White Mountain - 7/15/06

Ben 2nd - Travis 5th

RMR posted the best combined team finish of the season on Saturday July 15th at White Mountain after intense Friday repairs of damage suffered Thursday evening at Thompson Int'l Speedway. The #4 - flat tire and a wall scrape - hadn't been that bad, but the #44 had substantial repairs completed at Distance Racing after a hard hit into the Thompson turn two wall.

The heats did not give an indication of how well Ben and Travis would run in the feature, with the #44 in 7th in the first heat and the #4 in 4th in the third heat. But when the 150 green flag lap feature began, Ben and Travis moved right through the field, at times running side by side or nose to tail. 

Ben took turns with father Mike Rowe to try to grab the top spot from Scott Chubbuck but was down on power after losing a plug wire at about the twenty lap mark. Ben raced Scott hard and clean up to the checkers, trailing by just about a car length at the end.

Travis took 5th place after some hard racing with Johnny Clark and Richie Dearborn. A much better day for all than at Thompson.

WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK by Mike Twist & Matt Kentfield