Andy Farley and his new ride ready to race the biggest national micro sprint outlaw race of the year: The Tulsa Shoot Out. Andy, at age 15, is one of the youngest entries. He will be racing against other pros 10 to 20 years older. This will be Andy's 4th year in a row at Tulsa and he shows absolutely no fear. This race runs for three day's with over one-hundred twenty-five entries per class between Christmas and New Years.
Andy is registered for winged and non-winged outlaw. One car is race ready and the other is 50% complete. If nothing bends or breaks before we leave he will field his brother's car in the winged class and his own in the non-winged class.
Updates From The Track - 12/19/2011
After Austin's live phone interview with Kurt Hansen Race Central Radio out of Denver he met up with a few others at the race track: Chris Brooks, a sports writer and a big fan of the sprint cars and Phil Jorgenson photographer, writer and owner of the Oval Express Magazine. Most of the drivers came by and welcomed Austin back to Austrailia, along with an oil representative from Joe Gibbs Racing. He told Austin "you win this race tonight and I'll put you on the Joe Gibbs Racing web site."
Austin has had only a few hours in this new chassis. He's still dialing it in and finding the proper gear ratio for this track was as much of a challenge as the race.
With only a few hot laps at this track they went right to the heat races. There were 41 entries with 4 heat races total. 10 laps each and the main event 20 laps with only the top 20 qualifiers.
The first heat Austin started in 8th position and he fell back to 14th when the car in front of him stalled on the start. Austin recovered and passed 9 cars and took 4th. Back to the pits chassis adjustments were made and a gear change. The 2nd heat started Austin in 5th and finished 3rd. He wasn't happy with his gear change but said he had the chassis dialed in. A new gear was put on and Austin qualified for the main.
The main event had Austin starting 5th row inside, during line up laps Austin said the carburetors were loading up so he dropped a gear cleaned up the motor and had a great start. Within the first lap Austin went from 9th to 4th but heard a rattle and through the drive chain parking him for the rest of the race. He and his pit crew found the right gear and had the chassis set for the main to be a top contender.
The Oval Express starts in 12 days with 8 races over 10 days he is not sure if they will be able to find a race before that or not, but I think he has got his new car figured out.
Austin Farley
Storms
Australia
In 2009 and 2010, Austin living in Perth, raced the Western, Southern and Eastern race tracks of Australia with his team owner Craig Okley dragging across the outback racing at 20 different tracks and logging more than 11,000 miles in 90 days.
In October 2009 Austin came in as a no name and a rookie but after his first race was respected as a competitor. Austin won many races and broke 3 track records in his short stent Only 50 of the top drivers in the Country qualify for the biggest race of the year, The Oval Express 8 races in 10 days at 6 different tracks. Austin was shoed in due to his performance in 2009 -2010 stay. He leaves for Australia December 4th and returns home January 13th.