The 2012 season is officially just…
February 17, 2012
The 2012 season is officially just more than a week old and CAP HENRY and Team CHR have survived their first five races by putting the race car back on the hauler each night in one piece. And that is huge considering they are running with nearly 40 of the best winged sprint car racers in the land each night!
The last week has seen several of the “World of Outlaws” teams complete their “pre-season testing” by inserting themselves into the “All Star Circuit of Champions” opening schedule. Tonight, everything changes as the Outlaws start racing for points and all of the on-track battles intensify another notch.
For “Cap and Company”, three nights running the “41st DIRTcar Nationals” at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida is on this weekend’s agenda. After making the “A” Main on Wednesday (19th place finish) and driving as hard as any in last night’s “B” Main where Cap spent most of the race moving forward and finally getting past CHAD KEMENAH on the final lap for 11th, the team feels really good about the start of 2012.
“With these guys, the difference of a half-second in qualifying puts you at the front or near the back….and being two tenths quicker, we would have been running UP FRONT in clean air in our heats”, said a determined Henry. “We have learned so much running with the Outlaw guys and if we had the budgets they do, I know we could run with ‘em!”
Running against the “big money” teams is tough for All Star regulars but the team is off to a much better start than last year, making “A” Mains for the first time at Screven (last week) and Volusia (Wednesday).
“Our Stanton MOPAR has done exactly what we have expected it to do so thanks to all of our crew here at the track and back home in the shops of our supporters”,said Team CHR Owner KIT HENRY. “We have a big week ahead with a three-night weekend starting to tonight and three more in a row beginning next Thursday…”
Following a few days off, the team moves to Ocala and Bubba Raceway Park for three nights on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 23rd – 25th. No theme park visits are planned at this time.
