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Minter Almost Qualifies for Show-Me Showdown
Opener
SEDALIA, MO (July 3) – Kathryne Minter came ever so close
to qualifying for Tuesday’s American Sprint Car Series Show-Me Showdown
opener at Missouri State Fair Speedway.
Minter, racing in her
first ASCS on Tour event in almost two months, drove her #13m Concrete
Crushing Company J&J into fourth place in the Fifth Heat Race and sixth
in the First “B” Feature in her first visit to Missouri State Fair
Speedway.
“When I got there, I
was a little intimidated because it’s a really big half-mile track,”
Kathryne said. “At that point, I knew it would be a learning experience. My
car was really fast in hot laps. When I went out for the heat race, I
started next to (eventual feature winner) Gary
Wright, so I knew I wasn’t going to win. I just thought I would
follow him to the best of my ability. I ran third most of the race but, on
the last lap, someone (Mike Trent) passed me and I finished fourth. That
was sad because I would have qualified for the ‘A’ Main
if I had finished third.
“The track had
completely changed for the ‘B.’ I started outside the second row. I was
running up high in the heat race and I figured I would run there again
because you could still see the groove and it wasn’t slicked off. The place
to run was down low but, by the time I caught on to it, I couldn’t catch
up. After a few laps, it doesn’t matter if you’re in the groove or not
because the cars are so spread out on a big track like that. I really
wanted to make the ‘A.’”
The Show-Me Showdown
opener was also the first event Minter worked with her new crew chief, 2005
ASCS Sooner Region champion Sean McClelland.
“Sean and I are working
really well together,” Kathryne said. “Even though it was our first night
racing together, we were on the same page. He’s really encouraging and a
good teacher. He set up the car perfectly; it was like it guided itself and
I just drove it.
“Sean and I agreed
that, overall, the night was pretty good. It was exciting to run fourth in
the heat race. I saw the white flag and I thought, ‘Holy cow, this is
really happening.’”
Minter, who leads the
ASCS Gulf South Rookie of the Year race, raved about how well the Goodyear
tires she has been testing made her car handle.
“The Goodyear tires
were amazing,” Kathryne said. “We had absolutely no problems with them. We
were really fast and they stuck really well.”
Minter will be back in
action on Independence Day in the ASCS Show-Me Showdown finale – the
Inaugural Daniel McMillin Memorial – at Double X
Speedway in California , MO.
“I heard that Double X
Speedway is smaller than Cowtown (her home track,
a ¼-mile oval in Kennedale , TX
), so it must be really small,” Kathryne said. “So, we’re going from a
half-mile to a track that’s the smallest I’ve ever run. I was talking to
some of the guys and they said, ‘Don’t get used to racing on this big,
wide-open track. You can’t do that tomorrow night.’ I’m looking forward to
it though; it should be fun.”
More information about
Kathryne, 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.
Kathryne Minter Racing
is sponsored by the Concrete Crushing Company, Big Worm Motorsports.com, Body Construction
Fitness Center, BullMack Custom Coatings, Keene
Heavy Equipment Company, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, MBR Guaranteed
Foundation Repairs, Racing Limos of Fort Worth, Smiley's
Racing Products and Twin Kell Cleaners.
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