March 18-21 We will have the Team Se car on display at the "Race Cars and Future Stars Expo"at the Miami Valley Centre Mall.

Hope to see everyone there.

It has been awhile since my last post, as work and keeping the car together have kept me pretty busy. 3 weeks ago, rain hit everywhere close to are area, so we made the long tow to Butler Motor Speedway, in Mi. We ran 5 in the heat race, but the only took the top 4. We we slated to start on the pole for the B main, but rain hit, so the postponed the rest of the show for the following week. The following Friday, we took the car to Limaland Motorsports Park. While running 3 in the heat race, a rock broke the brake caliper, which caused the right front wheel to lock up. Shane ended the race in 6, they were taking the top 4. In the B main, Shane made a pass on the last lap to take the final transfer spot. I tried some different set up things for the feature, and unfortunately went the wrong way, as we lost all of the drive off the corners, Shane ended the night in 15. Kind of frustrating because I could have had a lot better set up under the car for the feature. The next day we headed back to Butler, for 2 nights of racing in one. After the 3 hour drive, and waiting 3 hours for rain, they finally started the B main. Shane started on the pole, and ran a comfortable 2 to transfer to the first feature. We started the feature in 18, and slowly worked his way up to 12 after thirty laps. Then we started 3 in the heat race, and after a awesome start lead till lap 5 when Shane washed up the track and left the bottom open for 2 cars to get around. We wound up 3 and redrew a 9 for the feature. Lol our second feature for the night rolled onto the track at 1:30, with the track taking a lot of rubber. Shane lost a couple of spots on the start, but worked his way back up to 9 by the end of the race, Last week we returned back to Montpelier Motor Speedway. Shane ran 5 in the heat race, which meant we would start outside of the front row for the B main. Shane ran 3 in the B to transfer to the feature. In the feature Shane was running 16, and waiting for holes to open up when he looped it and was hit by another car, flattening our right front tire, and ending our night with a disappointing 19. Yesterday we went to Eldora, for family fun night, and it was anything but fun for our family. While getting the car ready to take up to the autograph sessions, it would not start. We tracked the problem done to the ignition switch. Once that was changed, Shane had a great time signing Autographs for many young race fans. The car looked fast after hot laps, and we made a few changes for the heat race, as we knew it would be tough with over 40 modifieds in attendance. We lined up 7th for the fourth heat race and on the third lap Shane fell off the pace and pulled into the pits, with a blown motor  Probably the worst night I have had in my 4 years as car owner/crew chief. Today we pulled the motor out of the cars, and will hopefully have the blown motor to the engine builder Tuesday, and have the backup motor in the primary car for this weekend. Thanks for all that came out to family fun night, and sorry you couldn't see the Unger 79 make more laps.

Saturday May 16 we ran at Eldora Speedway for family fun night. Shane qualified 33 out of the 42 cars there. He was disappointed with his time cause he had a decent lap going and jumped the cushion. I totally misread the track, and Shane was a sitting duck in the heat race. With all the rain the past couple of days, I thought the track would hold moisture, but by the time the first heat came around, the track was very dry, and the car was set up for a wet track. Shane battled for everything and ended up up 8th. I guess the good thing about running poorly is the driver will let you make drastic changes, and we did for the B main. The changes worked great for the top lane, but the car was to loose to drop low and pass. We have finally figured out how to get the car around Eldora, and are ready to do some short track racing next weekend.

    Friday April 17 we decided to run Limaland's opening show. They had had a wet week, and the track showed that. The ground was soft, and the track was rough. After hot laps we tightened up the car because of the slimy conditions. We started 4th in the first heat race, and on lap 2 the 00 car decided he was going to put us in the wall, or force Shane to lift. Shane chose the wiser move and let him go and we lost 2 spots. We ended the heat race in 6 by over a car length, but unfortunately the scorers were watching a different race and scored us 7. That took us off the pole for the B main, and pushed us back to 5th. During the second restart of the B main, there was contact with another car and resulted in us cutting a tire. Not the night we wanted, but reminded us why Lima has such a low car count. Tonight we will be heading back to Eldora, Hope to see everyone there.

Unger Racing began the 2009 season at the ultra competitive Eldora Speedway. 41 cars checked into the opening weekend and we were excited to try to figure out the new car. After hot laps we were close and started adjusting to make the car better. We ran 7th in the first heat race, which had us start 6 in the first B-main. The track really surprised us and we chose the wrong gear selection for the B. Shane ran the car as hard as possible, and was hitting the rev limiter the whole way around the track. While not the results we wanted, we were happy with the car and ready to continue the season.

Unger Racing has both Cars lettered and the motor in one. We have new pictures of both cars that will be uploaded soon, so keep checking back.

Unger Racing is getting ready to begin the 2009 season. We will once again begin the year with the annual Racecars and Future Stars car show at the Miami Valley Mall in Piqua Ohio. We encourage everyone to come out and see our cars on display.

We will be begining the 2009 season at Eldora Speedway on April 11. We have a lot of high hopes and are hoping to get a lot of races and travel in this year. Hope to see everyone at the track.