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MOTHER NATURE WASHES OUT CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES; CHARLIE GOES USAC

The final race of the PPG/MSA Vibrance Collection Series season at Lorain Speedway has, in recent years, been filled with drama, as the championship was not decided until after the checkers were thrown. This year, all the drama was washed out as Lorain Speedway pulled the plug on the supers due to predicted poor weather conditions. For the 2nd year in a row, Charlie finishes the season 2nd in points behind the Reed's Salvage #8 of Timmy J. May Motorsports teammate Tim Ice was tied for 3rd with MSA Rookie of the Year, ACME Racing's Trent Stephens.

The unanimous highlight of the season would be capturing the title of KING OF WINGS at Oswego Speedway. The $10,000 payday was the biggest ever for winged supermodifieds and Charlie won in dominating fashion.

Charlie would like to thank car owner's David and Lori May, his parents Anna and Al, the IBT crew Kenny Hutchinson, AJ Lesiecki, and Brendon Kopis for all of their support and hard work over the long off-season and a longer summer schedule of racing. Also on the thank you list are the sponsors who make it happen week in and week out: PPG, Frank May Garage, Burke's Home Centers, Hempel Int'l Transport, DEI, Carrillo, Hawk Brakes, Howe Racing, Ice Oil Company, AP Racing Products, ProGram Engineering, and RAM Engineering.

But the biggest thank you goes out to the fans. Without the fans there would be no supermodified racing at all.

The weekend was not a total loss as Charlie and the crew packed up and headed to the world famous Winchester Speedway to drive the Dick Myers' owned, RAM Engineering 50m in the USAC National Sprint Car event on Sunday. Afer about 40 laps of seattime at Sandusky Speedway (thank you Kevin Jaycox) on Saturday morning, the car was loaded up and sent off to await the 34* banking at Winchester.

Getting the car driveable on the high banks behind him, Charlie timed in 14th quickest in the field of 20 cars. Tracy Hines put the Tony Stewart Racing #21 on the pole with a new non-winged sprint car track record of 13.96, besting the previous track record held for over 30 years by his father.

Charlie started on the pole for his heat and brought home the white Mopar-powered Beast Chassis in 4th. Having his work cut out for him by virtue of qualifying 14th, Charlie was ready to tame the banks. Battling an ever increasingly loose car, Charlie managed to avoid the attrition that met many competitors to come home in 11th.

The "off" season for Charlie will be filled with kart racing and another midget run in the Rumble at Ft. Wayne.