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2006 Western Grands
- Sean McPherson World Fomula Champion
2005 Eastern Grands
- Tyler Edwards Sr. Honda Champion
- Jamie Murray Lt. 160 Champion
- Davey Matthews Fast Time Lt. 160
2004 Western Grands
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"Champions Drive Lightnings"
2008 Champions
Music City Quarter Midgets - Nashville, TN
Austin Settles - Heavy Honda
Zack Caldwell - Senior Honda and Lt. 160
Ryan Franklin - Heavy 160 and World Formula
HQMA - Huntsville, AL
Trey Richardson - Jr. Half
Metro Atlanta Quarter Midgets - Braselton, GA
Austin Raines - Senior Honda
North Georgia Quarter Midgets - Cumming, GA
Jared Reid - Lt. 160
Will Fagan - World Formula
VSQMA
Tyler DeLong - Heavy Honda
Tuesday, April 14
Sweet Repeats
Several of our Team Lightning Drivers have had "Sweet Repeats", winning back to back races.
Matthew Siniard has won 3 in a row at NGQMA in Heavy Honda, 3/7, 3/21 and 4/4. Matthew also set a Track Record in Heavy Honda.
Ryan Franklin won 2 at MCQMRA in Heavy 160 and 2 in World Formula on 4/4 and 4/11.
Hunter Wright also won the last 2 at MCQMRA in Jr. Honda on 4/4 and 4/11.
Zack Caldwell won the last 2 Heavy Honda races at HQMA on 3/21 and 4/5. Zack also won Heavy 160 at HQMA on 3/21.
Congratulations drivers and keep up the good work!
Tuesday, March 10
Sanders Gets His First A Main Win!!!
Congratulations to Trevor Sanders on his 1st A Main Win. Trevor won his Lt. 160 race and finished 3rd in Sr. Honda.
Zach Troyer won his Sr. Honda A Main and set Fast Time.
Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell set fast time in Heavy 160 and finished 2nd in the Heavy Honda A Main.
Hunter Wright finished 2nd in the Jr. Honda A Main.
Skyler Charles was 2nd in World Formula and 2nd in Heavy 160.
Trey Richardson won Jr. Half and set Fast Time, he was also 4th in Heavy 160and 3rd in World Formula.
Congratulations Drivers!!!
Monday, February 23
Wright Breaks the Ice.......
Hunter Wright wins his first A Main at the 2nd Annual Music City QMA Ice Breaker, Feb. 14. Hunter had a rough start to the day when his chain came off during qualifying. Hunter started in the D Main and raced his way to an A Main photo finish win, clearly winning by only a bumper. Cody Duke was also in the Jr. Honda A Main , Cody finished fourth. Trey Richardson won the A Main in Jr. Half and finished 5th in World Formula. Congratulations Guys, way to start the season!
Monday, January 5
Team Lightning Takes Home the Hardware at MCQMRA Banquet
On Saturday January 3, 2009 Team Lightning went to Lebanon, TN to collect a litle hardware. Team Lightning won 5 out of 7 Championships at MCQMRA during the 2008 season. Zack " BooBoo" Caldwell won both Sr. Honda and Lt. 160 Championships, with Austin Settles winning Heavy Honda and finishing 2nd in Heavy 160 and 3rd in World Formula, and Flyin' Ryan Franklin took Championships in both Heavy 160 and World Formula. Cody Duke took a 4th place finish in Jr. Honda. Both Zack and Ryan took the podium on Saturday, Ryan gave an awesome speech that received a standing ovation and Zack was honored to present the Driver's Choice Award to Flyin' Ryan. Congratulations drivers on an awesome year! We look forward to a great 2009!
