Gleason Bros. Racing

#4 Mini- Brent looked to improve on his previous week's finish with the newly found power. After practice, Brent couldn't get rid of the tight condition that plagued him last week. After starting first in his heat, he faded back quickly, unable to keep the car down. More adjustments were made and Brent started the feature in 16th. At the start, things were looking good, but only 2 laps in the motor broke heading into turn 1. Upon further inspection, Brent found a bent valve in the #4 cylinder. Although better than a broken motor, it still hurts to give up a possible top ten finish when they've been hard to come by in the past 2 years. Brent will try hard to repair the engine damage and be back next week.


7/13 Update- Brent's motor is much more damaged than previously thought. It suffered a broken crankshaft, broken piston, and 4 bent valves. Brent will be back at some point, but not for the time being. 


#81 Sportsman- It always seems that when one of our teams does poorly, the other does well. And Jesse and the #81 were no exception. After practicing and qualifying well, Jesse started 7th in the feature. Within 3 laps, he was fighting for first place with the #74. Jesse was able to take the lead and held on until lap 13 when he developed a push and the points leading #55 got by in lapped traffic. Jesse held on for 2nd, his best finish so far in 2010. Although a win has eluded us so far, the #81 team is raring to go next week and contend up front again. 

#4 Mini- After struggling with a lazy engine and valvetrain problems, Brent and the team decided to try a new carburetor this week, to see if they could end the string of lousy finishes due to a flat engine. The work paid off, as Brent had actual horsepower under his foot for the first time. Starting 16th in the feature, Brent slowly picked off cars as his handling suddenly went away. Fearing a flat tire, Brent played it safe staying behind the #24 for a majority of the race. An early accident in turn 4 found Brent in an incident with the #52. Brent was able to continue and finish in 13th. Upon post race inspection and two drivers being DQ'd, Brent was bumped up to 11th. It was later found that one of Brent's oil breathers had come loose and was spewing oil onto the right front tire, causing him to lose his handling. The problems have been fixed, and Brent is going to try to be at the track this Thursday.


#81 Sportsman- Jesse and the #81 team did a lot of work to get them to the track on Thursday. They found a bad head gasket during the week and had the heads looked at, and then struggled all day with a power steering belt that would not cooperate. The crew worked feverishly to get the belt to work, finally getting it right before the feature. Jesse worked his way up the ladder to a 5th place finish. This finish means that in 6 races, he has 3 top 5 finishes, and 6 top ten finishes. For not even being certain about racing this year, he's putting together good finishes. It is a long year though, and we'll just try to be as consistent as we can be.