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McQueen Racing Shows Speed and Poise, But Bad Luck Strikes Again
Team owner Shannon McQueen started the evening with the fourth fastest mark in qualifying. “Lightning” McQueen raced to third from fifth in her Heat in the opening laps, only to suffer a broken left front brake mount, locking up the wheel and settling for sixth.
McQueen Racing Geared Up For Santa Maria
Joining the McQueen Racing stable will be Oklahoma young gun, 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, piloting the McQueen Racing #37 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entry.
McQueen Racing Battles Woes at Stockton 99 Dirt Track Debut; "Lightning" McQueen Sets Another Track Record
After starting off in the top five in hot laps in the McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen, McQueen suffered a broken power steering line as she began her first qualifying attempt. After a quick repair by her team, McQueen returned to qualify last of the 22 cars entered, getting only one lap due to missing her original position in the qualifying order. “Lightning” McQueen took the top mark, blistering the track in 16.513 seconds, garnering her a fifth track record.
McQueen Racing Picks up Some Momentum With Strong Top 10 Run
Having started on the pole in Heat 2, McQueen battled what she described as a “more than terribly loose car” to finish a disappointing fifth.
McQueen Racing Geared Up For Home Track Battle in Bakersfield
“Well, it was not the weekend we were looking for. However, we did learn some stuff that will make our program better going forward,” stated team owner Shannon McQueen, who after missing hot laps due to unknown gremlins in her primary car set quick time by nearly three tenths in her initial laps aboard her #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen.
McQueen Racing Suffers Rough Night; Rookie Oklahoma Tandem Show Immense Poise and Skills
Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, with experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, was making only his third career Midget start in the McQueen Racing #37 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen. Struggling early, clocking in at 18th of 22 entries, battling a tight car, Marcham rebounded strong, finishing fourth in his Heat after a strong battle for the third position.
McQueen Racing Opens Copper on Dirt With Solid Runs by Oklahoma Rookie Tandem
Impressing many with their strong performances, the duo of 18-year-old Alex Sewell of Broken Arrow and 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, showed immense talent and poise behind-the-wheel of McQueen Racing Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entries.
McQueen Racing Geared Up For Copper on Dirt at Canyon Speedway Park
Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, brings experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, with six Championships at I-44 Speedway in Newcastle, Oklahoma, as well as having claimed both the A-Class and Non-wing A-Mains at the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial/Race4Life in Tulsa in 2012. Marcham made his Midget racing debut for McQueen Racing in the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, where he showed poise beyond his years against some of the best racers in the World.
McQueen Racing Announces Oklahoma’s Trey Marcham to Run Several Races in 2013 Including Gold Cup and Turkey Night
Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, brings experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, with six Championships at I-44 Speedway in Newcastle, Oklahoma, as well as having claimed both the A-Class and Non-wing A-Mains at the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial/Race4Life in Tulsa in 2012. Marcham made his Midget racing debut for McQueen Racing in the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in January where he showed poise beyond his years against some of the best racers in the World.
McQueen Racing Announces Driver Roster for Copper on Dirt at Canyon Speedway Park
Marcham, a senior Engineering student at Oklahoma University, brings experience in Micro Sprints, Ford Focus Midgets, 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars and asphalt Late Models, with six Championships at I-44 Speedway in Newcastle, Oklahoma, as well as having claimed both the A-Class and Non-wing A-Mains at the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial/Race4Life in Tulsa in 2012. Marcham made his Midget racing debut for McQueen Racing in the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals last week where he showed poise beyond his years against some of the best racers in the World.
McQueen Racing Suffers Disappointing Chili Bowl; Learns Much in Process
Competing against some of the best Midget racers from throughout the U.S. and beyond, as well as a myriad of racing stars from an array of series including three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and two-time Chili Bowl winner Tony Stewart, plus NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck stars Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet, Cole Whitt, Jason Leffler, J.J. Yeley and Justin Allgaier, McQueen Racing simply couldn’t recover from a string of bad luck.
McQueen Racing Chili Bowl Blues Continue – Bad Luck Strikes Once Again for Shannon McQueen; Saturday's Alphabet Soup Next
Starting fifth in Heat 7 with a narrow, track, McQueen finished fifth in the Heat, setting her at 2nd in points, with only the Top 40 getting locked into the A-Qualifier races. Of note, Friday's racing featured approximately one dozen more entrants than the other preliminary nights, so on any other night, McQueen likely would have started in an A-Qualifier.
