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It was a night where all things fell into place as Laney was able to capture his first win of the season at Sweet Springs Raceway.  Laney won his heat race from the 7th starting position, but a 50% invert would give him a 9th place starting position for the feature.  A patient Laney drove his way up through the field and through lap traffic to capture a win in the caution free 30 lap feature.  ( On a funny note he wasn’t for sure he had won until after the checkered flag when he looked up at the scoreboard and saw his number and then saw his Dad running towards the frontstretch-lol!)

Laney raced in the Show Me Showdown this past 4th of July weekend and has a lot to be proud of. 

Friday night he ran restrictor class and secured his position in Sunday night’s A Main.

Saturday night he ran A class and started 5th in his heat race.   After a few laps he was getting ready to race for the lead with our friend, Nick Schaeffer, when Nick’s car shut down.  Laney was close on his bumper so they both went into the infield.   Laney would have a place somewhere in the B Main on Sunday night.  THE JURY IS STILL OUT IF WE ARE STILL BUDDIES WITH NICK & GRANT!  WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE!!!! lol!

Sunday night Laney ran his A Class B Main starting in I think the 11th position.  Laney would drive into a 4th place transfer spot after a tough battle with Haley Witcher.  Laney then ran his A Main restrictor plate race.  He was racing for 5th place after starting 9th when another car dove underneath him in the corner and ran over his left rear tire.  That car spun and Laney kept going, however that incident knocked the front nose wing loose on the car and the official made him pull to the infield.  Laney was not a happy camper.  Immediately following that race was the A Class A Main that he had raced his way into.  A big thanks to all the hands who pitched in to get him ready for that race!  Also thanks to the track who gave him time to make it.  Laney had a good run going when Lanny noticed his chain was loose.  Rather than to ruin a motor Lanny had Laney pull into the infield.  It was a fun, wild weekend!

Laney had a fast car in hotlaps and was really excited for the night.  He was slated to start on the pole for the heat race, but he and the car next to him each were penalized and moved back a row for not being able to stay side by side on the start.  Laney was able to win the heat race from the 3rd starting position.  He was slated to start in the 6th position for the feature and was being called to staging when it downpoured.  We will be headed back to Sweet Springs this Friday for a two day show.  The rained out feature will be made up on Saturday immediately following hotlaps.

The second week in a row for a Sweet Springs rainout gave Laney an opportunity to race with the guys in the Iowa Micro Sprint Series at Brooklyn Raceway.  Usually a non-wing event the fans at Brooklyn asked for a winged show for this past Saturday night and they got a good one. 13 cars started the 20 lap feature.  Laney had a great night going from a sixth place starting position to finish 4th, right on the heels of the 3rd place car.  Congratulations to Ben Woods who won the feature!  I know Laney as well as the rest of us had a blast and hope we get to race with IMSS again soon.  We will not be able to attend our favorite racing event of the year (Race 4 Life) Memorial Day weekend due to work conflict.  Good luck to everyone at Race 4 Life!  This is a wonderful event that raises money for a fantastic charity.  Laney will return to Sweet Springs on June 5th!