Tyler racing his Jason Aldean, Broken Bow Records ~ PMP Chassis Mini Sprint at the 2nd round of the DuQuoin Winter Nationals...Tyler takes the win in one of the two B-mains that transfer him to the A-main.  At the end of the footage is the parade laps of the 22 (of 68 entries) car starting field for the A-main

February 24, 2007 ~ Lakeport California Hill Side Honda's Perpetual Trophy Night

After just arriving home the night before from his long commute from DuQuoin Illinois, Tyler made the call to drive to Lakeport California to compete in the Outlaw Kart racing taking place there.

After being absent from the Outlaw Kart scene for 6 weeks, Tyler wanted to return and make his claim for the big travelling trophy.

With just getting back Tyler's posse of cars was not ready for competition plus making the trip would call for switching tow vehicles and support equipment for the change in venues.

Starting at 6:30 in the morning, I emptied the trailer and reloaded the necessary bare minimums to get the job done in Lakeport.  If something good was going to happen it was going to be all up to Tyler as his equipment wasn't prepared with new rubber and maintenance and setup changes for the show.

So Tyler was going to have to make it all happen on the track if he was going to win.

Arriving late Tyler just made one practice set in his Open Outlaw Kart.  I selected it as it had been apart and was only reassemble this early morning before leaving.  I really questioned what we would have on the track with it so I thought it would be best to shake it out to allow me a little time to adjust the setup to help it out.

Hitting the track, Tyler looked a little rusty from his lack of seat time in the Kart's lately.  Qualifying went poorly and Tyler would have to come from deep in the field of both divisions.

Tyler kept digging and by race time he was ready to answer the call.  In his poorly set up Open Kart he charged hard from his last place starting position to 3rd.  Just one position short of going directly to the A-Main.

In the 250 division, starting from the pole and diving flawlessly Tyler took down the heat win to place him in the A-Main and would start the run for the big trophy from the 3rd row outside.

On the start some very zealous drivers around Tyler dove hard into corner from the start.  Tyler gave room to avoid troubles and would now need to come from the 8th position.  Racing hard Tyler quickly made some great moves to get by one car after another on a track known for no passing on it's single groove surface. 

Tyler not being denied found himself in 2nd with just a couple more rotations left.  Coming to the final corner from about 3 car lengths behind, Tyler charged his car into the bottom and took the lead coming off the turn bound for the checkered flagged.  Chase Johnston was left gasping for what happen in just a few short feet after leading it all the way to that point.

After race inspection settled speculation that Tyler was running hot fuel as I let track promoter Blair Aken have all the fuel he wanted to quite the complainers.  Some folks just don't understand that Tyler and I with all the successes in our racing would be the absolute last team to tarnish Tyler's reputation with cheating!  No need, nothing to gain and never worth it!

In the open division the setup just wasn't good enough to allow Tyler to get the job done.  I had just put a new frame under that Kart and the last time we ran it Tyler did win but fought a very tight setup and ill handling characteristics for the entire event.

Not a bad night when you consider that Tyler has not run at Lakeport for over a year.  The locals down there are very fast these days and have had all winter season to get their setups and gear choice down pat. 

We feel very fortunate to go in and take the win bringing home the 6 foot trophy to display for the next year!

February 18, 2007 ~ DuQuoin Winter Nationals update

The 2nd day of racing would see Tyler continue to run very well at DuQuoin.  Starting from the pole position in his heat race Tyler lead the race down to the last lap.  The race would see 4 yellow flags in the short 12 lap qualifier for the A-main.  Tyler pulling away on every restart and in command of the race would see one last yellow that he didn't need.  Coming to green Tyler had an excellent restart but very slightly slid up the track enough to allow the 2nd place car to get under him.  Tyler finished 2nd after putting up a great show and transfer directly in the the A-main based on points

In the A-main after being boxed out and avoiding trouble Tyler ended up finishing 17th.  Tyler was disappointed in his run as he knew he let a great finish get away.

Tyler will get them next time as his improvement as been awesome during he's short 3 race stint in Mini Sprints.  His lap times and speeds are as good as the best and Tyler is closing in on a feature win very soon.

