Vroom Vroom Motorsports

Can’t wait!!! 🏁🏁🏁

It's official: Hyke Donahue of Vroom Vroom Motorsports is registered to race the Cotton Classic on September 12 at his home track NGQMA - North Georgia Quarter Midget Association!

It's not too late to register! 🏁 Visit https://www.ngqma.com/cotton-classic to register today!

🏁 Back to Huntsville this weekend for the next round of the Dixie!

We decided early this season that we weren’t going to prioritize running for Dixie points, so we went into this weekend with low stakes and one big goal: Give Hyke more experience racing a looser setup in a BIG field of cars. If that was all we accomplished, we would’ve been happy.

But we got a few pretty exciting wins along the way, too. 🙌

First up: Hyke went straight to the A Main for Junior Honda and Junior Animal! 🎉 These fields included some of the best quarter midget drivers in the country, so getting to skip the B Main entirely was a pretty big deal for us.

In Junior Honda, Hyke finished P3 in his heat. Without any passing points, that put him starting P6 in the feature — the outside line.

Starting on the outside is still one of the things we’re working on, but he held his own, avoided some wrecks like a champ, and even did a little drifting to get around one of them.

(He REALLY liked that part. 😂 In fact, if you ask him, that may have been his greatest accomplishment of the entire weekend.)

A spin later in the race cost him some positions, and he ultimately finished P7 out of 12. Not the finish he wanted, but seventh in a field like that — and going straight to the A Main — is still something we’re really proud of. And we know exactly what we need to keep working on.

Junior Animal was a whole different adventure. 😵‍💫 Hyke had a fantastic start in his heat and was looking like a serious contender for a top-three finish when… he was run into the wall — and flipped. 🙃 Hyke was OK. The car… not so much.

They rushed it back to the pits, got it repaired in time to roll back out, but there was some confusion with the lap countdown and he wasn’t allowed back onto the track. Mistakes happen, it was a confusing situation, and that’s racing.

But that meant he’d be starting the Animal A Main from the very back.

And that race was wild! He got spun by another driver. He spun himself trying to avoid another wreck. He dodged wrecks left and right. Two cars didn’t even finish.

At various points, everyone in the field was in the running for second or third — including Hyke. At one point, we thought he might win the thing. Then at another point we thought he might finish last. Then we were sure he was going to podium. So much happened. 

When it was finale over, he crossed the line P5.

So no podiums this weekend, but a whole lot of wins anyway: two straight trips to the A Main, racing in big and very talented fields, experimenting with a much looser car, learning more about that outside line, avoiding a whole bunch of wrecks… and, apparently most importantly, drifting. 😂

And above all, another weekend spent on an adventure together as a family. ❤️ Hyke’s aunt and uncle joined us this time, too — and thank goodness they did, because putting the front end of that Animal car back together after the flip would NOT have happened without Uncle Connor.

And a special thank you to Wesley Ferguson (Ferguson Motorsports ), Charlie Barrett (Pierce Barrett Racing ), Jody Wheeler (David Wheeler Racing), and probably a few more people I’m forgetting who were quick to jump into the pits after Hyke’s wreck and help get that car back together. It really does take a village in this sport, and we love our racing family!

Lots learned. Lots to be proud of. And lots more racing still to come!

Next stop: another big race, this time at our home track. Looking forward to the Cotton Classic at NGQMA on September 12! 🏁

Don't miss this giveaway from our home club!!!

🎉 Giveaway time!!!

It’s the FINAL WEEK of Early Registration for the 2026 Cotton Classic, and we’re kicking it off by giving ONE lucky racer a $200 Cotton Classic Prize Package!

🚨 Already registered? Already ordered? You can enter anyway!

If you win and you’ve already purchased something included in the prize package, we’ll refund you for it! So don’t wait to register — you can get everything you want now, and if we draw your name Thursday, we’ll give you your money back for the items you already purchased that are included in the prize package. 🙌

Now, speaking of prizes…

🏆 ONE WINNER GETS:

• FREE Cotton Classic registration for one car — a $60 value
• ONE official Cotton Classic T-shirt — a $30 value
• 15 EXTRA entries to win the Raptor Racing Engine — a $75 value
• $35 concession stand credit!

Total value: $200!

***How to enter:

1️⃣ COMMENT ON THIS POST:

In the comments of this post, tell us ONE (or both!) of these:

🏁 What is your favorite Cotton Classic memory?

OR

🏁 What are you most excited about for this year’s Cotton Classic?

Then…

2️⃣ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!

Share this post to your personal profile or your racing/team page and help us get the word out about NGQMA’s biggest race of the year!

🏆 ONE WINNER will be randomly selected Thursday, August 27!