Wednesday, December 17
Primm Nationals
Dec. 7 Date line Primm Nationals- After what seemed liked a year, Zane Almon shakes the rust off and finishes fourth in the JR. Novice A-Main at the Winter Nationals. At times, Zane showed more guts passing three and sometimes four wide in the turns reminding people at the track of his brother Buddy. RJ "Meatball" Ahumada finishes fifth in the C-Main and his brother Awesome Austin finishes third in the LT. 160 A-Main and also won a heat race. California Hot Shoe David Cox pilots Chuck and Shania's Lightning to a seventh place in Heavy Honda. Heavy 160 driver Taylor Farr finishes tenth after being involved in a first lap crash. Connor "Bubbszilla" Dry finishes sixth while Austin finishes eighth in the World Formula A-Main.
Wednesday, December 17
Thunder Nationals
Thunder Nationals from sunny Arizona? Team Lightning invades The Action Track in Phoenix led by Tyler Delong, Rj and Austin Ahumada putting fear in the competitors because once you have lightning the rain and thunder follow. RJ "Meatball" Ahumada dazzles his family and the crowd with a second place finish in the heat and a respectable fifth place in the JR. Honda A-Main. Tyler "Hot Sauce" Delong lives up to the phrase Deuces Wild. Tyler drove his Lightning Chassis Broke Racing Honda to a second in qualifying, heat and A-Main. Tyler started the race with a call and had to make a half a lap up to the leader. A Late yellow with three to go made it a green, white, and checker shoot out. "Awesome" Austin Ahumada made a statement in the SR. Honda and the LT. 160 classes. Austin wins the Senior Honda A-Main and finishes second in the heat race. The Senior Honda main was a heart pounding race that had everyone on the edge of their seat. Austin finishes second in the LT. 160 heat and finishes sixth in the main after leading most of the race and getting a late call. Off to the Winter Nationals in Primm
Wednesday, December 17
Tyler "Hot Sauce" DeLong
Tyler Delong wins again!! Tyler may want to change his nick name to "Deuces Wild" after today's performance. Hot Sauce qualifies 2nd, finishes 2nd in the heat race and wins his second A-main in a row!!! With the overcast weather came the cold track conditions which made the track very tricky. By the time the A-mains came around, Tyler's Lightning Chassis was pounding the concrete and the competition with a half a lap victory. Trying not to be out done, Connor "Bubbszilla" Dry hit the track and qualified fifth. Connor started in the three hole and ending up winning the heat race by 3/4 of a lap. In the Senior Honda A-Main, Connor started third in the Lightning Chassis Dirk Motors car and took the lead by turn one and the race until a lapped car took him out with a no call. Connor ended up finishing sixth with four laps left.
Tuesday, December 2
Miller & Caldwell Take Big Wins at 40th Annual Turkey Gobbler
Shay Miller and Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell captured the biggest wins of their young careers by winning the 40th Annual Turkey Gobbler in Huntsville, AL.
Miller had one of the most impressive showings of the weekend by winning the C Main, finishing 3rd in the B Main and marching through the field from the 8th place starting position to win the A Main in Sr. Honda.
Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell took his first Gobbler A Main win in his very 1st Heavy 160 race. Congratulations Shay and Zack!
Team Lightning had a very impressive showing at the Gobbler with 10 out of 13 cars making the A Mains. New Lightning driver Hunter Wright from Lebanon, TN finished 3rd in the Jr. Jonda A Main and winning the B Main. Way to go Hunter!
Jr. Novice
Jessie Ray 6th
Jr. Honda
Hunter Wright 3rd
Sr. Honda
Shay Miller 1st
Zach Troyer 10th
Trevor Sanders 16th
Heavy Honda
Zack Caldwell 2nd
Lt. 160
Trey Richardson 11th
Trevor Sanders 13th
Heavy 160
Zack Caldwell 1st
Ryan Franklin 6th
World Formula
Ryan Franklin 3rd
Trey Richardson 6th
Jr. 1/2
Trey Richardson 2nd
Tuesday, October 21
Oct. 19 @ VSQMA - The Action Track
It only took the second race of the season for Connor "Bubbszilla" Dry
to score his first main event in Sr. Honda. Connor began the day with
finishing second in the first heat and winning the second heat by a
straight away. Connor started the A-main on the pole and never looked back. Tyler
"Hot Sauce" Delong begins his championship reign by sweeping the day.
