Rugged Cross Racing


*Results*

Date	Track	Driver	Place
Aug 15 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	11/14
Aug 15 2008	The 40 team headed down to Potomac Speedway on Friday. We had a good practice session with no problems. The car handled good with no problems. In the heat race Don started 2nd. He ran and handled good holding his own in second place for most of the race. With two laps to go he got passed by two car in turn four and finished fourth out of seven cars. In the feature we started 8th. Don ran OK however just did not have anything for the top five cars. He was running in the seventh position with two to go and got spun out from behind by one of the competitors. He fortunately did not receive any major damage and restarted at the back of the field. We moved up one spot and finished 11th. Heat race: started 2nd, finished 4th, out of 7 Feature: started 8th, finished 11th, out of 14
Jul 25 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	4/16
Jul 25 2008	The CRW Flags/RCR team Racing Team ventured out to Potomac Speedway and came home with encouraging results. Our luck may be changing. Warm ups went well - the car was powerful and handled well. In the heat race, we started 4th and finished 3rd. For the feature race, we started 2nd and got trapped on the high side, thus losing several spots; quickly finding the car in 10th position. Then, with a successful comeback, we were able to pass numerous cars and avoided several accidents, finishing a fine 4th. The CRW flags/RCR Race Team will be off for two weeks, starting up again 15 Aug 08. For anyone interested, new t-shirts are now available. E-mail ruggedcrossracing@comcast.net if interested. Thanks to Robbie Cataldi, the Tony Quaid team, and the best looking female crew chief in the pits for all their help! -Don
Jul 18 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	8/16
Jul 18 2008	The CRW Flags/RCR team headed down to Potomac Speedway on Friday to try again to get back on track with a good night. We had a real good warm-up with the car looking real strong! We started last in the second heat race and the car turned extremely tight in the turns. We checked things out after the heat race, and found out we had a tire going down! Amy repaired the problem and we went out for the feature. Don started ninth in the feature and started out a little tight however, Don tried a few different lines and the car started coming around. We quickly moved up to fifth. We looked liked we were going to have a good finish but lost a little power and finished eight out of fourteen cars. We are looking for a little luck soon as we have had three 8th place finishes in a row! Not where we want to be, so we keep plugging away and our luck will change soon, I hope! heat race started 7th out of seven finished 5th started 9th in the feature finished 8th out of fourteen Next race 25 July!
Jul 3 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	8/16
Jul 3 2008	The 40 team travelled to Potomac Speedway on July 3rd for a special Thursday night event. Warm ups went well. Starting 1st in the heat race, we got bumped out of the groove, loosing a few spots. The 40 car finished about 5th out of 8 cars. After making some adjustments in the pits we started 13th in the feature race, avoided numerous accidents by fellow competitors, Don was running competitively and finished 8th out of 16 cars. The rugged cross race crew is going on vacation and we will work on the racecar when we return. Races are cancelled on 10 July, racing will start back up on 18 July.
Jun 27 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	8/16
Jun 27 2008	We took the track after extensive repairs were done to the CRW/RCR car. We rebuilt the whole right front of the car (spindle, lower A frame, ball joints, caliper, brake pads, brake lines, shock and wheel and tire) as well as the rear-end (axle, bearing and seal, brake shoes, wheel and tire). We were not sure how the car would handle. Don went out for warm-ups and the car surprisingly handled just fine. Started fifth in the heat race and ran well and finished fourth. Started ninth in the feature and was very competitive completing all 15 laps and picking up an eighth place finish. We hopefully will have the 40 car completely up to speed next week with new tires and replacing the bad set of headers that had got damaged in the 20Jun08 accident. Heat race finished 4th out of 7 cars. Feature race finished 8th out of 16 cars.
Jun 20 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	11/15
Jun 20 2008	The 40 car drove down to Potomac Speedway for Friday's event. With high hopes and much work being done on the motor this week, we had great expectations' for for the outcome for the night! We had a good warm-up. Started on the pole (1st) for our heat. We ran very well and finished 1st out of seven cars. We then got the car ready for the feature event. The track got extremely slick, due to the Super Late Models running the there feature. Our car was very loose, and we spun out on lap three. We regrouped and powered on! However one of the other competitors had other things in mind! I received one of the hardest hits I have had in many a year of racing! He just plainly ran us over, or should I say he ran under us. This competitor who will remain nameless, never even checked up and got us airborne and nearly flipped the 40 car. We ended on top of him and almost turned the car over! Thus we received substantial damage (broken spindle, broken caliper, shock, axle, 3-flat tires, 3-bent wheels, broken exhaust pipe , bent lower A-frame). Quite a pricey night. But we hopefully will get the car back for Friday's event. Feature Started 6th.... Finished 11th out of 15 cars
Jun 6 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	10/15
Jun 6 2008	The RCR/CRW Flags #40 car made the long hike down to Potomac Speedway with high expectations of hopefully getting back on the winning track. We had changed the cam and went over everything on the engine with hopes that we had gotten all the bugs out and would be running competitive again. We went out in warm ups and the car seemed to be down on power. We took the track for the heat race starting 5th out of 8 cars. The car once again down on power. After going back to the pits, and changing the spark plug wires and the timing we took the feature starting 13th out of 15 cars and was competitive for about two laps then the car lost power AGAIN. We ended up still getting a top ten finish taking the 10th spot. We have made many changes over this past week and hopefully this Friday the 13th will prove to be lucky for us.
