Kaanta Racing - Results

- 2008 Season Results -

(Heat and Feature results are displayed as follows: 5 - 2 = Started 5th, Finish 2nd)

DATE	FACILITY	SANCTION	HEAT	FEATURE	COMMENTS
10/3-4	Davenport Speedway	WDRL	3 - 4	11 - 7	Final WDRL event of the season. We didn't have a very good heat race so we found ourselves starting mid-pack for the main event. The car was good all night long. We had an exciting battle with Chad Simpson for the remaining 10 laps. We were unable to make the pass and missed the WDRL Championship by one position on the track (2 points). Congratulations to the #25 of Chad Simpson and his entire crew on a consistent season!
9/27	Lakeside Speedway	WDRL	10 - 5	11 - 5	Final night at Lakeside. A pair of top tens is what we were looking for this weekend. More info coming soon...
9/26	Lakeside Speedway	WDRL	3 - 5	22 - 6	First of two nights at Lakeside. We had a bad heat which put us into a B-feature. We were able to transfer from that into the main event. Good run for us considering our starting position. Apparently we have made new friends with big names. We needed to pound some sheet metal because of some....well, nevermind.
9/19-20	Red Cedar Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 1	4 - 1	Started in a good spot for the heat race. Track was pretty racy but there was a slight advantage on the top. We had a good battle with Brent Larson. We started 2nd in the dash and finished 4th which is where we will start the main event. We won our 3rd Punky with an AMAZING car! Tony and the crew got the car figured out and we were strong all night. Thanks to Doug and Cindy for making the trip and helping out this weekend. At least there was one Doug there this weekend.
9/13	Cedar Lake Speedway	NASCAR	na	na	The Legendary 100 has been rained out for the 2008 season. There will be no make-up event scheduled.
9/12	Cedar Lake Speedway	NASCAR	x - 2	x - 9	This was the first race to qualify for the Legendary 100. We finished 9th in the feature. That puts us in the inside of the 9th row for the big race. This afternoon (Saturday, 9/13) we will be racing for the outside starting spots. The main race will be run tonight. We can improve our starting spot this afternoon, but we are locked in for tonight with our inside 9th row starting spot.
9/6	Freeport Raceway Park	WDRL	3 - 4	13 - 16	Track was rubber on Lap 1. Race was scheduled for 75 laps and our WISSOTA car is only good for 50 before it needs fuel. We came in to pit on lap 27 or so. We were able to have enought fuel (and tires!) to finish the race. Very rough weekend for the team.
9/5	Freeport Raceway Park	WDRL	6 - DNF	25 - 10	Track had taken a great deal of rain the day before the race. The track was VERY fast and VERY rough. We flipped our open car very badly during our heat. The race was postponed until Saturday night due to track conditions. In that race we were able to run our underpowered WISSOTA car to 10th. We took a hit in points but it could have been much worse.
8/31	East Moline Speedway	WDRL	2 - 1	2 - 1	Good night for our team. We were running the top of the track all night long. The bottom was coming in for several guys who were gaining on us with one of them passing us taking over the lead. We stayed commited to the top during one of the late restarts and it payed off as the bottom started to slow down.
8/30	Deer Creek Speedway	WDRL	3 - 4	17 - 8	Track was one lane in the heat. The feature was much better in terms of track conditions. The car felt pretty good during the main event.
8/29	Rice Lake Speedway	WISSOTA	8 - 3	2 - 4	Track was rough. We were not very good.
8/25	Deer Creek Speedway	WISSOTA	3 - 4	10 - 10	Tonight the race was very much determined by the draw at the gate.
8/24	Deer Creek Speedway	WISSOTA	5 - 2	8 - 2	Track was racy and clean all night long yet still very difficult to pass on. We finished third but were bumped up to second when the feature winner did not make weight at the scale.
8/23	Red Cedar Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 2	6 - 4	There was a long rain delay tonight at Menomonie. We expected the track to be a little bit different than we prepared for. Our car was average for the feature.
