Jeff Kincaid Motorsports Battles in Texas

With the long off-season finally over and the new Traxxas TORC Series set to kick off in Fort Worth, Texas on May 15^th and 16^th, Jeff Kincaid Motorsports set it’s goals high, with plans to capture it’s 7^th Pro-Lite Championship. During the off-season, JKM regrouped with it’s 2008 Championship winning team including Traxxas, Forest County Potawatomi, Toyota, BFGoodrich, Fox Racing Shox, Sunoco, Webcam, and Goodwin Competition, knowing each one has it’s part to Jeff’s winning team. In addition for 2009, JKM added the powerhouse off-road sponsor Amsoil, as it’s product is the perfect fit to Jeff’s winning team.  In the fall of 2008 JKM completed a new sister truck of Jeff’s current championship winning truck to assure he’s always racing a top-notch truck.

            Prepped and ready for battle in Texas, JKM arrived at Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday May 14^th to get setup and teched in for Rounds 1 & 2. Friday afternoon brought practice and qualifying for the # 4 Toyota Tacoma. Kincaid showed he meant business as ran fast laps around the TMS track qualifying in the 2^nd position for the much anticipated round 1. As the sun began to fall behind the huge grandstand at TMS, Jeff took his spot on the outside pole with his perfectly tuned P-Lite as the rest of the 13 truck field lined up behind him.

Rolling up to the green flag, the field kicked off the 2009 TORC Season and Kyle Leduc jumped out to an early lead with Kincaid in a close 2nd. As the 13 trucks piled into the infield whoop section, Leduc received a flat tire from contact, and Kincaid tangled with Jeff Huseman, allowing Marty Hart to take the lead. Once the field separated through out lap 1, Jeff settled into 2^nd behind Hart.  As the race reached the mandatory yellow half-way through the race, Kincaid was right on Hart’s back bumper.  The field bunched up with Hart leading veterans Kincaid and Chad Hord in the 3^rd position. When the green flag dropped again, Hart and Kincaid pulled away from the field jockeying for the first position. Kincaid tried every angle at a pass for the lead, but since the track layout was so tight it made it hard to make a pass stick. Jeff raced clean along with Hart for the remaining laps, and settled for second behind Hart, knowing he would still be sitting in the inversion.

Saturday May 16^th brought torrential down pours in the morning and through out the day, plaguing the track with a lot of standing water and deep mud. The TMS track crew worked for 6 hours to get the track prepped and back to racing form and Round 2 was set to be under way only 1 hour behind schedule. With only cosmetic repairs needed, the Traxxas- FC Potawatomi- BFGoodrich –Toyota was ready to race for a win. As the 13 truck field entered the mud-filled raceway, Jeff was starting in the 5^th position after the required 6 position inversion.

Chris Brandt led the field to the green as the ecstatic crowd cheered the drivers on. Through out the first couple laps Kincaid remained in the 5^th position, while Casey Currie took the lead. Kincaid charged hard towards the front passing 2 trucks in the next two laps. Sitting in 3^rd, Jeff started gaining on 2^nd place Randy Eller. On lap 7, Kincaid entered the infield whoop section and smoke began to pour from his exhaust. Jeff made it two more corners and was sidelined with a blown motor. Watching the rest of the race from the outside of his truck, the veteran finished in the 13^th position.

Leaving the first 2 rounds, Kincaid sits in a 4 way tie for 5^th position in the year end championship points. The action from Rounds 1 & 2 in Texas will be aired on ESPN2 this Sunday May  24^th at 11 a.m. Eastern. Jeff Kincaid Motorsports heads to Perris Auto Speedway in Perris, CA May 29^th and 30^th for Rounds 3 & 4 of the Traxxas TORC Series as Jeff continues to fight for another championship.