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Sticker Dude Motorsports Weathers the Storm at
Wheatland – O’Donnell Lands on Podium!
June 4, 2008 (Lake Zurich, IL) – The three members
that make up Sticker Dude Motorsports, Steven
Federico, Luke Zoetmulder, and Lee O’Donnell, arrived
at the “Diamond in the Dirt,” Lucas Oil Speedway, very
optimistic about upcoming 2008 World Series of
Off-Road Racing season.
The .7 mile long off-road course used much of the 3/8
mile dirt oval, as well as a high speed section behind
the banking of turns one and two of the oval. The
track consisted of several jumps, a rhythm section and
a multi groove banked corner. The layout was a small
version of the course at Bark River.
Saturday afternoon, all three Sticker Dude drivers
went out for practice looking to fine tune their
chassis setups. Luke Zoetmulder in his #924
Invisible Glass Sticker Dude Designs Q Racing Oil PF
Changs Hankook Tire Toyota powered Super Buggy and
Steven Federico driver of the #24 Invisible Glass
PF Changs Sticker Dude Designs Lost Dunes Golf Club Q
Racing Oil Hankook Tire Toyota Tacoma PRO-Light
made shock adjustments after the session looking to
get around the track a little quicker.
Then just before the Saturday evening race program was
ready to begin, the skies darkened, lightning and
thunder filled the air, as a major downpour swept
through area. Around 9:30 pm WSORR officials got one
group of racers out on the track to begin the season.
Then just after the Super Truck division finished, a
major rain storm erupted again. This time the rest of
the program was cancelled and rescheduled for Sunday
morning, before the regular schedule of Round Two
racing.
Luke Zoetmulder
Round 1
Luke Zoetmulder in his #942 Probst-built Toyota Super
Buggy, drew the pole position as the rest of the
fourteen buggy field lined up behind him. Luke ran a
great race as he stayed out of trouble and finished a
strong sixth place in the opening round of the 2008
season.
Round 2
The start of Round 2 was tough on the Invisible Glass
Super Buggy. When the green flag dropped, #929 Scott
Schwalbe almost immediately bumped Luke’s buggy. When
it happened again Schwalbe’s right front tire was
caught inside of Luke’s right rear tire. By the time
track workers were able to pry the two apart. Both
racers were two laps down. At the finish, Luke was
credited with an eleventh place finish.
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“Round One was probably the most fun I’ve had in the
buggy in a while,” commented Luke Zoetmulder. “I
made some passes, and was pressuring Barnum pretty
hard the last couple of laps. I think I could have
got’em if we had one more lap. Round two the start
was just a racing deal. The buggy in front of me got
a slow launch at the start. I had to check up, which
led Scott right into me. It was just bad luck when
we got hooked together and could not get ourselves
free. The course workers were great. They got their
quickly and got us apart without damaging either
buggy. Once again the Hankook Tire DynaPro MTs
worked awesome. Earlier in the day the Hankooks had
to contend with a slight damp track, especially if
you got out of the main groove, and they really
displaced the mud and got down into the hard tack.
What an awesome tire.”
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Steven Federico
Round 1
Steven Federico and his #24 Invisible Glass PF
Changs Q Racing Oil Lost Dunes Golf Club Hankook Tire
Toyota Tacoma PRO-Light grabbed the early holeshot.
After the first lap, the #24 PRO-Light truck began to
misfire greatly reducing the pace of the Toyota. At
the flag, Steven finished in eighth place.
With little time before Round Two, team members, A.J.
S’atenstein and Chris Hansen went to work looking for
the problem. The crew changed ignition boxes, plugs,
wires, the battery, the fuel pressure regulator, and
the fuel pump. The problem lessened, but the engine
still wasn’t one hundred percent.
Round Two
Steven Federico went out knowing his engine was not
performing it best. Nonetheless, Steven was going to
give it his best shot to land on the podium. At the
start the intermittent engine misfires made the #24
Invisible Glass Toyota a handful to drive. About the
third lap, Steven seemed to get a rhythm going and
began moving past several competitors. When the
checkered flag fell on the tenth lap, Steven crossed
the line in a respectable fourth place.
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“We were fighting some gremlins in our motor today,”
explained Steven Federico. “First we thought it was
an ignition problem, then an electrical problem,
then a fuel problem. Chris and A.J. replaced
whatever we could in the short time between races.
We went back out, but it still was far from perfect.
Even so, we just missed standing on the podium. When
we get back we will have our problem solved, and
look to give Kincaid, and my teammate a good run for
the top spot.”
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Lee O’Donnell
Round One
Lee O’Donnell and his #23 Hankook Tire Invisible
Glass PF Changs Q Racing Motor Oil Toyota Tacoma
took the starting grid in the outside position in row
two. The track was still damp, in spots, so getting
out of the main groove, was not an option. The start
of the race saw Lee fight for position and got pushed
out of the dry groove a few times, allowing mud to
restrict his line of sight. The #23 Toyota Tacoma
crossed the finish line in fifth place.
Quickly, the crew changed the front springs to help to
Toyota rotate better through the turns.
Round Two
Again O’Donnell started in the second row of the grid.
Early in the race, Lee lost a few spots, and then
began making his way towards the front of the field.
On the final lap, Lee really came flying through the
rhythm section make the pass on #31 John Fitzgerald
stick, giving the #23 Hankook Toyota a second place
finish.
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Comments from Lee O’Donnell:
“Round One I seemed to get pelted with mud though
much of the race. I had trouble seeing at times, but
battled on. Round two I was determined to get on the
podium and we did. The Hankook Tires don’t loose
there grip during the race. In fact the DynaPro tire
seems to get better the more laps we run… The motor
isn’t quite right. When I get it back to Case
Gunderson at Race Fab, he will send some extra time
with the engine and I know we will have something
for Kincaid when we get to Crandon. Thanks again to
my crew, my teammates, the awesome Hankook DynaPro
tires, Invisible Glass, and Case at Race Fab for the
incredible race prep on my truck.”
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Sticker Dude Motorsports - WSORR Championship
Standings after Round Two.
PRO-Light
#23 – Lee O’Donnell - SECOND PLACE
#24 – Steven Federico – SEVENTH PLACE
PRO Super Buggy
#942 – Luke Zoetmulder – NINTH PLACE
The next race for Sticker Dude Motorsports is the
Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run, June 21-22, in
Crandon, Wisconsin.
For more information about Sticker Dude Motorsports
and its supporters visit:
Invisible Glass –
www.invisibleglass.com
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PF Changs -
www.pfchangs.com
Hankook Tire -
www.hankooktireusa.com
Team Sticker Dude Racing –
www.stickerdudems.com
Toyota –
www.toyota.com
Q Racing Oil –
www.qpower.com
United Trailers –
www.united-trailers.com
TRD –
www.trdusa.com
American Racing –
www.americanracing.com
Lost Dunes Golf Club –
www.lostdunes.com
RH2 –
www.rh2.com
Autometer –
www.autometer.com
Edge Cameras –
www.edgecameras.com
F.A.S.T. –
www.fasthelmets.com
Phil’s Inc. –
www.philsinc.com
Mechanix Wear –
www.mechanixwear.com
Racing Optics –
www.racingoptics.com
Gatorade –
www.gatorade.com
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www.stickerdudems.com
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-Mike Reusche, marketing -
mike@mt-graphics.com
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Steven Federico
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PRO-Light #24
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Luke Zoetmulder
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Super Buggy #942
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Lee O'Donnell
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PRO-Light #23
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