8/16	Cedar Lake Speedway	NASCAR	1 - 1	5 - 10	We made a mistake and set the car up for a track that wasn't there last night. We should have done something different with the car but decided to gamble. Losing 5 spots shows that we may have made the wrong choice.
8/15	Superior Speedway	WISSOTA	9 - 2	7 - 3	We are happy with our run at Superior. We have been struggling there all year long. It is nice to put together a decent finish. Car was very good in the heat. We were able to drive it in the feature a bit which is different than previous races there. We finally have soemthing to build off from.
8/14	North Central Speedway	WISSOTA	1 - 1	4 - 2	Our car was not perfect for the feature, but it was pretty good. The #19 was hooked up good tonight!
8/9	Cedar Lake Speedway	NASCAR	4 - 2	4 - 1	Car was pretty good for the heat. We made a couple adjustments for the feature and the car was very good. It felt very similar to the way it was last Thursday for our WDRL win.
8/8	Superior Speedway	WISSOTA	8 - 5	13 - 8	Car wasn't perfect tonight. At the finish, 5th -7th place was right in front of us. The car was just not good enough to pull off the pass.
8/2	Cedar Lake Speedway	-	1 - 4	23 - 11	Tough field of cars on hand this weekend. We didn't get the jump in our heat which basically put us in third on the first lap. We got passed by another car finishing fourth in the heat. We started first in a B-feature and were able to hold onto second. For the feature, we stayed out of trouble and came home with an 11th place finish. The team was very happy with not only this finish, but with our entire performance this weekend.
8/1	Cedar Lake Speedway	WDRL	3 - 3	13 - 6	This was a WDRL make-up race from the Masters event on 6/14. The car was pretty good tonight as well.
7/31	Cedar Lake Speedway	WDRL	7 - 2	3 - 1	Car was awesome tonight. Started deep in the heat race and drove hard up to a second place finish. For the feature the car was unbelievable. Everything went right for us at Cedar Lake for a change!
7/30	Superior Speedway	WDRL	2 - 1	4 - 12	Car was good for heat and dash. Car was not perfect for the feature but it wasn't too bad. The racetrack was not very forgiving in terms of traction. If you had traction you were OK. If not, you were slow. We overdrove the car tonight and in doing so making us very slow.
7/21	Boone County Speedway	WoO	3 - 2	7 - 15	The car was good all night again. The biggest disadvantage we faced tonight was the tires. The World of Outlaw Late Models utilize an open tire rule. Basically, you can run any tire you want. We didn't have the correct tires and were not eager to buy tires for this one event. About mid-way through the race there was a caution. At the restart, our tires gave up and we started to fade. Car was good....tires just bit us.
7/20	Boone County Speedway	WDRL	4 - 2	1 - 1	We qualified the quickest for tonights WDRL show in Albion, NE. The car was very good all night long. The track took rubber early in the race and we were able to hold on for the win.
7/19	Mid-Nebraska Speedway	NCRA	1 - 2	19 - 8	Somewhat frustrating night. We had a pretty good car. About mid-way through the race we were sitting in the top ten when a caution came out. We had some damage on the left-rear quarter panel of the car. We stopped on the track to have an official look at it. Because of a communication issue, we were sent to the tail on the restart. So, on the restart we started from 19th again and made it up to 8th. The official explained what happened, realized his error, and apologized.
7/18	Mid-Nebraska Speedway	NCRA	8 - 4	13 - 10	First off, we'd like the thank the NCRA staff. They were very pleasant to work with. Track was dusty and dirty. We didnt' get it working very well in the heat and needed to run a B-Feature which we ended up winning. The track was a one-laner. We were all over the 9th place car but he didn't make any mistakes. We feel we had a much better car than 10th. We'll try again tomorrow at the same place.
7/12	Brown County Speedway	WISSOTA	6 - DNF	22 - DNF	An unreal set of events took place tonight. We spun to avoid a car in the heat only to be hit by someone trying to avoid us. That wrecked the front of the car. We were able to fix that and advance through the B-Main. In the main event, a car spun in front of us hitting our right rear tire and launching us into the air. Our night was over. Very frustrating pair of night in Aberdeen this weekend. Not sure if we will be making the trip out there again in '08.
