Practice 4/25/10

Hello sponsors and fans,

This week we had practice on Saturday and Sunday. Over all Rogers Brothers Racing had a great weekend. Starting off with Connor who had a drivers test Saturday morning. He was pretty slow driving the Hot Laps, at first and needed some help because he was nervous. But afterwards he flew past every one and even the instructors!!! He came off great won a metal and got a certificate saying he past. Later on though when he got into his Tiger Sprint he was pretty slow but he was really nervous. I suspect he just needs to get used to the car. Other than that Connor did awesome!! Today it was my turn and we pulled up with lots of confidence. We were the only ones there in our division but had a good day alone. We pulled out for our first practice and did pretty good but I thought the car was a little tight. So we changed some gears around and loosened the car up. We did this for 120 laps or almost five races!! We kept consistant with our times last year, about 12 seconds. All and all we did pretty good and can't wait till next weekend our first race.

By,

Jack Rogers

That Time of Year Again

Dear sponsors and supporters,


As you probably know it is spring again and that means that racing will be starting up again. But first I would like to thank all of our sponsors from last year for sponsoring us and an awesome season. This year we'll be only racing at Sugar Hill Speedway. This year will also be Connor's first year driving a Tiger Sprint and will be having his driving test and lesson pretty soon. It is not to late to sponsor us this year as I go for my first championship and will be attending every race I can. We still haven't gotten everything we need for this season so sponsorships will be appreciated. For example we still need a trailer, kart stand, tires for both cars, scales, and new parts like bearings for each car. We are coming up on our first practice April 17, so we are starting to work on cars once again. This year I will also try and put all sponsor names and decals on my car and make room for some on my brother's Tiger Sprint. We need all the help we can get and hope we all see you at the track.


Thanks,

Jack Rogers #24

P.S. If you would like to sponsor Rogers Racing leave a comment with contact information and I will get back to you soon.

Fall Classic Sugar hill speedway 1/11/09

This weekend we raced at Sugar hill speedway. This weekend it was the Fall Classic so it was a huge race people all the way from Connecticut come to race and watch this race!! About one hundred and four Karts were at the track so it was jammed packed with Thirty foot trailers when the time for the Fall Classic people don't mess around!! Our first practice went as well as it could have ever it was so far the best practice with awesome times!! Our second practice went more awesome I was humming ( to see what I mean by humming watch Driven the movie)!! Then as I was getting out of my car I heard a crashing sound I looked over and saw a tiger sprint go kart go nose over tail three times and then hit the wall with extreme force. I was amazed by the damage on that car amazingly there was Only a few dents and spots where paint chipped. Then we had our drivers meeting which went pretty good. Followed by our drivers meeting we had our time trials so we got ready and went out for time trials. Once they posted the times on the board we found out we qualified second to the #99 car the same guy I won to last year it was like a blast from the past!! Pretty soon we were getting ready and we were ready to go green flag racing. I got out onto the track and we lined up then the green flag waved and we went underway immediately the #60 jumped out in front followed by the #99 we ran third till lap nine when I dived underneath the #99 and took second back!! We went single file as the #60 and I pulled away. Then out of no where a car spun and was taken off the track that brought the cation out after we were all lined up we went green and immediately again the #60 pulled away to half a track. As I came around the corner we received five to go and boy did I fly I made up half a track in four laps then on white flag going into three I dived down low and took the lead but then the #60 made the same move on me as we got closer to the checkered he pulled a little bit a head and boy it was close we came in second by less than a car length!!! It was the best finish we ever had that we were competitive in!! It was an spectacular finish. Special thanks to Meme, Bubba, Uncle Ron, Aunt Julie, and Aunt Margaret who came and supported us. Another special thanks to our other sponsors who sponcered us all year Office Environments, E and S Insurance, Gamens Outdoor Property Services, New England Karting Center, Meme and Bubba, Nana and Papa, the Frenches and my pit crew and back up pit crew (Uncle Kirk). Thank you all for a spectacular season we will see you next season!!

