A letter from James "Cooter" Smith on the race event at Lake Doucette Motor Speedway

I just wanted to send an e-mail to you about my trip to Lake Doucette. I went down Friday morning with Bob and Ron Lane from B&R Racing. When we got there the reception we got from the locals made us feel real welcome and the track configuration was incredible. After practicing we knew we had a good car for Saturday. Come Saturday at race time the organization and friendliness of the track officials was incredible. Before the 150 we looked over the car to make sure the car was good to go and discovered the front two rotors were cracked. Leonard Boutillier’s crew pitched in and helped us make the line up. In th 150 Ron made it up to 2nd, right behind Frank Hurlburt, and for a good portion of the race tried to work Frank high and low but with wore out tires couldn't make it stick. Colby Smith then made a good run by Ron on the bottom and he was able to get under Frank for first. When Frank spun , that gave second back to Ron and he was able to get under Colby in 3 but exiting 4 backed out of the throttle so he wouldn't wreck Colby. All in all Ron gained a lot of knowledge for that track, respect of the other drivers, and most of all had a great time. If this race is held next year , I think you can count on B&R racing going to Lake Doucette.A big thank you goes out to the officials, fans and people of Lake Doucette and surrounding communites, Cape View motel for the excellent accomidations and anyone else that made this trip a very good experience.