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2009 Season: Harpe Racing is taking a break.  We'll be back in 2010... 

2008 News

April 26, 2008 

Season Opener Feature Win at Paragon for Kyle in the 3C Cummins Special!

1st Sprint Feature of the Season 3C Kyle Cummins from Princeton, In

http://www.paragonspeedway.com/featurewinners/2008-winners.htm

May 17, 2008 

Feature Win #2 at Paragon for Kyle in the 3C Cummins Special!

http://www.paragonspeedway.com/featurewinners/2008-winners.htm

July 4th & 5th!!!    1H HARPE RACING SEASON DEBUT

Gas City - Fast car but drew pill #75.  In the feature moved up from 18th to 10th in first 4 laps of the race.  He was definately one of the fastest cars on the track... till another car hit Kyle from behind blowing a tire and forcing a back of pack restart.  He still finished 15th!!!  Great Job!!!

http://www.gascityi69speedway.com/SPRINTS%207-4-08.htm

Putnamville - Bad pill draw again, won the B Main, & started 18th for a second night in a row.  In 10 laps Kyle had the 1H to 10th.  In 20 he had the car to 5th and the announcer was telling the crowd to watch Kyle.  He was doing all this catching up during green laps and was definately the fastest car on the track.  If this had been a 30 lapper, who knows???

Great Runs Kyle...  Great debut for the new Harpe Racing 1H Maxim!!!

USAC Speed Week

 

July 11th - Gas City          Failed to make show by one spot... 

July 12th - Gas City          Rained Out

July 13th - Kokomo          Wrecked in B Main while in the top 3...   

 

We'll get the 1H straightened out and back on the track!!!

 

 

 

 

 

August 9, 2008 - Paragon

Good start and decent heat race.   We started 10th and finished 11th.

Sepember 19, 2008 - Gas City

Great start to a beautiful evening.  Won the Heat by a full straightaway and started the feature 5th.

Four laps into the race the 4th place car spun right in front of our 1H and Kyle had no where to go.

It was disappointing because she was a real rocket Friday...

September 26, 2008 - Jacksonville, IL

A strong field of close to 50 cars!!! 

Kyle qualified well but just missed the field in the heats. 

He came back strong to win the B Main!!!

We started 16th in the Feature and were on the verge of the top ten in just a few laps when we were spun out from behind.  Kyle restarted at the tail and was moving up again until the brake rotor was too hot and quit working.  Kyle pulled off with a few laps to go and finished 16th.

Keep track of our driver Kyle Cummins as he tries to defend his own 2007 MSCS Championship in the

3C Cummins Special at http://www.mscssprints.com.

See you next year!!!

2007 Results

May 19, 2007

Nebo, KY -   Kyle Cummins of Princeton, IN, rolled to victory Saturday night as the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series swept into Western Kentucky Speedway with its own brand of open wheel excitement.  It was his first career MSCS feature win.

June 26, 2007

2007 Harpe Racing June results:

6-14-07     9th at Attica           (Kyle won the B-Main & started 16th)

6-15-07    15th at Fremont    (Started 21st)

6-26-07    Haubstaubt was rained out.

Next race for the 1H is July 7th at Paragon!!!

Kyle's personal 2007 results:

Leading the points in the MSCS Series - http://www.mscssprints.com

Season Wins = 2:  Paragon, Indiana and Nebo, Kentucky!!!

Great job Kyle!!!

June 30, 2007

Congratulations Kyle on a big win in your car at Paragon!!!

Season wins for Kyle = 3!!!

Great job Kyle!!!

July 7, 2007

Good night at Paragon Speedway for the 1H!!!

The night started slow with a spin in qualifying.  Kyle started 12th in Heat 2.

But...  Kyle flew to a second place finish (passing 11cars) in his heat to automatically transfer to the A Main.

In the A Main Kyle started dead last due to his qualifying trouble...  

But...  Kyle raced all the way to the front to a 4th Place finish!!!  Wow what a run!!!

Some fans are now calling Kyle the, "Prince of Paragon"!!! 

July 15, 2007

New Track = Good experience...

14th at Morgan County Speedway.

August 10, 2007

Good showing at Union Co. with MASS.

8th place finish. 

August 24, 2007

Great run with MASS at Bloomington.

Kyle started 13th and was running through the field.  A late caution stopped the momentum but he finished a very good 7th.

Congrats to Danny Smith on the victory.  His 160th!!!

August 31, 2007

MASS at Jacksonville...  We'll that's racing...

Started 2nd, running 3rd, and right behind the leaders on lap 20 with a great car!!!.

The leaders touched, wrecked, and collected Kyle who made an amazing save on two wheels.

Finished 10th. - Great job Kyle. 

We'll that's racing...

September 14 & 15, 2007

Tough weekend for the 1H. 

A fatal flip in hotlaps made a short night of racing in Lawrenceburg.

After a new rearend and an all night repair job we just missed the show (49 cars) at Fremont.

We'll get them next time...

October 1, 2007

The Harpe Racing season is over but Kyle keeps on truckin'...

Congrats to Kyle on another big win in Danville and the MCSC points lead.

Keep it up, you're a great young driver.

See you Saturday in Lawrenceburg for the season finale!!!

October 7, 2007

The MSCS Championship presentation was made following the Oct. 7th race at Lawrenceburg, IN to acknowledge the new 2007 MSCS Champion, Kyle Cummins of Princeton, IN. 

Kyle edged 3 time MSCS Champion Alex Shanks to pick up his first title.  The twenty year old driver runs a Maxim powered by a Cummins Racing Engine.  Shocks are by AFCO.  The car owner and crew chief is his father Mark Cummins.  Sponsors include Trusses by Hobgood, Cummins Racing Engines, Tim Mason Remax, and PRC.  The event at Lawrenceburg Speedway was the finale for the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series for the 2007 season.