(Photo Courtesy of Jordan Weaver Racing)
Inside Line Promotions – LE ROY, N.Y. (Sept. 24, 2014) – Jordan Weaver scored her first feature victory of the season in a unique way.
Weaver, who flew halfway across the country to drive for the Lathan family during the Sprint to the Cure event on Saturday at Limerock Speedway, led the majority of the winged female micro sprint feature before surviving a near disaster in the closing laps.
“I wanted to go there and get the win,” she said. “That was definitely the main goal. Everything went pretty smooth in that class.”
Weaver won her heat race from the pole to advance into the feature redraw. She then pulled the No. 1 to garner the pole position for the 30-lap main event.
“I didn’t lead the first six laps,” she said. “The outside got the jump and then we hit lapped traffic. I think the leader got slowed up a little bit and that allowed me to close the gap. She got tight in the center and I got under her.”
Weaver led the remainder of the feature, but it wasn’t without any close calls.
“I got into a couple of lapped cars with two laps to go,” she said. “I thought I was going to end up on my head. There were three lapped cars racing pretty hard. Going into turn three I was under two of them. They got together and spun out. I ended up jumping a left rear and going for a little bit of a ride. We ended up keeping it straight though.”
Weaver got a good restart following the caution and she held on for the victory.
“It was a great moment,” she said. “It felt pretty good to get the win, especially for the car owners and everybody who worked hard on it. I knew we had a fast car. It was just me settling down enough to do the right stuff.”
The team also competed in three other classes – winged mixed, wingless female and wingless mixed – at Limerock Speedway.
“We were fighting a lot of brake problems,” she said. “We fought brake problems and I sat out one feature to get them right for the winged female feature. They still weren’t perfect, but it was better.”
Weaver skipped the wingless mixed main event and she was unable to finish the wingless female and winged mixed features because of the brake issue.
QUICK RESULTS –
Sept. 20 – Limerock Speedway in Le Roy, N.Y. (Wingless female) – Heat race: 1 (2); Feature: 14 (6).
Sept. 20 – Limerock Speedway in Le Roy, N.Y. (Wingless mixed) – Heat race: DNF (3); Feature: DNS (-).
Sept. 20 – Limerock Speedway in Le Roy, N.Y. (Winged female) – Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 1 (1).
Sept. 20 – Limerock Speedway in Le Roy, N.Y. (Winged mixed) – Heat race: DNF (4); Feature: 15 (19).
SEASON STATS –
29 races, 1 win, 3 top fives, 7 top 10s, 11 top 15s, 18 top 20s
UP NEXT –
TBD
MEDIA LINKS –
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JordanWeaver92
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JordanWeaverRacing92
APPAREL –
Weaver has t-shirts for sale at her race trailer during each event she competes in this season.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – A2Z Oilfield Services
A2Z Oilfield Services is a business focused on the oilfield industry that is based in Woodward, Okla.
“They are out in the field and have trucks that go on location to do services on the oilfield equipment,” Weaver said. “They do a lot on the racing part of things for me. There’d be absolutely no way I could race without A2Z Oilfield Services.”
Weaver would also like to thank FK Rod Ends, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, ASI Racing Engines, Ron Miller Motor Company, Simpson Race Products and Arrowhead Oilfield Services for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Sep 24, 2014
- Article Date: 9/24/2014 by Inside Line Promotions