2021 Season Wrap-Up.....

So the 2021 racing season has come to an end. I thought we'd do a little wrap-up before we start heading into the "off-season" here.

We technically only ran two races this season, the opening day event on April 10th and the season finale on September 11th. We showed up for race #2 on May 15th after the scheduled event on April 24th was rained out, but our car was destroyed in practice before we even got to qualify. It was a season of struggles, bad luck, frustration and aggravation. I often feel like I'm stuck in this rut of bad luck that just won't end. For a long time, it's been nothing but parts failures, engine failures, somebody running me over, just anything that can go wrong...does. I don't really know how to make it stop, but there's times where I feel like we just go to the track and bleed money. I long for a day where I can just finish a race, load my car in the trailer in one piece and head home knowing that I can bring that same car back next race.

At the end of it all, it looks like we shook out 12th in the final points standings, out of 15 points holding drivers. Kevin Christie will be crowned the 2021 "Rookie of the Year". for those curious, he is the one who ran over my car in practice, under yellow, basically ending our season. Defending 2020 champion Devin Eierman managed to snag the points lead in the final race of the season, repeating his championship. the final points standings look like this -

Position	Car Number	Driver Name	Points
1	6	Devin Eierman	749
2	18	Dominick Hunter	728
3	8	Mike Duman	690
4	21	Paul Field	658
5	75	Bob Fulmer	637
6	27	Brian Wilson	618
7	19	Bob Monroe	441
8	9	Ken / Kevin Christie	438
9	61	Dave Larson	394
10	22	Joe Cavin	360
11	24	George Chambers	309
12	68	Tim McDougald	120
13	23	Scott Rinkel	117
14	22x	Steve Woods	83
15	5	Ron Jackson	4

So, we averaged 60 points per event. With a total of 87 points available for a perfect night, you can see we were pretty far off. Having only run two races, that didn't help either. Taking our average points total, had we run all 10 races, we would have finished 7th and won the "Rookie of the Year" title, which was our goal. instead, we got sidelined and are still eligible for that Rookie of the Year thing in 2022. Hopefully that effort goes a little better.

I want to thank all of our 2021 marketing partners:

Race Car Help - Once again, Jim, you continue to be an amazing resource. Your patience with me is huge. I know I'm a handful and I tend to go rogue a lot. Thank you for all your tips, info, guidance and input. the car did show moments of brilliance and we'll take those notes with us into 2022. P.S. - I like the stiff setup better. 😉

Freelancers Communications - Your support helped get us to the track in the first place. We thank you greatly for coming along on this journey.

Clevenger Associates - One of my longer running partners. Thank you for sticking with me each season.

Roller + Associates - Thank you for jumping on board for this season. Sorry it didn't go very well, we hope things are much more interesting next season! Hang tight!

Voeller & Associates - We appreciate your continued support, and we look forward to better things next season!

And I'll end this with one last mention -

MarkeTeam Foodservice - We appreciate you guys joining us heading into the 2022 season. Hang on for some real excitement, this is gonna be fun! 😎