McQueen Racing Chili Bowl Blues Continue – Bad Luck Strikes Once Again for Michelle Decker; Team Remains Optimistic
Vying to advance position, Decker was running third midway in the Heat when she had to check up, losing a position, but getting by Andrew Deal on the last lap to take a hard-fought third in the Heat. Following the Heats, Decker was 29th in points, missing the invert by just five positions in Thursday, January 10 preliminary action at the 27th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.
McQueen Racing Opens Chili Bowl With Rookie Trey Marcham – Bad Luck Strikes, but team Remains Optimistic
Wheeling the R.D. Marcham Energy/Best Western Tulsa Airport/Metal Supermarkets/2B Recording/Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC #7T McQueen Racing Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen, Marcham began his evening competing against some of the top drivers of the evening, starting on the inside second row of Heat 4, flanked by 2012 Chili Bowl A-main finisher Danny Stratton on the outside with eventual A-main third place finisher “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild on the pole.
McQueen Racing Geared Up for 2013 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
“Lightning” McQueen Collects Championship Laurels and Special Award in Indiana at “Night of Champions” Gala Event Having posted a stellar season, clinching the USAC-Western States Midget title prior to the season finale at the 72nd Annual Turkey Night Midget Grand Prix, Bakersfield’s Shannon “Lightning” McQueen compiled a stellar season, capped with accepting her championship honors at USAC’s Night of Champions event last weekend (December 7-9) in Indianapolis.
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Hoping to leave behind a recent stretch of bad luck, McQueen Racing had yet another strong performance on Saturday, May 11 at the USAC-Western States event at the 1/3-mile Santa Maria Speedway.
Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen is hoping to gain some positive momentum after some early season woes have bitten the always-formidable McQueen Racing stable. McQueen, a multiple-time race winner and the first woman to win a BCRA Midget championship (2011 BCRA Dirt) and USAC-Western States Midget series championship (2012) will be vying for the win in the McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen in the USAC-Western States event at the 1/3-mile Santa Maria Speedway on Saturday, May 11.
Hoping to improve from her Top 10 run last week at her hometown track of Bakersfield Speedway, Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen had an up-and-down evening in the first round of the ARP “Battle of the Beach” USAC-Western States/VRA Midget event at the 1/5-mile Ventura Raceway on April 6.
Hoping to put one of the McQueen Racing entries in victory lane the their home track of Bakersfield Speedway, it was not destined to happen on Saturday, March 30.
Though hoping for better results on night two of the Copper on Dirt on March 2 at the 3/8-mile Canyon Speedway Park, McQueen Racing leaves with their heads high on the impressive runs by the Oklahoma duo of 21-year-old Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City and 18-year-old Alex Sewell of Broken Arrow, both having shown immense talent and poise behind-the-wheel of McQueen Racing Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entries.
McQueen Racing is pleased to announce 21-year-old young gun Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City will be piloting one of the potent McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen entries at a dozen events during the 2013 racing season, starting with the USAC-Western States Copper on Dirt event, March 1-2 at the 3/8-mile Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona.
Hoping to put aside what has become a disappointing Chili Bowl this far, team owner Shannon McQueen of Bakersfield, CA was hoping her fifth starting position could launch her Lucas Oil/Simpson/ButlerBuilt/Murfdogg RC Cars/K&N Filters McQueen Racing #7 Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen into prime position in Friday, January 10th's preliminary action at the 27thAnnual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Starting strong in Heat 4, Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker was competing for the win in the Heat aboard the Simpson/Carter Custom Finishes/Quantum Consulting LLC/Dale's Electric/Westerberg Applications McQueen Racing #7d Spike/Esslinger by Duane McQueen, with the Top 4 literally running under a blanket.
Competing against the World’s best racers over five days with approximately 270 racers competing, including three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and two-time Chili Bowl winner Tony Stewart, NASCAR star Kasey Kahne, Sprint Car icon and five-time Chili Bowl winner Sammy Swindell, reigning three-time champion Kevin Swindell and a plethora of the most talented racers from an array of racing backgrounds, McQueen Racing is gearing up to make a run for the biggest trophy in Midget racing - the coveted Golden Driller. 
