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The team (aided by four starts during the season by Lynton Jeffrey), came into Season Championship night at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, with a 101 point lead over the Larry and Lori Woodward #2w. After qualifying with the fifth quick time of the night, TMAC made it through the heat unscathed (third), and lined up fifth in the feature. “My focus going into the night was winning the point championship for Tod,” says TMAC. “I was probably a little more complacent in a couple of situations in the feature than I would normally be. I knew if we stayed out of trouble, and didn’t get knocked out of the race, we’d be o.k.” TMAC worked his way up as far as second, but settled for third at the end. “We were being a little cautious there,” he says. “I’m not trying to say I didn’t care where I finished or not, but I wasn’t focused on the win like I usually am. There were a couple of guys in front of us on some restarts early on that were doing some weird things. Dusty (Zomer) and Brian (Brown) are great drivers, and they deserved to finish where they did. They passed us fair and square. We were more set up to run the bottom again, and the top really came in nice.” The action at Knoxville has been great all season long. “The fans at Knoxville have definitely seen some great shows this year, and Saturday was no different,” says TMAC. “It seems all the races would have been entertaining for the fans. There was a blanket over the top four all night on Saturday.” After finishing third on Saturday, the veteran showed a competitive fire on Sunday at Huset’s. “I was beating myself up on Sunday a little bit for where we finished in the race Saturday night, and for being a little complacent,” he says. “I had a little vengeance going, and I didn’t hold back at Huset’s. For my own sake, I felt I had something to prove.” Prove it he did. Quick time was followed by a first place heat run. The win from seventh in the feature completed a clean sweep on the night as TMAC registered his 17th win this season. “The guys did a super job with the car all night, and it was great to have Tod and his family there too,” he says. Friday, the team was in action at the Dodge County Fairgrounds, where they won with the IRA in July. This time things didn’t go as smoothly, with a DNF ending the night. “The car was working well. We qualified well (1st), and got through the heat o.k. (4th). The race had trouble getting started, and we moved up to eighth (tenth) for the start of the feature. I was feeling Steve Sinclair’s (IRA President) pain with all the spin outs and crashes. We finally got going, and we got up to fourth in about a lap. I was trying to pass for third, and got some good moisture on the right rear. That drove me right into the barrel down there. I was hoping I was just going to skim it, but alas, that’s not what happened. I told the guys I wish I could blame them, but it was totally my fault. The guys got things changed really quickly; it just wasn’t quite in the time allotted.” Looking towards the weekend, TMAC is in search of his third career win at the Jerry Richert Memorial. His previous two wins at the Cedar Lake event came in 2003 and 2004. In four starts in Superior, he has three seconds and a fifth. Websites for the McCarl Gang! Driverwebsites.com has developed websites for the McCarl boys. Check out the new look of www.TerryMcCarl.com, and check out the newly developed www.AustinMcCarl.com and www.CarsonMcCarl.com! In"Terry"gation Don Lookis asks: I have been helping the (Billy and Kim) West's at Jacksonville, Illinois promote their Back from the Past Shaheen race (September 25). I was wondering and hoping Terry would be able to make this show. I see the date is open on his schedule and the next night he is racing in Wheatland, Missouri on the next night. It would be great to see Terry at Jacksonville again! TMAC Answers: Our schedule all year has been week to week, basically. We watch the weather and things like that. There is a chance that I will be at Jacksonville. I don’t want to promise it, and then go somewhere else. Check out our website on Tuesday or Wednesday that week and you’ll be able to see for sure. It’s definitely on the table, because I want to support 410 races in the Midwest, especially one that pays what that one is ($7,100 to win). We also love Eldora, and Lernerville and Eldora were on our schedule originally for that weekend. We won’t be sure until the week is upon us. Got a question for TMAC? Send it to us at
sprntcar@iowatelecom.net, and we may answer it in this section! Put "?
for TMAC" in your subject line. On this week in 1995, TMAC picked up a win at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, IA. His Jerry Richert Memorial wins came ahead of (2003) Kerry Madsen, Ricky Logan, Brooke Tatnell and Danny Smith, and (2004) Tatnell, Jason Solwold, Travis Whitney and Mike Reinke. Website Updates Keep up to date with McCarl Motorsports at
www.TerryMcCarl.com. We keep it fresh for TMAC fans! "Tuesdays with TMAC" is an up close and personal look at colorful sprint
car veteran Terry McCarl. To receive "Tuesdays with TMAC", send an e-mail to
sprntcar@iowatelecom.net with "TMAC" in the subject line.
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