Mid-week shows never allow time to recover. But apparently recovery was the last thing Chris Hile and the 5H machine needed heading into the weekend. After the Hile Motorsports team decided to come home from the west Super DIRTcar tour a day early skipping the last stop on the way back at Sharon Speedway, Chris and the 5H were more than ready to go at the Brewerton Speedway Friday night. Chris took what he learned on the road and applied it to the 5H’s set-up Friday. After starting deep in the field, the 5H showed a very strong run finishing in 3rd and securing Chris solidly in the top 5 in points for another week.

​Off to Fulton, both Hile Motorsports cars were ready to go after the already successful weekend. Katelyn and the 25H machine would suffer some misfortune in the heat just missing a qualifying spot causing her to start deep in the field in 20th. But she would prove that she could recover driving through the field to 14th.

Now usually a strong Friday night run can go one of two ways. You can either back it up with another solid run or you can all but wipe your memory of the good run. Fortunately, again Chris and the 5H showed that traveling and experimenting at new tracks proves good to the set-up book. Chris even showed the Fulton Speedway crowd a few new passing lanes he had developed on the road and threw a few slide jobs throughout the night to end up finishing in the top 5 yet again.

​With the week of traveling behind them, it was safe to say that team Hile Motorsports was looking forward to a typical maintenance week reflecting on the good fortune they had.

​Mother Nature had every intention on raining on our parade this past weekend. Friday the Hile Motorsports 5H pulled into the Brewerton Speedway just in time for the flood gates to open and the rain to pour down canceling Friday's show. Although we are never truly happy to see a rainout it is nice to know the new clay surface at the Brewerton Speedway will have another week to cure and with the night off the Hile Motorsports team had the opportunity to catch up on shop work.
 
Saturday looked to be shaping up to be the same as Friday with rain showers forecasted just as teams would be showing up at the Fulton Speedway. However, forecasts can change in an instant and somehow we dodged a majority of the showers. Both the 5H and 25H were ready to go hitting the track for hot laps. Unfortunately the 25H did not fair too well during the hot lap session breaking drive train components. As the Hile Motorsports team was working to repair the 25H a few rain showers passed through giving the team the extra time to get everything squared away for the heat. Katelyn and the 25H had a very strong 2nd place heat race finish overcoming the problems faced during hot laps. Chris and the 5H also proved he was more than ready to get the weekend underway qualifying for the feature. Even with the bleak forecast the track made sure to take the time for their biggest supporters- the fans by still holding autograph night during the intermission. This gives the fans an opportunity to see their favorite cars and drivers up close. Just as features were being called another brief shower put the show on rain delay. We all thought this was it but the track crew was able to jump into action saving the track. Katelyn and the 25H would start on the pole and Chris and the 5H was slated to start 12th. Both cars remained in the top 10 majority of the race until a late race caution proved beneficial for Chris and disadvantageous for Katelyn as Chris would come home in a strong 6th and Katelyn would tie her season best after fading to 13th.
 
This weekend will be another regular show at both the Brewerton and Fulton Speedway followed by week day shows for Chris and the 5H at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH supporting the NASCAR Camping World Truck Mudsummer Classic event. 

This past weekend was busier than normal. With the 4th of July, came a few extra series races at local tracks we don't visit all too often for Chris and the 5H.

They always say one little mistake can put you behind and man did that hold true on the first night of the weekend. Thursday June 30th at Canandaigua Motorsports Park was Chris's 2nd Super DIRTcar series race of the season. After a minor mistake in the heat, Chris went on to dominate the last chance qualifier earning a 21st starting spot in the main event. Unfortunately starting that deep proved to be costly when an early mistake by another car lead to an unavoidable wreck for the 5H machine, which took him out of the race.

Regrouping in time to make it to his Friday night home at the Brewerton Speedway the night proved to be challenging for all drivers. Track conditions proved difficult for not only Chris and the 5H but all running in the top 5 in season points as they finished amongst each other, nearly all outside of the top 10 with Chris coming in 13th.

Saturday night both Hile Motorsports cars hit the track at the Fulton Speedway. Chris would drive up through the field finishing in a strong 5th place after starting deep, where Katelyn and the 25H would hold on to 15th.

​The last and final stop of the weekend would be the Super DIRTcar Series Race at the Utica Rome Speedway on Sunday July 3rd. This again would be a show for only the Hile Motorsports 5H. Again track conditions proved treacherous and passing was at a premium, but Chris was able to overcome tough track conditions and still drive up to finish a strong 13th in the 100 lap feature event.
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After a long weekend and late nights we can both honestly say we are looking forward to our normal weekend routine coming up! Long weekends are always fun until it's time to go back to work...