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Latest Results

Dixie Speedway 3rd
Auto City Speedway DNS
Toledo Speedway DNF
Little 500 at Anderson Speedway DNS

Stats

Races 14
Wins 0
Top 5 2
Top 10 5

News

Snyder sets fast time for 3rd time at Berlin 06/27/2009 The Vertech Motorsports team traveled to one of their favorite tracks, Berlin Raceway in hopes to break the track record and break the string of bad luck plaguing the team. In hot laps the car was not very quick, but Robert and Brian made the necessary changes to adjust to a hot slick track to give Snyder a car he could put back on the Pole for the 3rd consecutive time at Berlin with a time of 13.150. Snyder Started 6th in his heat race and battled his way to a 4th place finish. With threatening weather in the area Snyder knew he had to make his move quick in the feature. With a 10th place starting spot, Snyder took to the high grove moving to 7th in just a few laps. The car was quick and Snyder was moving on the leaders when something in the driveline broke taking Snyder out of yet another race. The team will be running Dixie Speedway next on July 3rd.
Top 10 at Toledo Speedway 06/12/2009 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.
Snyder tries the high banks of Salem 04/25/2009 Derek Snyder and the Vertech Motorsports team took the long drive to their season opener at the extremely fast high banked Salem Speedway. The team practiced on friday and had Snyder @ 14.6 seconds in only his second time ever on the track, which was only a few tenths off of the track record. On Saturday Snyder was fast in hot lap sessions but had some oil pressure issues nagging at them. Snyder qualified with a quick 14.659 which was good for 3rd place of 25 cars. In his heat race, Snyder got a great start from his 6th place starting position, and was able to charge to a 3rd place finish. Snyder started on the outside of the 4th row in the feature, he had a good start but fell back and had to drop out early because of oil pressure problems, finishing in 14th. The team looks to get the problems resolved and have a better showing at winchester. The salem race can be seen on the comcast network thursday may 7th and on www.mustseeracing.com. To what channel the race will be broadcasted on, please visit www.mustseeracing.com. Vertech Motorsports would also like to welcome Competition Race Fuels as their fuel sponsor for the 2009 season.
Indoor kart league week 5 03/08/2009 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
Indoor Kart league week 4 03/01/2009 Open wheel ace Chris Hettinger makes it two in a row on week 4 of the Open Wheel Kart League. Hettinger started the feature in 5th after setting fast time and quickly made his way to the front of the field to take the win. Clark Camburn was the sub for Woodmancey and finished with a solid 2nd. Vrsek finished 3rd, Snyder finished 4th after punting Hunyady for the position, Hunyady finished 5th and got his retaliation after the race. There was also an intense battle for last between Karazim and Maki Qualifying 1. Hettinger 28.877 2. Vrsek 29.029 3. Snyder 29.127 4. Hunyady 29.252 5. Woodmancey (Camburn) 29.253 6. Maki 29.633 7. Karazim 29.892 8. Rutledge 29.928 Feature 1. Hettinger 2. Woodmancey (Camburn) 3. Vrsek 4. Snyder 5. Hunyady 6. Rutledge 7. Karazim 8. Maki
Indoor Kart league week 3 02/08/2009 With week 3 of the OWKL in the books, Chris Hettinger leaves as the winner. Fast qualifier Hettinger started in 5th and worked his way to first on lap 20 and kept a strong lead for the last 10 laps. There was a fierce battle for the top 3 spots for the entire race between Hettinger, Vrsek and Snyder until Snyder was punted taxi cab style into the wall. The top 5 was rounded out with Vrsek, Snyder,Rutledge, and Woodmancey. Qualifying 1. Hettinger 29.287 2. Vrsek 29.453 3. Rutledge 29.481 4. Hunyady 29.573 5. Snyder 29.652 6. Woodmancey 29.814 7. Karazim (Mark) 30.513 8. Maki (Roger Hunyady) 30.631 Feature 1. Hettinger 2. Vrsek 3. Snyder 4. Rutledge 5. Woodmancey 6. Hunyady 7. Karazim (Mark) 8. Maki (Roger Hunyady)
Indoor Kart league week 2 01/25/2009 Phil Rutledge makes it look easy, claiming his second OWKL feature win in a row. Rutledge started on the second row and took the lead on the first lap leaving the other racers behind. Fast qualifier Craig Karazam was dumped like a bad prom date on the first lap and spent the rest of the race trying to work his way back to the front. Hunyady also had some problems when he tried running lap 9 in reverse. There was also an epic battle for 5th through through last place. Hettinger, Woodmancey, Maki, and Vrsek rounded out the top 5. Qualifying 1. Karazim 29.047 2. Hettinger 29.181 3. Rutledge 29.248 4. Vrsek 29.407 5. Hunyady 29.528 6. Snyder 30.119 7. Maki 30.141 8. Woodmancey 30.353 Feature 1. Rutledge 2. Hettinger 3. Woodmancey 4. Maki 5. Vrsek 6. Karazim 7. Snyder 8. Hunyady
Indoor kart league Week 1 01/18/2009 It's cold outside but hot inside as we start our 2009 Racers indoor kart league! We will have 8 Michigan race car drivers competing for the elite bragging rights of a league championship. This should be a lot of fun and hopefully doesn't get too wild! Drivers for 2009 will be. - Chris Hettinger - Derek Snyder - Craig Karazam - Dave Woodmancey - Jeff Vrsek - Phil Rutledge - Gavin Hunyady - Bob Maki Starting on the pole, Phil Rutledge got a great start and never looked back, taking the checkered flag for the league season opener. Hettinger and Versek were in tow but didn't have enough time or speed to catch the midget racing veteran. The race had only one yellow when Vrsek spun but he was able to quickly regain control. Snyder and Karazam rounded out the top 5. The next race will be Sunday, January 25th Qualifying 1. Vrsek 29.158 2. Hettinger 29.327 3. Snyder 29.737 4. Karazam 29.793 5. Rutledge 29.858 6. Hunyady 30.084 7. Maki 30.193 8. Woodmancey 30.366 Feature 1. Rutledge 2. Hettinger 3. Vrsek 4. Snyder 5. Karazam 6. Hunyady 7. Maki
Back from South Africa 11/21/2008 Hey everybody! I'm back from South Africa now, and the reality of work and the freezing cold weather is setting back in. I had a blast in South Africa and have more stories than i can possibly share here. I have met some incredible people, been part of some great racing, and have seen a beautiful country in the past month. I am extremely grateful to all of the people that were generous enough to take great care of us while we were there. I want to thank to Mocke family, Kallie Newman, and all the others that helped make my trip one to remember. I had a great time and hope to see everybody again soon! I will be posting some pictures from the South Africa trip pretty soon so keep checking the site! Also I will be running in a go kart league so I will post updates from that on the website. It's wonderful to have opportunities like South Africa and I once again want to thank everyone that made that a possibility!
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 sets fast time for 3rd time at Berlin

