Worst Race of the Year Runner Up: MEAN GREEN MACHINE vs. ORANGE CRUSH (Second Night)
Sometimes things happen and teams are forced to race 3 on 4. Such was the case in Second Night’s race between Mean Green Machines (3) and Orange Crush (4). However, what separated this race from the majority of other 3 on 4 races was that Mean Green Machines didn’t go down a car on the track, they were down a car in their pits! This was perplexing because Mean Green Machines had back-up cars galore… and they still couldn’t figure out a way to get a fourth car on the track to race.
I asked Mean Green Machines owner, John Millette, about this and he explained that there was a problem with John Clemmons’ starter. Millette then went on to state that Clemmons couldn’t use any of his other cars because they didn’t have batteries or fuel cells strapped in them. I didn’t get a chance to question Millette why Clemmons didn’t simply hop in someone else’s car and drive onto the track. Even though this scenario— Clemmons racing in a car that a teammate built—would have been less than ideal, it certainly seemed like a better proposition than taking on the defending national champs 3 on 4.