March, April & May 2023
March was a a hair puller for the team. Kicking the month off in Corbin, KY for 2 shows. Friday night was pretty good for us. Truck held up pretty good for us enough to bring home a freestyle win and 1 race win. Saturday night was harsh on the team. We started the night off with failure with the rear third member exploding and puncturing the housing and locking the truck up to the point it just would not roll. We had to force the truck out of the arena to attempt the repairs. We did everything we could but failed to make it back in the show. With parts becoming harder and harder to find and get a hold of we were forced to buy new aftermarket ring and pinion for the truck. This proved to be a waste of time. The new part failed causing damages beyond our control.
Leaving out of Corbin extremely disappointed we were headed to Corinth, MS for another 2 day event. After several long days of going over the truck to try and make sure it was 100% we entered
Into what end as a good weekend. With a freestyle win and 2 race wins, we were happy to have a truck in one piece.
From there we were off to Aubrundale, FL for 2 nights of destruction. Night one was good, truck was solid and laid down 2 great freestyle runs for the fans. Night number 2 was stressful. The 1st freestyle was good no issues, but the second half our fresh motor had issues. Lifter failure caused cam damage at the very end of the run. Needless to say that was a long ride back to Maryland, knowing we had to tear into our motor so early in the year.
April we took a breather to gather up parts and do repairs to the engine to get ready for the month of May.
We kicked May off in Anderson, SC for one night. This was just a one night event with 2 freestyles for us. Holding our breath each time the truck fired up, hoping for just a
Clean run. We manage to escape Anderson without issues to the monster but the trip there was brutal blowing the turbo on the rig 2 hours short of the show. Luckily we were able to get back on the road to Anderson in less than 23 hours thanks to a hard working young man.
Next up would Hickory Motor Speedway. Two days of pure destruction! Friday night was great. Had a rain shower to knock the dust down and give RJ the ability to slip and slide around the track. The fans we super excited. Saturday was great up till the end when the output shaft in the transmission said not today boys and girls you are done. Luckily RJ was at the end of his run and the fans still got a great show. Now the hustle to repair the transmission and head out to the mid-west for 2 huge shows in June.
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