Story By: A2DPR / TREVER FEATHERS RACING – PORT ROYAL, PA – Since debuting his new Team Zero Bloomquist car in early July, Trever Feathers has shown the level of performance and overall consistency he expects of himself and his team. Sure, there are still off nights, like when he struggled at Hagerstown last weekend, but that will always be part of racing.
Coming into Saturday night’s event at Port Royal Speedway, Feathers had recorded a win and a runner-up finish in two starts with the new car at the Pennsylvania fairgrounds half-mile. He was looking to keep that streak of podium finishes going on Port Royal’s $5,000 to win Living Legends Dream Race night.
Feathers put himself in good position by kicking off the night with the 13th quickest time trial lap despite going out 28th in the qualifying order. Although he wasn’t able to advance in the heat race, he held his ground and brought home a 3rd place finish in the 8-lap qualifying race.
“We were off just a tick in the heat race but it was pretty much one preferred line through the middle, so I think we pretty much got what we could get in that one.“, Feathers commented.
The McFarland Custom Painting & Wall Coverings, Larry Royston’s Septic Services, Martins Pumping Service, Feathers & Sons Roofing, North River Farm, Leggett Engine Research, Hot Rod Septic Treatment, Team Zero Race Cars, Shane McDowell Racing, Coffelt Graphics, Larry Royston Properties, Larry Royston Equipment, Fox Racing Shox, Bo Feathers Racing, Clem’s Garage, No.20 lined up 11th for the 25-lap feature event. After slipping a few spots on the initial start, Feathers found his rhythm and broke into the top ten on lap seven.
Feathers continued to grind and worked his way further inside the top ten, ultimately coming home with an 8th place finish when the checkers waived.
“We have some balance stuff to work on. We have been a lot better lately with this Team Zero car but we aren’t quite where we need to be yet. We’re close. We’ll keep chipping away at it.“, Feathers said.
“We had a rough week last week at Hagerstown. We broke a transmission, which broke the drive shaft and damaged the rear end, so we had a lot of work to do this past week to be ready for (Port Royal) tonight. With all that, tonight wasn’t a bad run for us.“
Feathers will return to Port Royal Speedway for this weekend’s 2-day Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series Rumble By the River. Friday night August 25th the field will be split to compete in two $5,000 to win features and the following night all eyes will be on the team who can make the field for the $50,000 to win finale.
“It’s going to be a tough field here (at Port Royal) next weekend with the Lucas Oil guys in town. We will give it our best and try to find a way into the big show Saturday night. Hopefully things will go our way.“, Feathers added.