06/27/2009

The Vertech Motorsports team traveled to one of their favorite tracks, Berlin Raceway in hopes to break the track record and break the string of bad luck plaguing the team. In hot laps the car was not very quick, but Robert and Brian made the necessary changes to adjust to a hot slick track to give Snyder a car he could put back on the Pole for the 3rd consecutive time at Berlin with a time of 13.150. Snyder Started 6th in his heat race and battled his way to a 4th place finish. With threatening weather in the area Snyder knew he had to make his move quick in the feature. With a 10th place starting spot, Snyder took to the high grove moving to 7th in just a few laps. The car was quick and Snyder was moving on the leaders when something in the driveline broke taking Snyder out of yet another race. The team will be running Dixie Speedway next on July 3rd.

Top 10 at Toledo Speedway

06/12/2009

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.

Snyder tries the high banks of Salem

04/25/2009

Derek Snyder and the Vertech Motorsports team took the long drive to their season opener at the extremely fast high banked Salem Speedway. The team practiced on friday and had Snyder @ 14.6 seconds in only his second time ever on the track, which was only a few tenths off of the track record. On Saturday Snyder was fast in hot lap sessions but had some oil pressure issues nagging at them. Snyder qualified with a quick 14.659 which was good for 3rd place of 25 cars. In his heat race, Snyder got a great start from his 6th place starting position, and was able to charge to a 3rd place finish. Snyder started on the outside of the 4th row in the feature, he had a good start but fell back and had to drop out early because of oil pressure problems, finishing in 14th. The team looks to get the problems resolved and have a better showing at winchester. The salem race can be seen on the comcast network thursday may 7th and on www.mustseeracing.com. To what channel the race will be broadcasted on, please visit www.mustseeracing.com. Vertech Motorsports would also like to welcome Competition Race Fuels as their fuel sponsor for the 2009 season.

