2007 season

The 2007 season has begun....This season I will try to give an overview of the nights events every week.......

Monadnock Speedway opened their season last Saturday and it was a busy day right from the very beginning...we got there at 9:30am with the car.....Before practice begun tech came around and discovered that we along with quite a few other cars still had anti-freeze in the car....so prior to being allowed on the track we had to flush out the car and put water back in....once we were cleared...it was time to get one practice run in.....I went out there to get a little rhythm and try a couple different driving styles and found one I liked and would use come feature time.....

The Mini Stock feature was a fairly clean race.....Geoff Rollins got out front and never had a serious challange again......Beth Adams got the black flag for oil leaking and she wound up with a 19th place finish.....Kevin Oullette Jr and John O'dea where having a battle for second while Emerson Cayer was working thru the field......Rollins took the win convincely and Cayer just hours off of his honeymoon came in second and Oullette held on for third.....

 Strictlys winner was Mark Smith he got the lead on the Green Flag and never got a real challange til the last couple laps Mike Roy had a few good looks but couldnt get it done......Ken Springer and Greg Williams had a little post-race activity over in turn 3 after an accident in the last handful of laps......

 The Late Model race went caution free and Ed Lofland got his first win in a long time...he narrowly held on to the victory from a hard charging defending champion Keith Carzello who ended up second and John lavoie had a strong run to pick up the third place trophy...The move of the night came during the Late model feature...a few cars got slowed up coming out of turn 2..Adam Gray saw a hole in between 2 cars and went right up the gut to gain 2 spots towards the finish....

 The 50 lap Outlaw Pro triple crown event was dominated by Jeff Zuidema who earlier in the night won the Pro-4 Modified feature.....Barry Gray finished second and Bryon Baker took third.....only 6 cars finished on the lead lap.....Rob Williams had a "loose" condition all night and battled through to get a 8th place result.....

I started my feature 25th and ended up 21st when all was said and done....may not have had the most ideal finish...but it was my best driving race I have had yet....I used it as mostly a test session..and have learned a lot for the next few races and hopefully can start moving forward...I did have one altercation with the front stretch wall with about 5 laps to go....but all is okay with the machine and am ready to go on May 5th......

Crew Member and unofficial teammate Bruce Clark had a tremendous run and finished 5th or 7th in the 4cyl enduro

 Next Monadnock race is this weekend April 28th.....the Next Time RBT Motorsports hits the track is May 5th.......til..then  enjoy the weather......

 

 

The 2006 season has ended.... although I did not race as much as would have been liked...This year was probably the most fun I have had in a long time. I would like to thank Everyone from Racersbored.com for everythjing that you all did for me this year.

I teamed up with Rob Williams, 71 Outlaw Pro, this year and It was a real huge learning experience and I can't wait til Next year as we are gaining on his car!

 I will keep all posted on the ins and outs of the upcoming season, til then......stay out of the hot sun!

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.