This was also Tyler's first win of the 08-09 season. Awesome Austin finishes
second in Lt. 160 only because of time limit and wins a heat race in Sr.
Honda.
Sunday, October 12
Jacquie Franklin
We would like to send our heartfelt condolences to Mike and Ryan Franklin upon the passing of their wife and mom, Jacquie. Jacquie passed away early Saturday morning after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer.
The family will receive friends Monday from 4:00-8:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Smyrna, with the funeral to follow on Tuesday at 1:00 pm. The family has requested in lieu of flowers donations be made to Saint Paul Christian Academy, 5035 Hillsboro Road Nashville, TN 37215.
Please lift up Mike, Ryan and their extended family in your thoughts and prayers in the days and weeks to come.
Mike and RyanFranklin 5303 Cliffstone Drive Smyrna, TN 37167
Monday, September 8
Lightning Lit Up The Nashville Sky
It may have been daylight outside, but when Team Lightning finished at the MCQMRA track on Saturday, September 6 there were enough Lightning Strikes to light up the sky.....
Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell took home a win in both the Lt. 160 and Senior Honda Classes. With his win in Lt. 160 this locked up the CHAMPIONSHIP for the 2008 season. Congratulations BooBoo!!!
"Flyin" Ryan Franklin won another one, no make that 2 more... Ryan is on a roll, winning both Heat and Main races in both Heavy 160 and World Formula. Great job Ryan!!!
In Heavy Honda it was none other than Bowling Green, Kentucky's Austin Settles winning both the Heat and Main. Austin also finished 3rd in Heavy 160 and 2nd in World Formula. Way to go Austin!
Rounding out our field of Lightnings is Cody Duke. Cody finished an impressive 5th place in Junior Honda after a shuffle for finishes on the last few laps. Congratulations Cody and to all of our drivers.
Sunday, August 31
Fast Times, Track Records and Wins @ Space CIty
Team Lightning had an awesome day in Huntsville. Turner Henson started off the day with a new Track Record and an A-Main Win in Sr. Novice. Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell, Jared Reid and Zach Troyer were 3rd, 4th and 5th in Sr. Honda. Kyle Mumper finished 3rd in Heavy Honda, and took the Win in Heavy 160. Jared Reid took 4th in Lt. 160. Trey Richardson had a strong 2nd place finish in Jr. 1/2 and a 3rd in World Formula. Congratulations drivers!
Monday, August 18
Settles and Franklin Rock Nashville
Austin Settles and Ryan Franklin dominated Nashville on Saturday, August 16. Austin took home the gold in the Heavy Honda class. It was "Flyin" Ryan Franklin taking his sixth consecutive win in Heavy 160 and fifth consecutive win in World Formula. Congratulations guys!!
Tuesday, August 12
Same Drivers....Different Track...
Franklin and Caldwell struck again, this time it was at the HQMA track in Huntsvile, AL.
HQMA hosted a weekend of activities. On Friday night they hosted a 101 lap race for Lt. 160 and Heavy 160. The Heavy 160 race was great, lots of good racing and lead changes. The drivers ran 75 laps and a mandatory caution came out to refuel. Ryan played it smart and stayed clear of trouble all night. After 101 laps "Flyin" Ryan Franklin brought home the Trophy and a $100 Savings Bond.
On Saturday HQMA hosted a regular points race. The day did not start off to well for Zack Caldwell, getting wrecked out of the heat race, they had their work cut out. Zack started out in the B-Main and finished 4th, and that put him starting 10th in the A-Main. He had made it up to about 4th place and was involved in a hard crash, but this time his Lightning Chassis made it out. Zack restarted the race in 10th, again and quickly made his way to the front. In the end it was Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell taking the checkered.
Congratulations guys! You continue to make Team Lightning proud!!
