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Just prior to leaving for the race Thursday afternoon the team ran into several small problems that multiplied as the night wore on delaying their departure to the race until 3:45am Friday morning. Driving straight through they showed up in time to register, unload, tech, and then run in the first qualifier only to begin experiencing cooling system issues.
“We made so many changes to the car from last season that some of the things we are trying were never really tested under race conditions, that’s when the real problems will show up.â€
The team opted to skip the second Friday practice session to focus on the car and waited for the Saturday qualifier but experienced a blown coolant hose on lap one. Once repaired they went on to race the main only to run the battery dead on the last lap while running a solid fourth place. Cody was able to get a bump start and finish the race in sixth.
Saturday night turned into another all-nighter with the crew making several more changes to the car trying free up some electrical load and prevent another dead battery as well valving changes to the cars new shocks and last, get more air to the engines still too hot cooling system. The combined changes resulted in Cody setting the pole during Sunday morning’s qualifier then went on to lead all 14 laps of the main event and take the top step of the podium.
“I came in after the qualifier and told my crew chief Don’t change a thing, it’s perfect. but I didn’t realize how good it was until the green flag flew and I was able to motor away with ease. In fact it was working so good we had a seven second lead at the mid-race caution. Good car.â€
And with that finish the team came back with good data, will make several small changes in order to further dial in the chassis and head towards Speed World on April 16<sup>th</sup> & 17<sup>th</sup> for rounds 3 & 4 of LOORRS where they hope to repeat their results from round two.
Cody Rahders and R3motorsports would like to thank their sponsors for the 2011 season, Superchips high performance engine turners, Fox Racing Shox, Frosty Burger Pine Valley, Weller Racing, Deviate Films, SFI Designs Fabrication, SGI Wraps, Streamline Performance Brakes, Fatography.net, the UTVunderground.com , & Troy Patterson w/ Tyree Motorsports