YOUR TURN:

It’s just two quick steps to enter for a chance to win the prize package:

STEP ONE. Share in the comments below: What’s your favorite Cotton Classic memory OR what are you most excited about this year? 👇👇👇

STEP TWO. Share this post to your personal profile or racing team page!

Good luck!!!

This weekend, we headed to the Rocket City at Huntsville Quarter Midget Association - HQMA!

Hyke hasn’t been here since the early spring when it was chilly, and he’s never raced at this track in warm weather, so we knew it would be a fun challenge.

And then another fun challenged emerged: Through a random pill draw, Hyke got last place starting positions for not one but BOTH of his races 🙃, so he knew he’d have to do a lot of work to not finish in last place.

Not to mention, both of his starting positions were on the dreaded outside line. So he knew he’d have to transfer these new skills he’s developed over the last few races to make it happen.

And he made it happen!

First: For the Junior Honda heat race, he moved up and finished 6th. He held onto 5th for a bit, but was passed on the last lap. That upset him quite a lot, but he channeled that and really gave his all for the feature race:

For the Junior Honda feature, he finished 4th! He had one more pass to make to end up on the podium and he couldn’t quite make it happen.

But of course, the finishing order only tells *part* of the story.

We LOVED this race for him because right at the start, he moved up in position... then spun out after a few laps and went to the very BACK of the 8-car field. 🤦‍♀️

But then he went to work... and finished in 4th anyway!!!

(And we were extra proud of him because a lot of the kids in this race do the National circuit and race almost every weekend in big car fields. To watch him holding his own among that crew is always so satisfying.)

Then the Junior Animal: he finished 2nd in his heat race and 2nd in the feature race as well. We love a podium finish! 🏆

This car has given us so much trouble all season. Right when we think we’ve made progress with it, it presents another new issue. It’s taken the better part of the season to figure it out, but now it seems like everything is finally clicking into place.

He was SO fast – we have never really seen him be able to reach his full potential with this car because of all of its technical issues, so watching him race up to the front and stay there was so exciting.

(He even had a few laps there where he could’ve passed the first place car, but he couldn’t quite make it happen. But to even be in the running for that is a whole new world for this car!)

All in all, a very good weekend. So proud of this buddy who just keeps growing and growing.

And SO grateful for this sport – even with all of its drama – because of how it brings our family closer together. I know we will cherish all of these memories that we are making for years to come.

Next up: The Dixie!

We’re be headed back to Huntsville next weekend, back to the world of big car counts, lower mains, and fierce competition at the next round of Dixie!

Hyke has his eye on one of those rocket ship trophies, and I know he’s going to give it his all to make it happen. Can’t wait! 🏁

Registration is now open for our home club’s biggest race of the year!!! if you register early, there are some extra bonuses as well. 👀

Visit the link to sign up! We are looking forward to seeing so many of our racing friends from far and wide at this race! 

🏁 COTTON CLASSIC EARLY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 🏁

It’s time for the biggest race of the year at NGQMA — the 2026 Cotton Classic, coming to the Cu***ng Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 12!

And there are some BIG reasons to get registered NOW instead of waiting. 👇

👕 Get your driver’s name on the official 2026 Cotton Classic T-shirt!

Drivers registered by Friday, August 28 at 11:30PM ET will have their names printed on the back of this year’s event shirt alongside the other Cotton Classic drivers.

(Once that deadline passes, the names are FINAL — we can’t add them later.)

Be sure to preorder your Cotton Classic shirts for $30 each by August 28 at 11:30PM ET to guarantee yours!

🏎️ PLUS: Register early and you could WIN a brand-new Raptor Racing Engine — a $1,500 value!

Every driver registered by August 28 at 11:30PM ET automatically receives one complimentary entry into the drawing.

🎟️ Want more chances to win?

You can add 5 additional entries for $25 — and purchase as many sets of 5 as you’d like!

🏁 THE DATES TO KNOW:

AUGUST 28 @ 11:30PM ET

* Early Registration ends — register by the deadline for your complimentary Raptor Racing Engine entry
* Deadline to get your driver’s name on the official Cotton Classic T-shirt!
* Cotton Classic T-shirt preorder deadline

SEPTEMBER 10 @ 8PM ET → Registration CLOSES — last chance to enter the Cotton Classic!

SEPTEMBER 12 → 🏁 THE 2026 COTTON CLASSIC! 🏁

This is the one we look forward to all year, and we know this year’s will be unmissable.

Don’t wait — get your driver registered TODAY!

🏁 2026 COTTON CLASSIC
📅 September 12, 2026
📍 Cu***ng Fairgrounds

Register here today! 👉 https://www.ngqma.com/cotton-classic

Our home club's biggest race of the year is coming up, and registration opens this Sunday!

🚨 4 DAYS AWAY! 🚨

Early registration for the 2026 Cotton Classic opens this Sunday, August 16—and registering early could put a brand-new engine in your hands!

