{"id":2436,"date":"2021-08-18T15:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dekeyrelracing.com\/news\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T20:41:23","slug":"texplex-round-6-7-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dekeyrelracing.com\/news\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"Texplex Round 6: ( 7-17-2021 )"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The weekend started with setting up on Friday and getting ready for <\/p>\n\n\n\n

practice. We had a great day of practice and I was running some really <\/p>\n\n\n\n

good times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

We made a quick video to talk safety gear and promote Axcel Sports and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

their suits and gloves. After that everything was prepped and prepared for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday’s races. Then we loaded everything into the orange conex box for <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the night. It is awesome that Progressive Power Sports has three of these <\/p>\n\n\n\n

their team members can use. We only have an open trailer so we are <\/p>\n\n\n\n

thankful to be able to lock everything up at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday Morning Started with practice at 7:00 am and then straight into <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro Qualifying. After Qualifying was complete. Tex and Brian had the riders<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting. Brian announced the new name of the series as the Texas Outlaw <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first race up was the 1000 LTD 12 + Class. The Texas Outlaw Series <\/p>\n\n\n\n

had decided to use the long start for this race weekend. That is why this <\/p>\n\n\n\n

pictures looks different than others in the past. I got a great jump and was <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in second place going into the first turn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I was able to make the pass into the lead before the end of the first lap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They kept me honest the entire race. This class has great competition in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The limited rules allow Sway Bars, Exhaust, Tunes, Quickeners etc. Just<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no internal engine work. This opens it up for a lot more drives. I was able<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to take the win in my stock class car so I was feeling really good about <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up next for me was the 1000 STK 12+ race. I was ready and focused on <\/p>\n\n\n\n

trying to get the win\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. I only made it about another 300 feet past <\/p>\n\n\n\n

this picture. Another driver hit me in my left rear tire and started to turn me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was completely sideways with him pushing on my side when we went <\/p>\n\n\n\n

down into a roller. This caused my right side tires to hook and we both <\/p>\n\n\n\n

started tumbling. I think I flipped about 5 or 6 times and ended up way off <\/p>\n\n\n\n

the track by the water on my side. I was waiting for them to come flip me <\/p>\n\n\n\n

back over so I could go. Quinn from Progressive was one of the first guys   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

there. He asked me if I was ok. I told him to flip me over. He said you car is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

done bud\u2026. They had me get out of the car and flipped it back on what <\/p>\n\n\n\n

was left of the wheels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

All of the time that had been put in to make sure the car was safe paid off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My dad had specced a Great American Short Course Legal cage for ABF <\/p>\n\n\n\n

to build which had higher standards than an average aftermarket cage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using 120 wall tubing instead of 80 thousands. There were also specific <\/p>\n\n\n\n

places where tubes had to go. It was a good thing as the cage still came <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in contact with my Bell Helmet and broke it in the crash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see this ended my day and maybe my season. We will see <\/p>\n\n\n\n

if we can get a frame and parts to start a build up again. Not sure how <\/p>\n\n\n\n

quickly we will be able to pull it off as for cost and parts availability. I really <\/p>\n\n\n\n

want to thank all my sponsors who have helped me get this far and helped <\/p>\n\n\n\n

me stay safe in this incident. Sparco seat and steering wheel. All still <\/p>\n\n\n\n

intact and did their job. HMF nerf bars. Kept it from crushing in the sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABF cage. It kept me safe and did not completely crush in. Bell Helmets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Helmet broke on top and I was completely fine. That’s amazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank You to all of you that support me and believe in me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

GOD, Progressive Powersports, Jsportsxs, PPEI, FOX, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double E Racing, Maxxis Tires, Method Wheels, \u200bBell Racing, Tagger <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designs,  Axcel Sport, SSI Decals, HMF, PCI Radio’s, Sparco, ABF, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motive Engineering          <\/strong>Check out www.DeKeyrelRacing.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waiting to see what we can pull off. Thank You GOD for this opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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