Sunday, August 3
Caldwell and Franklin Take Music City
Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell and "Flyin" Ryan Franklin both went two for two on Saturday Aug. 2 at the Music City track. Ryan winning in Heavy 160 and World Formula and Zack in Sr. Honda and Lt. 160. Congratulations guys!!!
Team Lightning had a very good day all around. Cody Duke finished 5th in Jr. Honda. In Sr. Honda Zach Troyer was 4th. Austin Settles finished 2nd in Heavy 160, 3rd in Heavy Honda and 5th in World Formula. Great Job Drivers!
Wednesday, July 23
Troyer Wins In Music City
After many close finishes Zach "the Maniac" Troyer took his first Sr. Honda A-Main Win Saturday in Nashville. Team Loghtning had an awesome day winning Sr. Honda, Lt 160, Heavy 160 and World Formula.
Cody Duke finished 3rd in Jr. Honda. Zach Troyer won Sr. Honda with Zack Caldwell finishing 4th. Collin King had a 6th place finish in Junior Novice. Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell won Lt. 160, with "Flyin" Ryan Franklin winning Heavy 160 and Austin Settles finishing 4th. In Heavy Honda Austin Settles posted a 2nd place finish. And last, but not least it was "Flyin" Ryan Franklin that took the checkered flag in World Formula, with Austin Settles taking 2nd. Great job drivers!!!
Friday, July 11
6 Drivers, 10 Cars, 10 Top 5's........ Pretty Impressive.....
Jr. Novice
Collin King 4th
Jr. Honda
Cody Duke 5th
Sr. Honda
Zack Caldwell 1st
Zach Troyer 2nd
Heavy Honda
Austin Settles 1st
Lt. 160
Zack Caldwell 2nd
Heavy 160
Ryan Franklin 1st
Austin Settles 2nd
W/F
Ryan Franklin 1st
Austin Settles 3rd
Sunday, June 1
"More Than Helicopters Were Flying In Nashville"
The Music City Club held a very special race on Saturday 5/31/08. In conjunction with their point’s race, they held a fundraiser for Vanderbilt Life Flight. All proceeds from the day’s activities were donated to Vanderbilt Life Flight. Vanderbilt Life Flight serves a 900 mile are from the Nashville base for critical care air medical transport.
One of the Life Flight helicopters flew in and landed in the tracks infield. Complete with nurses, doctors and flight crew. Their grounds crew was also on sight. Many businesses and families contributed to a raffle held to raise money for Life Flight. Team Lightning was among the contributors.
Once racing began, Team Lighting had an awesome day. In Jr. Honda, Cody Duke had a very strong 4th place A-Main finish. In Sr. Honda, Zack “Boo-Boo” Caldwell took the win in both the heat and the A-Main, with Zach Troyer finishing 2nd in the Heat and 3rd in the A-Main.
In Heavy Honda, it was Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Austin Settles that dominated the field, winning the heat and A-Main.
In Light 160 Boo-Boo Caldwell took the heat and the A-Main win, with Trey Richardson finishing 2nd in the heat and 3rd in the Main.
Due to an early morning baseball game, Ryan Franklin missed the heat race, but Austin Settles took over and won the Heat. Ryan started in the rear of the field, due to missing the heat race, worked his way thru the pack winning the A-Main, with Austin Settles finishing 2nd.
“Flyin” Ryan Franklin won both the World Formula heat and A-Main, with Trey Richardson finishing 2nd and Austin Settles in 5th.
Trey Richardson got his Team Lightning win in the Jr. Half class.
WOW! What a day, 6 Wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, one fourth and one fifth…
Wednesday, May 28
Lightning Strikes @ Region 3 Dixie 250
Team Lightning had an AWESOME day at the Region 3 Dixie 250 in Huntsville, AL. With 2 wins, in Senior Honda it was Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell and in Heavy 160 Kyle Mumper. Kyle also set Fast Time and a New Track Record in Heavy Honda and Fast Time in Heavy 160. Team Lightning had an impressive 11 top 5 finishes. Congrats to ALL!!!!
