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Kathryne Minter Racing
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Minter Learns Valuable Lessons at Devil’s Bowl
MESQUITE, TX (July 19) – Sprint car racing 101 was in
session Thursday at Devil’s Bowl Speedway as Kathryne Minter raced against
the world’s best 360 sprint car racers in the 15th Annual American Sprint
Car Series Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek.
Minter, who
has only been racing for three years, competed against three-time defending
ASCoT champion Gary Wright and 2000 ASCoT titleist
Wayne Johnson in the Second Wesmar-Shaver Heat
Race and held off Justin Melton for sixth place.
“I know I can
race better against those guys,” Kathryne said. “I finished sixth in a heat
race with Gary Wright and Wayne Johnson, so I know it’s not all about the
competition. I know I can do it. It was a fast heat race.”
Although her
10th-place finish in the “B” Feature didn’t qualify her for the main event,
Kathryne learned some valuable lessons.
“I miss
working with ‘Slim Jim’ Osborn (the team’s former crew chief who left when
his wife was transferred to California ),”
Kathryne said. “He taught me so much and we communicated really well.
“I learned a
lot on my own in the ‘B.’ I found the cushion in (turns) one and two and,
for the most part, I stayed in it. My car was set up more for the really
slick areas, which helped me out in one and two. But, in three and four, it
wasn’t so slick, so I struggled down there.”
Veteran ASCS
driver Danny Jennings, who, like Minter, races on Goodyear tires, has taken
a liking to Kathryne and wants to help.
“Danny
Jennings (Thursday’s Fourth Wesmar-Shaver Heat
Race winner) came up to me and said, ‘I just want you to know I’m looking
out for you and I’m trying to find the right crew chief for you.’ That’s
really nice.”
Minter is
looking forward to Friday’s fourth leg of the ASCS Sizzlin'
Summer Speedweek at State Fair Speedway in Oklahoma City .
“I’m really
excited about going to State Fair Speedway for the first time,” Kathryne
said. “I’m going to talk to my dad (Team Owner Mike Minter), who will be
there with me, and then to ‘Slim’ by phone. That should help. We can tell
‘Slim’ what the track’s doing and he and I communicate so well, we can
figure it out.”
Minter has
accepted Dodge City
Raceway Park ’s
invitation to race in the ASCS Rocky Mountain Region races at its 3/8-mile
oval Saturday and Sunday.
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, ButlerBuilt Seats, Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company, 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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be sent to: SprintCar PR.
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