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to qualify and run in select 2011 ARCA/RE-MAX Series events.
Please take some time to learn about the team and its
members and see the latest news and results.
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June 4th,
2011
6/4/11:
LACROSS ROLLS THE DICE AT POCONO
After a very
good qualifying effort (career best 20th), the team was
hopeful for a top 15 finish on the lead lap on race day.
With the weather looking very much rain, the crew
immediately started thinking about pit strategy to be
prepared for the likelihood that the race would be
shortened due to rain.
Just before
the pre-race ceremony, Bill Gerhart stopped by to recruit
someone to replace his rear tire carrier. I told him that
John Traphagen had the most experience on our team, so
Billy drafted him to be the rear tire carrier for the
famous Lucas Oil No. 5. With John heading out to play with
the "big boys", we drafted Kevin Warren to fill
in for him. This filled out our crew as follows:
Bob Thurston,
Jr as acting crew chief for Chuck Miller who was unable to
make this race Aaron Cross, car chief and jackman Wade
Camenga, front tire changer Kevin Warren, front tire
carrier Todd Caufield, rear tire changer Bob Cincotta,
rear tire carrier Eric Bomboy, gasman Dana Camenga, catch
can Duane Canfield, spotter Grant Cross, pit sign
Once the
green flag flew, we were able to move up some position to
about 15th. The race ran under green conditions until
about lap 20. At that point, we had just been lapped and
missed the lucky dog award by 1 spot. So when the leaders
pitted and Maryeve Dafualt got the waive around, we were
left in front of the pack as the last car on the lead lap.
Because the weather was looking so threatening, we only
had one caution lap to make the decision to come in for
gas, or stay out and hope for another caution to get the
lucky dog award (remember our goal was to finish on lead
lap). When I came around the 4th turn, the consensus was
to stay out, so I did. We had the next 17 laps of caution
to agonize about whether we had made the right decision.
Finally on
lap 37, ARCA put out the red flag and held the field on
pit road until the weather conditions improved. After
several minutes of waiting, we finally went back to green
flag racing, with us hoping for a quick caution. At lap 40
(halfway official completion), there was no caution to be
seen and we ran until lap 46 when I called on the radio
"coming in next lap...oh wait a minute, I am out
now". This happened just as I drove past the pit
entrance, so I had to try to coast all the way around back
to the pits for gas...which ...... Click
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February 17th, 2011
Team
LaCross Fulfills Dreams at Daytona
As
a group of short track racers from Central New York, most
of the team members had only dreamed of racing at Daytona.
But that is exactly what happened on 2/12/11 when Team
LaCross Motorsports from Preble, NY took the checkered
flag in the ARCA Slick Mist 200 at the World Center of
Racing. In the moments after the race, team members
embraced and shared emotions that most never thought would
happen.
The week went
smoothly as the team unloaded the car on Wednesday morning
and only had a couple of small compliance issues during
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