Tucson Arizona- Highs and lows described the night as the team made it's 3 hour trek to Arizona's Premier Dirt Track; USA Raceway. The D shaped monster is very fast and provides for some all out full throttle racing. The Ryan Racing Team came prepared, loaded to kill and dominate the night with two ultra fast race cars but on track incidents put the team on the trailer.

The heats races fielded a 5th placs finish for Mike and a 6th place finish for Kelley. Mike was forced to come from the back and just couldn't make enough passes in time against the competitive field. While Kelley fought loose conditions that signaled extensive set up changes for the main.

The team quickly picked up on the track conditions for the main and set the cars up for a dry-slick racetrack. Mike would be starting 10th and Kelley 12th. After the green flag dropped both cars progressed through the field, but a spin in front of Kelley on lap 3 would leave him to make up ground on the field. On lap 5 Mike was hit from the right side by the 10 car of Jay Foster which cost him a broken axle forcing him into the pits. Kelley navigated through the wreck and restarted 6th. Kelley Ryan pulled away from the field with the top 5 cars and was anxiously preparing his move to push him up into the top 5. On lap 9 the dry-slick track conditions got the best of Kelley as he spun going into turn 3. After spinning Kelley was hit by another car farther back in the field which ended the night. The Ryan Racing team had two fast-competitive cars but the night just didn't go their way. Mike commented "This was my night, we were really fast and moving up quickly, I'm disapointed that we got taken out so early in the race, this was the best this car has every felt, we definitely would have been a contender for the win." Kelley was also preparing for a career best finished, but quickly realized that dirt track racing is a very technical sport. "We were really fast and feeling really comfortable, I was just guaging off of the guys racing in front of me, preparing to make a pass instead of racing the track and it got the best of me. We spun and we quickly realized how fast the track was changing. The groove was moving downards and in dirt track racing the track can instantly change in one lap and cause racing incidents. We'll keep working at it and learning how to win these races"

Although very dissapointed at the nights incidents the team made huge gains on the cars and both drivers were able to comment on how these were the best handling cars yet.

Join us at the next race in Prescott Valley on August 22nd! Stay tuned!

Phoenix, Az- The Ryan Racing team showed their dominance at Manzanita Speedway against a packed 25 car field of modlites! At the second to last weekend at Manzaita Speedway Kelley stuggled iin his heat race, but Mike came back to win his! Mike made the win look easy against the modlites top contender John Priest who won the pervious two races.  Kelley commented "I knew my dad was going to be fast here, we ran his car last year and did really well, I knew with his experience he would do even better. We're trying a little different setup on my car that I'm still getting used to but we'll be up there with him soon enough!"

  In the main event Mike would start 4th and Kelley started 22nd. Mike within the first lap quickly made his way to the lead to hold off the field for many laps. On lap 12 Mike pushed a little bit which allowed IMCA Modified racer Jay Foster to get by Mike. From there Mike was all over Foster's bumper but could not make it by. Kelley had a really strong car at the beginning of the race. He quickly showed that he had a car that was capable of running to the front of the field but was caught up behind 3 cars fighting for 19th in the back of the field. After many laps Kelley finally made it by and made it to 14th when the track started chancing for the worst. "We were really fast at the beginning of the run, I couldn't believe how incredibly well the car handled, we could put in anywhere we wanted, but towards the end of the run we started to get really tight in the midddle which really slowed us down. Getting by that pack faster would have really helped me gain more positions but we just couldn't make it happen."  Mike was frustrated after the race "There were alot of "coulda woulda sholuldas" in that race. I made a few mistakes that didn't help but we definately had the dominant car throughout the night"

The Ryan Racing Team will continue to move forward as they race once again at Manzanita Speedway for the final race at the 50 year old track.

Tommy Felicia a North East Dirt Modified driver from New York will also be joining the team for the final weekend. We invite everyone to come out and watch!