Tyler's weekend efforts earned him a 1st, 2nd, 4th, 15th and 18th place finishes out of a field of 68 cars.  Very good!

February 17, 2007 ~ Tyler Win's at DuQuoin Winter Nationals

Making the winter trip to DuQuoin for the 2nd round of the Winter Nationals proved to be a big challenge.  Encountering temperatures of -6 degrees caused several issues for the coach as everything wanted to freeze.

Temperatures inside were very comfortable but water systems while moving started to freeze and take it's toll.  Travel had to be slowed to accommodate time for the coach to bring its basement temperatures back to normal before continuing.  Every 40 minutes a 10 minute break was necessary to keep things stable.

Once arriving at DuQuoin things turned for the better as temperatures came up to the 30 degree mark and some snow flurries on Saturday gave way to nicer weather on Sunday.

Saturday saw Tyler ready to race his PMP Chassis Mini Sprint for the third time.

As usual the set up was great in practice laps with Tyler being very fast! The challenge is for Dad to get the setup changes correct for the track as it transitions throughout the night.  We came prepared to deal with those changes a little better.

In the heat race, Tyler started 8th and moved up to 4th quickly before not being to able to move further forward before the checkered flag.  The run made Tyler the 19th points earner out the the 68 car field.  Just 3 positions short of going straight to the A-main.

Needing to run one of the B - mains to make the transfer, Tyler would need a first or second place finish to move up into the A - main.

After breaking out on the start into 3rd place, Tyler went to work knowing he needed a first or second to get to the next race.  After a few attempt of running the bottom, Tyler quickly went top side to get the job done.  Taking his first "Win" in a mini sprint.  In only his third race and now running the Multi division Tyler take the checkered as a Winner!

In the A-main event Tyler would start 18th of 22 cars.  Race setup still proved to be in need of some changes to propel him to the front.  The PMP Chassis is Awesome and requires very little in the way of changes. But as the track changes minor changes are in order.

At the finish Tyler would come across the line in the 15th position running against the "Best in the Mid West!"  Not bad for the young talented driver.

More information will be posted here later.  Tyler wishes to Thank Everyone for all their kindness and help in supporting our effort here at DuQuoin!

 

February 4, 2007 ~ Tyler's race schedule to be updated as race dates come in

Tyler's up coming season of racing will take on a big change bringing more travel and more venues than ever before in one season.

With the addition of the Multi Mini Sprint, Tyler will be traveling across the country this summer visiting many new locations.

Tyler and family Welcome the changes to our routine.  Outlaw Karts will always be where we've come from, but reality is that moving on is not just what we want to do but necessary to continue to our development in Tyler.

With the addition of the mini sprint racing, Tyler has elected to drop the Red Bluff Outlaws venue as it just isn't producing enough seat time to be worth the effort.  Tyler wanted to spend more time getting to the front of the new mini sprint venues and getting his karts prepared for the up coming Cycleland season.

Tyler loves Cycleland and it's race format! "you can get lots of seat time every night at Cycleland!, I love it! Two groove racing, fast and explosive! I can race more than one car a night and see lot's of different track conditions. I think it's very important to develop every aspect of your racing every night."  Tyler feels Cycleland Speedway has this to offer. I believe because Lowell is a real racer himself, he truly understands all the aspects of racing and puts solid effort in not basing his race format solely on serving his own agenda. "It's fun to race in a real racers format!, you can just feel the difference!"

As soon as our race schedule takes shape, the dates will be updated on our 2007 Race Schedule link.

"Best of luck for those finishing out Red Bluff Outlaws Winter Series..."

Tyler

January 31, 2007 ~ Tyler get's Multi Motor For Next Round

Tyler's PMP chassis receives new R6 Multi - power for next time he runs the Mini-Sprint.  There won't be any power shortage for Tyler when running against the best in the Multi Division.

Tyler's power plant is the best there is to offer.

Watch for Tyler to start making some real noise in the mini-sprint Multi Division real soon!

Best in Class Chassis and best in Class Power!

