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Welcome to the Holbrook Motorsports web site, please take a minute to look around. During the year, check back here to find out how we are doing, look for some items in the classifieds or visit some of our sponsor pages & links. The 2008 race season was a learning year for us, and we learned a lot. We ran 5 of the 12 races in the Super Truck Series at Langley Speedway. For the 2009 race season, we will be racing the Chevy S10 on Saturday nights. Great local short track racing starts at 7pm, Pre-Race show starts at 6:30pm. Come out and watch some great close local short track asphalt racing.

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Racing Team News

6/29/09
  Well we made it to the track again Saturday night with all the repairs done. We qualified 12th but the push has come back on the truck. This next couple weeks we are going to try to make some suspension adjustments to help get rid of the push again. We had it out at the beginning of the year but got it back when we had to move the fuel cell and battery box to pass tech inspection. There was some good racing and the motor is running strong. We were able to catch and pass some of the other trucks to end up finishing 10th by the time the checkered flag dropped. We are working hard to start moving forward after getting such a rough start to our rookie year.

6/25/09
  After a tedious search for another crank pulley we finally found it and should have the truck together before Saturday. Last race we had to pack up early because the crank pulley on our S10 came apart. The pulley seperated around the bolts and left part of the pulley still bolted to the crank, nasty brittle failure of the pulley. The truck got hot and got a little overheated, but lost only about half a gallon of water. We did some tests on the motor and seems to be alright, won't know for sure til this weekend. Hope this year starts getting better for us, been a string of bad luck and unlucky breaks so far.

6/17/09
  Well it has been a little while since I have had time to update the website. The truck was ready for the 6/6/09 race and we qualified 11th, with our fastest time to date. As the starting flag dropped we were off, only to be black flagged. We were leaking fuel, the fuel filler cap gasket had gotten pinched and wasn't sealing. Fortunatly there was a caution flag and we pitted under yellow. We had to start in the back of the field but we were no laps down. We worked our way up to finally finish 13th out of 16 trucks. Definetly not the finish we were looking to put on the board. The truck wa pushing really bad after about 8 laps and was a handful to try to drive. It was bouncing all over the place along with the understeering issues so we have tried to fix the problems and will be back out on the track for the 6/20/09 races!

5/23/09
  We were supposed to have race #3 today but it was cancelled due to the running of the USA Pro Cup series at Langley. This just gives a couple more weeks to be ready to rock and roll when we hit the track again. We were really hoping to run today since we missed race #2. that hurt our points standings a bit but was unavoidable.

4/27/09
  We have found our problem and have dug up enough spares to put another motor together. We blew out the head gasket between #2 and #3 cylinders and dug a ditch between the 2 cylinders into the block. Also ended up with 2 burned up pistons and some other associated problems. It will be close but we are pushing to get the motor fixed and back racing by the May 9th race.

4/20/09
  We have looked from top to bottom and front to back for this crazy problem we are having with keeping the motor running and running good. There are only a couple more items to check and then not sure. We will keep you posted on the progress and are working feverishly to get the motor repaired before race #2.

4/11/09
  Today we went out there looking to place in the top five, but ended up in the top ten. There were a couple big issues that put us there, first is that we qualified 15th due to running on 2 cylinders. The new set of plugs we put in did not hold up and we burnt the electrodes clean off. The other issue is that after much deliberation as to why the plugs did that, we put in a better set of plugs and went to race. We checked carb, timing, float level, and anything else associated with that to figure out the problem, but nothing showed to be the cause. Putting it back together we decided to go out and turn some laps as good as we could and hopefully finish with the oil pan intact! When the green flag dropped we were pedal to the metal for the entire race, giving that we were firing on three and not four. We were able to stay infront of a couple people and there were a couple accidents so with that and keeping it together under the hood, we felt that this was as good of a turn out as we could have hoped for. Our next race is in about 3 weeks so we will be working feverishly to get the problem figured out and corrected. If you might have any ideas as to what could be the cause, send us an email. Thanks again to our 2009 sponsors for getting us to the track.

4/6/09
  Practice went pretty good today. Felt great to get back out on the track and turn some laps. Truck ran very well and we started to dial in the set up. Had a couple problems getting through tech, but working on those and will be racing on Saturday! Wrestlingpic.com was there and took a lot of pictures. We will get those posted up here this week when we get them, truck looks really good. Thank you to all the 2009 sponsors for helping get the truck on the track!

3/27/09
   The truck paint job is done and graphics are expected here any time. they will get put on and be ready for practice next week with the first race of the season just one more week after that. April 11th is the opening night for the Super Truck race class but there is a practice from 12:30pm to 4:00pm on 3/28 and 4/4. Admission is free to come out and watch if you can't wait for opening day. Still have some more work to do to get the truck finally together but they are little things like putting the roll bar padding in, putting the shocks back on and getting new tires. If you are interested in sponsoring a set of tires, please get in contact with us and lets get your name on the truck and on our website. We will have "Holbrook Motorsports" shirts and hats available shortly on our classified page or stop by the pit area and visit us at the trailer. Christopher Bean coffee company has given us a couple items to give away so you can try their great coffee.

