July 25th 2007
NELMS TO MAKE GRAND RETURN TO ROCKFORD
| Rockford, IL- Josh Nelms will be making his first Rockford Speedway start since earning the 2006 NASCAR Late Model Rookie of the Year honors at the famed 1/4 mile facility located just off I-90 at the IL 173 exit. The former Bartlett, IL resident, who now calls Lockport home will be trying his hand in the ASA Late Model North 100 this Saturday night. A surprise entry is that of 2006 Rockford Speedway Late Model Rookie of the Year and 2005 Illiana Motor Speedway Mid-Am Champion Josh Nelms. Nelms who has been competing weekly at Illiana this season in the Late Models will make the tow back into familiar surroundings. In his rookie campaign Nelms was able to capture two NASCAR Late Model wins at Rockford, many look for him to be strong Saturday night. |
July 25th 2007
| July 21st- Looking to rebound from the week before frustrations, Josh and crew were ready. With some big changes to the chassis Josh was second quick in practice. In qualifying, Josh was 4th quick with a 19.935. The heat race proved to the team that Josh had a good car for the night as he charged from his 3rd row starting spot and was running down the leader and not getting any pressure from behind to finish 2nd. Once again he started 3rd row and quickly started moving to the front and by lap 5 was in 3rd. On lap 11 Josh mad a move to take over 2nd and set his sights on the leader. On lap 17 Josh had caught the leader and was making a move to the onside when the caution came out. On the restart Josh tried to keep up, but with the lack of horsepower slid back to 4th. He fought hard and finished 4th .947 seconds behind the leader. |
July 20th 2007
| 2 video clips from (06/30/07) |
July 20th 2007
| points as of (07/14/07) |
July 18th 2007
| July 14th- This Saturday proved to be a day of frustration for the KJ Motorsports team. Josh went out in the first practice and was turning his quickest practice times of the year on an old set of tires. When they bolted up the used set from the week before and went out the car became a handful to drive and Josh wasn't happy. He managed to pull his fastest qualifying effort of the year with a 19.83 good for 4th quick. The heat race had Josh second row inside but the car still wasn't reacting the way he needed it to be and he hung in there for a 3rd place finish. The feature ran caution free and Josh fighting a tight a racecar hung in there for a 7th place finish. All in all it was a good night, despite our worst finish of the year, we will be back strong again next week. |
July 18th 2007
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new pictures from (07/14/07) |
July 18th 2007
| new wallpaper |
July 11th 2007
| points as of (07/07/07) |
July 9th 2007
| July 7th - As luck foreseen, this was 7/7/07. Time to go to the boat. Josh working off his season best 2nd place run the week before was looking to back it up with the Mid Season Championship. Josh went out in the first practice and was comfortable with the car and only ran a handful of laps. For the second practice the team bolted new tires on and Josh ran the fastest lap of practice. Qualifying had him going out 12 out of 14 cars and he ran a 19.929 good for 3rd quick and missing fast time by .015. In the heat race Josh was 3rd row outside and at the start he quickly gained the advantage on the outside. One by one he passed cars and soon found himself in the lead and went on to win the heat race. The feature had Josh starting outside 4th row and Josh was fighting a tight racecar which he took the blame for and adjustment after the heat. He fought hard and finished a strong 4th place. This has vaulted Josh up to 7th in the points. The team has set a goal of vying for top 5 in the points. |
July 9th 2007
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new pictures from (07/07/07) |