January 21, 2007 ~ DuQuoin Update

Race time update:

Tyler after not being able to hold anything down for hours, fought his way out of bed and to the track.

Once at the track, between visits to the trash can he hit the track to do what he loves...Race!

But with even all that heart, he was only able to go through practice and the first heat race.

In practice, Tyler was very fast looking like he was going to have no problem coming from behind and possibly winning as he was passing the cars in front of him with some great moves.  Cross-over's and cut backs or just flat moving under them and moving them up the track as Tyler went by.

In his heat after being sick again and suffering from the chills, Tyler started 4th row outside and was quickly up to fourth working on third. Tyler was making the outside groove work as he attempted to complete the pass. After two laps outside and working it very hard, Tyler wasn't able to complete the pass, as he had to fall back he slid back two spots.  Tyler didn't give up and almost made the pass back by both the drivers in front of him before the checker. Tyler was spent physically went he came off the track.

Tyler had a better starting spot for the B-main that the first day, but couldn't make the call due to the flu symptoms. 

Personally, I would have stayed home in bed but not Tyler.., He loves to race anywhere anytime.  He'll be back to DuQuoin and we'll soon be up front.

Tyler really wishes to thank everyone at the DuQuoin track for everything.  Everyone was very nice!  Tommy and Kenny, thank you so muck for great racing conditions and also for letting me have the back room to rest and stay warm.

See you again soon!

Tyler

Morning update:

Tyler has come down with the Flu and being able to continue today is very questionable.

Tyler is currently trying to keep fluids down and taking Motrin to attempt to reduce fever.

It's currently 11:30 am DuQuoin time and we have to be at the track at 1:00 pm for hot laps at 2:00 pm.

Tyler's chances of racing today are very slim.

I'll update again later.

   

January 20, 2007 ~ DuQuoin Update  Powri O'Riley "Winter Nationals"

With nearly 70 Multi Mini Sprints showing up for the DuQuoin "Winter Nationals" Tyler went to work to do his best to take on these boys from around the Mid-West!

The Powri O'Riley Auto Parts Series has a strong hold on most of the Mid West Mini Sprint racing over the summer.  They have many races at several different tracks.  Tyler will make some of those up coming races this summer during the months of July and August. 

Here at DuQuoin the the race format is pretty much a ditto of the Tulsa Shootout and Chili Bowl races just the last two weeks at Tulsa Oklahoma.  Pill draw and passing points to position you either directly into the A-main or in other races to get back to the A-main.

Tyler drew a 54 in the pill draw giving him a 3rd row outside start in his heat.  This race is full on Multi's and Tyler is having to run his stock R6 Yamaha up against these guys. Thank you Gordan for a motor that rocks as I didn't detect any loss of power against these other 636 cc verses Tyler's 600cc.

Starting from the 3rd row outside,  Tyler quickly was up to 4th place and looked like he was heading for 2nd.  Tyler successfully made the pass on the bottom to take over 3rd place but the yellow flew and negated Tyler's pass.  As I have seen so many times, once you show your hand to another driver the second pass gets even harder.  After making the pass on the bottom the driver in front of Tyler wouldn't make the same mistake again.  He continued to hug the bottom and Tyler was starting to get pressure from behind.  While trying to find away past the car in front of him Tyler gave up his spot finishing 5th. 

Had he been able to keep his pass, Tyler  would have been seeded directly into the A-main.

Having to start one of the B-mains in the 5th row inside, Tyler again went to work making some great cross-over moves to complete passes, on yellows Tyler was to much the GENTLEMAN and allowed a couple other drivers to advance on the yellows when they should not have.

Tyler finished the B-main in the 10th position which would equate to a 35th place finish against these guys tonight.  With there being nearly 70 of them and Tyler having to run a stocker motor against Multi's, I think Tyler did very well.

Tyler looks to do better tomorrow night in round 2 of the "Winter Nationals" here at DuQuoin.

Tyler thanks the Girls that had him autograph their shirts, that's always fun!

Check back tomorrow for an update..

January 19, 2007 ~ DuQuoin Winter Nationals

After several days of travel through some pretty cold winter conditions, Tyler and crew arrived in DuQuoin.