Route 106 raceway 10/10/09

This weekend we raced at Route 106 raceway. My Dad couldn't come because he had to go to a wedding so My Uncle Kirk voulentered to be my back up crew chief. This race was not a normal race because we had two practices then a feature race and then time trials then another race. The reason for it is because we were making up one race that got rained out then we were also doing a tripple crown race. Our first practice went pretty good no accidents. Our second practice went good to but the car was a little loose. Then we got ready Uncle Kurk pushed me up to the grid and we went racing everybody was pretty loose because of cold and because we were running hard tires. So we kept racing and I finished third. Then we did time trials and I qualiffied fourth not very bad I guess. And then had a very very long break till it was 10:30 PM when we finnally got started there was frost on my front pannel and I was writing smilley faces on it. Finally we started up and got the green flag and from that point on every body was sliding every where in every direction. Pretty much everybody had a little damage. We finished fourth because of a bent spindle. But racing with hard tires in 38 degree weather your going to slide a lot so we really shouldn't of raced but we did and finished in the top five. Special thanks to Uncle Kirk!!!

Route 106 raceway 9/26/09

Last weekend we raced at Route 106 raceway. In the first practice we did absolutly awesome beating our own personal record by one whole second, we were running 8.7 seconds!!!! The second practice we did even better than before and I think we beat our new record!! After all the practices were finished we started up for time trials. We did okay I guess in the time trial considering I was sliding every where, we finished fourth but I had to hold back a ton so I wouldn't spin so we still had a very fast car. So my Dad dropped a pound around and we waited to go green flag racing. Soon my division was up so I suited up and waited at the grid. Finally we went out onto the track and went green flag, pretty much immediatly I moved up to third place and I held my possision. The leaders were pretty far a head but as the race went on I reeled them in. And soon I was right on the second place persons bumper!! Then right when I was going to make my move cation goes out. Once we were all lined up again we went green and again I held onto third as the leaders pulled a head but then six laps later I am right up with them trying to get around I went high then low trying to get around them!! Just then another cation goes out. And again we lined up and went green and again I held my possission as the leaders pulled ahead finally we receved two to go and boy did I put the petal to the metal I closed like five car lengths and recieved third by only a car length!! An outstanding finish for us!!

Route 106 Raceway 9/20/09

This weekend we raced at Route 106 Raceway. The track was green this weekend which means there wasn't a lot of grip on the track, so everybody was sliding today. The first and second practice went really well today; yeah we were sliding a little, but other than that we just stayed out of all the other spinnouts. This weekend we did time trials which me and my Dad hate so we strapped in and prepared for the worse, but we did really well we qualified third, and I was holding back so the car wouldn't spin!!! Finally when it came the time to have the feature I thought I was going to get hypothermia in my racecar. But we moved up onto the grid and then the #15 (my friend) had a flat tire so they had to change tires to race but there is this rule that you can't change tires before a race. So they moved him to the back of the pack and I was moved into second place! Once the race started somebody spun comming into turn one. Then, on the next restart we held a good second until somebody spun me on the back straight away. After that, we had a good strong second place for pretty much half the race. But then we were approaching on lap trafic and one car wouldn't move up to the top of the race track where they are supposed to go when the leaders are going to put them a lap down. So I had hard time getting around him and that allowed the person in third to get on my back bumper and spun me which made me hit the lapped car so there was a big wreck. So they put me to the back of the pack, which was a real bummer but I was able to battle back to third place. A pretty good finish but we were good enough for a strong second if thet guy hadn't taken me out!!

Route 106 raceway 9/5/09

This weekend we raced at Route 106 raceway. In the first practice we were so loose we would be drifting coming out of turn four. A lot of people were loose too, because the track was green. Which means there isn't a lot of rubber on the track which makes it harder for the tires to grip. In the second practice, the car was as loose as the first practice. So my Dad did every thing he could think of -to tighten the car. We went back out for time trials and didn't do very well. I spun out once we got on the track. I guess we had a pretty fast time even though we spun out. We finished fourth. In the feature we moved right up to second and held on for a little, but then the #83 got on the inside and we battled him for a while. Then we fell back to third and then a little past half way we fell back to fourth and finished the race fourth battling loose and tight car. Okay for us, but not great.