Mike Weeks Racing - "The Milkman"

Mike ventured to Crossville Raceway on Friday night and the Southern Regional Racing Series race. Mike turned in the 10th fastest time out of 28 cars. He won his heat race to easily make the starting grid.

From there, Mike settled in behind Tony Albright for much of the race. Mike began to turn up the wick late in the race and gained a couple of spots. When it was over, Mike brought home an 8th place finish for the night.

On Saturday, Mike and team headed back to Mountain Raceway for another weekly race. Before even getting to the track, things got out of hand. An ice truck ran Mike's truck and trailer off the road a short distance from the track. After arriving at the track, they discovered the trailer had a broken axle and tires from the tire rack inside the trailer landed on Mike's car. The crew spent valuable time beating the bent sheet metal back into place before even preparing to race. Mike went on to finish 6th in Saturday's feature.

"That just tells you what kind of season I've had," Mike said. "We get run off the road by an ice truck and have to beat out the dents in the car before we can even race. This has been one of those years."

It was back to Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series action for Mike Weeks and crew at Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville. Mike was one of 32 drivers signed in for the $4,000 to win Atomic Speedway Memorial race.

Mike started the night off strong posting a time that earned him a spot for the first Sunoco Dash for the top 6 qualifiers. Mike finished the dash in the 6th.

Early in the feature, Mike's Trak-Star machine looked to be headed for a good night. But as the race progressed, the handling slowly went away and Mike faded back to an 11th place finish. Mike still retains a spot in the series top 10 standings.

During the intermission, Mountain Raceway announced their 2008 class for the track's hall of fame. Mike's dad, Lester Weeks, was one of the new inductees. Lester will be inducted at the track's awards' banquet this coming winter.

This week, Mike will try two nights of racing. First will be the SRRS race at Crossville Raceway on Friday night, then back to Mountain Raceway on Saturday night for another weekly program.

Milkman makes one, missed one in OSAS action

After feeling better about the current race season, Mike and team looked at a pair of O'Reilly Southern All-Stars races at North Georgia Speedway and Cleveland Speedway.

First was North Georgia Speedway on Friday night where 38 cars signed in to make the field. Mike was one of those to make the 24-car starting grid. He took the last transfer spot in the 2nd of 3 B-main races. From there, Mike could not make any progress. He would eventually get lapped and parked his car shortly thereafter. He posted a 23rd place finish on the night.

Then it was on to Cleveland Speedway on Saturday night where 43 cars signed in. Mike could not get the handle on his #22 Trak-Star during qualifying or his B-main. He failed to make the field for the race. It was a disappointing night on a track where he's had good success.

Mike will return to Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series action at Mountain Raceway Park on August 2nd.





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