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[psghayleaux]

Well I got to race yesterday. My car ran good, it was a little tight, but I managed to deal with it. I improved my lap time a full second from my first practice to my feature race. I even managed to not get lap once in either my qualifying race or my feature race. I almost made it though with out getting in a wreck. I spun once, not my fault someone lost a radiator and about five cars spun, I didn't hit anyone. Then coming out of the first turn on the last lap, a couple of cars got together one hit the wall and the other spun. I almost made it though that. Unfortunately the one who spun was a rather squirrelly driver, very unpredictable. Drove down the track right in front of me. I hit him broad side, hard. But before I hit I saw the seen from days of thunder where the guy hits the wall in pit lane, right before he hit he says "Oh, this is gonna hurt." That flashed in my head then boom I hit the guy, and yes it hurt. I bit my tough and snapped my head forward hard, I have never been gladder that I wear a neck support when I race. Even with it I managed to get whip-lash. I have no idea how some of those fools can do the every week. I hurts a lot more to be the one doing the broad siding then it does to be the one broad sided. I hope to never repeat that experience. When I hit the shifter on my car broke, I almost had to be towed in 'cause I had a hard time getting the damn thing in gear. Then when I went in the pits I tried to down shift and it just made a grinding noise. The hood has been pushed back two inches at lest and the front bumper is ruined. I think its a good thing that was my last race for the season and that I have another car for next year.