Indoor kart league week 5

03/08/2009

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

Indoor Kart league week 4

03/01/2009

Open wheel ace Chris Hettinger makes it two in a row on week 4 of the Open Wheel Kart League. Hettinger started the feature in 5th after setting fast time and quickly made his way to the front of the field to take the win. Clark Camburn was the sub for Woodmancey and finished with a solid 2nd. Vrsek finished 3rd, Snyder finished 4th after punting Hunyady for the position, Hunyady finished 5th and got his retaliation after the race. There was also an intense battle for last between Karazim and Maki

Qualifying

1. Hettinger 28.877
2. Vrsek 29.029
3. Snyder 29.127
4. Hunyady 29.252
5. Woodmancey (Camburn) 29.253
6. Maki 29.633
7. Karazim 29.892
8. Rutledge 29.928

Feature

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

Indoor Kart league week 3

02/08/2009

With week 3 of the OWKL in the books, Chris Hettinger leaves as the winner. Fast qualifier Hettinger started in 5th and worked his way to first on lap 20 and kept a strong lead for the last 10 laps. There was a fierce battle for the top 3 spots for the entire race between Hettinger, Vrsek and Snyder until Snyder was punted taxi cab style into the wall. The top 5 was rounded out with Vrsek, Snyder,Rutledge, and Woodmancey.

Qualifying

1. Hettinger 29.287
2. Vrsek 29.453
3. Rutledge 29.481
4. Hunyady 29.573
5. Snyder 29.652
6. Woodmancey 29.814
7. Karazim (Mark) 30.513
8. Maki (Roger Hunyady) 30.631

Feature

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

Indoor Kart league week 2

01/25/2009

Phil Rutledge makes it look easy, claiming his second OWKL feature win in a row. Rutledge started on the second row and took the lead on the first lap leaving the other racers behind. Fast qualifier Craig Karazam was dumped like a bad prom date on the first lap and spent the rest of the race trying to work his way back to the front. Hunyady also had some problems when he tried running lap 9 in reverse. There was also an epic battle for 5th through through last place. Hettinger, Woodmancey, Maki, and Vrsek rounded out the top 5.

Qualifying

1. Karazim 29.047
2. Hettinger 29.181
3. Rutledge 29.248
4. Vrsek 29.407
5. Hunyady 29.528
6. Snyder 30.119
7. Maki 30.141
8. Woodmancey 30.353

Feature

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

Indoor kart league Week 1

01/18/2009

It's cold outside but hot inside as we start our 2009 Racers indoor kart league! We will have 8 Michigan race car drivers competing for the elite bragging rights of a league championship. This should be a lot of fun and hopefully doesn't get too wild!

Drivers for 2009 will be.

- Chris Hettinger
- Derek Snyder
- Craig Karazam
- Dave Woodmancey
- Jeff Vrsek
- Phil Rutledge
- Gavin Hunyady
- Bob Maki

Starting on the pole, Phil Rutledge got a great start and never looked back, taking the checkered flag for the league season opener. Hettinger and Versek
were in tow but didn't have enough time or speed to catch the midget racing veteran. The race had only one yellow when Vrsek spun but he was able to quickly regain control. Snyder and Karazam rounded out the top 5. The next race will be Sunday, January 25th

Qualifying

1. Vrsek 29.158
2. Hettinger 29.327
3. Snyder 29.737
4. Karazam 29.793
5. Rutledge 29.858
6. Hunyady 30.084
7. Maki 30.193
8. Woodmancey 30.366

Feature

1. Rutledge
2. Hettinger
3. Vrsek
4. Snyder
5. Karazam
6. Hunyady
7. Maki

Back from South Africa

11/21/2008

Hey everybody! I'm back from South Africa now, and the reality of work and the freezing cold weather is setting back in. I had a blast in South Africa and have more stories than i can possibly share here. I have met some incredible people, been part of some great racing, and have seen a beautiful country in the past month. I am extremely grateful to all of the people that were generous enough to take great care of us while we were there. I want to thank to Mocke family, Kallie Newman, and all the others that helped make my trip one to remember. I had a great time and hope to see everybody again soon! I will be posting some pictures from the South Africa trip pretty soon so keep checking the site! Also I will be running in a go kart league so I will post updates from that on the website. It's wonderful to have opportunities like South Africa and I once again want to thank everyone that made that a possibility!

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.

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