🏁 Everyone who registers during the early-registration window will have a chance to win a Raptor racing engine—a $1,400 value! 🏁

Yes, you read that correctly. Register early for the Cotton Classic and you could walk away with a brand new Raptor racing engine!

We are poised for the biggest Cotton Classic yet and we want you to be there.

Mark your calendars and get ready!

EARLY REGISTRATION OPENS SUNDAY, AUGUST 16!

And that concludes our 2026 points season for NGQMA! On a day when we needed everything to go right, SO many things went wrong. 🤦‍♀️ BUT still, there were some amazing moments – as always. Here’s a double header for points races #9 and #10:

We kicked things off with single car qualifying, and Hyke got the P4 spot for Junior Honda and the P3 spot for Junior Animal.

Hyke started later in the season for Animal, so he hasn’t been as competitive there, but he’s been first in points for Junior Honda every week — until this last one. So we knew he had some work to do to try to get that position in points back.

👉Junior Honda:

Race #9️⃣ — He had a fabulous start for this race, quickly moving into P3 in the first lap, and he held it there for a bit and was looking strong! But then he got passed by the car behind him, and some very fancy crossover action ensued. After a few back-and-forths, ultimately, the other car kept it.

Then, after a couple of laps, Hyke got spun out and had to move back. He didn’t have enough laps to move up and finished 5th.

This was the first heartbreak of the day for him. He was so discouraged because he knew enough about the points system to know it would be hard to come back from this and still have a chance.

Race #🔟 — Knowing he’d pretty much have to win this race to win the points championship, Hyke was excited and ready to bounce back from the first race.

Then (😭), as the car was being wheeled up to the hot chute, it fell off the pit cart.

(Earlier that day, the pit cart we usually use for this car blew a tire, so we’d switched things over to this other pit cart — a pit cart that we are now side-eyeing. 😒)

Initially, it looked like everything was OK except for one tire that we quickly changed in the hot chute. But soon, it was clear that things weren’t OK once he get out there.

He had another strong start and got into the third position right away, but lost it pretty quickly when he got passed. He finished in fourth, but he was probably lucky to even do that well. The car looked slow after the fall, and he said he really struggled to handle it. His hands and arms were all pins and needles by the time he came off the track.

Ultimately, Hyke finished 3rd in points for Junior Honda for the season. He spent the rest of the day going back-and-forth between being upset, and then trying not to be upset. And I don’t blame him at all!

But even still, nothing can take away all of the progress he made. He’s a completely different driver now than he was when he started this season just a few months ago, and we are forever proud of that.

👉 Junior Animal

Race #9️⃣: Another race with a great start, but otherwise, pretty uneventful. He started in third and finished in third. This was a fairly clean race for all the drivers, so there wasn’t much movement in the way of positions changing.

With about 10 laps left though, Hyke‘s car started to slow down and make some curious noises. 👀 (Foreshadowing…)

Race #🔟: P3 👉 DNS
😭 This might be the biggest heartbreak of the day. After shaking off the disappointment from his two JH races, Hyke was excited to get out and do the very last race of his points season, knowing a trophy was on the line if he could just make it to the podium.

However, right before push-off, his car started leaking fuel after we lowered it to the ground from the cart, and we couldn’t go out for the race.

What followed was something we’ve all seen at quarter midget races: where the driver and car together are lifted onto the pit cart and rolled away after a big setback. He stayed in that car for a good 20 minutes, feeling all the feelings. Josh (Daddy/Crew Chief/President/Race Director) had to head off and race direct the next race, but Grandpa came in with a peptalk that helped to turn him around.

Hyke is still processing things, and he’s still a bit sad. It’s unusual to see our kid with the personality of a Disney character be melancholy, but we’ve definitely seen a fair amount of that the last two days.

But like I said before, nothing can take away the progress he has seen this season.

I remember a year ago, watching him in a Blue Rookie race and telling him “If you can just make ONE good pass and keep it, that’ll be enough!”

Fast-forward to one of his races the weekend before this one: I literally lost track of the number of passes he made. 😂 And that wasn’t even one of his best races!

He’s in a whole other league now – literally and figuratively – and we are just so proud of all of the growth he has seen as a driver, a competitor, and a person.

While the points season is over here at NGQMA, we still have plenty of racing to do, including the Dixie coming up in Huntsville, and of course, our home club‘s biggest race of the year, the Cotton Classic!

We’re excited to watch him transfer all of these new skills to these upcoming races.

I’m sure we have plenty of highs ahead of us, and more lows as well, but *always* growth.

And that’s why we do it! 🏁

(Thank to Howard Smith for the great photos of the new wraps!!!)

It’s the first day of 3rd grade for our sweet driver! They don’t let you drive a quarter midget car to school, so he rode his bike instead. 😜