7/11	Brown County Speedway	WISSOTA	6 - 3	12 - DNF	Track was not very good tonight. Dusty, Dry, and a little rough. Very difficult to see with the Sun/dust combination getting into turn three. The feature saw us sail off turn one of the track. We were not sure how to come back onto the speedway safely, so we stopped off the track in turn two. I guess they don't like that and we were asked to leave the track for the night.
7/10	Casino Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 1	1 - 3	Pretty good night for the team. Our car was better than third. We were running very well through lap traffic. A string of yellows really didn't help. After about mid-way through the race, there were no more longer runs. Disappointing but happy we left with the car in one piece.
7/9	Madison Speedway	WISSOTA	1 - 1	6 - 3	Beautiful speedway! Although the track took rubber about half-way through, we were able to pass a couple cars.
7/8	Viking Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 1	8 - 5	Track was a little bit rough. The speedway had received a large amount of rain the night before. Car felt pretty good. We got run into on the final lap giving up a position. Because of the contact, we had three cars breathing down our neck as we limped across the finish line.
7/6	Eagle Valley Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 1	2 - 7	Track was pretty dry for the feature. We are having a hard time getting our car to work on the dry lately. Frustrating night for our team. Hopefully we can turn things around as we head West this week.
7/5	Deer Creek Speedway	WISSOTA	7 - 1	5 - 19	Car was real good in the heat. For the feature we missed the setup a little bit. We spun during the event which put us to the back. Our car has us a little confused at the moment.
7/4	Clay County Speedway	WDRL	5 - 3	5 - 2	Track was dusty and dirty. The high side was the preferred line all around the track. We didn't qualify well but were able to pass a couple cars in the heat to put us in the dash. Good run for our team and a pretty successful week of WDRL racing.
7/3	Eagle Raceway	WDRL	3 - 1	2 - 1	Car was good all night long. Track was dry in the heat races. Track took rubber immediately in the feature and luckly were were in front to benefit.
7/2	I-80 Speedway	WDRL	9 - 2	7 - 5	Had rained a bit earlier in the night. Track was fast for the feature. Good battle up front; we were as high as third and as far back as ninth.
7/1	Superior Speedway	WISSOTA	8 - 2	7 - 8	Car was pretty good in the heat. We tried some stuff for the dash that didn't pan out so well. We made some changes for the feature and those didn't work so well either.
6/29	Proctor Speedway	WISSOTA	6 - 2	10 - 12	We have never been able to figure out Proctor. Tonight was no different. Car was nice in the heat. Proctor messes with our heads every year.
6/28	Rice Lake Speedway	WISSOTA	6 - 1	7 - 2	Car woked good. Track was pretty good to race on. Good night for the team.
6/21	Freeport Raceway Park	WDRL	3 - 4	13 - 11	Timed pretty good in qualifying. We couldn't get the bottom of the racetrack to work good enough to advance in the heat. During the feature, we were not able to get enough traction to advance like we wanted to. Somewhat disappointing night.
6/19	Red River Co-op Speedway	WISSOTA	8 - 2	7 - 7	The first night rained out so we ran the whole show on Thursday (6/19). Track was VERY slippery and tough to pass on for the heats. The feature was dry, slippery, and slick all race long. Our car was tight all night making it difficult to get back into the gas. Congrats to A.J. Diemel on the win!
6/17	North Central Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 1	3 -1	The track was in pretty good shape both nights. While the track for the heats was a little tougher to pass on, the feature track on Tuesday allowed for some good racing. We were able to run the bottom of the race track all night. We had a great battle with the #11 of Pat Doar for many laps. This was a great and much needed win for our team.
6/14	Cedar Lake Speedway	WDRL	3 - 3	Rain	Night two of The Masters. We timed 7th fastest during time trials. Unfortunately, the heats were a one-lane trainfest along the top of the track. We were lucky to get into third and follow the leaders. This put us in a position to start 13th in the main event. Rain hit the track around 10pm and cancelled the event. The 50-lap feature will be raced during The Nationals at CLS in from Jully 31 to Aug 2.
