MORE KST 250 UBRT Race Report
by Bob Schreiner a.k.a. Uncle Bob

Well, here we are done with the first race of the 2007 season. With the high desert temperatures well below freezing for this race (yes you heard that right, it was 8 deg Saturday morning at 6:15) we got up to a small problem. All the water lines and radiators on the race truck were frozen. The girls got us hot water from the motorhomes to pour over all the lines and we also brought out the heaters and hair dryers to de-ice everything. I guess it looked pretty funny getting to the starting line 5 minutes before the race with icicles hanging all over the bottom of the race truck from all the water that was poured over everything.

My wife Joyce and I went out Thursday to set up our pits. Our team mate Cameron Sinohui also showed up with his race truck Thursday night. Lloyd, his wife Joyce and Nick Cerulle showed up Friday morning. We unloaded the trucks, gave them a quick once over and off we went for our pre-run to check the 40 mile race course and mark our GPS. When we returned, we checked the trucks once again and then it was off to Tech for the inspection and registration.

Saturday morning like I said, it was cold. This season we have chose to run our Race Truck in Class 1 in the MORE Series and in the Trick Truck class in BITD Series. We drew the 3rd starting position this weekend with a 30 second intervals. 60 seconds after the first Class 1 car left the starting line we were off and what a thrill it was to be in the front of the field leading the race by Race Mile (RM) 3. When we crested the hill and saw clean air, the race was really on. We lead the race till RM 35 when we were passed by the 108 car.

Being it was so cold and pumping 10-12 deg air into our helmets, we had to crack the visors open a little to keep them from fogging. Well that was OK until we got passed and I got a bunch of dust and dirt in my left eye. It wasn't until RM15 on lap 2 when I was able to get the "ROCK" out of me eye but had already scratched it by then. With it still being cold out, my eye had been tearing and with the freezing air coming through my visor I had icicles hanging off my eye lashes going down the side of my face but we were still in second at this point.

As the race progressed through our series of pit stops, we wound up in 4th place at the start of our 5th lap of the scheduled 6. If you remember the 30 second starting intervals, we had set up our pit 100 yards after the starting line and when we left from our finale pit stop which we asked for a "gas and go", we pulled out just in front of 3rd place, the 135 car. Jeff Carley our Crew Chief radio us and told us to not lift that car 135 was right on our tail.

For the next 2 laps the 135 car never passed us but is was a battle of the corrected time between the two of us. On the last lap we cranked it up and you will see that through our lap times below. We laid down some great lap times with three laps being within 23 seconds of each other on the 40 mile rough Mojave Desert race course.

Lap 1	43:23 mins.	54.9 mph
Lap 2	43:40 mins.	54.5 mph
Lap 3	45:29 mins.	52.4 mph	(pit stop)
Lap 4	43:46 mins.	54.4 mph
Lap 5	44:40 mins.	53.3 mph	(pit stop)
Lap 6	42:35 mins.	55.9 mph
Total	4:23:33	54.2 mph	Average

I think I have the best co-driver anyone could possibly have. That was Lloyd Snyder and I think he about broke his neck on the last two laps as I kept asking him if the 135 car was still behind us. Guess what, he was always right there but our goal was to try and get in the top 3 out of the 9 Class 1 cars that started. I had to lay down the best lap I could on lap 6 and when we crossed the finish line, we got 2nd place by 16 seconds on corrected time and 2nd Overall for the race.

Some have asked us this week why we went to Class 1 from the Pro-Sportsman Class that we have dominated for the last few years. I think the only answer is that Lloyd and I can give is that we have done so much homework on this truck that we feel the need for stiffer competition. We believe that the results from this race alone are a true testament of the begin of what this truck is really capable of doing.

We have to thank our team (although short handed this time) that made the cold and brutal trip to time. They were, Jeff Carley, Nick Cerrule, Dean from RG Brake, our pit photographer Ron Eyanson and remote pit support was Stu Thayer, Tim Bonino, Steve along with team mates which finished 1st in Class 1450 in there truck 1470 (CONGRATS!) Cameron Sinohui with co-driver Chris White.

On now to thank the ones that really mean something to this team with there support. Without them this last weekend wouldn't have been possible. Here they are:

DJ Safety	VMP Inc.	C & J Engineering	King Shocks
Beard Seats - RedArt	BF Goodrich Tires	Mike's Transmissions	K&N Filter
FLUIDYNE	Lucas Oil	Speedway Engineering	MSD
Total Precision Engines	Jazz Products	Ron's Rear-ends	AutoMeter
Hardcore Racing Components	Wenco Drivelines	F & L Fuel

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