August 30th, 2009
KMI Back on Track

After starting the season over after the first four races, Matt Kurzejewski and the team is back on track after Adirondack and Lime Rock. The August 1st race at Adirondack was used primarily to get Matt and the new team acquainted with each other, on and off the track. Although the finishing result didn’t show it, the team viewed the weekend as a success and the car and driver came home in one piece.

Lime Rock was another great race for the team and a great confidence booster for the team and driver. Matt qualified the car 16th, but a spin on the final lap of qualifying caused damage to the brake duct system. After making repairs, Matt was forced to start at the back of the field for the beginning of the race. While running in the 9th position in the first half of the race and maneuvering through the field, Matt suffered a flat left front tire. This put the Extreme Insulation Ford Fusion down 2 laps due to the damage sustained. Once the car was fixed and back underway, Matt was running consistent times that were comparable to the leaders. With about 20 laps to go, damage sustained from the flat tire caused a power steering failure. A third incident took place with less than 10 laps to go when Matt clipped the spun car of Matt Kobyluck. After visiting pit road to remove sheet metal rubbing on the tire, Kurzejewski managed to bring the car home in one piece with a 14th place finish. From the time the car was unloaded from the trailer to the end of the race, Matt was able to pick up his lap times by 4 seconds. Considering all the incidents of the weekend, everyone was quite happy with the finish.

With the previous 7 races in the past and Loudon and Dover ahead, the team is preparing for the best finishes of the remaining Camping World East schedule. After the CWE series schedule is complete, there are talks in the rumor mill that KMI and Matt Kurzejewski will possibly run the remainder of the ARCA schedule for 2009.