Testing Day : “Satisfied”

On Saturday The Short Motorsports team arrived early at the St. Francois County Raceway to get set for the day ahead. Upon arriving to the track with the freshly painted and lettered XXX chassis, they quickly discovered a problem. The team’s 4 - wheeler had come loose in the trailer and heavy damage was sustained to the front wing and wing posts. Not a good way to start off the day. With a quick fix, the crew had the 8s fixed up and ready for the annual SFCR car show. Hundreds of fans arrived for the festivities and enjoyed all the new paint schemes that the teams were unveiling. In the end, Short Motorsports had taken home the 1st Place trophy for the best appearing sprint car! Special thanks goes out to CK Graffix for the design again for this year.
After the Car Show, all of the teams hauled over to the track to turn loose for some testing. During the first session of hot laps made by the 8s, with the track in decent condition, Steve was turning 12.212 sec. lap times around the fast 1/4 mile. The comments from Steve after the first session with the new XXX Chassis was, “The car was pretty close to perfect.” The second and final session for the Short Motorsports team wasn’t as impressive, as the team found some fuel difficulties with the machine. However, lap times of 12.42 sec. were recorded for that session. The team later loaded up saying that they were, “overall, satisfied” with the new XXX Chassis, 8s machine.
Thanks go out to all of the fans that made it a very special day.

To all the kids that are 8s fans, Short Motorsports is proud to announce that a Kid’s Club has been in the works for this coming season. “The Shorty Club” is scheduled to be in effect within the month of April, and will include: Coloring Contests, Autographed Photo Give-aways, Photos with Steve, the 8s, and the Short Motorsports team, and much more!
Stay tuned for an updated release date regarding, “The Shorty Club!”