Tyler finishes 14th at Jefferson! August 2, 2008
Kyle Jarlsberg of Cambridge managed to fend off the late race challenges of Ty James to claim the Scott Oil Co. 50 lap Late Model feature at Jefferson Speedway. The opening lap of racing was marred by two separate cautions, the second of which for the front row of Jasper Gronert and Russ Grossen making contact and having to move to the rear of the field for the start. The new front row consisted of Dylan Schuyler and Ty James as racing got underway.

The duo battled side by side until James gained the advantage on lap two at the stripe. Chris Quam followed around the outside of Schuyler into second as the high line moved forward. By lap ten, James had begun to space himself out from the rest of the pack while Jarlsberg was moving into third and inside Quam for second. Jarlsberg cleared for the position on lap 14 and set his sights on the leader. Five laps later, Jarlsberg pulled up to the rear bumper of James and to his inside by lap 21. Jarlsberg tried the low side to get by for the lead, but couldn't make it work. Then, on lap 27, Jarlsberg became loose on the front stretch and slid into turn one. Jarlsberg made contact with James, and escaped with the lead exiting turn two. Jarlsberg looked to pull away as James regrouped and mounted a charge of his own. On lap 42, James caught back up to the leader and began to put heavy pressure on Jarlsberg for the top spot. As the white flag flew, James made one last try to get inside for a pass, but he lost control down the backstretch and spun to the infield while Jarlsberg sped off to the checkers for the win. Rounding out the top five were John Ovadal, Steve Dobbratz, Casey Johnson and Jason Erickson.

Tyler finishes 6th at round one of the summer rumble, round two brings home a DNF -  Friday June 21 For the first round of the summer rumble we headed to Columbus, Wi, for our first and only stop at 151 speedway. Running our "red" car we felt like we had a good practice and were looking forward to a top 15 qualifying effort but as time trials started to end we surprised ourselves with a third place effort with a 13.49. This started us 7th in the feature, the feature was un eventful since the track is a one groove racetrack, we drove in circles not trying to pass for 35 laps and left with a 6th place finish.

Another bad night at Slinger!
June 15, 2008 - It was our first night out with our re-done rear end and the night started as normal.  We had an ok practice and a so so qualifying effort.  But with the invert and our 12th place qualifying effort, we landed on the pole for the race. When the race started we had a good side by side battle with the 61 car for ten laps or so, but as cautions came out the little advantage we had went away and with the re start.  Racing side by side,  we started to pull away again but the 61 lost control and and hit us in the RR, which turned us head on into the backstrech wall. So the car is pretty bad and we don't think we'll make Slinger again this year. But we ended up 10th somehow so I guess not all bad.

Tyler wheels the teams other car to a 11th place finish at Slinger!  6-1-08  We went to the track with the red car this week with Tyler driving it, since the blue car blew a rear end we didn't have enough time to get it ready. So the team made the decision to race the red car, that's the benefit of having two cars. Practice put us 4th quick but timing in once again proved to be a hassle.  A 12.594 would put us 13th in time. Starting 7th row outside we didn't have much hope for a great run but a survive mind set. After five laps the car was ok we made it up to tenth or so, but then our rear stagger jumped to over 1" which doesn't seem like much but to the other racers they know that's a huge difference. This made the car the loosest car tyler has ever driven and the last laps were hold on laps. With the race ending we found ourselves in the 11th spot. But we have high hopes for Saturday with Ryan at Jefferson and Slinger next Sunday.

The team has it's first DNF at Jefferson and Slinger!
May 24 and 25, 2008 - The James Gang had a rough Holiday weekend when they took home a DNF Saturday at Jefferson and another one Sunday at Slinger.  After winning the heat race at Jefferson Saturday, Tyler broke a right rear rotor while running in the semi, forcing him to retire from the event.  The Quick Change rear end exploded on Sunday at Slinger while running the race which once again forced an early ending to the evening.

Tyler finishes fourth at Slinger!
May 18, 2008 - Tyler James led the opening laps as the inside groove moved forward at the drop of the green flag with Gregg Pawelski and Scott Ascher sliding into second and third while Jimmy Dragich, Jon Ovadal Jr., Brad Keith, Steve Apel, and Dave McCardle all battled for positions behind the leaders. The hard racing between the cars in the tightly bunched pack behind the top three resulted in many of them spinning around in the third turn on lap five as the caution flag waved with James leading Pawelski and Ascher. As racing resumed, James maintained the top spot using the inside groove while Pawelski rim-rode the top line alongside as Rob Braun and Scott Ascher raced with Ryan Carlson for third. The inside line eventually began to prevail as James held the lead while Braun and Carlson also used the inside to move alongside Pawelski and Ascher in two-by-two formation behind the leader just before the caution flag waved again for debris on lap 15.

