Brandon Wimmer and Hammer Motorsports #24H team put on a show last Saturday night at Atomic Speedway near Chillicothe, Ohio. In the first Renegade Sprint Series event, the Fairmount, Indiana driver put on a charge, driving from 18th to second in the feature. This weekend finds the team at Attica Raceway Park in Ohio for action with the All Stars.
The charge was necessitated by a mishap in time trials that saw Brandon clock in 20th quick. “The left sideboard collapsed on our first lap of qualifying,” he says. “It’s amazing what that can do to a racecar. It took all the downforce away, and it was ugly.”
That would set Brandon up outside row one for the heat race. “We were able to win it,” he says. “The car was working really well there. That place is one of my favorite tracks. The way the banking is, you can usually use the whole track. It’s a pretty neat place.”
He would line up outside of row nine for the main event. “There was a lot of rain this week in Ohio,” says Brandon. “The track was o.k. to start out with, but as the night went along, it got rougher and rougher. We were able to stay from the middle to the top, and we were able to drive around a lot of people that way.”
Charging through the field, Brandon found himself second after a late red. “Cole Duncan crashed with two to go,” he says. “That gave us a shot at (leader Randy) Hannagan on the last restart. The motor stumbled a bit, and he had a good restart and pulled away. Eighteenth to second was pretty good though.”
So far, so good after one event for the new Renegade series. “They had some good ideas,” says Brandon. “Some of them they weren’t able to do, because the track prep took so long and it was getting late. It will be interesting to see what happens over the winter.”
The team is excited to get back on the track this weekend. “We’re planning on heading to Attica for the All Stars,” says Brandon. “We’re not sure whether we’ll be there both nights, but we’ll be there Saturday for sure.”
The Hammer Motorsports is looking for additional partners to expand their schedule in 2014. Those interested can e-mail Brandon Wimmer at Brandon7TW@yahoo.com or Hammer Motorsports at hammertime24@ymail.com.
Hammer Motorsports would like to thank the following for their support: Hammer Pallets, Crown Batteries, OC Shocks, Kear’s Speed Shop, All Star Performance, Gressman Powersports, Butlerbuilt, Simpson and Meggit Sandblasting and Powdercoating.
- administrator on Aug 26, 2014
- Article Date: 8/26/2014