Unofficial Finish: 4th in Trophy Truck, 9th Overall

The truck performed well and the pit stops were executed nicely today putting the Strobel truck in a solid 9th place preliminary overall finish.  Steve moved up 4 places from the original 13th starting spot and had just a single flat tire on the day.

Photo courtesy utvunderground.com

Battling Bobby Baldwin for 9th Place at Race Midpoint

Steve and JT appear to be looking for a way around the #96 truck of Bobby Baldwin around race mile 175.  The Strobel race truck had a flat tire around RM 115 which allowed a couple of race cars to get by.  However, the truck looked good at the full fuel stop at Pit #3 and they continue to run a very quick race.

#94 Moves Up to 8th At Pit #2!

Driver Steve Strobel and Co-Driver John Tondro have moved up from their starting 13th position to 8th as the race cars came through Pit #2.  They've got a very good run going...now to just stay in that groove for the rest of the afternoon!

Steve Qualifies 13th Overall, 5th in Trophy Truck

The #94 Strobel Trophy Truck qualified in the top 15 with a solid 13th place qualifying run this afternoon.  The truck ran really well and did a great job for a qualifying track that favored the smaller, lighter Class 1 cars. 

Below is the official Top 20 Qualifying / Starting Order for Saturday's BITD Silver State race.

Start Postn Car # Driver
1   1518 Hovey

2   1 BJ Baldwin

3   1598 Daniel

4   6 Sourapas

5   35 Voss

6   1576 Flores

7   1577 Lofton

8   1582 Conlon

9   1553 Griffith

10   1575 Dean

11   1549 Berri

12   76 Jones

13   94 Strobel

14   1565 Childress

15   1572 Freitas

16   1501 Kemp

17   75 Zaiden

18   96 Baldwin

19   48 Nuckles

20   1559 Appleton

Pre BITD Race Testing Completed

Team Treks to Nevada for BITD Silver State 300 Saturday!

 

Getting there is MORE than half the fun for this team.  The long trip from the race shop to the desert is part of what must be conquered each race event.  This trip included the team transporter pushing through some snow and slush coming over the passes in Colorado. 

All is good and the team finished some preliminary testing of new gear and is now ready for a great qualifying run this afternoon, Thursday, 4/28!

Start of BITD Silver State 300 Prerun

Team "Raptor on steroids" Prerunner lined up in Caliente, NV to start Day 2 of the BITD Silver State 300 Prerun.

BITD Silver State 300 Prerun Today

Team is in Vegas to Prerun the Best-In-The-Desert Silver State 300 course.  The event is in 2 weeks on Saturday, Apr. 30th.  Be sure to check back to the team blog for race tracking and race updates.

New Raptor Prerunner - NICE!

The team's prerunner has been "RAPTORized"!  Don't miss this at the BITD Silver State 300 Pre-run.

New Body Installed, Awaiting Paint & Graphics!

All the fab work is completed and the awesome new body is hung on the race truck.  Final paint & graphics are next to prep the truck for the upcoming BITD Silver State 300 race Apr 30th!