Hot Rod Racing

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I know I’ve been a slacking on racing updates but I’ll give a update from some recent races

Grand Rapids 6-11
Heat: 3rd -> 5th (DNF), the bumper hit the ground really hard so I pulled into the pits
Feature 10th -> 6th, car was really good but was lacking power.

Bemidji 6-14
Heat 3rd -> 3rd, the track got watered right before we went out and there was almost 0 passing
Feature 4th -> 3rd, found our RF shock needs to be rebuilt cause it wasn’t doing anything, but we were still really fast.

Grand Rapids 6-18
Heat 4th-> 4th. Lost the RR shock and held on to the redraw
Feature 5th-> 8th RR shock came off again and it made the car very Inconsistent

Bemidji 6-21
Heat 6th-> 4th car was good, made it to the redraw and that’s all I wanted to since I drew 97 lol
Feature 1st-> 3rd I lead 12/15 laps and got drove through. A very disappointing end to a good run. Have ALOT of body work to do.

I wouldn’t be able to do any of this without my amazing sponsors, so thank you to all of them!!

Belle Mente
Automotive Electric
Competitive Edge Racing
Dawn & Don Odden
Grand-Mum
KR Acres
Brad & Denise Clough
JenSen
SCS
Marc & Kasie
218 Tree Service
Rapids Brewing
The Tied
J. Grooms Construction
Herculift
North In Bloom
Atlantis Spa
Northland portables
Statt Wraps

We made the trip over to bemidji this memorial weekend, a great weekend for learing and sunburns!!
Sunday heat race went 5th->4th, feature went 4th->6th. Was trying some new things and learned a bit.
Monday heat race went 4th->4th, feature went 5th->2nd, definitely made headway on the cars setup (thank you Caley) and congrats to Dalton Carlson on the win!

I wouldn’t be able to do any of this without my sponsors so a HUGE thank you to all of my wonderful sponsors this year!!!

Jerry larson
Belle Mente
Automotive Electric
Competitive Edge Racing
Dawn & Don Odden
Grand-Mum
KR Acres
Brad & Denise Clough
JenSen
SCS
Marc & Kasie
218 Tree Service
Rapids Brewing
The Tied
J. Grooms Construction
Herculift
North In Bloom
Atlantis Spa
Davis oil
Northland portables
Statt Wraps

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Sorry we can’t record live on this page as it’s too new. Quick recap for night 1 at Grand Rapids Speedway. Justin lost the power steering belt in the heat so he pulled off the track. He placed 7th in the feature. Got some kinks worked out and working on set up and getting comfortable in his new setup. Always proud!!
Thanks again to all the sponsors and fans for your support!!

Well, we got the car out at North Central Speedway last night. Drew a 30, which put me on the outside of the front row. Took the green flag, and in the first corner the LF brake stuck, causing me to spin and collect a couple of cars. I drove it to the pits because I had a lot of front-end damage.

But with help from my dad, grandpa, Tim, Austin, and Dalton Carlson, we were able to get the old bumper off and install a new one. We got the new one from Tim Johnson, so thank him for that as well!

Started 10th in the feature and finished 7th. All in all, the car drove fine. We used the night as a test session since it was the first time on track. Unfortunately, the heat race didn’t go our way, but it was a good rebound in the feature.

Thank you to all my amazing sponsors!!

Belle Mente
Automotive Electric
Competitive Edge Racing
Dawn & Don Odden
Grand-Mum
KR Acres
Brad & Denise Clough
JenSen
SCS
Marc & Kasie
218 Tree Service
Rapids Brewing
The Tied
J. Grooms Construction
Herculift
North In Bloom
Atlantis Spa
Davis oil
Statt Wraps

Thanks to The Tied and Bill Martinetto for having us over last night. It was a great turnout with lots of great people. We will start our season off with our first race in Brainerd tonight.

Meet Hornet Driver for Hot Rod Racing Anastasia Chavez. She will be off the 2026 Race Season as she is having a BABY!! Congrats Anastasia. We look forward to the 2027 season for you to be back on the track!!