Mother Nature Wins at ORP
6-12-2010
Mother Nature wins at ORP...
The Horak Racing boys were off to a good start in the team's
first visit to O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Friday's rain shortened practice left the team
fairly comfortable with their set-up and looking forward to
Saturday's full schedule of practice, qualifying and racing.
Morning brought a dryer outlook for the weather allowing the team
to tweak the car a bit more and give Terry a little more seat time
around tough ol' ORP. By virtue of a decent qualifying run
and a lucky invert, the 28 would start 3rd on the field
for the scheduled 200 lap race. Horak kept pace with the
leaders running 6th for much of the first part of the
race. However, as the laps rolled on, the clouds began to
build into a ferocious storm that sent spotters scrambling for
safety from high atop the press box. On lap 78 with buckets
of rain blowing sideways, Sunoco National Tour series officials
were forced to postpone the event to a future date.
One bright note for the weekend, Horak Racing's good friend Jim
Fluharty dominated the Thunder Roadster race and won by an
overwhelming margin. With the help of Neal Cantor on the
spotter's stand, Jim put a half-track spanking on the tough field
and brought home one of the most coveted trophies in Thunder
Roadster racing. Congratulations to Jim and his team.
Check him out at fluhartyracing.com .