Anderson Speedway

“Redbud 300”

July 21, 2012

The DCI race team rolled into Anderson with high hopes. Their last visit to the high banks had Brett running 4^th when a late race accident took him out.

The “Redbud 300” is one of the 3 top Late model races in the country drawing teams from all over including Kyle Bush, Chase Elliott and Ross Kenseth just to mention a few.

To everyone’s surprise the DCI Chevrolet struggled in practice. It would not turn in the center no matter what crew chief Todd Robinson tried. Brett said “no matter what you do it does not help the center”. Todd tried another change before qualifying only to hurt the exit and still had no effect on the center resulting in a terrible qualifying run of 20^th. Todd commented “at least we are locked into the show and now I can really look it over”

The center problem did not make any sense to Todd so he took apart the front suspension looking for a problem that would cause this. He found that the left front bump rubber had split and was the probable cause of the tight condition. Todd replaced it and reset the front end to the original set up hoping this would fix it.

The DCI General Contractors Chevrolet is pushed to the starting g line for the autograph session and the start of the “Redbud 300”.  

The drop of the green flag revealed the changes did fix the DCI Monte Carlo and Brett radioed he felt real good as he marched thru the field. The DCI team found themselves in 9^th position at the halfway break. The rules allow 15 minutes to make any changes you like. The DCI team changed four tires, added fuel, bled the brakes and reset the sway bar and put the car back in line for the restart of the second half.

The green flag flies and Brett moves into 7^th place “nose to tail” with the leaders as they start to lap traffic. Brett and Todd decided to ride and save tires and brakes until 50 to go and then make a run at the win. The DCI Monte Carlo was looking good until the lower radiator hose split dumping all the water and ending their chances. Brett said “I didn’t get a chance to show what I really had, I am very proud of my team and the way we preformed to that point. I want to thank everyone who made this day possible for me, DCI General Contractors, McGunegill Engine Performance, Advance Racing Suspension, Port City Race Cars and Monson Truck Lines”.