May 25 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	9/12
May 25 2008	After much work was done on the race car by both Tony Quade's crew and Mike Cross, the Rugged Cross #40 car took the track on 25 May for a double feature. While running the first feature, Don realized the car didn't have any brakes and was still under powered. Nontheless, he raced the whole race, and ended up crossing the finish line on three wheels when a C-clip broke and we lost the left rear axle. However, we still ended up finishing the first feature in 9th place. Due to the misfortune in the first feature, we were unable to locate another C-clip and fix the motor so we loaded the car in the trailer and watched the remainder of the races from the stands. The Rugged Cross Race team will be working on the car throughout the week and should be ready for racing again on 6 June.
May 23 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach
May 23 2008	On 23 May 08, the 40 team took the track for another race night at Potomac. We went out for warm ups and our heat race and had some adjustments that needed to be fixed on the car due to the new motor we put in. We were all set to run in the feature race starting 10th and unfortunately we never got to run the race due to an accident knocking over the flag stand during the street stock race. The races were immediately cancelled for the remainder of the night. Due to the cancellation of our race on Friday, we are now scheduled to run twice on Sunday, 25 May 08. See the below article and the pictures of the terrible incident. As posted from Potomac Speedway Web page: In the shortened Coors Light Street Stock main it was P.J. Hatcher picking up his first win of the season. The street stocks could just not get it together as several cautions and red flags flew for this event. On lap ten several cars tangled coming off of turn 4 which resulted in the 23t of Josh Gass flipping badly down the front stretch taking out the flagstand. Thankfully no one was unjured in this terrible crash. The race was called on lap 10. Crossing the line second was Kyle Nelson, third Donnie Smith, fourth Kevin Cooke and rounding out the top five was Ben Oliver. Heats went to Nelson and Gardner.
May 16 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach
May 16 2008	The RCR team was ready and prepared with the new motor in tack for racing Friday. The team worked long hours on Thursday night to get the car ready. We were at the race shop until 3;30 Friday morning working on the new motor! We continued Friday at my house finishing up on the car. We left to go racing and we got word that the races had got canceled at 4:00 pm due to heavy storms that came through at the track. The track stated that the in field pits as well as the lower pits were flooded and could not be worked in by race time. We are slated to race on Friday the 23rd as well as Sunday the 25th. We hope and pray that this motor will be our last for the season!!!! Many thanks go out to all that helped out on Thursday and Friday to get the 40 car ready to race.
Apr 25 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	dnf
Apr 25 2008	The Rugged Cross Race team took the track Friday night attempting it's second win in a row! Don had a competitive heat race with the set up of the car just a tick off, finishing third out of seven. The team made numerous adjustments in the pits to improve the set up and Don went out for the feature starting in the 12th position. The set ups made a great difference to the car and we were on our way to a good finish; when suddenly BANG the motor went. We blew the motor while running 7th in the field of 13 cars. Thus retiring to the infield to view the rest of the race from there. They say "they run their best before they blow"! Hopefully we will back on the track for the next event that is not until 16 May 08. I would like to extend a "Happy Birthday" to Crew Chief Amy Breach!!!! God Bless all and see yah at the races!!!
Apr 18 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	1st
Apr 18 2008	The RCR/CRW Flags race team took off to Potomac Speedway Friday evening and we had our first win! Don had a good heat race starting third and running very well finished in third. In the feature race, Don started first and never looked back. He finally got the monkey off his back and achieved his first career win!!! Many thanks to all the great sponsors and dedicated crew members that made this possible. In the fifteen lap Sunoco Race Fuel Hobbystock main event it was Don Breach picking up his first ever career win. Breach and Meador (the 2nd place car) would lead the field to the green with Breach taking the lead. Breach and Meador battled but it was Breach leading all fifteen circuits to pick up the win, Ronald Meador second, third Jimmy Suite, fourth Jason Murphy, and completing the top five was Troy Kassiris.
Apr 11 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	4/12
Apr 11 2008	The RCR/CRW Flags #40 car took the track for another fun night of racing! We started tenth in our qualifying heat race and fought our way up a fifth place finish. In the feature event we started sixth and held our own, moving up a few spots and finished a strong fourth out of twelve cars. We will back on the track on 18Apr08 for our next race.
