Stafford Race – Sept 18, 2009 01/11/2010
The Cooper Motorsports Team spent the week working on the engine to try to gain a little more power under the hood. The engine was removed and delivered to a track approved rebuilder for a much needed freshening. The engine was done in a timely manner and was back in the car by Wednesday night. The car was scaled with the extra weight per Stafford Motor speedway engine rules and loaded for the track by Thursday night. We would like to send out a big THANK YOU to the Williams family for changing their daughter’s birthday party to Tuesday night so our right hand man Ken Williams was able to help install the motor Wednesday night.
This week the weather would not be an issue although there were sprinkles of rain during some of the practice rounds. The team was very excited to try out the fresh motor this week.
The first round of practice would find The Cooper Motorsports #25 running a time of 20.5 that was good for 12th fastest on the speed chart.
The second practice round would find the Cooper Motorsports #25 running a time 20.0 that was good for 8th fastest on the speed chart.
The heat race would find the Cooper Motorsports #25 starting in the second spot. Lauren would bring the car in with a sixth place finish. Lauren had expressed that she had very little front brake bias and it was making the very unstable on entrée. It was discovered that the front master cylinder was faulty. The team worked franticly to get the car repaired in time for the feature as a new master cylinder was installed.
The feature would find The Cooper Motorsports #25 starting on the pole position. Lauren brought the field down to the green flag and raced hard into turn one. It was down the backstretch that the #31 of Ted Cain gained some good momentum going into turn three and made it three wide for the lead. Lauren wisely backed out to give the spot up knowing that it can’t work with out somebody being wrecked. It was on lap three while Lauren was running 3rd that she was drilled between turns three and four and turned sideways. It was the #99 of Steve Greer who tried an evasive move to the inside that made heavy contact with the Cooper Motorsports #25. Lauren was able to drive the car to the infield with a flat left front tire. Lauren would finish in 17th position.
The Cooper Motorsports Team would like to thank all our sponsors and fans who come out to support us each week. There are only two more weeks left in the season. Lets all pray for good weather and one more shot to get the monkey off our backs.
