Hunter Fights Through Carnage at Pensacola

Super Late Model racing in the Southeast is perhaps one of the most competitive racing circles in the country.  There’s so many good drivers in good equipment that running up front consistently is an extreme accomplishment.

Hunter Robbins is one of those drivers that has managed to run up front consistently in the competitive SLM ranks.  But with so many good cars racing so tightly together, there’s bound to be incidents on the track.  That’s why when the Blizzard Series Super Late Model feature on July 20th got wild at Five Flags Speedway (FL), Robbins could only do so much to avoid the carnage.  He was able to bring his car home in one piece in 17th, but the result came after the close racing getting too close at times all around him at Five Flags.

“Our car was good, but I don’t think we had a winning car tonight,” said Robbins, who started seventh.  “The car was bad early and we made a pit stop and made some adjustments.  We just got caught up in everybody else’s mess.  The main time was going down the front straightaway.  The leaders wrecked and cars just started stacking up, and I ran in the back of somebody, and then I got rear ended.  That messed up our night right there.  We tried to get it fixed and get it back out there but there wasn’t much air going in the radiator.  It started overheating so we didn’t want to take a chance messing up the motor.”

“After that it was still overheating so I just parked it anyway.  We’ll get it fixed and go to Opp next weekend and see if we can’t get this monkey off of our back.”

Robbins was scheduled to go to Mobile International Speedway (AL) the night following the Pensacola race, but instead the #18 team will focus on their next race at South Alabama Speedway in Opp, AL on July 28th for the Viper Series SLM event.

The damage to the front end of Hunter's #18 told the story of his Blizzard Series race.  (51 Photo)