Apr 4 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach
Apr 4 2008	The CRW Flags/Rugged Cross Race team was off on Friday April 4th ( the Hobby Stocks were off all other divisions were scheduled to race). As it turned out all races were rained out anyway. However the week was not totally uneventful! Don's race car trailer was broken into on Monday night and a large amount of the tools and racing accessaries were stolen! In addition three other trailers parked at the lot were also vandalized, including Bruce Kane's #1K teams trailer. Anyone that might hear of people selling used racing equipment or tools, please contact the police ASAP. We would greatly appreciate any help if any to catch the idiots that did this! We do have to thank God that no one was injured and the car was not harmed in any way. Even with everything that happens we still need are very Blessed!! We, the 40 team will be back on the track Friday 11April08 to try to capture our 1st win of the 2008 season. Don............
Mar 28 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	6/12
Mar 28 2008	The CRW Flags/Rugged Cross Race Team took the track with high hopes! However, the good Lord had other things in store for us. Don went out for warm ups, and at the green flag, he broke the Mini-Spool in the rear end. We thrashed in the pits to rebuild the rear and with a lot of great help made it for the feature! We started 11th and quickly moved up to 5th in only two laps. The RCR team then received a flat right front tire. The yellow flag came out,and we quickly came to pit road and got out without losing a lap. We then fought back to 5th again, and on the last lap got loose coming out of turn four and lost two spots. The final result for our long night of troubles was 6th out of twelve. Not bad for all of the problems that occurred! A shout out goes to Richard, Steve, James and all of the Quade racing crew that made it possible for us to even get back on the track! Praise God for all of the people that stepped up in the pits in the absence of our crew chief who was out in L.A. taking it easy!
Mar 21 2008	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	3/12
Mar 21 2008	The Rugged Cross Racing team took the track for the first race of the 2008 season. Don, had a good warm-up in high hopes of a good night to follow! We started on the pole for our heat/qualifying race. Don got a great start and pulled away from the field! He never looked back and finish 1st in the race! In the feature, we started 2nd and held our own for most of the race and one car slipped by. We finished 3rd! Our team hits the track next week for hopes of our first feature win!

2007 Results
Date	Track	Driver	Place
Oct 20 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	10/12
Oct 20 2007	The #40 team traveled to Potomac Speedway for the last race of the 2007 season on Friday and Saturday Oct. 19/20. The team took the track on Friday night for the qualifying race in the Saturday Hobby Stock feature event. We started second out of twelve cars. Don quickly moved to the front and lead the field for almost the entire race until the last lap when Kyle Nelson passed us on the last lap. Don finished second out of twelve cars. This qualified us for the "Dash Race" as well as Saturday's feature event! Saturday's event went quite differently! We took the track for the Dash, starting third out of four cars. Once again, we quickly moved to the front of the pack in one lap! We lead the field into turns three and four and in one turn, got a flat tire and broke a rocker arm stud. This put us out for the Dash. Thanks to the help of numerous teams, we got the car put back together for the feature race. In the feature event, we started fourth out of twelve cars. Unfortunately, the tracked changed and we could not get the car to handle. The car was down on power and eventually overheated. Don finished tenth out of twelve cars. This concludes the 2007 season for the Rugged Cross Racing/CRW Flags race team. I would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters for making this season possible! A special thanks goes out to my daughter Amy for all her hard and dedicated work as Crew Chief, Team Manager, and #1 Fan! We are looking forward to a better 2008 season, and we are hoping all of our great supporting sponsors will be on board for 2008. Peace Out and God Bless!!! Don
Oct 6 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	9/16
Oct 6 2007	On Friday and Saturday, 5 and 6 October, the Rugged Cross Racing Team traveled to Potomac Speedway for the Small Car Nationals. Friday night was practice and qualifying. We took the track for the first time with the new motor and ran well in our heat race, finishing 5 out of 8. Returned on Saturday for our feature in hopes of a good finish. Started tenth in the feature, moved up to 6th, running with the leaders. Half way through the race we lost a little power. We didn't know what was wrong at the time, so we continued, but lost a few spots in the race. We finished 9th out of 16 starters. We later found out that the power loss was due to a broken rocker arm stud. It will be fixed, and we will return for the Vernon Harris Memorial which is scheduled for 19-20 October at Potomac. This will be the last race for the season for our team.
Sep 14 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	13/15
Sep 14 2007	The Rugged Cross Race team had a long week in preparation for the final points race of the 2007 season! We worked on the car Thursday until 11:30 p.m. getting the new motor in the car and running. Friday, we had a few minor things to complete, and we were ready for the night of racing! We made the long haul down to Potomac Speedway with threatening skies. Unfortunately, the weatherman did not cooperate with us. After unloading the car, they canceled the racing for the night. The night of racing could not be made up. So we finished eighth(8) in the Hobby Stock points Standings for 2007. We still have two(2) more races at Potomac Speedway, October 5th and 6th will be the Small Car Nationals and October 19th and 20th for the Vernon Harris Memorial weekend. Many thanks go out to Scott Cross for all of his hard work on getting us the motor in time to at least try to race on Friday.