6/13	Cedar Lake Speedway	WDRL	7 - 4	14 - 8	First night of The Masters. We were running with the IRA Sprint cars this weekend. Tonight (Friday) was the Sprints turn to time trial so we started by draw. We were able to get up to 4th place in our heat. Using passing points, we were scheduled to start 14th in the feature. The car was pretty good. We were hoping for a little bit better of a finish but were fairly happy with 8th.
6/7	Dakota State Fair Speedway	WISSOTA	8 - 2	2 - 4	Car was very good in both the heat and dash. We made contact with the front stretch wall early in the race. That contact damaged the rear portion of the car including the spoiler. The spoiler damage made the car very difficult to negotiate in the corners. We fell back to 8th or so. With less than 5 laps to go, several of the leaders broke or pulled off the race track. We were able to get a top five.
6/6	Red Cedar Speedway	WISSOTA	7 - 4	5 - 3	Track was tacky in the feature but pretty good. We would have liked to run the bottom of the track a little bit longer but the top was just too fast.
5/31	Mandan Speedway	WISSOTA	4 - 2	5 - 2	The Friday portion of the show (5/30) fell victim to rain. The entire show will be run today (5/31). We will be running in the first heat starting in the 4th position. I believe the top four finishers in each heat will transfer to the A-main with the top two finishers qualifying to run a dash. The results will probably be posted on the 20/20 racing page (see our Links page) as the night progresses.
5/25	I-80 Speedway	WDRL	4 - 2	Rain	Qualified 5th out of 63 cars. Track was real tacky for the heat so it was a "throttle down" race. The top was the place to be so we followed the leader to a second place finish. Then the monsoon came ending our night. What makes matters worse is we broke a drive-shaft on the HAULER getting into the pits last night. Needless to say, the team is sitting in the middle of I-80 Speedway on Memorial Day. Perfect day to get some hot laps in.
5/24	Rice Lake Speedway	WISSOTA	4 - 2	5 - 5	Track was dusty and dirty with a tacky ring around the bottom.
5/23	Red Cedar Speedway	WISSOTA	3 - 2	4 - 2	Car was pretty good all night long. Track was in beautiful shape. Hats off to the crew at Red Cedar!
5/16 - 5/17	Shawano Speedway	WISSOTA	5 - 2	3 - 9	Car worked pretty good in the heat race. Started 5th in the dash and was able to get up to third place. For the first half of the feature we were running fifth with second through fourth right ahead of us. After the fuel stop on lap 35, we restarted in the 5th position. Coming out of corner two, we hit a hole and fell back to 10th. A couple laps later, we hit that same hole and fell back to 16th or so. We were able to get back to 9th place. Very disappointed.
5/10	Shawano Speedway	WISSOTA	3 - 1	5 - 5	Track was a bit tough to pass on. We smacked the tires in the feature bending the font up a bit which didn't help matters. We were able to learn a great deal for their big show next week.
5/9	Red Cedar Speedway	WISSOTA	2 - 1	3 - 8	Car felt pretty good in the heat race. We made some changes for the feature that didn't work out so well. We probably should have finished 9th in the feature but the #21 of Scott Gilberts was unable to make the call for the main event.
5/3	Deer Creek Speedway	WISSOTA	6 - 1	2 - 1	Track was in great shape. Car was the best it has ever been at Deer Creek. Lap traffic made things very interesting toward the end but we were able to hang on for our first win of the year.
4/20	East Moline Speedway	WDRL	6 - 4	14 - 8	ROUGH! There were a lot of torn up race cars tonight. We are happy that our car came home in one piece.
4/16	Davenport Speedway	WDRL	7 - DNF	24 - 9	We had a couple issues with our starter before the races even began. Then our rear-end gears broke during the heat race. We were not able to make the B-feature but took the last starting spot as a provisional. Car was pretty good. Good finish to what started as a horrible night.