Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Tristan Draper Learning Quickly in DIRTcar Sportsman Division as He Battles Older – More Experienced Drivers

With the 2014 season now underway, Tristan Draper has a year of experience under his belt, as he piloted a Rookie Sportsman car for most of the 2013 season before dabbling in the full fledged Sportsman class late in the year. Draper just turned 17 years of age, and is one of the youngest competitors in the division, but that hasn’t slowed him down, or his steady improvement.

After getting rained out on Friday night at Can Am, the Draper Racing team turned their attention to the 40 lap Seaway Series race at Brockville Speedway on Saturday night. Tristan started his qualifying heat from third place, and was running strong until getting caught up in a multi-car incident that took him out of the race. Repairs were made, and Draper returned for the last chance consolation race where his fifth place finish locked him into the tail end of the main event. Draper was patient early, and persevered where many others with more experience did not, and he finished the race in 20th position.

“We will keep working hard to step up our program”, says Draper. “We have come a long way in the past year, and we are still learning every time we come to the track”.

With Can Am being rained out on Friday night, and Monday being a holiday, Draper decided to head to Cornwall Speedway on Sunday night. Getting laps in at various tracks and various conditions are important to the driver development, and they looked forward to the challenge, with a great field of cars on hand. The end result was a respectable 16th place finish.

This coming weekend, Draper will return to Can Am Motorsports Park on Friday night and back to Brockville Speedway on Saturday.

Tristan and the entire Draper Racing team would like to thank all of the sponsors that have graciously contributed to their racing efforts. These sponsors include Draper Doors, Bay Electric, Dig N Dirt, Wejay Machine Products, Rideauview Contracts, Pay Load Transportation, Taylor Auto Mall, Wemp & Smith Construction, Foster’s Repair Service, Auto Glass Pluss, Limestone Cremation Services and TEO Pro Car.

For more information on Tristan Draper, including driver profile, schedule and results, photos and links to our sponsors, please check out our website, www.draperracing.com.