Aug 31 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	13/15
Aug 31 2007	The forty car took the track for another week of racing at Potomac Speedway! We had a good practice session and ran well in our heat race finishing 4th out of eight. Then came the feature, a twenty-five lap double-point race that we were looking forward to! Unfortunately, the motor did not cooperate! We were running in the fifth spot challenging for fourth, when bang! The motor blew. Unfortunately, the damage was so severe we could not get back for the Sunday race. we finished 13th out of 15 cars. Missing Sunday's event cost us a spot in the point standings. We are currently are now eighth in points. Hopefully we will have our new motor in for the next event on the September 14.
Aug 24 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	9/16
Aug 24 2007	On August 24, 2007 the CRW/Rugged Cross Race team took the track for another adventure at Potomac Speedway! During the week, we spent many long nights making major changes to the set-up on the car. We changed the weight and the stagger as well as the front end alignment of the car. Many thanks go out to Jim and Wendy Jesmer for their help! We went out for warm-ups, and the car handled totally different! We started sixth in our heat race. The car ran and handled well. We finished third out of eight cars. The forty car started sixth in the feature. We were running very well until once again we got a flat right rear. After getting the tire replaced by the crew, we got back out without losing a lap. We quickly moved from thirteenth to eighth in a few laps. Then the 78 car deliberately took us out! We received front end damage and continued in the race finishing ninth out of sixteen. Unfortunately the track promised that any deliberate spinning of cars or aggressive driving would not be tolerated, but no penalty was assessed to the 78 car. Well, we will be back on the track on Friday, August 31 to try again. I guess its not about racing hard and trying to pass cars its more about avoiding getting taken out by fellow competitors! The highlight of the night was taking the kids out for a free ride in the stock car and having the opportunity to hand out a few shirts. Many thanks go out to the #28 Tony Quade racing team for their relentless help they provide to our team each and every week.
Aug 17 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	8/15
Aug 17 2007	The #40 hobby stock car took the track in an attempt for a good finish. Unfortunately Amy picked about the worst starting spot possible as she picked pill #72 which had a start of 8th in the heat race. Moved up well finishing 4th out of 8 cars. Made some minor adjustments on the car. Started 8th in the feature and moved up to 6th on the first lap. On lap 2, received a flat tire. We went to the pits and changed it. Returned to the track starting in the rear and moved up to 9th and got spun out. Regrouped and came back out on the track to finish 8th out of 15 cars. Not unhappy with the finish considering the situations we faced. Better luck next week!
Aug 10 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	8/16
Aug 10 2007	#40 car took the track for racing on Friday August 10 with high hopes of a good night!. The heat race went well, finishing 3rd out of 8 cars, with plenty of power and a slight handling problem. Made some minor changes to the car. Started the feature 5th, and ran well for most of the feature race getting hit from behind numerous times, while running 6th got bumped again and nearly tore the rear off the car. Lost two spots with the rear tail section of the car hanging came across the finish line in 8th out of 16 cars.
Aug 3 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	13/15
Aug 3 2007	On the August 3rd the CRW Flags/Rugged Cross Racing team took the long trip down to Potomac Speedway once again in the attempt to win a race! We had high hopes as we made many changes that we hoped would change the outcome of our night. Well, the warm ups went well, and things went down hill from there! Started 4th in our heat race ran OK but seemed to be down on power a little. Finished 5th out of seven. Feature time came, and we made some changes to our set up as well as jetted the carburetor a little different, we started 9th out of 15. We held our own, but really did not have anything for the leaders. While running 8th we were tagged by a fellow contender and received a flat tire. We went to the pits and changed the tire and retired for the night, thus finishing 13th out of 15. This was our 1st DNF ( did not finish) of the season. We definitely look for better thing next week!!
Jul 27 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	7/16
Jul 27 2007	On July 27th, the Rugged Cross Race team headed down to the track once again to try our luck at competing in the hobby stock class. The #40 car took the track for in the heat race starting 4th of 8 cars. Don ran competitively and finished in 4th place. The Rugged Cross Race car started 6th in the feature race of 16 cars after making some minor adjustments. The car ran well until the last few laps when it tightened up and starting bouncing. Don finished 7th of 16 cars with no damage to the car at all. Some minor adjustments will be made this week and hopefully run a little better on August 3rd.