Junior Novice
Collin King 5th
Junior Honda
Eric Brookshire 11th
Cody Duke 14th
Senior Honda
Zack Caldwell 1st
Zach Troyer 6th
Trey Richardson 12th
Austin Raines 16th
Trevor Sanders 22nd
Jayme Dickerson 24th
Lt. 160
Jared Reid 3rd
Zack Caldwell 6th
Trey Richardson 16th
Heavy Honda
Kyle Mumper 2nd FT/TR
Melina Rolo 5th
Heavy 160
Kyle Mumper 1st FT
Ryan Franklin 2nd
Melina Rolo 11th
Jr. 1/2
Trey Richardson 2nd
Casey Clark 4th
Jesse Rainey 6th
WF
Trey Richardson 3rd
Ryan Franklin 5th
Austin Raines 10th
Wednesday, May 28
Lightning Invades the High Desert Classic
Connor Dry, Austin Ahumada, and RJ Ahumada storm through the newly reconstructed track in New Mexico. The weekend started with on and off again rain on Friday making practice tricky. Saturday started off with Connor "bubbszilla" Dry qualifying second in Sr. Stock and fourth in Lt. 160. Austin " awesome" Ahumada qualifies third in Sr. Honda and sixth in Lt. 160. By the time the heat race started for the Lt.160, Austin lead Connor by 8 points for third place in regional points. Both drivers went back in forth with Austin finishing forth and Connor finishing fifth. Bubbszilla comes home third in Sr. Stock and forth in LT.160 . Awesome Austin brings his Lightning Chassis home in second in SR. Honda and third in Lt. 160. With Austin's third place finish in the A-main, he clinched third place in the region leaving Connor and his Lightning Chassis a close fourth. Connor finishes second in regional points in Sr. Stock and Austin finishes third in Sr. Honda regional points. RJ ' Meatball" Ahumada qualifies fifth and finishes fifth in the Jr. Honda main. RJ was crowned JR Rookie points champion for Region 12. Also, Austin sets new track record in World Formula and wins his first A-Main in World Formula. All in all it was truly a great weekend. Thanks to Chuck Almon, Dirk engines and Lightning Chassis for a great 2008!!!
Monday, May 19
Fagan First at Cumming
Will Fagan had a very impressive showing in Cumming, GA winning his first A - Mains of the year in HEavy 160 and World Formula. Team Lightnig had awesome finishes in all classes.
Jr. Honda Taylor Currie 3rd
Sr. Honda Jared Reid 1st
Matthew Siniard 3rd
Heavy Honda Kyle Mumper 1st
Will Fagan 2nd
Lt. 160 Jared Reid 2nd
Heavy 160 Will Fagan 1st
Melina Rolo 3rd
World Formula Will Fagan 1st
Chaz Payne 3rd
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Monday, May 5
A Champion is Crowned
The man, the myth, the legend returned to Phoenix and put on a clinic! Tyler Delong won his seventh main event in a row at the action track (vsqma). Hot Sauce starts the day with a new Heavy Honda track record of a 6.43 beating the old one by a tenth. Tyler starts both the heat and the main in last, surgically cutting his way through the field and winning both events. With the win in the heat, Tyler had clinched the heavy honda points for the season at VSQMA. All that was heard was that lightning car was hooked up!!! Tyler would like to thank Mom, Dad , Broke Racing and the fans (Family) that showed up on this special day! Heath Dry said," Tyler drove and carried himself like a true champion through-out this whole year!"
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Sunday, May 4
Two Wins, Two Fast Times and One Track Record....
While Jayme Dickerson won his 2nd straight Sr. Novice Region 3 race, Ryan Franklin won his first Region 3 Heavy 160 race. Ryan also set Fast Time in World Formula and Jayme set Fast Time and a New Track Record in Sr. Novice.
Team Lightning had 14 cars in attendance at the Music City Spring Fling/States Race, with 10 top 5's and 13 top 10's. Great job drivers!!
