Jimmy Weinert Racing Team Learns Houston

(February 14, 2011) --- Although Jimmy
Weinert wanted to walk away with better results after the first East
Coast round in Houston, he’s happy with what the team did achieve
and with what they learned when they were out there. “What we
learned was we can do it and we have a very strong team; our engines
are fast, the suspension is really good and the riders have the speed
and conditioning. It’s just a matter of putting it all together”,
says Weinert.

Taylor Futrell achieved his goal of
making the Main Event, although “it wasn’t an ideal Main for the
first race” says Futrell. After trying to make a pass on a rhythm
section by hitting a double, Futrell hit another rider causing him to
go down and land on his head. After feeling dazed, Futrell pulled
off to the mechanics area to get his bike looked over. By the time
he pulled back on the track he was already a lap behind. Futrell
refused to quit, and in an effort to receive points finished 17^th.
After the unlucky events of Houston, Futrell is ready to start
training and riding in order to prepare for Atlanta. “We learned,
and there’s stuff I know I could do better, and there’s stuff I
did wrong so we’re gonna work on that and Atlanta should be much
better.”

During the qualifying practices Les
Smith said he “felt pretty good, all the times were close and there
was a second and a half between first [place] and where I was – I
wasn’t disappointed with it but would like to do better in
Atlanta.” After making it into the first heat of the night show,
Smith got tangled up in the first turn pile-up and again around lap
four. “That shot my chance of gettin’ in the Main straight out
of my heat” said Smith. From there Smith said because of the
results of his first heat race, he got discouraged and let that carry
over to his performance in the LCQ. “That was a mistake,” said
Smith. In order to prepare for the second round he says he needs to
work on getting his lines right, “I feel like the speed is there,
there’s just a few things I need to take care of mentally and I
think I should be good.”

With Tyler Bright, it was a speed issue
that prevented him from making it to the night show. “I felt
pretty good the first session, and then in the second session I felt
tight, that lead to not putting in a fast enough lap time” said
Bright who finished 41^st- one slot away from going to the
night show. “I know where I need to make improvements,” said
Bright confidently, “I need to get out there and practice and put
in strict laps the whole entire practice-and work on corners and
speed which is what I’m lacking at the moment.”

Ryan Zimmer has plans to join the team
in Atlanta’s Second Round of the East Coast Lites. The team has
the up-coming weekend off and will be utilizing the time between now
and February 26^th to improve their weaknesses.

By: Monique Pelletier ::
PatraCompany L.L.C.

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