Jul 13 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	4/16
Jul 13 2007	The curse of Friday the 13th was definitely present at Potomac Speedway Friday night! All classes had extreme difficulty handling the tough track conditions. The CRW Flags/Rugged Cross Racing team took the track for another attempt at racing competition; Warm up went well with the team making some changes to the car! We then went out for our heat race, that's when the curse hit us! After a very positive warm up we could not even get the car to go around the turns with some kind of handling problems! We survived and finished 5th. The feature was next for us to attempt! What else could possibly go wrong? The Hobby Stocks took the track at 12:30 (that's right 12:30 am) and after numerous yellows we ended up 4th out of 16th. We survived numerous accidents and mishaps from other contenders, surprisingly after a terrible heat race we were very competitive! Too bad they decided to shorten our feature who knows how far we could have moved up!
Jul 3 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	12/14
Jul 3 2007	On July 3, 2007 the CRW Flags/Rugged Cross Racing team took the track! The 40 car started 7th in the heat race and quickly moved up to 3rd, unfortunately while challenging for the lead... spun on the last lap. Don finished 5th in the heat. In the feature race we had high hopes while starting 7th... we moved up to 5th within the first few laps. With one lap to go we were trying to pass the fourth place car and got in turn three a little bit too hard and lost it, spinning into the infield bringing out a yellow flag with one lap to go! We finished a disappointing 12th out of 14. The good thing was the car handled better than it has all year, and with no major damage to fix from the night at potomac speedway we are looking forward to competing on Friday the 13th!
Jun 29 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	5/13
Jun 29 2007	With rain clouds all around the sky, the Rugged Cross Race Team took their chances and made their way to Potomac Speedway. The #40 car took the track in the heat race starting in 3rd of 6 cars. Don was having a lot of trouble getting the car to hook to the track and he ended up finishing the race in 6th place. After making some changes to the tire pressure on the car, Don went back out to the track for his feature race. Starting in 7th place the car was running very well. He quickly moved up to 5th and held that spot for a few laps until the car locked up on him. The #40 car dropped back to 8th place for a few laps then Don regained his 5th place position and finishing in that spot. Although the race had a few caution flags thrown, all in all it was a clean race. The Rugged Cross Race team will be back to racing on Tuesday, 3 July.
Jun 22 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	5/13
Jun 22 2007	The #40 Rugged Cross Racing car took the track once again for another race night at Potomac Speedway. Don started 3rd in heat race. While running 3rd, the car received a flat tire and exited to the pits. Don finished 7th in the heat race. In the feature race, Don started 11th of 13 cars on a very slick track. Avoiding and getting tied up in many accidents, he finished the race in one piece. Out of 13 cars, Don finished 5th. Unfortunately, due to a little contact in the feature, the team had to replace the bumper and front plastic on the car. The car also experienced some carburetor problems resulting in popping and slight loss of power. The Rugged Cross Race team is ready to resume racing on June 29th.
Jun 8 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	10/12
Jun 8 2007	The Rugged Cross Race team tried a new set up on the #40 car with new jets and tire pressures with hopes of a better finish. Don went into the heat race in 2nd place and had slight problems with the carburetor. He finished 4th of 7 cars. After making some adjustments to the carburetor, The #40 car started on the pole (first) in the feature race. Don was running well for the first two laps, leading the pack, then was taken out by one of Potomac's impatient racers (Troy Kasiris). He received a flat tire, and a broken mini spool (rear axle). After changing the flat tire, Don went back out on the track but could not make good advancement to the front. The #40 car finished 10th place out of 12 cars. Potomac is closed on 15 June, and the Rugged Cross Race Team will be back to racing on 22 June will hopes of a much better finish.
Jun 1 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	7/12
Jun 1 2007	The Rugged Cross Race car started 3rd in the heat race and led the race until Tony Quade passed us on the back stretch on the last lap. The #40 car finished ended up 2nd. Don had high hopes for the feature race starting 3rd. Don ran in the top 5 until lap 3 then was assisted in spinning out on the back stretch from a fellow racer, sending him to the rear. The car became extremely tight and didn't advance to the front as well as Don had hoped. He finished 7th of 12 cars. The team will be back to racing on 8 June and will hopefully be more successful. The Rugged Cross Racing #40 car is currently holding down the 7th spot in the point standings.
May 25 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	5/15
May 25 2007	On May 25th, the Rugged Cross Race/CRW Flags car took the track on a hot day of racing at Potomac Speedway. Don drew the 6th starting spot in the heat race. The #40 had a clean race and finished 3rd. Don drew the 6th starting spot for the feature race. The car seemed to run a little under powered but still came out of the race finishing 5th out of 15 cars. The Rugged Cross Race Team will be taking off racing on Sunday, 27 May for a much needed vacation and will be back to racing on Friday, 1 June.
May 18 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	6/12
May 18 2007	The Rugged Cross Race car started 1st in the heat race and held the top spot until the last lap when two cars ended up passing on the outside giving us a finishing spot of 3rd out of 8 cars. The #40 car started 6th in the feature race, moved up to 4th place, then moved back to 7th, and eventually finished the race in 6th place out of 12 cars. The car didn't receive any major damage. The Team will be back to racing on 25 May.
