Barbara West's Blog (9)

Update as of 6/5/10

Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you know how things are going so far this season for JB Motorsports.

We want to thank Adam's Driveshaft and Sun Loan Company for their sponsorship for the remainder of the 2010 season!

Barbara's heat races consist of 2 wins and a 4th place finish. Main results are 3 top 5's and 1 top 10.

Steve is doing a GREAT job for his first time ever racing with 1 heat race win and a 3rd place finish. Steve's…

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Added by Barbara West on June 8, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

JB Motorsports LLC

We now have 3 cars running! The #18 piloted by Barbara West, the #37 piloted by Steve Borkowski and the 37b (in the Driver Development Program) is being piloted by 14 year old, Bridgette Raucci.

Barbara won her heat race on opening night at the LVMS Bullring and finished 5th in the main. We are changing the #18's motor and are looking for a WIN or top 3 finish. She has the equipment and backing that she was lacking last season and she will be AGGRESSIVE as well as COMPETITIVE…

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Added by Barbara West on April 11, 2010 at 11:12pm — No Comments

MORE CARS for JB MOTORSPORTS!

I have added a new dirt car to the team and I will test and tune in two weeks in Pahrump! Lot's to do on it as it has been sitting for 3 years...Have made a lot of changes on the current car which will probably be a dirt car primarily (and a back up for the asphalt) as it does better on dirt! The New ASPHALT (dedicated to asphalt) Car will roll out in March for the NEW SEASON! It's faster than the car I raced in 2009, and cheaper than 2 motor rebuilds! LOL! Come Check Out JB Motorsports in… Read More

Added by Barbara West on October 22, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

August 14th Practice

The car is on the 4th motor this season and testing went ok. DID NOT BLOW UP ! ! ! I will be testing and tuning on the 28th , September 4th and 18th. Hope that I can get the car dialed in for the October 3rd race! Will keep you all posted!

Added by Barbara West on August 24, 2009 at 2:08am — No Comments

6/13/09 Results

Well...I blew up the motor AGAIN.....gggrrrrr...That's three in a row...I have one week to get it back together so I can race on Father's Day (in memory of my daddy). Then during our 6 week break I am building a chevy motor and junking the Oldsmobile crap. They cost a ton of money to fix and I keep blowing up in practice. The past 3 practices have cost me about 200 per lap (15 - 17 laps) on each re-build . F*ck Oldsmobiles...I'm going CHEVY!

Added by Barbara West on June 14, 2009 at 5:54pm — 1 Comment

I'M RACING 6/13/09

Update to the drama on the 37.



A thousand and some odd dollars later the motor it done and in the car! I am taking it to the track tomorrow night to test and tune! It's been a long, hard and expensive season and we're not even half way! I found an engine builder that use to build motors for Ricky Rudd! How cool is that?! He assures me that the motor will hold together for the rest of the season and that I will only need to focus on keeping the car on the track and out of the… Read More

Added by Barbara West on June 11, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

April 18, 2009 LVMS Bullring

After the last practice which resulted in blowing the heads on the car I scrambled the past two weeks getting the car ready for 4/18. Several hundred dollars later the car is ready! I picked it up from the shop on Friday and prepped it for Saturday night’s race. Saturday practice was awful...the new rims and tires didn't feel balanced right and the car shook in the turns and on the straight ways. The car was fast and I was hitting my marks until lap 10--- then BANG---blew the bottom end of the… Read More

Added by Barbara West on April 22, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

Set backs---

This week has been full of set backs...the heads and gaskets are replaced, but broke a head bolt putting it back together...waiting on parts and hoping to make the race on 4/18, Current sponsor cancelled contract. Looking for sponsors! Saturday night track side autograph session! Come out and cheer me on! Lord knows I need some (of any kind) support!

Added by Barbara West on April 15, 2009 at 12:26am — No Comments

April 3-4, 2009 Racing at LVMS Bullring

Well...the weekend didn't go so well...Froze my a$$ off at Friday night practice and the track was really slick...Saturday practice was good...I ran consistent lap times and was hitting my marks, then blew a head gasket and cracked a head during final practice on Saturday, missed my heat race and the main... what a way to ruin a perfectly good practice and evening, especially with my current sponsor there and 3 other potential sponsors looking to see me in the show...



I was so… Read More

Added by Barbara West on April 7, 2009 at 12:21am — 2 Comments

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