Last weekend Teddy planned to start his weekend on Friday night at Stafford. It was the first regular show on the 2008 schedule and he was hoping to rebound from a disappointing beginning in the #13 SK Modified at the Spring Sizzler. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and the program was postponed due to rain.
Saturday he was at Waterford Speedbowl for a True Value Modified Racing Series 100-lapper. His car owners, the Czarnecki Brothers, had a new Trover racecar and TC was anxious to put it to a competitive test. The car was quick in prerace practice and in qualifying he finished third in the second heat race. He was very optimistic about his chances for a good run the feature.
He lined up eighth on the 26-car starting grid and was moving forward in the early laps. By the ninth circuit Teddy was up to fifth under caution. On the restart he followed Les Hinckley to the front and soon they were at the head of the field. TC was sizing up his opponent for a potential pass for the lead.
Unfortunately that opportunity never materialized. The #20 was having ignition problems that forced Teddy onto pit road and eventually out of the race. He was credited with finishing 22nd.
“It was a shame that the ignition broke,” explained TC after the race. “The car great and I was headed to the front. But the engine started skipping and it forced us to park the car. It just wasn’t our night, I guess.”
This weekend Teddy will be back at Stafford on Friday night in the #13 SK Modified. On Saturday he will be headed north to drive the famed Brady Bunch #00 for Joe Brady at All-Star Speedway in the first event on the WaterSnoGo All-Star Modified Showdown Series, the Second Annual LATICRETE Modified Thunder 150.
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