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Michael Seeright has a rough night at New Smyrna. Birmingham and the Crimson
125 is next.Posted July 3rd, 2007
Before the Florida 100 Presented by FLF Racecars, Michael Seeright and his
Dream Motorsports Team gave away two kids bikes to two lucky fans at the New
Smyrna (FL) Speedway. (ASALMS File Photo)
By Dream Motorsports/51 Sports
Haines City, Florida (07/03/2007): Michael Seeright headed into the latest ASA
Late Model Series Southern Division event with high hopes of being able to be up
front and contend for the win. The Florida 100 Presented by FLF Racecars event
was held at one of the closest tracks on the ASALMS South circuit to his hometown
of Haines City, Florida; New Smyrna Speedway.
Seeright looked to be able to put on a good show for his hometown fans after
qualifying in the 12th position. Both the driver and the car were fast and looked to
be able to contend for the win. “We finally got the car where it was handling [well],”
said Seeright. “It was the best we’ve been since we started this ASALMS tour. I
finally was able to just ride and save the car.”
But Seeright’s good fortune took a turn for the worse on lap 30 when an incident
occurred in front of him after another competitor dropped oil on the track. Seeright
was left with nowhere to go. “Our car was easily a top five car. I was lifting about
five or six car lengths early and the brakes were a little soft so I didn’t want to slide
the tires. It was just phenomenal. I really hate it because we finally got the car
hooked up. It got smashed up pretty good.”
Instead of celebrating their first ASA Late Model Series victory, Seeright and his
Dream Motorsports team now will return home to try and repair and then prepare
their car for the next ASALMS Southern Division event at Birmingham (AL)
International Raceway on Saturday July 14, 2007 for the Fourth Race of the 2007
season, the Crimson 125.
The car is in pretty bad shape,” added Seeright. “It’s going to need a whole new
clip. We have a lot of work in only two weeks before Birmingham. I’ve never even
seen Birmingham, so it’ll be very interesting for us, that’s for sure.”
“It’s a shame for us because I think with a good finish it would have put us in the
top 10 in points which would have guaranteed us a spot in the race, but we’ll just
go there and do the same thing that we did here and just qualify our way in.”
“It ran really good today, and I just hate it for the whole team and all our sponsors,
American Clean Energy Systems (ACES). We had a good run going for them and I
just hate it. I also have to thank Dream Motorsports for giving me the opportunity to
drive the car, and all the guys at AMF chassis who worked hard after Georgia to
get it put back together. Now they’re going to have to do it all over again, so I feel
bad for them.”
To learn more about Michael Seeright and the Dream Motorsports Team, log onto
their website at: Dream Motorsports
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