Carson Short Rolls with Dyson for Eastern Storm
Carson Short Rolls with Dyson for Eastern Storm
Southern Illinois hotshoe Carson Short will jump into the Chris Dyson Racing #20 for USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Eastern Storm June 11-16.
Southern Illinois hotshoe Carson Short will drive the blue and white #20 CD Racing Thetford / ProtectAll Maxim Speedway Chevy in next weekโs five-race Eastern Storm series for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship. In only his second year as a full-time touring sprint car driver, 23-year-old Short has already won three sprint features this season.
โCarson was parked next to us for several days during the Florida race series earlier this year,โ said Sean Michael, who looks after the CD racing stable of USAC Silver Crown, sprint car and midget equipment. โChris (Dyson) and I were looking for someone to run the sprint car when the USAC series made its annual swing through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We were both impressed with Carsonโs approach to racing, both on the track and off. He ran good โ fast every night. So, Carson was at the top of our list of potential drivers for the Eastern Storm.โ
Short not only owns and maintains the sprint car he drives in Midwestern events, but is responsible for making his programโs financial ends meet. So, heโs well aware of the fine line between winning races and breaking cars. โI learned when I was young, youโve got to be hard and fast, but not tear up the equipment,โ Short said. โI run off what I make, and you donโt get paid if you put the car in the fence. Iโm not going to take second place when Iโve got a winning car, but I wonโt tear it up, either.โ
โI am pleased we are able to do this with Carson,โ said Dyson. โWe won a race and had some other good finishes in last yearโs Eastern storm with Thomas Meseraull. We learned a lot last year and I believe the potential is here for us to do even better in 2019. It is going to be exciting.โ
Dyson noted that the team would enter Short in a pair of races this week as a tune-up for next weekโs Eastern Storm. โSean will run him in the USAC East Coast Sprint Car race at Big Diamond this Friday night and then put a wing on the car for Saturdayโs URC race at Lincoln. We thought this would be a good way to for everyone to get to know each other better before next weekโs opening Eastern Storm race at Grandview.โ
2019 Eastern Storm Schedule
Tuesday, June 11: Grandview Speedway (Bechtelsville, Pa.)
Wednesday, June 12: Bridgeport Speedway (Swedesboro, N.J.)
Thursday, June 13: BAPS Motor Speedway (York Haven, Pa.)
Friday, June 14: Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) **Silver Crown**
Saturday, June 15: Port Royal Speedway (Port Royal, Pa.)
Sunday, June 16: Weedsport Speedway (Weedsport, N.Y.)
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