Well the night started out fun with the open track party, signed lots of autographs!! I even added my racersbored stickers.  Then came the race Started 14th of 24 and I was staying with the pack into turn 2 when I got back in the throttle and looped her around in front of most of the field and unfortunately I collected Paul Smith hope his car will be okay. That resulted in a flat LF we got that fixed got back on the track and ran some decent laps then out of turn2 again I got loose this time I saved it until the leader Randy Rameau got me in the ass end which sent me into the wall. I ran a few more laps and got black flagged which finally ended my night. End result was 22nd. with a puntured gas tank, possible bloen radiator and a hell of alot body damage, guess its back to the drawing board!!   Till next time!!!

 

Rob Thompson

2005 in the rear view and a look towards 2006
2005 was my first year racing after being a part of it my whole life. It was definately a learning year but overall we did as expected. My car is nowhere close to being set-up to be doing circles but we did our best. My best finish was 16th in our final race of the year, it was our second 100 lap race and 33 cars started the race. We completed 82 of the laps which for us was real good. In the final points we finished 24th after racing only 7 of the 12 events. There is a lot of people I would like to thank for making 2005 possible. Paul Barnard got me the car which enabled mme to even race plus all the help he has given us back at home, I also would like to thank my crew cheif Shauna for all her help and support at the track and behind the scenes. Also I have to thank our cheif mechanic Kenny Mills for getting the car to the track when I had no other option, and Austin Towle for putting a deal together at the last minute to get me to the last race of the year. Other people part of the crew i would like to thank is Shane Parker, Sara Taylor, Bruce Clark, and also my Mom for being there all the time and for getting me it to this money grabbing hobby we call racing. I have to also thank all of my sponsors we carried on the car, without them we might not have meade the full season. First we have to mention Barnard Race Cars for the support, also we have T&J Disposal out of Orange, thanks Tom. Mount Tully Kennel's help out this year, and Steve taught us some new stuff, thanks. Also thanks to Charlie's Auto Parts from Orange and Clark Auto Wrecking from Shutesbury. Thanks to the competitors you guys help a bunch, especially "Goofy" Dave Wheeler, Mark Rosenblatt, and Adam Gray of the Strictly Stock division. To the rest of the Full Size crew thanks for the respect on and off the track.
RBT Motorsports will be back in full force (hopefully) for the 2006 campain. The plan is for alot of changes including paint scheme, not much though. The driver has a little more experience now and so does the whole crew. Last season Driver and crew cheif were the only weekly part of the team but we do welcome home one crew member Shane Parker as he will be a fresh face back with the team. Plan is to be ready for the test and tune session, Hope to see everyone at Race-A-Rama, and Motorsports Madness, til then keep warm and enjoy the 500.