James again used the inside lane for the restart but as racing resumed, Pawelski charged hard on the top side to remain alongside in a battle for the lead while Carlson slotted in front of Braun for third. Pawelski and James continued to race side by side for several laps before Pawelski’s car slid loose exiting turn two on lap 18 and nosed hard into the wall, bringing out the caution flag for a third time with James now leading Carlson, Braun, Ascher, and Jon Reynolds, Jr. As the green flag reappeared, it was Carlson’s turn to take a shot at the lead from the outside lane and this time he eventually made it work, taking command of the race on lap 20 after battling alongside James for the lead. Once out front, Carlson was able to pull ahead as Ascher and Reynolds began to move forward, taking over second and third place respectively by lap 23. At the finish, Carlson took the checkered flag for the win ahead of Ascher and Reynolds while James and Braun rounded out the top five.

Ryan wins semi and finishes 13th in the feature at Jefferson!
May 10, 2008 - Saturday was going to be a new adventure for the race team for it was our first time out with our "new" car. We were able to do a test session before Saturday but still things can happen in race time. We looked at the day to be a learning day and were looking forward to getting Ryan some seat time and that's exactly what we got. Qualifying didn't turn out in our favor as we ran the best time of the day but a lot of drivers did the same, we ended up somewhere around the 20th fastest mark. But it was going to be a learning day. The qualifying time put us 2nd row outside for our heat and within five laps Ryan made it to the front and finished the last five in the top spot getting the car its first win and Ryans first heat win at jefferson. The Semi Feature stated off rocky as coming to get the green another driver drove over his head and spun into our door, rain started to come down and everyone went back to the pits, once the rain delay was over we started the race again this time from the 3rd row inside. Once again after the laps started counting Ryan made his way to the front and took the lead with five laps to go and went on to win the semi feature. After a little down time it was time to race again as we now started 15th in the feature, Ryan calmly waited and passed when given an opportunity and made his was up to 11th.   With 8 laps to go the cars handling went away and Ryan made a long harmless spin in one and two, bringing out the caution flag. Fighting hard once the green came back out, Ryan made it up to 13th and that's where we finished the night. Our next stop at Jefferson will be next jefferson May 24 with Tyler driving.
 

Tyler finishes 7th in Slinger Opener!

May 4, 2008 - Well the 2008 season wasn't looking that good for the jamesgang motorsports crew.  It rained Saturday raining bad weather made us stay home for practice day at slinger super speedway.  But Sunday's weather was much better. Sunny skies and a little breeze made the racing day one to look forward to.  However that mind set changed after the first practice. There were a lot of close calls when entering the corner due to brake settings and by the time Tyler had an idea on what to fix, the first session was over. The next session led to a very tight ill handling car that wouldn't turn through the center of the corner. We tried to make adjustments for qualifying but couldn't get past a 13.709 which put us 16th out of the 19 car field. We were going to be the last race of the night and starting as far back as we were(8th row inside) we decided to make a big change in the rear-end. That changed proved to be a good one as by lap 15 we were up to 10th.  Moving through the pack is never easy but Sunday was more of a survive night as four different cars spun or had contact right in front of Tyler and he was lucky enough to miss them all. By the end of the race the car became tight in the center again, but we still managed to climb to 7th.  Given the starting position, the team was happy with yet another top ten at slinger speedway.

Tyler finishes 5th in the points standings!  September 2, 2007
The last race was a "bring the car home don't chance anything" race. We had to try and stay 5th in points and with help maybe get 4th. As the race started a early shuffle among the leaders and a quick caution put us on the outside of a slow up front starter. That meant that we had to get away from this car and in a hurry. We managed this and rode around in 4th for most of the race. A late caution put the pack side by side again and i noticed the car didn't have the power that it had early in the race (after the race we found out we broke a clutch). With that power loss and the double file re-start we fell to 5th and ended up there. The luck we needed just wasn't enough and we fell one point short of 4th in the championship battle. But after we missed 3 races and then decided to race full time at slinger we can't be mad. We beat guys who raced there every week and we still managed to finish 5th overall. We had a great season with no major problems, few crashes, some problems with other drivers, but still had fun doing it. Of course we couldn't do it without the help of family, friends, and sponsors. Next year we plan to be back, still unsure about full time at slinger but as the season nears we will post our schedule. We have a 2nd car that we will prepare for some other tracks and plan to do a little more racing next year. So thanks to all who cheered and helped and we'll see you again, next year.


Tyler finishes 7th!  September 2, 2007

We started middle pack for this race and had a decent car to run well but the problem was that the race went green for the first twenty laps or so and we had to work around slower racers. That allowed the pack to pull away from us. After clearing the other racers we did manage to to fight to 7th place. Once again keeping our record of every time we finish a race we get a top ten finish. One more week to go so we'll see what happens.

Tyler brings home first feature win at Slinger!

Tyler brings home a fourth place finish at Slinger!

