RACE #6 Buckeye Winternationals

 Race #6 - The last one, the final, the end

The indoor season has come to a close and we are not sad! :-)

We are immensely proud of where we ended the indoor season. We have raced the series since winter of 2018 with the exception of 2020 (Covid). We have never performed well in this series. The track is hard and forever changing each weekend. In fact, we had never achieved a podium finish in the infamous “hog barn”. This year was different, we finally had success! 

In Heavy Honda, a new class for Jonathon, he earned three (3) second place, one (1) third place and two (2) fourth place finishes. That landed him second in Heavy Honda for the Buckeye Indoor Winternationals series!

Heavy World Formula: This also was a new class for team JCD. Starting this class during indoors would be a challenge and we were ready for the learning curves. It's different than what he is used to driving. He faced new challenges and is becoming more comfortable and more confident with each lap. He had the privilege of racing against the toughest and most seasoned competition in the sport, most of which retired at the end of the indoor season. He ended in 8th place in Heavy World Formula, for the Buckeye Indoor Winternationals series.

We are looking forward to the fast approaching outdoor season.  We'll kick it off in Salisbury, NC, at the Carolina Clash, April 7-8.

We'd like to take this time to thank everyone that has spent some very long days at the Hog Barn supporting the boy. It’s so awesome seeing turn 2 being overtaken by JCD Motorsports and KK Motorsports fans.

  

Thank you to Dakotah, the newest JCD fan!

Huge thanks to Luke Lemons and Taylor Nibert for guiding, advising and cheering him on.




A big thanks to Jordan for being the best tire cleaner this side of the Mississippi! 

And to Jonathon's sister Aundrea for assisting as well.

…and to the obvious fans, Mamaw,  Brittany, Ryan, Memphis, Aunt Jonda (somebody’s loudmouth aunt), Dale, Goose, Brittney and Eric Schoene, we appreciate you spending your Saturdays cheering him on!

And a big thank you to Sandy for coming home from North Carolinato support us for our last indoor! We can't wait to come to you next month!



Here are few more shots we captured with friends of Jonathon!
Not sure what Ellis has going on with this helmet but love how these kids support each other!




Memphis helping with the cars!



And a picture of Zach explaining to the others that he's the favorite.




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