South Africa Update!!11/06/2008
Hey everyone! Sorry, I haven't had much time to get on the internet and keep everyone up to date. Everything is going pretty good here, I am having a lot of fun and have met a lot of great people. The last couple of days we went deep sea fishing, didn't catch anything but we saw some whales and some sharks so it was totally worth it. As far as the racing goes, the first race at Vaal got rained out, the second race was at pretoria, I blew my motor in hotlaps and had to jump in johan roos's car. for the races. The format is different, instead of having heat races and a feature, they have three short features. the first race, the car was pretty good and I finished 7th, second race I finished 6th I believe and the third race I finished 8th or 9th. They are putting another motor in my car this week so it should be ready for vaal this saturday. I miss everybody back at home and I can't wait to see you all again. I'll try to post some pictures soon as well. |
Snyder nearly breaks track record at season finale09/28/2008
Vertech Motorsports traveled to Berlin Raceway for the last race of the season. Very excited and looking forward to the night, problem free. The night started with hot laps, and the setup on the car was just what they were looking for. Pumped and ready for the night, Snyder and the blue 22 car went out for qualifying and put down an extremely fast time of 12.84, just .03 sec off of the track record. Next up was the heat race. Snyder started in the 6th position and the car didn't handle the best leaving him in 6th place through the remainder of the race. Slighty disappointed with the heat race, Snyder and the team were ready for some change in the feature. Starting in the 10th position, and having the fastest time, Snyder had an awesome start and in the first 2 laps went from 10th to 7th and was ready to keep moving up when a yellow flag came out. On the restart, Snyder went from 7th place to 4th place in the matter of the lap, in exciting fashion when Derek took the 07 Ryan Litt and the 26 Jeff Bloom three wide along the back stretch. During the feature, the car became loose and hard to control. Snyder held off the 07 Jeff Banyas and held his position in 6th place until lap 27 when he finally lost it and spun out in turns 3 and 4. Track workers told him he was spilling oil all over, se he decided to pull in. Coming to find out, he was not spilling oil on the track and ended the night in 12th place. Now it's time to regroup and prepare for next year where the team hopes to have a lot better luck. In less than a month Snyder will be leaving for South Africa where he will have 4 races. |
Another promising day ends in dissapointment09/06/2008
The day started out a beautiful day for racing on Saturday, September 6,2008. Vertech Motorsports headed yet again to Dixie Motor Speedway for one of the last races of the season. More than ready to end the night with a bang, we went into the day with heads held high and confidence. Out on the track for hot laps the car was looking good and feeling great. Next was time to qualify, going out with all the car had, Derek Snyder pushed the car and was looking great and got loose coming out of turn 4 and was nervous about his time, yet the second lap came even better and smoother and he qualified with the fastest time of the night with a 12.558. More than ready for the heat race, Starting in the 6th position, outside third row, Snyder had a great start and was headed right to second place when a yellow came out. Snyder was put back to 3rd, and had to race the 26 car hard, he passed him right out of turn 4 on the last lap placing him in the 2nd spot for the heat. The Vertech Motorsport team was more excited and happier than ever after having a frustrating season. Before the feature all the cars went out to see the fans and signed autographs for the night. Coming back and getting ready for the feature, Snyder was nervous, anxious and excited for this feature. Starting in the outside of row 4, Snyder hit the gas and landed in the 6th position right off the start, he raced hard with the 07 Banyas car and Snyder ended up now in the 7th position. Starting to gain on the next three cars in front of him, everything was looking good. Just as the team was getting more pumped and excited, Snyders' car starting smoking and he had to pull the blue 22 car in for the night, ending another night with disappointed and disgust. |
Winchester Cancelled, Snyder may run Mansfield08/03/2008
The AVSS portion of the race at Winchester Speedway scheduled for Sunday was cancelled. The team may run the HOSS race at Mansfield on Saturday. |