The 2009 Season Wrap Up Report 01/11/2010
The 2009 race season for the Cooper Motorsports Team was frustrating, but successful. This would be the 5th consecutive year that Lauren would be competing in a new class of racing as a rookie driver. The team felt the move to the S.K. Lights Division would be much closer to Lauren’s background of racing karts. The smile that graced Lauren’s face when she got out of her S.K. Light Modified after the first round of practice for the 2009 season was priceless. This was the style of race car she wanted to race.
The team knew it would be an up hill battle having to learn yet another new class, new rules, new drivers, and re-tool for a new style of race car. Lauren would yet again have to learn the characteristics of this style of race car, so she could relay information back to the crew about what the car needed to go faster.
The 2009 season would once again be a season of unknowns. At the start of the year Lauren had to familiarize herself with the new ride and it didn’t take long. The first race out of the box, Lauren took the car from a 16th starting spot up to 6th spot before getting turned around on lap sixteen. The rest of the season seemed to go that way for the Cooper Motorsports Team. They had several runs in the top ten during the races, but it was un-avoidable accidents that prevented the team from getting finishes that were deserved. The team would end the year with 2 top 10 finishes and 9 top 15 finishes out of 15 races, with an average of 20-23 race cars per race. The team picked up some experienced help about half way through the season from Denis Prunick (a former Sprint Cup chassis expert). Lauren also made friends with multi- time S.K. Modified Champion Ted Christopher who always had time to offer advice. Now that Lauren has a season behind her in the S.K. Lights division, she can look forward to coming back next year in the same car and class for the first time in 5 years.
The Cooper Motorsports Team has learned a lot this year and that knowledge will help us into next year. The team is also proud of their websitewww.laurencooperracing.com which is extremely popular with a hit count nearing 100,000 hits in a little over a year’s time. The team is hoping to improve the site to make it even better yet.
We would like to take this opportunity to Thank all of the people that have helped us through out the season: Ken Williams, Harold Carlquist, Denis Prunick, Rob Cooper, Bill Cooper and the many more that helped when we needed it each and every week.
The Cooper Motorsports Team received great support from Peoples Choice Mobil, Arbitell Racing, Jason’s Southbury Salon & Hookerz Tackle, Laurel Diner, A & L Eastern Hydraulic, Ultimate Auto Center, Newtown Car Care, Total Fence LLC., Riverview Restaurant and A “Sign of the Times”.