May 11 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	5/15
May 11 2007	The Rugged Cross Race car started 2nd in the heat race out of 8 cars. Don ran competitively and finished 3rd. Don entered the feature race 5th of 15, he ran very well most of the race. Don lost a few spots then ended up finishing nose to tail with the leaders in 5th place. All in all the #40 car had a successful night. God willing the Rugged Cross race team will be back to racing on 18 May.
Apr 27 2006	Potomac Speedway	Racing was canceled on 27 April due to severe weather at the Potomac. The track will be closed on 4 May and the Rugged Cross Race team will resume racing on 11 May.
Apr 20 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	9/15
Apr 20 2007	On April 20th, it was a bright and sunny day down at Potomac Speedway. Amy drew a good pill for the first starting position in the heat race. The heat race went well until the #40 car was bumped from behind causing Don to lose 2 spots and finish 4th out of 7 cars. The Rugged Cross Race team had high hopes for the feature race. Starting 7th out of 15 cars, Don held his spot for the beginning half of the race but got trapped behind a "Wild Man" who nearly hit the wall numerous times. After 12 laps of green flag racing, the first caution came out for the "Wild Man" who broke down. Unfortunately, the #40 Rugged Cross Race car finished 9th out of 15 cars. We will be back to racing on April 27th. The Rugged Cross Race team's thoughts and prayers go out to Dennis, the Potomac Speedway pit stewart who suddenly lost his life on the morning of April 20th.
Apr 13 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	6/18
Apr 13 2007	The Rugged Cross Race team was back to racing on April 13th. The #40 car started 8th out of 9 cars in the heat race. After quickly advancing to 4th place in one lap, the car was taken out by a fellow competitor in turn 3 and 4 receiving a blown tire and retiring to the pits. In addition to racing on Friday the 13th, Don also started the feature race in 13th starting position. If he was superstitious, then he would have thought the CRW/Rugged Cross Race team was in big trouble but he went into the race with no fears. After about the 5th lap, Don found himself running very well and he moved up to the 5th running position with ease. He held that position through many cautions and being bumped around several times. Unfortunately, on one of the restarts, Don was slapped on the wrist with a 2 position penalty for jumping the start. He ended up finishing the race in 6th place out of 18 cars. We will be back to racing again on April 20th.
Mar 30 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	dnf
Mar 30 2007	The Rugged Cross Racing team was back racing on 30 March. The team felt like they would do well since Don pulled a good starting spot in the heat race. Don started 2nd in the heat race and led up until the 5th lap then was passed by 2 cars (Tony Quade, #28, and Will Nelson, #46) and he ended up finishing 3rd. This finish put in him in the front in the feature race starting 4th. Don was racing well and the car was handling great until he was tapped in the turn by (Troy Kasiris, #17). This caused Don to lose control of the car and it spun and hit the front stretch wall, which brought out the yellow flag. The car only had some minor front end damage so Don stayed out on the track. After 2 or 3 more laps, the car was tapping real bad so Don parked it in the pits for the remainder of the race. After loading up the car the Rugged Cross Race team realized what the tapping noise was. Turns out, it was a spark plug that came out and it was tapping on the distributor. The problem is fixed and the #40 Rugged Cross Race Team will be back to racing on 6 April.
Mar 24 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach	5/16
Mar 24 2007	The Rugged Cross Race team had a very successful opening night. We started in the back in the heat race and moved up to 5th out of 8 cars. Then in the feature we started 10th and after numerous yellow flags and 1 red flag, we finished 5th out of 16 cars. The Rugged Cross Race team will be back on the track on Friday, 30 March trying to better our 5th place finish.
Mar 17 2007	Potomac Speedway	Races Canceled Due To Rain
Mar 10-11 2007	Potomac Speedway	Don Breach
Mar 10-11 2007	The race car was taken to the track for the first time this. First, the car was in the Potomac Speedway car show at Hunt's Auto Sales on Saturday, then on Sunday the car hit the track. The track was not in the best of conditions, it was very dusty and dry and there were ruts all over the place. Even though the track was a mess, the #40 Rugged Cross race car didn't run too bad. At this time, the only thing that needs to be done to the car before next weekend is that it needs to be thoroughly washed and needs new tires mounted on it. Other than that, the team is ready for another fun filled racing season!

2006 Results
Date	Track	Laps	Driver	Place
Nov 4 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	9/17
Nov 4 2006	The Rugged Cross Race team traveled to Potomac Speedway on Friday November 3rd and qualified for the Southern Maryland Nationals on an extremely cold night. Don started in the back in the heat race and finished 5th out of 9 cars. The team returned on Saturday with temperatures hovering around the freezing mark starting 11th out of 17 cars. Don quickly moved up to 5th place then the car tightened up and made contact with another competitor resulting in a loss of several spots. He ended up finishing 9th out of 17 cars. See the pictures of how the Rugged Cross Race team stayed warm during the cold nights of the Southern Maryland Nationals and also 1 new picture of the race car. The Rugged Cross Race team is already working on bettering the car and putting a new body on for next racing season. We thank all of our generous sponsors for all their contributions and help throughout the 2006 racing season, we look forward to working with them next season.
