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08-02-2007, 08:11 PM
From The Bureau County Republican
Young Alex Fisch of Walnut found out the hard way that when things go wrong in the race car it can sure be a costly and financial strain just to get back on the track.
Fisch is just 18 years old, but has shown over the past three years that he can handle his own and run with the veterans in the Hornet Division at Bureau County Speedway.
That is, until the oil pan develops a small leak that drains so quickly you don’t even have time to react. Before you know it, the engine is the next thing to go.
“It happened so fast I just couldn’t believe it,” said Fisch, a recent graduate of Bureau Valley High School. “There was a small leak, and before I knew it the engine was gone, and I haven’t been able to race the past three weeks because of the cost to get a new engine is not cheap.”
Fisch is glad he is in the Hornet Division, especially at the moment, while he is trying to gather the money to fix his engine, or get a new one.
“It’s about $1,000 or $1,500 just to get the new engine and get it running right, but I can’t even imagine the guys in the bigger divisions ... what they must have to pay when something like this happens,” Fisch said. “I definitely want to race in the bigger classes later, but right now I like racing with the guys in the Hornet Division.”
The blown engine was not only costly because of the money factor, but it all but destroyed this years dream of claiming the Hornet point series championship.
“I was second in the points standings when the engine went,” Fisch said. “I was chasing Dave Roggy, like everybody else, but I had worked my butt off and got up to second in the standings. But not racing the past three weeks has really dropped me.”
With any luck, Fisch hopes to be back on the track in the next couple of weeks and is looking for his first feature win of his young career.
Fisch also talked about the most interesting thing that has happened to him on the race track, which also occurred in the 2007 racing season.
“The track was really rough one night,” Fisch said. “A couple of the lug nuts came off as the rim was just getting destroyed, and that caused the wheel to come off. I ended up skidding to a stop. The bright side is the tire was fine, but the rim was gone.”
Fisch, who will enroll in the agriculture program at Black Hawk East this fall, has been racing now for about three years and says that his Uncle Paul got him in the sport.
“My Uncle Paul used to race a bit, and that’s how I got started,” Fisch said. “I just have a lot of fun with it, and maybe I can get that feature win someday soon, as well.”
Young Alex Fisch of Walnut found out the hard way that when things go wrong in the race car it can sure be a costly and financial strain just to get back on the track.
Fisch is just 18 years old, but has shown over the past three years that he can handle his own and run with the veterans in the Hornet Division at Bureau County Speedway.
That is, until the oil pan develops a small leak that drains so quickly you don’t even have time to react. Before you know it, the engine is the next thing to go.
“It happened so fast I just couldn’t believe it,” said Fisch, a recent graduate of Bureau Valley High School. “There was a small leak, and before I knew it the engine was gone, and I haven’t been able to race the past three weeks because of the cost to get a new engine is not cheap.”
Fisch is glad he is in the Hornet Division, especially at the moment, while he is trying to gather the money to fix his engine, or get a new one.
“It’s about $1,000 or $1,500 just to get the new engine and get it running right, but I can’t even imagine the guys in the bigger divisions ... what they must have to pay when something like this happens,” Fisch said. “I definitely want to race in the bigger classes later, but right now I like racing with the guys in the Hornet Division.”
The blown engine was not only costly because of the money factor, but it all but destroyed this years dream of claiming the Hornet point series championship.
“I was second in the points standings when the engine went,” Fisch said. “I was chasing Dave Roggy, like everybody else, but I had worked my butt off and got up to second in the standings. But not racing the past three weeks has really dropped me.”
With any luck, Fisch hopes to be back on the track in the next couple of weeks and is looking for his first feature win of his young career.
Fisch also talked about the most interesting thing that has happened to him on the race track, which also occurred in the 2007 racing season.
“The track was really rough one night,” Fisch said. “A couple of the lug nuts came off as the rim was just getting destroyed, and that caused the wheel to come off. I ended up skidding to a stop. The bright side is the tire was fine, but the rim was gone.”
Fisch, who will enroll in the agriculture program at Black Hawk East this fall, has been racing now for about three years and says that his Uncle Paul got him in the sport.
“My Uncle Paul used to race a bit, and that’s how I got started,” Fisch said. “I just have a lot of fun with it, and maybe I can get that feature win someday soon, as well.”