TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
TRONE PICKS UP FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR IN 358 ACTION AT TRAIL-WAY SPEEDWAY

This past Friday at T-W was a great night as we got our  first win of the season! We started 4th and took the lead on lap 3 and held off Jeff Rohrbaugh for the win. Finished 4th in the heat after getting wrecked with 3 laps to go trying to take the lead. Reastarted with a smashed nose wing and got back to 4th but that was good enough to get handicapped.


TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
LOOKING BACK AT THE 2010 SEASON

Looking back at the 2010 season, we had a great season despite not getting to victory lane. Overall we had 9 top fives and 13 top tens in 20 starts. Some of the highlights were finishing 3rd six times at Trail-way. Also finishing 5th in my first race at Port Royal in a 358. I raced there once in a micro sprint. Another highlight was finishing 4th in the Trail-way season points which was a career best in the 358. I'd also like to acknowledge my 2 stepsons,Tyler and Zachary, who began their racing careers in 2010 racing a peewee kart. Zachary won 6 times and Tyler 3 times! Kristi, myself, and family are so proud of them. I'd like to thank all of our sponsors, family, crew, friends and fans for a successful season.
Looking ahead to 2011, we purchased a new Maxim Chassis. We still have the J&J as a back-up. Jim Travis is freshening up the engine once again. We will once again run the full schedule at Trail-way. If all goes as planned, we will run some races before T-W opens. We are looking to run at Lincoln March 12th, Williams Grove March 18th and Port Royal March 19th. We may also get to a few more throughout the season but will focus on the boy's racing as well. We are moving them up to a new cage clone class at Hunterstown. We purchased 2 Rage Jr Nitro chassis for them. We'd also like to thank our returning sponsors: Robin Myers Enterprises, Fastenal Racing, Simpson Race Products, KT's Pizza, Travis Racing Engines, Kess Body Shop,Rucker Computer Solutions, and Eureka Lubricants. We are also seeking additional sponsorship, big or small. if anyone is interested. I can be reached by e-mail at jtr992k4@yahoo.com. On behalf of myself and JTR Motorsports, we look forward to seeing everyone at the tracks soon!
Thank you,
Joe Trone Jr .


MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010
TRONE FINISHES 3rd AT TRAIL-WAY

We started out the night on a good note winning our heat race from our 5th starting spot. We started 10th in the feature and raced our way to a strong 3rd place finish making back to back top five finished for the team. Come out and support the team...


MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2010
TRONE FINISHES 9th AT TRAIL-WAY

On Friday at T-W, I finished 4th in my heat. Since it was the Spring Championship we drew for starting spots but just like two weeks ago I drew 12 for the feature again. It was very difficult to pass as the track was pretty much one lane around the bottom but I managed to finish in 9th. On Saturday,at Hunterstown, Zachary finished 2nd in his heat and 3rd in the feature. He continues to improve every week! This coming weekend we have off with the sprint car so it's Hunterstown on Saturday.


MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2010
TRONE FINISHES 5th AT TRAIL-WAY

On Friday at T-W, I finished 3rd in my heat. We redrew for starting spots and unfortunately I pulled the 12 pill. We had a strong car so I was able go forward and ended up with a solid 5th place finish. We were very happy with that after all the bad luck going back to last season. On Saturday, Zachary drove the peewee kart again. He started 3rd in his heat and jumped into the lead. Some of the more experienced kids got by then but he was doing a great job until the engine shut off. We patched it back together and prayed it would hold up so he could finish the feature. Luckily it did and he looked awesome passing a few karts and finished 4th. He was smiling all night. Next week it's Trail-way Friday and Hunterstown Saturday again.


MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010
SEASON OPENER FOR 358 SPRINTS AT TRAIL-WAY

We finally got to race this weekend for the first time this season. We ran Trail-way Friday. I won my heat then redrew 4 for the feature. On the start though I got together with another car and the front axle broke ending my night with a 21st place finish. It was a disappointing end to the night but we feel really good about 2010. Thanks to Travis Racing Engines for helping get us back to being competitive again. On Saturday, we debuted our pee wee kart at Hunterstown with Zachary behind the wheel for his first race ever. He was doing great but unfortunately the engine gave us problems and he had to drop out. We were all very proud of him though. He was getting more comfortable as the night went on. This week it's Trail-way Friday and Hunterstown Saturday and possibly Sunday.


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