Oct 21 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	9/15
Oct 21 2006	On Saturday Don started 7th and finished 9th out of 15 cars. Don got hit on the first lap and quickly recovered and moved his way through the pack. The car survived with minimal damage and is ready to race on 11/3 and 11/4 for the Southern Maryland Nationals.
Oct 20 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	4/7
Oct 20 2006	The rugged cross race team took the track once again for a 2 day event for the Vernon Harris Memorial on Friday 10/20 and Saturday 10/21. Don started last in his heat race on Friday and finished in 4th out of 7 cars.
Sep 3 2006	Potomac Speedway		Don Breach
Sep 3 2006	Tropical Storm Ernesto washed out the races on 1 September. The Rugged Cross Race team made an attempt to race on Sunday, 3 September. Our band-aid repair job on the rear only got the car 4 laps in warm ups. Don spun an axle again making for a short night. The next time Don will race is 20-21 October for the Vernon Harris Memorial. The rear will be put together right this time with all new parts and will make it more than 4 laps in the next race Thanks to the Quade Performance Race Team for attempting to fix the car while Don was on vacation.
Aug 25 2006	Potomac Speedway	6/15	Don Breach	14/17
Aug 25 2006	The Rugged Cross Race team took the track on 25 August. In the heat race, the car ran very competitive picking up a 2nd place finish. Don started 5th in the feature race and ran up front in the top 5 for about 6 laps (out of 15) then the typical bad luck struck again. The car had a rear end failure that took the car out of the race, finishing 14th out of 17. Whoopee! Congratulations to Tony Quade for picking up another first place finish and once again thanks to him and his team for all the help in keeping the Rugged Cross Race team as competitive as we have been thus far.
Aug 18 2006	Potomac Speedway	10/10	Don Breach	11/17
	Potomac Speedway	10/10	Don Breach	10/17
	On schedule for August 18th at Potomac Speedway was the Twin 10's. After not having a very good qualifying heat race, Don started in the rear for the first feature. He kept out of trouble, unfortunately in only 10 laps, he did not progress up to the front and finished 11th out of 17. In the second feature, Don started 12th, avoided numerous major accidents including spinning out once on his own and finished 10th our of 17. Hopefully the team will figure it out and be more competitive next week. The next race is scheduled for 25 August. The Rugged Cross Race team would like to extend our gratitude to the Quade Performance Race team for their continual help in the pits, without their help, we wouldn't be able to make the amount of races we have made thus far.
Aug 11 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	10/16
Aug 11 2006	The Rugged Cross Racing team took the track for another event on Friday, 11 August 06. The heat race went well, we picked up the First WIN of the season. Starting second in the feature, Don ran competitively throughout the race pressuring the leaders for the lead and eventually dropping to 3rd. In the final turn of the last lap, the car was spun out by an all too familiar Jimmy Suite (number 1). After the race, the team had a heated discussion regarding the incident with Jimmy Suite but nothing was resolved with either team. Better luck next week.
Jul 28 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	7th/14
Jul 28 2006	On the 28th of July the Rugged Cross Racing car ran competitive in the heat race finishing 3rd out of 7 cars. In the feature event, Don started 6th and moved up a few spots. With 2 laps to go, he was bumped in the rear by an all too familiar competitor who doesn't know how to pass without hitting someone and he ended up finishing 7th out of 14 cars. The Rugged Cross Racing team will be off the weekend of August 4th and will resume racing on August 11th.
Jul 21 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	7th/14
Jul 21 2006	On July 21st it was a cloudy and wet night at Potomac Speedway. After the rain stopped, racing started. Don started 7th and finished 7th out of 14 cars receiving no damage to the body or the car itself. He will be racing again on July 28th.
Jul 14 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	6th/14
Jul 14 2006	Don returned to racing this week after a much needed vacation. Friday night he ran with a new rear and 2 new tires due to damage that occurred on the 30th of June. He finished 6th out of 14 cars and came out of the race with no damage. The Rugged Cross Race team will return to racing on the 21st.
Jun 30 2006	Potomac Speedway	10/10	Don Breach	14th/21
	Potomac Speedway	10/10	Don Breach	14th/21
	Friday started out well, Don finished 3rd in our heat race. Then the first of two features. In the first Don was taken out of the race by one of the other cars! After replacing the flat tire and fixing some body work, Don returned without missing a lap and finished 14th out of 21 cars. The second feature the Rugged Cross Racing team hoped for better, but late in the race Don stopped for an accident in front of him and a car plowed into our rear blowing out another tire and bending the rear! Don finished 14th out of 21 again.
