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!