{"id":2413,"date":"2021-05-09T17:42:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T22:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dekeyrelracing.com\/news\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2021-05-09T17:42:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T22:42:49","slug":"texplex-round-4-5-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dekeyrelracing.com\/news\/?p=2413","title":{"rendered":"Texplex Round 4: 5-8-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The weekend started off with Friday practice sessions running from 10-1pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were able to get 4 – 10 lap practices in. The goal for the day was to get <\/p>\n\n\n\n

up to speed quicky and then try to improve on it. We were able to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

accomplish this and got everything cleaned up for the races on Saturday <\/p>\n\n\n\n

morning. It was nice to get to the hotel early and be able to relax a little. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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( Photo Credit Harlen Foley )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday started out with 1000cc practice from 7:30-8:00am. I went out and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ran 5 laps just to make sure I could push myself back up to pace quickly. I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

headed off to the 8:30 Drivers meeting and the crew started to get my <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honda Talon 1000R washed and prepped for the race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo Credit Harlen Foley)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race 1: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was staged to the inside to try to get the hole shot. I moved up to the line <\/p>\n\n\n\n

with my class as we were the third wave to go. The starter had me inch up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

closer to the line and we were ready to go. They through the flag and I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

dropped the paddle shifters and it hesitated to go. I rounded the first corner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in third place and knew I was going to need to make a quick pass. As we <\/p>\n\n\n\n

came up to Mount Midlothian I new I had to not check up and launch it to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

get by. I sayed in the gas and made the pass into second place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By this time Jaden had gapped me a little bit. I put on the charge to try to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

real him in. I could see I was catching him and made the pass on the third <\/p>\n\n\n\n

lap going into the first turn. After the pass I pushed as hard as I could to get <\/p>\n\n\n\n

away and focused forward on the class that had dropped in front of us. I <\/p>\n\n\n\n

worked on catching them and passing quickly to not lose time on the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the race we talked about what was happening on the start and came <\/p>\n\n\n\n

up with a plan to see what was affecting the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race 2: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I lined up to the inside again and was determined to get the hole shot. The <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expert Women dropped first, Then Amatuer Women. It was our turn to <\/p>\n\n\n\n

move up to the line.  This time I made sure I was all the way up as to not <\/p>\n\n\n\n

have to inch up. I set my Launch control and the flag was thrown. I got an<\/p>\n\n\n\n

awesome launch and pulled the hole shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Credit Harlen Foley<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I focused on running the smoothest, fastest laps I could. The track was <\/p>\n\n\n\n

getting rutted and rough. So smooth and consistent was going to be the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

key. I kept looking ahead to catch the next person in front of me on track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then focused on a quick pass without changing my momentum. I really like <\/p>\n\n\n\n

how Texplex is dropping the other classes in front of us now. We always <\/p>\n\n\n\n

have someone around us to battle with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a super fun weekend. The track was awesome and really rutted up <\/p>\n\n\n\n

for race 2. The class is growing and so are the entries at Texplex with 200 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

plus racers for the day. Happy to get the win and Thankful for everyone <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who supports my efforts. Without you it would not be possible. Also <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfull for the sponsors of Texplex. Making this possible for them to be <\/p>\n\n\n\n

able to keep having such fun events. If you are a sponsor for Texplex <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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( Tex doing an Interview after with Levi Photo Credit Harlen Foley<\/a> ) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank You to all my sponsors for making this possible. GOD, Progressive <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Powersports, PPEI, Jsportsxs, FOX, Maxxis Tires, Method Wheels, \u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bell Racing, Tagger Designs,  Axcel Sport, SSI Decals, HMF, PCI <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio’s, Sparco, ABF  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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