overall I thought.  We had a good draw again and won the heat from the pole and the draw for the feature gave us an inside 4th row starting spot.  Then the skies opened up and washed it all away.  I'm not sure what's happening with the night of racing as of yet.....whether they'll reschedule the features or if it's a rain out.  I guess it doesn't matter either way to us what happens.  If they should make them up we'll be there, and if they cancel the feature, then congratulations to Johnn Cressman on the points title at Husets.  He's had a pretty good year all around....not the number of wins you'd probably expect from him, but consistency is the key to winning a points title and he's shown this year he's grown as a driver in my opinion.  Hopefully all the drama that's gone on in the last week will blow by and everyone will be as happy as we are again.  I guess we'll see how the upcoming weeks and months go and we'll know a little better if they've regained their composure.  Lets hope so, because this game is rough enough on you when things go well....but when you've got angst in your system it's worse.  If this was the last race, congrats to everyone on a good season....if not, we'll see all of you soon!

This Weekend

This Saturday's show should be our last race of the year we're thinking.  We'll be running Husets once again, and hopefully all goes well.  We had alot of fun this past weekend, and everyone was treated to a great race between Jody and Johnn Cressman.  I'm hoping for more of the same this weekend.  As I've said many times before here....Husets is just a fun place to race.  I've missed it over the last few years, and it's nice to go back a few times in the last few weeks!  Let's hope for a safe and fun race, and good luck to Johnn Cressman in the points chase, all he needs to do is finish pretty much, which if he keeps his cool and drives like he's capable, he'll be fine!

This Past Weekend

Interesting to say the least!  Jackson started out pretty good we thought, but our fuel pump popped out in the heat and gave us a starting spot at the back of the field.  Tacky one lane tracks are not what you need when starting that deep, so we only ended up 9th.  Sunday we had good draws, and we took advantage of them by winning the heat, and then from the pole won the feature.  Now, the controversy....we did run a wheel that had titanium bolts on the right rear.  We've run those wheels a hundred times before, and really thought nothing of it.  We certainly weren't looking for any speed advantage by having that wheel....it just happened to be the one we had there.  Illegal per the rules?  Yes, it is.  Big advantage?  Very minimal.....almost none.  We were called everything in the book by Casey Abbas, and his whole family; which is unfortunate because we always seemed to get along pretty well with those guys.  We were accused of having titanium brakes, ti valves (which about every ASCS engine in the country has), ti drive shaft, and whatever else you can think of.  Their comment is, "Your car is loaded with titanium".  Find it, and show it to me.  I'll be there with the very same car and parts this next Saturday.  Now, if you want to split hairs, I can guarantee you there are cars there in the top 5 that have the very same valves that we have, yet there's no problem with those guys.  As a matter of fact the 56 car has run ti brakes this year, and were allowed to do so.  We do have ti valves, but there's nothing I can do about that, and if they want to check my stuff they most certainly can....however I want them to check the others stuff as well.  I will actually be at Husets next Saturday at 2:00 so they can go over my car with a fine tooth comb.  I want them to stick a magnet to everything on my car, and they won't find one thing wrong with it!!  I certainly invite EVERYONE to be there for the inspection.....and especially the 17v crew.  So if anyone knows them, please tell them the offer is there....they looked over my car hard enough.  They looked at my brakes....and they won't look any different this week.  I'll roll the car to the scales and show them we're heavy enough.  We have nothing to hide, and won alot of races with those tracks, and haven't ever needed to cheat to win.  I have no problems with anyone, and certainly don't want any problems with anyone.  Let's all hope that this blows over and everyone will have fun again.  That's what this is all about, isn't it?