2013 Races 26, 29, 31, 32

Jon Halks, on his radio after the wreck that took him out at Salem: "I thought we'd improve our points position in these races. Instead, we end up the victim of wrecks caused by these dumbfucks. I'm sick of this shit.

Fred Caldwell: "Me, too."

Halks: "The people who run this series need to something about this. Havin' this many cars crash out of races is a fuckin' joke."

Caldwell. "I know."

Halks: "I mean, Goddamn. We work our fuckin' asses off every single day, and we have nothin' to show for it, because we're almost always the victim of someone else's stupidity."

Caldwell: "Yep."

Halks: "I'm about ready to kill someone."

Caldwell: "Me, too."

Kinasa gives Groves Racing a very emotional victory
After the death of Scott Morales, people questioned the future of Groves Racing. Today, Andrea Kinasa showed them that their future is still bright by winning at the California Speedway. 

As Kinasa crossed the line she was heard shouting "WE DID IT SCOTT! THIS ONE IS FOR YOU!"

In Victory Lane, a teary eyed Kinasa was greeted by Scott's longtime friend Daniel Leckliter, who congratulated her on a job well done.

"Scott came close to winning before he died and we picked up the pieces. I still miss Scott to this day and I'm glad I was able to remember them with a win."

The win was also the first Groves Racing win that was not at Daytona and their 4th win in total.

Tri-Race Report: Zack Webster
Zack Webster was back behind the wheel once again in the ARLA Elite Series for the last three races. Here is the three race review with response from Webster.

Webster's qualifying efforts continued to shine at the California Speedway as Webster qualified 6th. Webster made slight contact with another car and the outside wall as he barely sneaked by a multi-car crash on lap 4. Webster's day was filled with moments of near misses with wrecks and stack-ups under caution. Webster made a last lap pass around Edwin Schwarzloski in turn 3 to take 2nd, but could not chase down winner Andrea Kinasa. Webster matched his career best finish, which was first set in Texas earlier in the season. Webster picked up only his second top 5, and his fifth top 10 finish of both the season and his career.

Webster continued to show success in qualifying, as he qualified 3rd at the Chicagoland Speedway. Webster's day was short-lived, as it was reported that Webster blew an engine early in the race. His finishing position is currently unknown. In a season that has also had moments of success, misfortune has also plagued this 23 team all season, Webster would pick up his 5th DNF of the season, making now 9 in his career.

Webster's qualifying efforts took a hit at Salem Speedway, as he started Round 2 from the 20th starting spot. Webster made contact with a spinning Phillip Borland early in the race, but it appeared that the contact did not hurt the car's performance. Webster then narrowly avoided Kyle Gaffigan's crash later on in the race. Webster was one of the eight cars that survived to the Green-White-Checkered finish, where Webster finished 7th. Webster picked up his sixth season and career top 10 finish.

Webster will not be on-track next week at neither Maichkovo Airport in Russia, nor 70/77 Speedway in Ohio. Webster will end the season by running the last three races at Oxford Plains Speedway, Bowman-Gray Stadium, and Decatur Raceway before making his third career attempt in the over-capacity Rockford 200 at Rockford Speedway, where he has 1 start in 2011 (first attempt).

Webster Response:
"This 23 team continues to persevere. Every weekend we are at the track, these guys are giving me great pieces to run with and it's really paying off. I would have liked a few more laps at California--I think we could have given Kinasa a run for the win.

Chicagoland was a little bit disappointing. When you qualify that well at a track like Chicagoland, you really want to make the most of it. We've had some misfortunes at times with wrecks, engine failures, and whatnot, but this team has continued to bounce back.

The not-so-good qualifying effort was a little bit of a downer, but this team knew we had been there before and this was just going to be a typical race for us. Proud of the team for giving me yet another car that just kept getting better as the race went along. We survived the carnage, and got another top 10 finish out of it. On to Oxford.

I firmly believe we can get Jared Warth and this SuperCharged Max Crew team a win before the end of the season. If we just keep doing the things we have been doing the past few weeks and nothing goes wrong, we will get SuperCharged Max Crew a win before my departure to Accelerator Motorsports. It was Jared Warth that gave me this opportunity, and we will make the most of it before the end of the season."

Ashley Tucker: I cannot believe this. I can't. Under caution? Are they serious?

Spotter: Yeah... nothing you could do, don't worry.

Ashley Tucker: Suspension is bent to shit. We're gonna lose a lot of points because of these fuckers. What should I do?

Crew Chief: Is it drivable?

Ashley Tucker: Not really, but I need the fuckin' points. I can put up with it.

Crew Chief: I don't want you wrecking it and getting hurt, Ashley. Bring it in.

Ashley Tucker: Goddamnit. Same fucking idiots every week. How did Brillon do at Motegi?

Crew Chief: I'm fairly sure she won.

Ashley Tucker: FUCK. That's us done in points then.

Spotter: Crash in the pack behind you... oh shit.

Lucy Barnton: What happened?

Spotter: 10L just hit the fence on the front straight.

Lucy Barnton: Jesus Christ. Is he ok?

Spotter: Not sure. I'll get back to you on that.

Lucy Barnton: Did we get the lead before the caution?

Spotter: Yeah, you did. Good job. Leckliter's out by the way.

Lucy Barnton: Thank god. Sounds like a bad crash.

*LATER*

Spotter: Ten to go, Lucy. You've got this.

Lucy Barnton: There's a vibration.

Spotter: You're joking, right?

Lucy Barnton: Nope. Something's up. I'm coming in this time.

Spotter: Can we catch a break?

Lucy Barnton: Apparently not. First time we get screwed out of the win we have one of the PSI douchebags shove me out of the way and now this. I'll get this car a win before the year's over, I guarantee it.

*AFTER PIT STOP*

Lucy Barnton: It's blowing up. What the fuck guys?

Crew Chief: We looked at it, we couldn't find anything up.

Lucy Barnton: The black smoke pouring out of the back of my car says different! Jesus Christ, did any of you idiots actually go to college or did Eichholtz Atlantic just pick up a bunch of people walking past the shop and teach team how to do mediocre pit stops on an ARLA car? No wonder this fucking team hasn't won in three years. None of you know what the fuck you're doing. Pack it up and take it to Salem I guess. We'll do a shitty job there too.

Spotter: So one of these European drivers won a race at Hokkaido?

Ashley Tucker: No kidding? Who was it? I heard that Collins kid was decent, was it her?

Spotter: Nope. Some chick called Hannah Percy.

Ashley Tucker: Oh wow, that's Ben's girl. Good for them. His car as well.

Spotter: Wow. It takes two races for Atkins' own car to win a race, but Eichholtz Atlantic haven't won in a few years. Maybe they should ask Ben for hints.

Ashley Tucker: He doesn't like to associate himself with that team any more. You watched any Dash Cup races?

Spotter: No, I don't watch that Touring Car shit.

Ashley Tucker: They're actually stock cars, but most of them can't drive for shit. Apparently Hannah's different though.

Spotter: Oh. Good racing?

Ashley Tucker: Mostly wrecking. But yeah I guess you can say it's good racing.

Spotter: You should do a race.

Ashley Tucker: Hahaha. No.