RACE REPORT 6/11/2010

Welcome Race Fans,

RACE RESULTS SUPER STREET RACES 1, 2, 3, & 4
JRN RACING TAKES 3 WINS IN 4 RACES, AND 1ST IN POINTS!!

Jamie, Randy, and myself welcome all of our friends, fans, and sponsors to our 2010 Racing Season. JRN Racing has taken our first win of the year and has assumed the points lead in the Super Street Division.

Jamie is off to a good start this season. The new car we obtained back in January is working much better that the car that was wrecked last year. He currently has a 4th, 3rd, 11th (only because he was caught in the middle of another drivers wreck), and 7th this past weekend.

The crew chief (me), made a bad call with the rear springs that caused the car to turn like a school bus.

Anyway, the car is working well, but we are still tweaking the handling to get the best from it.

We need to shave a couple of tenths off of the lap times to be right at the top. However, his finishes have been consistent enough to put him in the top spot in points at a third through the season. Keep up the churning and burning. Jamie’s car has also had targets on it this season, and has taken its bumps and bruises so far.

Its keeping the crew chief and car painter Tim hopping during the off weeks to keep our car looking nice for our sponsors.

Randy has so far raced in three of the four races and has won them all! Randy missed the first race because his newly built engine was not running right and making unnatural noises. We opted to set out that race to keep from creating further damage.

That did not go over well with the 2009 Super Street Points champion, but we have quickly recovered.

The engine was fixed, and the car’s handling has been spot on. Getting the car to turn is the key to wins at Langley. With these three wins, he has moved already to 6th in points. Continued good finishes will keep pushing him up higher.

The race recap from this past week is provided by Langley Speedway’s website:

In the 40-lap Langley Fan Club Super Street race, Randy Sample continued his dominance over the division, leading all the way from the pole for his third win in a row. Sample set the fast time in afternoon qualifying, lapping the track at 73.982 mph.

Randy Akers was second-quickest, followed by Ryan Nester, Larry Venable and Kevin Alves.

As the race got going, Sample grabbed the early advantage, showing the way into Turn 1. Akers dropped into second as the field sorted itself out in the leader’s wake. Akers was able to stick with Sample in the opening laps.

Together, they pulled away from third-place Nester, who was battling with Venable and Alves. By lap 10, though, Sample was starting to edge away, stretching his lead over Akers to three lengths. Half a straightaway separated Akers and Nester.

On lap 12, Alves slipped past Venable through Turns 3 and 4 to pick up the fourth spot. Meanwhile, Sample had widened his margin to half a straightaway nearing the halfway mark. Just past halfway, Akers skated wide in Turn 2, allowing Sample to pull out to a full straightaway lead, while Nester and Alves closed in from behind.

The first caution flag appeared on lap 24. On the restart, Jamie Sample abandoned the sixth spot in line to test his luck to the outside of his brother. Randy Sample easily cleared him and pulled away, but Akers wasn’t as fortunate as he came under attack from Nester, who grabbed second and brought Alves along with him.

The only other yellow flag flew on lap 27 for a two-car incident on the backstretch. This time, it was Renno Marchetti IV who opted to pull to the leader’s outside for the restart. Back under green, Sample quickly dispensed with Marchetti and drove away. Nester struggled to clear the Marchetti machine. By the time he broke free, Sample was already up by five lengths.

Over the closing laps, Sample kept pouring it on and won by a full straightaway — 3.979 seconds, to be precise — over Nester. Alves scooted around Marchetti on lap 34 and came home in third. Marchetti was fourth and Sean Calway picked up a fifth-place finish. After running in the lead pack for much of the event, Akers faded near the end and wound up ninth.

Jamie’s new car is still under construction as time and race funds allow. We still want to try and get this car built and get it on the track.

We are off his coming week, but then are racing the next two weekends on June 19th and 26th. Please come and join us. Look for our banner in Section E and join our family and friends.

JRN Racing sincerely thanks our sponsors for 2010 that are making it possible for us to compete each week. As you can imagine, staying up front means two new tires each week. Our sponsors so far for 2010 are:

POMOCO Auto Group
Erica Chigos-White, State Farm Ins.
Guaranteed Auto Service
Bayport Credit Union
Absolute Floor Coverings in Hampton
Wilbert’s Upholstery
Tidewater D-J’s {DJ Services}
Advance Auto Parts - Todd Center, Hampton
Linville’s WINE & DELI - in Poquoson
3-Wide Graphix.com

Series Sponsor - The F.A.N. Club” at Langley Speedway. We appreciate them coming on board.


We appreciate all of our sponsors support this year. Please use our sponsors when your business requires services they can provide. We have plenty of additional opportunities to help prospective sponsors with advertisement of your business. Please consider us for your marketing needs for 2010’s racing season.

We also want to thank our friends and teammates are supporting us again this season, and who have put time, material, and energy into our racing this year:
Gene Nichols Carburetors, Distributors, Rear Ends
Tony Spivey Racing Engines
Bryan Stilley
Casey Wyatt
Jason Michaud
Sammy Gaita
Chuck Norsk
Tim Leftwich
Sam Smith
Jim Sample
John Simpson
Bear Graphics In Yorktown


We appreciate your help and support this season. You can find our racing schedules and pictures at www.jrnracing.com or visit us on Facebook at JRN Racing, or drivers Randy Sample and Jamie Sample.

Doug Sample
Team Owner, Bank, Marketing Agent, Crew Chief, Chief Mechanic & Body man, Driver Pyschologists, Head Scratcher