The trip had several surprises along the way. One was the very cold temperatures all along the route in Wyoming.  Conditions would be at times zero visibility caused by blowing snow and the potential for slick spots.  Those two things and add high winds pulling a stacker trailer and one would need to be very careful going across the the divides.

We found one trucker in the ditch after he apparently lost sight of the road.  There wasn't any ice where he left the road.

I didn't want to find us in that position with the outside temperature at 1 degree and the winds at 20 mph.  Not the time to make any mistakes.

We did have a tail wind the entire way here.  It help us make time being able to move out at about 78 mph most the time.

If you race something with a cooling system, make certain that you have anti-freeze in the system.  I had to battle our motor freezing up as I was not clear on that we didn't have any anti-freeze in the system.  Most promoters don't want coolant in your systems as it make a slick mess when you wreck.

After several days, Tyler made it back to DuQuoin for his first mini-sprint race here.

Car's are starting to pile in and get their pit spots.  We are in the main building thanks to Kenny Brown.

More information will be posted here each night as racing begins tomorrow.

Two days - Two complete different races with two purses.

 

December 28^th, 2006 ~ Tulsa Shootout

In just very short order, Tyler's desires to run the Tulsa Shootout became a reality.

Stan Yockey of PMP Chassis was quick to help the young Outlaw Kart Racing Star with putting together a complete 600 mini-sprint to run the Tulsa Shootout.

Stan and crew put together in a short 10 days a complete assembly for Tyler to take to Tulsa. 

Arriving at the Tulsa Shootout with no racing time in a Mini Sprint, it would be up to Tyler to challenge the top stars from around the country at their game.

Tyler Reddick Racing departed on Christmas day to make the 1878 mile trip from California to Tulsa Oklahoma.  Arriving on Wednesday morning at the Tulsa Expo, we waited the entire day to get inside to our pit spot.  With over a thousand entries for this event pit space was at a premium.

In the first heat of the mini sprint "A" division Tyler would start last in field of 8.  Passing points to be awarded for all passes based on starting and finishing order.  Starting line ups were based on pill draw.

Tyler drew for both the division a 118 & 78.  This would put him well back in the initial line ups.  Tyler would be racing both the Non-wing and the "A" division.

Danny Losowski was here racing in the Multi Division.  We put Tyler out in a practice set against the multi's and he held his position without getting passed.  He was actually closing in on the driver in front of him during the session.  The only difference in the multi verses the "A" division is that the motor is outlaw rules and you can run any wing size.  All Weights and tires rules apply equally across the two divisions.

Starting last in the non wing Tyler moved up to 4th before getting a little high on the last lap letting a car he just passed back by at the checker.  The great thing in this race was that Tyler coming from last and passing other cars was able to catch the front running group of 4.  There they were all mixing it up pretty good.

In the Mini Sprint 600 "A" Tyler would start inside 3rd row and finished 3rd.

Tomorrow Tyler has scheduled at least four races as he has to run two qualifiers of which additional points will be earned to determine Main event starting positions.

Each division Tyler is running has over 100 entries. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out who will make the A mains straight up.

Hopefully some more good news tomorrow!

 

December 29^th, 2006 ~ Tulsa Shootout Day two

As day two arrived, the doors opened at 8:00 a.m. with everyone could be found checking out the pit board to discover what the first days racing had earned them and what their next race would be.

The race format would continue to unfold for us as we didn’t have much of an idea as to how the entire show was going to be run being our first time ever to the Tulsa Shootout.  We knew there was going to be passing points awarded but did now just how many or what each finishing position would score.

As it turns out, heats race finishes would net points as follows.  First would receive 55 points, 2^nd 52 points, 3^rd 49 points etc.  Passing points would be 1.5 points per position.

The top 16 points earners from the first heats would be locked into the A – Feature automatically.  The rest would need to race their way in by running a series of additional races slowly eliminating drivers.  Winners and top finishers would move on and the rest would be done.