Lapped traffic cost Tyler the win at Slinger!

Tyler races in the Summer Rumble!

Bad Luck strikes at Slinger

May 27, 2007 - Well the first dnf at slinger did happen this week,  no hiding around that. As a team we are not very happy how the dnf happened. Getting driven into from the inside lane while your on the outside passing is dirty pool. To have it happen on the second lap of a thirty lap race makes it worse. We had a very good car. We made the dash, qualified fifth, due to lack of preparation we finished second in the dash, but had high hopes for another top five in the feature. With the little time I had in the car it felt really good, but the 0 car from Joe Cool Racing stopped those good feelings.

Coming off of two while on the outside the 0 car kept climbing towards the outside lane eventually hitting us as we were going into three, I managed to keep the car off the wall but did get hit by the other racers trying to avoid me.  We'll be back and will deal with the 0 when the time comes. When we return to slinger we have again high hopes for another top five and are always trying for the first win of the season.

 

Thanks

Ty

Another third place finish at Slinger!

May 13, 2007 - It was our third time back to slinger but only our second opportunity to race due to the clutch going away on us two weeks ago. We left off were we did the last race..  during practice we were one of the top five cars in time.   Going into qualifying,  I had good hopes for another top five.  But the other drivers had different plans and we ended up 7th in time.  We came to the conclusion that I won't be a contender for top qualifier, I'm just not that kind of driver.  However being 7th in time put me in the outside front row.  I would have liked to be on the inside but you take what you can get. I knew I would have to make a strong run to make it to the lead, I tried holding on the outside for five laps but eventually fell to second.  I then tried to find a spot to make the pass for the lead, staying second for about 15 laps but I just couldn't get by without the leader Chris Blawat making a mistake.  It didn't happen.  In fact a mistake I made by getting caught behind a lap car caused me  to drop from second to third.  The car was great but I couldn't get a good enough run to better my spot so as the checkered fell, I had to settle for another top five and another third place run.  We'll be back at Slinger next Sunday for another run at the win, so hope to see you there!

 

Thanks to all racing sponsors and fans

Ty

Mishap at Jefferson ends the night for the 27 team  May 5th, 2005 - The day started out as a learning day as we headed to Madison speedway. It was my first time there so we took it easy. Since it was only a practice day we tried to learn as much as we could. We came to the conclusion that the track is very fast but maybe not to our style yet. So I don't think we'll be racing there this year, but everything is always changing.  From Madison we went to Jefferson to race there. Our first time at Jefferson this year was once again learning. Throughout the night we fought an ill handling car, but started to make progress in the semi feature until another car spilled anti-freeze all over. That led to a 15  lap cleanup scrub in until the track was suppose to be ready. On the first restart we got involved with the 21 of Ryan Zielski who got in the the oil dry that was still left on the track.  The crash left both our cars out for the rest of the race. As a driver, I hold nothing towards Ryan, he has no control of the car. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RACING, at that time. I place most of the blame on the #27 of Tom Shutte, and small part on Jefferson for starting us to soon.  But cars are meant to be put together again and that's what we'll do. I have talked to Jefferson Speedway and hold nothing against them.  They tried to do what was best, but we just ended up on the short side of the straw.  Sunday we'll be going back to Slinger to try and improve on our 3rd place finish last time we were there.  

Good racing
Ty

Clutch problems end the day early.. April 29, 2006
We arrived at Slinger Speedway 8:30 a.m Sunday with high hopes for another good run.  The car was cleaned up by 8:45 am, we went through tech at 9:35 and at 9:50 we found a problem with the clutch.  The car was loaded up and we spent the day as race fans.   

We are tentatively adding next Sunday at Slinger to our schedule to make up for the troubles we had this week.  If all goes well at practice in Madison on Saturday, we are also considering running Jefferson Saturday night.  Stay tuned as we make our final decisions at the end of the week.

Thanks
Ty

Tyler has a great start to the 2007 season finishing third at the Slinger Super Speedway season opener!  April 22, 2006 - We started the day with confidence as Saturday's practice session left us with high hopes for a good run Sunday. During the practice sessions we slowly tried to dial the car in with small changes, trying not to change the overall driveability of the car.  Those small changes led us to our best qualifying effort on Sunday, timing in at 3rd place.  This gave us the third starting position, or second row inside for the 40 lap feature event.  When the green dropped the inside lane moved up as the cars in the outside lane struggled.  We locked ourselves into the 2nd position and stayed there for twenty laps until the event's first caution flew.  We were forced to run the outside lane on the re-start. We fell back to 3rd, fought up to second again just to have another caution with 7 laps left. We once again fell to 3rd after the re-start which is where we finished the race, giving us our first top five of the season. Due to the good run we won't be going to 151 speedway for their season opener, we will instead be going back to slinger  next Sunday to try and improve on a 3rd place run. 

Thanks to all!
Ty James