Hord Puts on a Show Under the Lights at Oshkosh Speedzone, Clings to 4th in Points

Round 5

Oshkosh, WI—There was no practice/qualifying session for Friday's racing action as they needed as much time for track preparation as possible after the steady downpours of rain that plagued the Sunnyview Expo Center on Thursday. As a result they drew for starting positions and The Hord Racing #9 started third, in the second row on the inside, of the tight technical track. When the green flag flew and racing was underway, Chad tried to hold his inside line and was pinched off in a tight hairpin corner, followed by some contact pushing him off the track in the next turn, leaving us in the 8th position after the mayhem of lap one.

The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Kumho Tired machine, began to work its way through the traffic and picked-off Kincaid in lap three and worked his way by Oberg in lap four. Chad was running in sixth, battling Taylor for fifth when the mandatory caution came out. During the caution lap we noticed that the front left tire was starting to go down. On the restart Chad continued to battle with Taylor and finally took over the fifth spot in lap 11. With the tire continuing to fade, Taylor got us back in lap 13 and Oberg passed us with one to go. The Hord Racing #9 was able to hold on and finish in 7th place with a cut tire. Upon further inspection back in the pits the crew also found that the steering rack was broken and the A-arm was bent as a result of all the contact during the race.

Round 6

Starting in the fourth row on the inside, in the seventh position as a result of Friday's finish, Chad and the Hord Racing crew knew they had the truck to get to the front. When the green flag flew, the Kumho tires hooked up and the BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL #9 worked its way through the field and found themselves running in fourth place.

In lap two we dropped into fifth as McGrath got by us. In lap five the Hord Racing team overtook Oberg for the fourth position. Chad caught up to McGrath who was running in third just before the mandatory yellow laps. On the restart Chad continued to charge and try to overtake McGrath. With each consecutive lap we were closer to making the pass on the inside stick, finally with only three laps to go Chad would get on the inside and win the drag race down the front straight away to make the pass.

With only a lap and a half to go McGrath got his nose into our side and pushed us wide into a turn. As a result of the contact the Hord Racing #9 was up on two wheels. Chad was able to save it but lost the third position. We were able to catch up to McGrath again, but ran out of time to get back our third position before the checkered flag flew.

This was by far the most exciting race of the season for the Hord Racing crew. The truck is definitely improving with each race. Our fastest lap was a 40.781 and the Oakley Bomb Winner for the fastest lap this race was a 40.295. Be on the look out for the Hord Racing team on the podium in Bark River!