Triumphs and Failures
We had many hopes going into season 2005, along the way we built cars for friends, revamped our own, built a trailer and had many high hopes far a successful year in racing. During the year we won 8 trophies and had a huge wreck that eliminated our first car. We built a second car in 8 days and survived the season.
Others were not as lucky.

Randy Von Haden #79 wow what a wreck!
In early August, Tom Flippo blew his engine going into turn 3 and there was no way the #99, #79,and the #2 could avoid the inevitable!!!!! After hitting the point and piling up with the others, the #79 was done for the season. Fortunately Allen Larson offered his #48 to Randy so he could finish the season. Here is a picture of Randy's car after the wreck.
Here is a link Dillavou Racing to see the wreck via video.

dillavou racing

The #25 also had it's own setbacks.
The beginning of 2005 started off very well. Gina consistantly ran in the top 5 of the heat races and along the way collected 8 trophies while running in both the Winged Women on Wheels and the Roadrunner divisions. In mid July Gina was forced into the wall in turn 2 by an over zealous competitor. although a great amount of effort was made, we couldn't get the #25 back to where it was a competitive runner. In mid August we built a new car and finished out the season with an impressive 22 place over all in points with the Roadrunner division.

Rockford Speedway 2005 points