Team JEL Racing

Welcome to the official site of Team JEL Racing! The plans for JEL Racing this season is to follow the Rislone USCS Modified Touring Series and run Riverside Int. Speedway when possible. Please check back often for weekly updates.

For the next two weeks, JEL Racing will have there work cut out for them. The USCS Modified Speedweeks will be taking place; this consists of six races in ten days. The firsst week of racing starts Thursday at Camden Speedway, in Camden, TN. Friday the races will be at Malden Speedway, in Malden, MO. Saturday's race will take place at Clayhill Speedway, in Atwood, TN.  

 June 27

For the 4th week in a row, JEL Racing ran at Riverside Int. Speedway. Twenty two modifieds showed up to take on each other and the heat! Joe started 4th in the heat and finished 3rd with a tight battle for second. Joe started 10th in the feature. By lap six he had moved up to 4th. A lap later, the right front tire went flat and Joe brought out a yellow. Thanks to the crew, they got the tire changed and Joe back on the track. After joining the rear of the field, Joe was able to race his way up to a 7th place finish.

June 6

Raced at Riverside Int. Speedway in West Memphis, AR.  Joseph started on the outside pole of the second heat. He took the lead from the start and never looked back to claim the heat race win! Joe started on the outside pole for the feature. At the start, he quickly fell to 3rd. Joseph closely trailed second until the last lap, where a lap car tangled with him causing him to finish 4th. JEL Racing was more than happy getting 4th, with this being there first top five of 2009!

May 30

JEL Racing visited Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS for the first time this year competing with the Rislone USCS Modifeds. Joseph started the night off by qualifying 10th out of 25 cars. With the top eight quick times being locked in, Joe had to run a heat race. He started on the pole and took the lead on lap two. Joe got his first heat win of 2009 with great disappointment. After taking the checkers the rearend broke do to rough track conditions. Joseph was unable to start the feature and was awarded the USCS Tough Luck award for the night.

May 29

Ran at Duck River Speedway in Monticello, AR  competing with the Rislone USCS Modifeds. Joseph started the night off by qualifying 19th out of  40 plus cars. Joe started 3rd in his heat and finished 3rd to transfer on to the feature. Only the top four in each heat would transfer on. The feature went green from start to finish for twenty five laps. Joseph started 19th and ended up finishing 16th out of 25 cars.

May 28

Raced at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, AR for the first time ever competing with the Rislone USCS Modifeds. Joseph started the night off by finishing 3rd out of six in the Rislone Modified Dash For Cash race. Up next were the heat races. Starting 5th, Joseph quickly made his way up to 3rd but soon spun out after entering a turn too hard. The heat race ended poorly finishing close to the rear. With 35 cars and only 24 making the show, Joe had to run the b-main. He started 9th and raced his way to the final transfer spot (4th) in the short ten lap race. Joe started 21st and rounded out the feature with a 17th place finish.

May 24

JEL Racing raced at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, MS with the USCS Rislone Modifieds. Started the night off by qualifying 12th out of 19 cars. Ran the six lap dash for cash race and finished 4th. Joseph managed to finish 6th in the heat making him line up 12th for the feature. Joseph raced his way through a tough field of cars to finish 7th afther the twenty five lap feature. 

May 15

JEL Racing raced at Riverside Int. Speedway in West Memphis, AR. This was there first night out with the second car and boy was it ever a bad one! The night started off bad in hot laps when it caught on fire due to a bad valve cover gasket. The heat race wasnt any better after having to pull off with front end damage. Joseph started 16th out of nineteen cars in the feature.  He cleanly made it up to 7th with three laps to go and was then spun out. Finished the night off with a 14th place finish.                 

JEL Racing would like to thank all sponsors who have come on board for the 2009 season: Hero Graphics, RE Technologies, Comp Cams, Zamp Helmets, Optima Batteries, and TML Financing.