(Bill W) May 21, 2013 – Driver David Hesmer and the BDS Motorsports #1 team are building momentum after last Saturday night at Knoxville. After registering the 12th quick time of the night among the 30-car field, the Marshalltown, Iowa driver locked himself into their first feature of the season. They will be back this Saturday night at Knoxville.
Despite the track going away in qualifying, David managed the 12th quick time of night after coming out 24th in line. “The car was definitely nice early on,” he says. “The things that (Owner/Crew chief) Bryan (Sundby) had come up with the week before knocked down about 1/3 of what our problem was. The car was really nice when the dirt had some traction in it.”
Starting third in the heat, the team tried something a little different. Despite backing up, they picked up the sixth and final transfer spot to the main event. “We experimented a little bit in the heat and that backfired on us,” admits David.
He would line up eleventh in the feature. “We probably just didn’t keep up with the racetrack as well as we should have,” says David. “I tried the wing forward, and I tried the wing back. I decided I was going to make a nice run on the top of one and two on one of the restarts, and jumped the cushion. I got up to the wall. I didn’t touch it, but I got up close and personal.”
David decided to try the bottom groove after that. “I stuck to the bottom after that, and we were just off,” he says. “When Davey Heskin lapped me, I thought there was no sense being in the way, so I pulled in.”
After mechanical ills after practice night kept them out of the season opener, the team had a rough night with the Outlaws. Saturday was a nice bounce back for the team, and they are looking forward to this Saturday night at Knoxville. “The BDS Motorsports team is definitely moving forward,” says David. “We just have some other sniglets to work out. Once the car feels comfortable underneath me, I’m confident with Al Parker tuning the engines and Bryan tuning the chassis, we’ll be just fine. This was the second night out, with our first being with the Outlaws. Certainly, the team is moving forward and in the right direction. I know the feel I’m looking for, and once I find that or close to it, I’ll feel more competitive with the other guys.”
David and the BDS Motorsports team would like to thank: Action Auto Parts, JaFar Lawn Service, Parker Engines, Maxim Chassis, Super Shox, Champion Brands, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Astro Titanium, Speedway Motors, Sign Pro of Newton, HRP, KSE Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Kustom Sprintcar Supply, Fuel Safe, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Simpson Race Products, Sebastian Sandblasting & Powdercoating, Butlerbuilt, Schoenfeld Headers and Red Devil Brakes.
Attached: (Rob Kocak Photo)
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- Article Date: 5/20/2013 by Bill Wright