Jun 23 2006	Potomac Speedway	Races Canceled Due To Rain
Jun 9 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	4th/19
Jun 9 2006	We traveled to the track and made an attempt to race. It did end up raining a little bit but we got the races in. Don finished 4th out of 19 cars. We tried a totally different set up on the car changing the air pressure and wheel stagger. After catching on to the reaction of the car due to the new set up, we were more competitive. The car received minimal damage. We are not scheduled to race on the 16th and races are to be resumed on the 23rd.
Jun 2 2006	Potomac Speedway	Races Can celled Due To Rain
May 28 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	10th/16
May 28 2006	This race turned out to be a tough one for the Rugged Cross Racing car. The car had plenty of power but Don could not get the handling down in turns 1 & 2. He would come out of the turns rough and not be able to catch up to the pack on the straightaway. Better luck to him next week.
May 26 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	14th/16
May 26 2006	Due to the loss of tire grip last week, Don purchased a new tire hoping that would help him out. Unfortunately, the new tire was of no help to the Rugged Cross Racing car. Don started the feature in 14th place and ended in 14th. The car had no power for some reason and Don could not figure out why until he took it to Country Club Automotive the next day. Turns out that the car was running on 7 cylinders instead of 8. The problem was fixed and was ready for racing on Sunday for the rained out feature from 12 May.
May 19 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	9th/18
May 19 2006	Don ran really well this week. Although he lost tire grip half way through the feature, the car had plenty of power and raced great. Don started 17th out of 18 cars and finished the feature in 9th place. This earned him the "Hard Charger" trophy. This trophy is presented to the driver who passed the most cars during the race.
May 12 2006	Potomac Speedway	Feature Rained Out
May 12 2006	We ran in the warm-ups and the timing jumped. That problem was fixed and we ran in the heat race. Don made it up to third place and the motor shut off. We got towed to the pits and found that the dowel pin on the distributer gear broke. Then the Lord blessed us with a rain out and Don still qualified for the feature which has been rescheduled for 19 May.
May 5 2006	Potomac Speedway	Track closed for Richmond NASCAR race
Apr 28 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	6th/23
Apr 28 2006	Scott Cross built us a new motor with lots of horsepower. This was the first race driving with the new motor. Before the warm-ups, the started broke. This didn't stop us, we just had to get push started for the night. Don started 8th in the feature and finished 4th. He started 8th in the feature and ran very well. He was keeping up with the pack. He finished 6th overall in the feature.
Apr 21 2006	Potomac Speedway	Races Can celled Due To Rain
UPDATE ON MOTOR: The piston detonated as a result of running the car too "lean" causing metal to go all throughout the motor. We had a hole in the cylinder wall, broken lifters, bent rods, and a broken camshaft. The only thing salvageable from the motor were the heads. We have a new motor on the way and should be ready for racing next week.
Apr 14 2006	Potomac Speedway	5/15	Don Breach	19th/22
Apr 14 2006	The night started out well. We were running in the top 10 in the warm-ups and the heats and even in the feature. Then, the worst happened. It was probably about lap 5 or 6 and we were coming out of the turn and the motor shut off. Then smoke and flames started coming out of the front of the car. Don was ok, just a little bummed about his motor. Tim, from Country Club Automotive, and Don are going to be looking over the motor to try and find what was the cause of the fire and if the motor can be fixed. Details to follow.
Apr 7 2006	Potomac Speedway	0/0	Don Breach	8th/19
Apr 7 2006	We raced in the warm-ups and the heat laps but then as we went out for the feature race, the sky opened up and it started thunder storming. During the warm-ups and the heat laps, it looked like everyone was out for blood. The drivers were beating and banging each other and rather than driving around each other, they were trying to drive through each other. We ended up getting hit a few times and ended up coming out of the races with a broken axle. All is fixed now and we are ready to go back next Friday night.
Mar 31 2006	Potomac Speedway	15/15	Don Breach	8th/19
Mar 31 2006	Don got back in the driver's seat for the first time since last season. He raced well in the warm ups except for a little tap in the side from another driver, we now have a little hole in the drivers side door, no big deal. In the heat race, the leader spun out in front of him and he tried to dodge him and hit another car and lost the front plastic bumper. We decided to run the feature race without the bumper on the car. In the 15 lap feature race, Don started 7th and quickly moved up to 6th. He held 6th position until a caution came out on lap 13. Once the race started back up, the 2 cars behind him caught up and passed him on the last lap. He ended up getting 8th place out of 19 cars. Not bad for his first week back to racing!
Mar 14 2006	Potomac Speedway	0/15	Tim Jesilonis	Did not start
Mar 14 2006	Tim Jesilonis from Country Club Automotive was scheduled to race the first race for the Rugged Cross Racing team in Don's place. The car was all ready for the race until the starter cable came out. We didn't end up running in the feature.