The Vertech Motorsports team traveled to Berlin Raceway to try one last time to capture a win in 2009. The car started off OK quick in the first hot lap session but the crew made the right changes to make the car quick. Snyder qualified with a 13.238 which was good for fast time until Mike Ling knocked him to second with a 13.188. The team made some pretty big changes to the car for the heat race, assuming the track would loosen up. The changes seemed to work as Snyder came from 6th to 3rd within 2 laps in the heat race. He was able to hang on to 3rd where he would finish the race.
In the feature Snyder had to start on the outside of the 4th row in 8th place, and was hungry to get his first feature win in the Sprint Car. On the start Snyder made a bold move to the outside taking it 3 wide into turn one. He managed to make it stick and passed 3 cars in the first lap. The car was good and Snyder continued to work the high groove, working his way to 3rd place, Snyder was passed by Mike Ling but shortly after he passed Jason Blonde to take 3rd back. On lap 14 there was a caution when Sondi Eden got into the wall, which bunched the field back up. On the restart, Snyder jumped on the outside of Ling and got around him, he then followed suit going around Goff on the outside in turns three and four, taking the lead. After that, Snyder checked out, beating 2nd place Chad Goff by over 5 seconds.
We would like to thank Competition Race Fuels, Purity Cylinder gasses, and RS Biomedical for their support this year. Also, we would like to recognize our crew for really working hard and sticking with it through our string of bad luck. We are looking forward to 2010 where we have some big things planned. Thanks to all of the fans that have supported us! Check the site often, as it will still be updated throughout the winter.

Right off of a good night at Dixie expectations were set high for Berlin Raceway. The Vertech Motorsports team had a pretty good car in hot laps, but they were fighting a loose condition the entire time. Snyder qualified 4th with a 13.229. The team made adjustments to try tightening the car up but it seemed like the car just kept getting worse. Snyder finished 4th in the heat race from a 5th place starting spot. In the feature Snyder started in 7th place, the car was loose from the beginning and around lap 10 Snyder spun his car on the backstretch. He restarted, ran a few more laps and came in because the car was so ill handling. The team looks forward to the next race at Berlin on September 26th.

Derek Snyder and the Vertech Motorsports team traveled to Dixie speedway friday night with hopes of turning some of their bad luck around. Snyder came out of the box strong when he was 2nd quick in hot laps. The team made small changes before qualifying and Snyder went out ready to set another quick time, Snyder went into turn one and slid up the track into the wall, nobody was sure what happened but something may have broke. The team was about ready to load it up when members from several other teams jumped in and got the car fixed for the heat race. Snyder had to start in the back of the heat race but quickly worked his way up to third and was working over 2nd place on the last lap. Robert Snyder made a couple of changes for the feature and the car was on a rail as Snyder picked off cars one by one, coming from last to 9th place in just 10 laps. Snyder had closed up a straightaway gap to the leaders when the U-joint failed, taking him out of contention.
The next morning the team took the car down to Troy Underwoods shop and thrashed to get it back together for the Owosso race. After all of the work the team had done, Snyder was able to qualify in 11th position. Snyder started on the second row of the heat race and was running hard, avoiding a spin right in front of him. He was able to get to 2nd and stay there with an ill handling race car. For the feature the Vertech Motorsports team changed almost everything on the car in hopes to make it better, and better it was. Snyder charged from 11th to a 6th place finish in the feature, avoiding wrecks the entire way. This weekend was an exciting roller coaster ride for the team but the perseverance paid off.

Derek Snyder and the Vertech Motorsports team made their way to the fast 1/2 mile of Toledo Speedway. Engine problems took Snyder out of the last race but things were looking promising after hot laps this weekend. In qualifying Snyder turned a 13.212 which was good enough for a 5th place qualifying position. Having to start towards the back of his heat, Snyder held on for a 6th place finish and had to run the B-Main. Snyder started on the front row of the B and held on to second place to make his way into the feature. Starting in the second row of the feature Snyder had a good start taking over the 3rd spot, battling some handling issues he got shuffled back to 5th. Snyder held onto 5th for most of the race until getting into the grass and loosing a few more. Derek held on to 8th place and finally got a finish which is a huge spirit booster for the team. The Vertech Motorsports looks forward to the next race at Berlin where they will give the track record another run.

The OWKL is coming close to an end and week 5 left Jeff Vrsek the winner with a large lead on the rest of the pack. Vrsek started on the front row and took advantage of a huge wreck on the first lap that involved most of the karts. The karts spread out for the remainder of the race and the finish had Hettinger, Woodmancey, Snyder, and Rutledge rounding out the top 5. Snyder was fast qualifier with a 29.291. The last race of the year will be on March 22nd.

Qualifying

1. Snyder 29.291
2. Hettinger 29.546
3. Woodmancey 29.605
4. Hunyady 29.649
5. Vrsek 29.675
6. Maki 30.033
7. Rutledge 30.130
8. Karazim 30.230

Feature

1. Vrsek
2. Hettinger
3. Woodmancey
4. Snyder
5. Rutledge
6. Maki
7. Hunyady
8. Karazim