3/16/09
  The truck is out of the paint booth and now can get the graphics work done. Final assembly should not take very long and then we can get started on the set up. Glad to see the truck finally done. Thank you "Lil' Richie", Jeff and Mike for the paint and body work. Truck really looks good!

3/13/09
  Worked all week on getting the drive shafts cut and balanced and rewiring the truck. It took most of the week to wire the dash up and run all the wires to the engine compartment. But the great news is that the truck is in the paint booth as we speak. Lil' Richie is applying the Chevy colors to the S10. When it is done, I will shoot some pictures and get them up here. The graphics are coming soon but there is still some room left for more sponsors.

3/7/09
  The truck body work is done and it has been primered. still working to get it back together but have ran into more issues. Working those out and hope to have truck painted in next week or so and then graphics and RACE RACE RACE.

2/22/09
   We got some more body work done this weekend and should be ready to paint by the end of the week. We will post some new pictures of the truck after it is painted and graphics put on. There is still room on the truck for some more sponsors, send us an email if you are interested. Just a reminder, if you really want a good cup of coffee in the mornings, you need to try some of Christopher Bean's Creme Brulee Truffle coffee. WOW, this is good coffee.

2/13/2009
  The truck is starting to look like a race truck again. Put the motor and transmission back in. Spent awhile finding parts for the transmission. Ended up combining a couple parts transmissions to get one complete one. Still a little left to do on the body and chassis but we are moving along. Looking forward to the first race on April 11th. Hope to see you there.

2/8/2009
  The last couple weeks have been pretty busy. We are very pleased to announce we have a new sponsor for the 2009 race season. We would like to welcome onboard the "Christopher Bean Coffee Company"! Please check out their website and try some of their great coffees and teas. They have a link on our sponsor page and tell them you were referred by Holbrook Motorsports. As far as the truck goes, we are putting it back together and will be ready for the first race. We are running into a few glitches here and there, but nothing unexpected. John and Shawn are an excellent part of the team and haven't found anything yet we couldn't overcome. We look forward to seeing you at theraces on saturday nights.

1/24/2009
  Langley had their drivers meeting today and the season will be starting soon. The truck just got the chassis and interior painted today. We will start putting the truck back together this week. We plan on being together by the beginning of the April practice sessionsto get it dialed in. There are still sponsorship spots left on the truck and we would gladly welcome the opportunity to work with you to help promote your business.

12/23/2008
  Thanks for stopping by during the off season. We all here at Holbrook Motorsports would like to wish you and yours a very merry holiday season and the best of everything for the New Year. The truck is coming along nicely with the repairs. Just taking our time since we have the time right now. Thank you again and have a safe and happy holiday season.

10/4/2008
  We had planned for just about everything but never expected the new fuel pump we put in last race to fail today. It failed as we were loading the truck into the trailer and not having another spare we were lucky to find one at J&J Performance. We put it in at the track and just barely made it to the first practice. The truck felt pretty good for about a lap and a half, then it dropped the driveline in turn three and we coasted into the pits. Again, we never planned to have the new u-joints fail after 4 races. We asked around and found a driveshaft because ours ended up getting bent. The one we found was too short but Hugo Belfiore had another driveshaft he thought would fit, but it was not at the track. The waiting was terrible but it showed up and was long enough to work. Only problem now was that we missed qualifying again and had to start in the back at 14th. We were just happy to get on the track for the race and figured that we had nothing to loose and would give it everything we had. We didn't know what our set up on the truck would do because we had no practice time and we were not too far off. This lead us to a few hair raising exits off turns 2 and 4, but our luck had changed, we made it up to 7th place before the checkered flag dropped on the last race of our 2008 season. This gives us an overall finishing place of 12th with only running 5 races.

9/20/2008
  It was a nice cool day and was overcast all day. Even though it threatened to rain, we didn't get a drop! It stayed cool all day and even though the lap times are not our fastest, the truck handled better and we have been making adjustments on it all the time. We qualified 10th because the fuel pump failed on the way to qualifying and we didn't get it fixed until after qualifying was over. Starting 10th we got stuck behind the 7th to 10th place trucks and took us almost 15 laps to get around them. We tried high and low. We almost had them inside by going three wide but ran out of straight before having to get slowed down for the corner. We managed to get past them and tried our hardest to make up the distance to the 6th place truck but they were almost 1/2 a lap ahead. Even though we ended up 7th, we were happy with the adjustments we made and are getting closer to running up front.

