The 2009 racing season has come to an end for Bellm Motorsports. Some of Kyle’s accomplishments for 2009 include finishing the ASCS Sooner Region series 4th place in Championship points with 8 top 10 and 4 top 5 finishes. We would like to thank Colorvision , PPG, and Christian County Collision for their support in making this possible.
With the 2009 season complete, work is already underway preparing for 2010. Our biggest challenge is to obtain more sponsors for this racing season. Kyle has been racing a 360 sprint car for 3 years and shown that he has the skill and ability to be competitive with the top drivers in the nation. He is a quality person who has earned the support and respect of both fans and competitors, and we are confident that with the support of quality marketing partners, he will be a consistent contender for race wins and championships. The teams that are finishing ahead of us in points are the teams that are better funded, and our goal is to put our team on an equal footing with our competitors.
For 2010, Kyle intends to run a true “Outlaw” type schedule, dividing his efforts by racing weekly at Lake Ozarks Speedway in Eldon, Missouri as well as running selected events with the Winged Outlaw Warriors and ASCS Sooner and ASCS National.tours. We will also make the trek to Knoxville Raceway for several events. These plans will become more formalized and posted on our website once all the series announce their full 2010 schedules.
We would like to thank all of our fans for their support and encouragement through the 2009 season and let you all know we will be well prepared to have a great 2010 season!
The month of June was just okay for Kyle. He had some decent runs despite struggling off and on with a fuel gremlin: 6th in Lebanon with the WOW, 4th in Springfield with the ASCS, and 4th in California, MO. This trend continued into July with engine issues at Oklahoma City, but then a decent run the next night at Lawton. Kyle was looking good running in the top 5 and making a pass for 4th when the car he was passing slipped and came down, hitting his front tire, causing it to go flat, and ending a good night. After that weekend, Kyle took the car down to Wells Racing in Dallas, Texas to run the car on their chassis dyno where they finally found our fuel problem. We are still kicking ourselves for not having done this much sooner.
With the car running better, we went to the Creek County ASCS race, coming home 9th. Kyle was running much faster than that making several passes, but with a caution just before the final lap, he was forced to drop back for the restart. The next night we decided to go to California, MO to run with the WOW. Kyle won his heat race and led the first 17 laps of the A main, even with several cautions each time that gave competition a shot at Kyle. Then, after a caution and restart during lap 17, the second place car of Randy Martin made a bonsai slide job pushing Kyle up to the wall, which knocked Kyle’s right-front tire off the bead.
Again Kyle is running strong and looking very competitive, he just needs to have some luck. We are looking forward to the remaining ASCS Sooner races along with the upcoming ASCS national events at Lake Ozark and Wheatland.
Kyle's month of may started slow but finished strong. Tri City on 5-1-09 was a rain out. On 5-7 Kyle raced at OKC Fairgrounds track for the first time. He took the lead in his heat race at the end of lap 1 and pulled to a half straight away lead by lap 4 when a caution flew. On the re-start the engine stumbled and he was passed by 2 cars and finished 3rd. In the B we had the stumbling issues still and pulled off the track. The next night at Devils Bowl Kyle flew to a 2nd place B Main finish. Putting him 18th in the A. He charged into the top 10 before the halfway point when his engine stumbling problem started in again hurting him on re-starts but he still maintened the 11th spot until running out of fuel with 2 laps to go.
We have had this fuel delivery/stumbling issue off and on all season. We have pulled the motor and fuel system and are having it checked over. Meanwhile we have installed our backup engine for the next few weeks.
With our back-up engine in Kyle went to Lake Ozark speedway on 5-23-09. In the heat race Kyle charged from 8th to finish 2nd and lining up 6th for the A main he finished a strong 3rd. The next night at the WOW race at California Kyle started 8th again in the heat and finished 5th. In the A Main Kyle charged from a 15th place starting position to a solid 5th place finish which could have been even higher had his brakes not gone out near the end of the race. Hopefully Kyle can continue this momentum into the upcoming races.
Kyle is racing at a new level this year and it has been both exciting and frustrating. This year could be a break out year for him. It started out great with the heat race win at Devils Bowl but disappointment in the A main with car handling issues. Rain outs at OKC on the 27th and 28th and also at I30 on 4-18 were disappointing as Kyle is raring to go race as much as possible.
On 4-4 at LA Raceway Kyle started out awesome by winning another heat race. In the A Main, Kyle was running second and challenging Brian Brown for the lead near the halfway point of the race when a caution came out. As Brown checked up to slow down Kyle swerved to avoid running into the back of him and slid off the end of the track. This put Kyle to the back of the pack on the restart, but, in the end, he came back to finish 14th, a disappointing finish in what could have been a potential win or at least a podium finish.
On 4-25 the ASCS Sooner region opener began at Creek County near Tulsa. After starting 7th. In the heat Kyle passed several cars to finish 3rd. With finish and passing point tallied Kyle had qualified for the A Main 4th in points. He took the lead of the race on the second lap and looked like he may pull away from the pack until a caution flew for a spun car. On the restart while trying to protect the bottom from challengers Kyle spun and got hit damaging the car and flattening the RF tire. We changed the tire and he restarted at the back and passed a couple of cars before pulling off the track with problems. He was credited with an 18th place finish. Another what could have been night!
The good news is he is running very well and challenging for wins! It is just a matter of time until he puts it all together to show what he is truly capable of.
Racing season is upon us and Kyle had an exciting start last Friday night at the famed Devils Bows Speedway in Mesquite Texas. This was the opening night of the ASCS National Sprint Car Series and there were 67 Drivers from 17 states show up for this exciting event. Kyle started pole in the 3rd. heat race and jumped into the lead on the first corner and led every lap for a well deserved win! This qualified him for the A feature of the night where he finished 18th. Despite a problem with the LF Shock on the car. Kyle was a little disappointed with his final finish but to be 18th fastest out of 67 National level cars we can only look at this as an extremely positive night.
This race was taped for National Viewing and will be shown 5-2-09 at 6:00 pm Eastern time on the Versus Channel. It will be an hour long program showing the highlights of the Heat race actions and the Feature event as well as interviews of the top drivers including Kyle after his win.
This race was one of approx. 6 National Tour events that Kyle plans on running in 2009 as he will be competing in the ASCS Sooner Region for points this year.