So the schedule would look somewhat like this:

Heat race      (if not top 16 points earner then on to next race below) 8 – 9 cars, 8            laps

C main            (one of the 9 C main events with only the top 3 moving on) 12 cars, 12 laps

A - Main qualifier (only one race here with top 8 finishers moving on to the A – Feature) 16 cars, 20 laps

Feature Event (24 cars, 20 laps)

Tyler had finishes that constantly kept him in contention and moving him along in the race format.  Tyler relying on his Outlaw Karting experience propelled him past drivers in his heats and mains.

Tyler found that we had the right stuff for when the track got slicked off on the bottom and could use his strengths of railing the top grove to drive passed cars in front of him.  Tyler mixed it up well to get all he could gain in each race.

Tyler and his PMP Chassis were entered into both the “A” Wing Mini Sprint and the Non – Wing divisions.  So we were constantly making chassis changes between each segment of the race format to change the car from one division to the other.

We had settled in on a setup that would be a good combination for both divisions but not the perfect in either as just too many changes would be necessary.

In the first race of the day, Tyler would start in the C – Main (Non-wing) in the 3^rd row outside.  After a series of 3 restarts, Tyler had seen himself come out of the initial starts as good as 3^rd and as poor as 6^th.  In the 2^nd start attempt the car in front of Tyler caught the lip of the top groove and flipped going over the top of Tyler’s car.  When it landed it made contact with Tyler’s right rear.  The contact bent the rear end assembly and flattened the right rear tire.  There really isn’t anything good that comes out of contact, but Tyler was able to continue and on the restart came out as good as 4^th and finished 6^th.  None the less, Tyler’s quest to move on would halt in the Non Wind division.

With damage on the car, we quickly assessed the situation and proceeded to change out the rear end.  This needed to be done quickly as Tyler would be back up for his second race.

Not only would the repairs need to be made but the chassis changes and putting back on both wings were all necessary to get the car ready.

With repairs and changes made, Tyler made answered the call and started the “A” Wing C-main in the 2^nd row inside position.  After a poor start, Tyler quickly moved up to the top groove.  After falling to 5^th, Tyler started reeling in the cars in front of him.  First he closed in on 4^th, then 3^rd and finally 2^nd.  Once in 2^nd, Tyler started to run down the leader.  Tyler never passed the leader but it put him in the transfer position for the next race.

A – Main qualifier would see 16 starters with the top 8 finishers moving on to join the previously locked in 16 drivers for the main feature.  Tyler would start on the 7^th row outside based on finishes to this point.  After hours of waiting and being told that there would be no track complete re-work, we looked forward to having a track that would be slicked off and to our liking.

Once in line in staging, track workers went to work and re-worked the entire track.  That was what I originally expected them to do but was told they were not going to because of time.  We were told they would have to get by with just water and light packing.

So we sat in line with a car setup for a dry slick track and were given a hooked up tacky track.  Unfortunately for Tyler, this caught his crew chief off guard and basically took Tyler out of contention before his event started.

These cars do not have power steering and for a little guy like Tyler it’s near impossible to wrestle one of these around a hooked up track if you car is too tight.

Starting the race the track did have just a very slight amount slickness during the initial couple of laps, but as they ran the track just continued to hook up and the worse it got for Tyler. 

Tyler felt very confident going in that his was going to pass the needed cars to make it to his very first A - main feature at the Tulsa Shootout.  With the setup on the car it just wasn’t in the cards.

But for Tyler to make it pass so many drivers and to have never even race a Mini Sprint before was exceptionally impressive!

Tyler comes home in the top twenties with a 28 place finish in the Wing "A" divison.  Really good considering 110 starting entries.

He had finishes of 5^th, 3^rd,  6^th , 2^nd (nearly a win) and 14^th.  Outstanding runs against drivers that having been racing Mini Sprints.  Not to mention that Tyler was the only 10 year old in the field competing against drivers like Stan Yockey, Jarrod Wilson, Donnie Crawford and others.

Great Job by Tyler and crew!  Next year we’ll be real ready for them.

Tyler wishes to thank Stan Yockey and Darren for all their help and assistance to our program.  Without them we wouldn’t have stood as much chance of having such a great run.

PMP Chassis Rock!