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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe weekend started with leaving the house early Friday Morning to set up <\/p>\n\n\n\n
and get ready for practice. We shot a quick video to let everyone know we <\/p>\n\n\n\n
were at the race and ready for the weekend. Practice started and I jumped <\/p>\n\n\n\n
on track and was ready. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The plan was to run in Automatic mode the first two laps to just get used to <\/p>\n\n\n\n driving again and then go to Manual mode and start pushing. I came <\/p>\n\n\n\n around to start my third lap of this new and super fun track that Brian with <\/p>\n\n\n\n the Outlaw Racing series had built. There is a little roller into a corner right <\/p>\n\n\n\n at the finish so you try not to get too much air. I went off the roller and I <\/p>\n\n\n\n think the transmission lost itself in the air. I came down and it locked up for <\/p>\n\n\n\n a second and went into neutral. I thought at first I blew it up. I was looking <\/p>\n\n\n\n ahead and was just getting ready to run some laps with Jacob and Kory <\/p>\n\n\n\n from PPEI. My dad is telling me to go and get with them on the radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I told him it would not go. Was blown up. He asked me if it revved up. I <\/p>\n\n\n\n check and said yep. He said then it’s not blown up. He had me put it into <\/p>\n\n\n\n park and shut it all down. Then restart it. Still would not find gear. I got <\/p>\n\n\n\n towed back to our pit area and we tried to relearn the transmission two <\/p>\n\n\n\n times. Curtis and Cross Kirchmeier helped us and we could not get it to go <\/p>\n\n\n\n into any gear. I went over and talked with PPEI. Kory and Jacob came over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We tried to relearn the transmission again but it was stuck. Seamed as <\/p>\n\n\n\n though a shift fork had bent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So much time and preparation has gone into this Honda Talon for this <\/p>\n\n\n\n season to make the jump up to Stock Expert and Outlaw Expert<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Turbo Class) We Lightened the car as much as we could. PPEI had lots of <\/p>\n\n\n\n time into it on the dyno. We had tested different fuels. ALPINESTARS, <\/p>\n\n\n\n RaceCo USA, Keizer Wheels and MPI were all new sponsor that came <\/p>\n\n\n\n aboard for this season. So I really feel like I let them down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We did not even stay and watch. We loaded up and head back to the shop <\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday night and got to work pulling the engine out. It was a huge job. Now I <\/p>\n\n\n\n know why insurance companies total so many of them out. Lots of hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We started calling around to see who could help in a pinch and give us a <\/p>\n\n\n\n fast turn around. The motor shipped out to CA and should start the rebuild <\/p>\n\n\n\n process on Monday. Thank You to TurnKey Industries for helping with <\/p>\n\n\n\n getting it ready and shipping it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank You to the following sponsors for believing in me and for your <\/p>\n\n\n\n support. GOD has a plan and we will continue to put the work in and give <\/p>\n\n\n\n him all the glory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n GOD, Progressive Powersports, RaceCo USA, PPEI,\u00a0<\/strong>\u2020Double E Racing, Maxxis Tires, Keizer Wheels, HMF, SSI <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Decals,\u00a0<\/strong>\u2020ALPINESTARS, Bell Racing, PCI Radio’s, Motive Engineering,\u00a0<\/strong>\u2020\u2020Antigravity Batteries, Aim Data, OGIO \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2020 Levi De Keyrel #53<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is one of the hardest race recaps I have had to write. I feel like even with all the work and effort myself and the team put in. We still let my sponsors down. The weekend started with leaving … Continue reading ![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/ViI0p8DxjDROUSdAQcJWQw5lh5KMgIZWXmtlqASZ_T0qj8AMgNKXPGbbFhapHSx5Y5synfGnIazB8tg0Ged3T50RsvOrlXe2iixZFNDOt3RlHVbLkqCIpOi8aIY1H9M-GVFJAQFC\")
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