9/13/2008
  Well over the last month we have been straightening out the back end after our wreck back on 8/9/2008. When we got to the track today we felt pretty good about how the truck should be handling, but we were not really sure because we didn't have any testing or practice time. The first practice we found out that we were running way off the pace and worked on the motor to figure out where all our power had gone. We found a couple issues but the most significant was the spark plugs had gone bad. We replaced them with another fresh set and the motor came back to life. We dialed in a bit better on the last practice and went out to qualify. We qualified 9th (last) but our time was pretty close to 8th. Race time got here and we were ready for the big 40 lap B&C Seafood "Dash for the Cash". What a good race it turned out to be. We stayed up on the lead lap and at one point we were running 3rd. We ended up with a 5th place finish, our first top five! What a night. We would like to say "thanks again" to John and Leroy for stepping in as our pit crew.

8/16/2008
  We have been working on getting the back of the  truck straightened out and looks kinda like it was... sort of. It doesn't look like we will be ready for the next race. There is still some more welding to do and some parts to fabricate before getting back on the track. Truck was running really good and handling well before the crash. Hopefully we can get back to that point pretty quickly. There are a few new pictures posted on the Photos page that were taken by a race fan in the stands. They got them to me but said the camera didn't snap off fast enough to make a movie like scene but you can see kinda what happened. Thanks to all the friends and fans who attend the Saturday Night races at Langley, really do enjoy seeing you in the grandstands!

8/9/2008
  WOW, what an exciting evening, things starting to come together. Will write more details in next couple days, and updates on getting truck repaired. Back end damage and looks like 1 wheel got trashed, but looks like we can fix it.

7/12/2008
  After overcoming many different obsticles, we were able to make it on to the track. But why should today be any different for us? We had problems getting through pre tech but did get through in time for practice session #3. We were having transmission issues but were still able to use 2nd, 4th and reverse. During our practice session we found out we had a carb problem, also and the "squirter" was sending too much fuel. This caused us to run way too rich and load up. My pit crew did a great job getting a good set up on the truck and getting the transmission issue fixed so we had all 4 gears and reverse. We gave it a shot at qualifying and managed to qualify 10th out of 13 for the main. The carb would be the issue to come back and haunt us in the main. We had left our spare carb in the shop while loading up the truck this morning. The carb builder came by and did some minor repairs but wasn't able to get us 100%, we basically were running without an accelerator pump. The truck sounded like a string of fire crackers going off with all the popping it was doing. Even though it was running rich still, we ran pretty well. Considering not having any practice time or shake down after getting the truck back together for the year and everything else we went through today, we were able to come away with a great outlook and a plan for improvement. We would like to thank all our sponsors for their help in getting us on the track and also those who were able to get to the track tonight and cheer us on. I would like to also make a special THANK YOU to Russ Bruns from Graphics by Russ Bruns. You came through in a pinch with the graphics and they look great! Thank you for coming through at the last minute when our graphics sponsor was unable to get us done. Keep checking back for more updates, we will be getting better!!

6/7/08
  The truck is almost ready for getting back on the track. We have been working on it all week and just ran out of time before todays race. We are planning on making the practice session before the race on 6-21 to see where we stand and how our changes have helped. We are excited to be so close to getting back on the track. Looking at the previous race results, there is some pretty good close competition and we plan on being in the mix! We will have new photos of the truck up this or next week after the graphics are done also.

5/14/08
  Well the truck is done at the welding and paint shop and we are working furiously to get it ready for the track. We missed the first 2 races already but look at having a great remainder of a year. We ended up having to do quite a bit more work than we had originally planned and that is why it took longer than anticipated. Now we are off to Gear Head Graphics to get the lettering done and Henni's Embroidery is geting us some hats and shirts together so also. We still have some room for sponsors and would love to talk with you about a sponsorship package. Well it is off to work on truck and we look forward to seeing you at the races.

3/5/08:
  Things are coming along slowly because of a couple set backs. We are still trying to get the truck back together after working over the off season to get it up to speed with the current rules. Looks like we will make it except for our set back in the carburator department. The carb was supposed to get rebuilt but instead has gone missing, along with the guy who was going to rebuild it for us. If everything goes well we should have it located and back or located another one to replace it. We will get pictures up as soon as we get the truck finished painted and Gearhead Graphics finishesa the graphics for us. We are starting to get anxious to get behind the wheel and back on the track to see how our work turns out. Hope to see you at the races.

12/1/07:
  The truck is getting updated with the required changes to fuel cell placement and safety items. It is getting a little bit of body work done by Mike to smooth out some of the bumps and scratches. These are not really cosmetic changes but some required maintenance and safety modifications to make sure we are up to tech and safe for 2008. We are still looking for some more sponsors and have some great advertising room left. Sponsor packages are still available and we would love the opportunity to work with you.  Special thanks go out to our sponsors already onboard: Bill's Welding, Gearhead Graphics, Pro Fox Racing and King Trailer Rentals.