Jr. Novice Sr. Novice
Collin King 4th Jayme Dickerson 1st/FT/TR
Jr. Honda Sr. Honda
Cody Duke 10th Zack Caldwell 3rd
Zach Troyer 4th
Heavy 160 Stevie Brannon 11th
Ryan Franklin 1st
Kyle Mumper 2nd Heavy Honda
Melina Rolo 10th Kyle Mumper 4th
Melina Rolo 5th
Lt. 160 Jr. 1/2
Zack Caldwell 8th Jesse Rainey 2nd
World Formula
Ryan Franklin 2nd/FT
Monday, April 28
Dickerson and Mumper Take the "Apple Blossom"
Senior Novice
Jayme Dickerson 1st/FT
Heavy Honda
Kyle Mumper 1st
Melina Rolo 5th
Will Fagan 8th
Junior Honda
Eric Brookshire 7th
Senior Honda
Jared Reid 3rd
Zack Caldwell 8th
Austin Raines 9th
Stevie Brannon 14th
Lt. 160
Jared Reid 4th
Zack Caldwell 15th
Heavy 160
Will Fagan 3rd
Kyle mumper 7th
Melina Rolo 11th
Ryan Franklin 12th
World Formula
Ryan Franklin 7th
Austin Raines 9th
Will Fagan 11th
Chaz Payne 12th
Friday, April 25
Lightning Strike
Tyler Delong starts the winning streak all over again at VSQMA in Phoenix. The man they call Hot- Sauce, wins the heat race and the A-main in Heavy Honda. During the A-Main, Tyler was under the track record by almost a tenth .
Monday, April 21
Lightning Makes a Sweet Sound in Music City
Heavy 160
Ryan Franklin 1st
Austin Settles 5th
Jr. Honda
Cody Duke 6th
Heavy Honda
Austin Settles 1st
Lt. 160
Zack Caldwell 1st
World Formula
Ryan Franklin 2nd
Austin Settles 4th
Sr. Honda
Zack Caldwell 1st
Zach Troyer 2nd
Monday, April 21
HQMA 4/12/08
Lt. 160
Trey Richardson 5th
World Formula
Trey Richardson 3rd
Jr. 1/2
Trey Richardson 2nd
Sr. Honda
Trey Richardson 4th
Stevie Brannon 10th
Trevor Sanders 13th
Sunday, April 6
Rain on Friday, Lightning on Saturday.....
On Friday rain poured from the sky. But on Saturday Team Lightning struck in the Music City. Lightning was represented in 7 out of 9 classes, and all 10 cars placed 5th or better.
Collin King 3rd Jr. Novice
Cody Duke 5th Jr. Honda
Zack Caldwell 1st Sr. Honda
Zach Troyer 2nd Sr. Honda
Austin Settles 1st Heavy Honda
Zack Caldwell 1st Lt. 160
Austin Settles 2nd Heavy 160
Ryan Franklin 3rd Heavy 160
Ryan Franklin 1st World Formula
Austin Settles 2nd World Formula
Team Lightning Invades The Cactus Clash
Lightning invades Tucson's Cactus Clash with a respectable showing. While the drivers were having fun playing around with the other drivers from the region, handlers were scratching their heads dealing with the 130 degree track temp. Zane Almond sets new track record, wins his heat and finishes third in the main in Jr. Novice. New driver to the Lightning team, Parker Franco qualifies and finishes third in the heat with a second place in the Jr. Novice a- main in his first race back. Connor "Bubbszilla" Dry comes home in fourth in senior stock and comes home in third in light 160. Tyler "Hot-Sauce" Delong qualifies second and finishes third in the a-main in Heavy Honda. Blaze Almon finishes fourth in Heavy 160 and second in the World Formula. RJ " meatball" Ahumada impresses the fans with an awesome showing in his first race in Jr. Honda. Austin Ahumada finishes third in Senior Honda and sets new track record in World Formula.
