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Kathryne Minter Racing
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Driver -- Kathryne Minter
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Minter Puts Together Strong Run in Houston
BAYTOWN, TX (August 18) – Despite suffering a
flat tire in the First Heat Race, Kathryne Minter came back to put together
a strong run from the rear of the field in Saturday’s American Sprint Car
Series Gulf South “A” Feature at Houston Raceway Park.
Minter qualified for the main event
with an outstanding run in the “B” Feature, then drove the #13m Concrete
Crushing Company J&J past nine cars in the “A” Feature. The 13th-place
finish pushed her into 14th place in the ASCS Gulf South
standings and 227 points ahead of Landon Brown in their battle for the
Rookie of the Year award.
“We were running pretty well and I
was going to make the pass for third place, but I got pinched off between
the car I was passing and the wall,” Kathryne said of her heat-race
calamity. “My right rear tire hit the wall and it flattened the tire. The
caution wasn’t long enough to allow us to change the tire in time to restart
the race, so we had to start at the back of the ‘B.’ I wanted to move up as
far as I could toward the front, and I finished fourth.”
Minter really impressed her
sponsor, Concrete Crushing Company owner Keith Keene, who was in attendance
at the semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval.
“My sponsor was there and he wanted
to see me run the bottom of the racetrack,” Kathryne said. “It was torn up
on the bottom and I knew everybody would be running down there. Our idea
was to run the top of the racetrack and go around everybody, but my sponsor
wanted to see me run the bottom of the track, so I had to compromise. We
set the car up to run the bottom of the racetrack, but we ran more in the
middle. I knew I needed to run where the other cars weren’t in order to pass
them. Running in the middle, I had to drive it harder, but I was able to
stay in the gas longer and run deeper in the corner than everybody else, so
I was able to pass some cars. It was incredible when we went three wide
going into (turn) two and I was in the middle of it all.
“(Crew Chief) Jim Osborn was
working with us again, which was good. He really sets up the car great for
me. He’s going to try to get to some more races with us this year. We’re
also looking at some others who will stay with us next year. We need
somebody who will make the commitment so we can run the ASCS on Tour races
next year.”
Minter also took the time to appear
on a Friday-afternoon radio show in Beaumont.
“It was great being a guest on Jack
Piefer’s radio show on KLDI,” Kathryne said. “It
was a really good interview.
“We were supposed to be on “The
Sammy and Bob Show” (on ESPN Radio) Saturday morning, but that didn’t work
out because Friday’s races (at Motorama Speedway
in Beaumont ) were rained out.”
Minter and the #13m Concrete
Crushing Company J&J will be back in action Saturday at Cowtown Speedway in Fort Worth.
More information about Minter,
including her “Kat’s Corner” and “Off-Track With Kathryne” columns, can be
found on her website at www.mint13.com. Fans can also check out Kathryne’s merchandise and request a free autographed
hero card on her site. Kathryne Minter Racing invites fans to visit the
team’s trailer after the races.
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