Marc Madison's Blog

Madison has Strong 4th Place Finish!

First Race of 2007 came on a beautiful night at Wichita Speedway. Marc took the first laps in the "Smiley's Racing" Sponsored #19 Modified during practice at laps "It felt good to get behind the wheel after the long off season." Marc said. "The car performed well in practice."

Marc started in the back of the Heat Race, Marc quickly move up, and would finish in 4th place in the heat. "The car was loose on exit and entering the turn" Marc would say after the heat."Over all a successful first run, no mechanical problems at all"

In the 20 lap Feature, Marc would start in the 6th position, 3rd row outside. The feature would see only one caution for the #89 car doing a solo spin in turn 4, right in front of Marc. Marc avoided contact with the #89 car and lined up for a restart. On the restart Marc was running 5th behind the #14 Burney Gibson, while up front, #48 Rick Wycough, along with #3, Brandon Pinson was pulling away from the field. Marc followed the #14 around the #11 car coming off turn 4 and moved into 4th. The 2 leaders had put a straight away lead on the #14 and Marc before both of them could get around the #11 car. Both Marc and Burney were able to run the leaders down with 5 laps left. All 4 cars took the white Flag and you could have thrown a blanket over them under the flag stand. Coming of turn 4 for the checkered flag, it was almost a side by side finish. All 4 cars crossing the finish line almost 2 by 2 less than a car length apart. #48 Rick Wycough would come out the Winner, #3 of Brandon Pinson 2nd, #14 Burney Gibson 3rd and Marc finishing 4th"I made a minor adjustment on the car after the heat." Marc would say after the feature. "The car performed Great, It took me a few laps to find where the car worked best on the track, but when I did, we closed fast on the leaders. Congratulations to Rick & his Team for thier First win in 2007"

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