Wednesday, April 2
"Raines" and Lightnings Show up at Region 3 Opener
Austin Raines paced the field for the majority of the Sr. Honda A - Main. Until an unfortunate judges call, sent him to the rear. Still determined to show his stuff he fought back to a strong 4th place finish. Jared Reid placed 5th, after racing his way from the C- Main to the A- Main. Jared also had an Awesome run in Lt. 160 finishing 2nd.
Eric Brookshire and Chase Evans also had big days, finishing 3rd and 5th respectively in the Jr. Honda A- Main.
Melina Rolo showed the boys how it was done finishing 3rd in Heavy Honda and 5th in the Heavy 160 A Mains. Chaz Payne had a strong run finishing 6th in World Formula.
Team Lightning had a very strond day, with more excitement to come. When we all go to Team Lightning's home track in Cumming, GA for the Apple Blossom Classic on April 26.
Wednesday, April 2
Metro Atlanta Kicks off the Season 3-22-08
Junior Honda - Eric Brookshire 2nd
Chase Evans 4th
Senior Honda - Austin Raines 3rd
Heavy Honda - Melina Rolo 2nd
HQMA Season Opener - 3-22-08
Senior Honda - Zach Troyer 2nd
Lt. 160 - Trey Richardson 4th
Heavy 160 - Ryan Franklin 2nd
World Formula - Trey Richardson 5th
Junior Half - Trey Richardson 2nd
Casey Clark 3rd
Tuesday, March 18
Monsoon in Phoenix.....
There must have been a monsoon storm that passed over the VSQMA track, because there was nothing but Lightning strikes in Phoenix. Tyler Delong wins his fourth A-Main in a row. Tyler sweeps the day by winning two heats and the main. Hot-Sauce flirted with the track record all day long. Connor Dry running in his only second senior honda race wins both heat races by a straight away. Things were going great in the main until a part failure put him in fifth place.
Monday, March 17
Lightning Strikes, After Rain Delay......
After a rain delay on Saturday, March 15 at the MCQMRA club, racing resumed on Sunday. Team Lightning was there and ready to strike.
Nathan Caldwell finished 2nd in Junior Honda, in his first race in his Lightning Chassis, with Cody Duke finishing 4th.
In Senior Honda Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell won both the Heat and the Feature, with Zach Troyer finishing 2nd.
BooBoo also won both the Heat and Feature in Light 160.
In World Formula Ryan Franklin won his Heat and finished 2nd in the Feature.
Way to go guys!!!
Thursday, March 13
Lightning Strikes Spring Nationals - Cumming, GA
Junior Honda
Eric Brookshire 1st
Heavy Honda
Kyle Mumper 1st
Will Fagan 2nd
Heavy 160
Kyle Mumper 1st
Will Fagan 2nd
Lt. 160
Jared Reid 2nd
Sr. Honda
Jared Reid 2nd
World Formula
Austin Raines 3rd
Monday, March 3
Three in a Row for Delong!!!!
Tyler " Hot Sauce" Delong continues his rampage through the competition at VSQMA in Arizona. Tyler won both Heavy Honda heat races by half a lap, no matter if he started from the front or the back of the heat race. With a couple of little adjustments, Tyler lapped everyone except second place to win his "THIRD MAIN EVENT IN A ROW". Tyler comment after the main " That Lightning car was hooked up!!!" A Special THANKS to Heath Dry, Chuck Almon and to the Broke Racing Team.
Sunday, March 2
"Lightning Strikes A Sweet Tune To Open The 2008 Season"
Team Lightning started off the 2008 season on March 1st in Nashville, Tennessee.
Zach Troyer and Trey Richardson started off the day with strong 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the Senior Honda A-Main.
Zack "BooBoo" Caldwell broke out the 2008 74" Lightning by winning the A-Main in Light 160, with Trey Richardson finishing 2nd.
Bowling Green, Kentucky's Austin Settles made his first Heavy Honda and Heavy 160 races memorable ones by winning both A-Mains.
Trey Richardson walked away from the field on his way to winning the World Formula A-Main, with Austin Settles finishing 3rd.
Trey Richardson also won the Jr. Half A-Main.
