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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Merritt Speedway, 08/14/10

Randy got to enjoy being a car-owner at the 1/4 mile dirt oval in Lake City.  Dave Ockerman, who usually plays the part of crew chief, jumped into the driver's seat for the MTS Northern 410 Nationals at Merritt Speedway last night.

While this isn't something you can practice just anywhere, Dave did a super job of feeling his way around the track for his first official time in a sprint car. Mike Berry took over the role of crew chief as Randy supervised and filled-in as photographer.

With a new rescue puppy in my care, I wasn't able to travel with them to this weekend's event, but by all accounts, everyone had a wonderful time.

Next week we're at Cherry Raceway in Fife Lake. Prior to last night's race Rand was 10th in points. So, with two races left and yielding the car to Dave last night it's anybody's guess where we'll end up.



Notice Big Bird has been installed as a permanent passenger as Mike and Dave wait for hot laps.