Monday, March 3
Lightning Strikes NGQMA.....
Junior Honda
Eric Brookshire 2nd
Chase Evans 3rd
Senior Honda
Jared Reid 2nd
Matthew Seniard 3rd
Heavy Honda
Kyle Mumper 2nd
Melina Rolo 3rd
Will Fagan 5th
Light 160
Austin Raines 2nd
Jared Reid 3rd
Heavy 160
Kyle Mumper 1st
Melina Rolo 2nd
Will Fagan 3rd
World Formula
Will Fagan 5th
Thursday, February 21
Lightning Strikes in Phoenix!!!
Connor " Bubbszilla" Dry shows that Lightning does strike in Phoenix twice. Connor wins the Light 160 heat and the Senior Stock heat on Saturday. Bubbszilla comes back on Sunday , wins the Senior Stock A-Main by half a track and finishes fourth in the Lt. 160 main.
Tyler "Hot-Sauce" Delong wins his second straight A-Main in Heavy Honda. Tyler qualified second and then finished third in the heat race. The main was tough going but when Tyler got out front there was no stopping that Lightning Chassis. This team is on fire!!!!
Thursday, February 21
Richardson Takes Music City!!
Music City kicked off their season with the 1st Annual Ice Breaker 250 on February 16. Trey Richardson and his Lightning Chassis set the tone for the day. Trey set fast time in both Heavy 160 and World Formula. Trey then took the win in both Heavy 160 and World Formula. Great Job!!
DeLong Dominates...
Tyler DeLong dominates at Phx. in Heavy Honda. Tyler wins the heat race and smokes the competition in the main by almost lapping the whole field. Tyler's car was 3/10's faster than the Senior Honda. Tyler would like to thank Mom, Dad, Chuck and the Chicken.
Lightning Driver is Honored!
Lightning driver, Casey Clark of Huntsville, AL was honored on Saturday, January 19, by the Music City QMA. Casey was the recepiant of both the Driver of the Year Award and the Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations Casey!!!
Order Your 08's Now!!!
The 2008 season is here. Order your new cars now and join the Champions. We have 74", 76", 78", 80" and Wide Bodies. From Junior Novice to Heavy A and Junior Half our cars are A- Main Winners at National events across the country with unpresidented factory support.
CHAMPIONS Drive LIGHTNING's
2007 Region 3 Dixie Cup Series Champions:
Junior Honda - Kyle Mumper
World Formula - Sean McPherson
Junior Half - Sean McPherson
NGQMA Champions:
Jr. Honda - Kyle Mumper
Sr. Honda - Matthew Siniard
Lt. 160 - Jared Reid
World Formula - Sean McPherson
Jr. Half - Sean McPherson
HQMA Champions:
Jr. Honda - Kyle Mumper
Jr. Half - Casey Clark
MCQMA Champions:
Lt. 160 - Ryan Franklin
Jr. Half- Casey Clark
Friday, December 14
Happy Holidays
Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Thanks to Team Lightning for making 2007 a wonderful and successful year. We look forward to a great 2008 season.
Happy Holidays!!!
Thursday, November 8
Franklin Set the Tone in the Music City.........
Ryan Franklin won both his Sr. Honda and Light 160 A-Mains in the Music City - Nashville, TN. Saturday, November 3rd was a day for Lightning to Strike and Strike it did...... 7 cars, 5 drivers and 3 wins.........
Sr. Honda Lt. 160
Ryan Franklin - 1st Ryan Franklin - 1st
Zach Troyer - 2nd Austin Settles - 2nd
Zack Caldwel - 3rd
Austin Settles - 5th World Formula
Martin Tuck - 1st
Tuesday, December 9
Silverstate Winter Nationals
Silverstate Winter Nationals Primm, NV
November 28th thru December 2nd, 2007
Lightning strikes at Winter Nationals. 3 for 3 - Lightning Chassis dominate in the heat races and head straight for the A mains!
Blaze Almon takes home his first Winter Nationals A Main win!
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