Phil Jacques Racing

Appreciate Tom and the staff at North Florida Speedway for trying to get the event in tonight, but unfortunately mother nature once again had other plans. Florida doing Florida things unfortunately.

We will try again next week back here again at North Florida Speedway!

Made it to North Florida Speedway and drew a 2 at sign in. Finally a little luck in the draw. Hopefully that translates to a good night!

Headed up to North Florida Speedway in a little bit.

Not sure what to expect with the motor after finding a bunch of metal on the drain plug but it’s got solid oil pressure and isn’t smoking or making any noise so I’m just gonna send it 🤷🏻‍♂️. Currently sitting 3rd in points 21 back and gonna try to close up that gap a little bit tonight.

Really hoping the weather holds off and it’s a fun, clean night!

If you’re looking for something to do since all the other tracks have cancelled for the night, come on out and support and watch some great racing!

This is not the answer I wanted out of you 😑

7 and 8 seem to have a decent amount of blow by when airing the cylinders to do valve springs. Not sure why. Still have solid oil pressure and no blue smoke at idle or free revving.

It’s all very fine material but it seems like a lot 🫣

Yay Racecars!

Hate this for everyone that was planning to run this week but at least for now, we won’t be missing a race. Silver lining I suppose. Great call by the track calling this early. It’s been insanely wet here this week and the track would’ve been real tough to get right with this much moisture in the ground, and that’s if we even got to race with more rain expected thru the weekend.

Ready for 8/29 to get here and head back to North Florida to see how the car is with the new changes.

🚨Race Update:
Saturday's Event is Canceled

Due to the relentless rain we've experienced since Monday—over 3 inches on some days—and with more expected through Sunday, we regret to inform you that we must cancel Saturday's race.

We understand how disappointing this is for our drivers and fans, but safety is our top priority. We are working hard to update the schedule and will announce changes due to rain as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding, and stay tuned for updates!

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We will post and be in touch with drivers headed to Daytona Coke 400!

I’ve had a few days to relax and reset a bit after this past weekend. Parts have been ordered along with some upgrade and maintenance items. I should realistically be able to have this thing back together in a couple weeks. Just need time, money and for my back and shoulder to cooperate. Getting old sucks 🤣👴🏼

Gonna have to strip the nose off and straighten the bumper mounts, try to repair the mangled radiator and hood support because I don’t want to build a whole new one right now and hope that the hole in the radiator is repairable or that it’s just a hose that’s been knocked loose that I can’t see. All I know is the radiator was pi***ng water from somewhere when I loaded it in the trailer and is currently empty. Thankfully it never ran hot but it sucks having to fix all of this for no good reason. All of this damage by the way came from someone brake checking because they were mad at someone else under yellow 🤦🏻‍♂️ I’d be less aggravated if it was incidental racing damage. Thankfully a good conversation was had with the person who did this and all is good because I really enjoy racing with that person at other tracks. Just a mistake and misunderstanding. We’ll move on and keep having the fun we’ve had racing together as always. I really like racing with these guys in this class because so far, even though stuff happens out on track, we are able to have civil adult conversations about disagreements on track.

I also had a conversation with the track about some concerns and frustrations I had last Saturday. I appreciate Bubba Raceway Park for allowing me to be heard and looking into these things instead of brushing me off. THAT is the kind of treatment that will bring me back in the future. That to me is a sign that the track cares about its racers and ultimately that’s what’s most important for me as a racer. Huge props to them and their staff for this.

Unfortunately I am going to miss the next event there on 8/8 due to lack of budget but I’ll be back at it 8/29 at North Florida! Now that I’ve got a better handle on the setup with this thing I’m excited to see how it does back there. We’ve been kind of stuck around p5 lacking drive but I think now we might be able to challenge the top 3.

As always I appreciate everyone who helps me out and follows along with my silly little hobby driving fat turds in circles.

Allan & Rogers A/C & Refrigeration
Bennys Racing Equipment
JSB Motorsports
JF Drives LLC
Charlton Performance & Speed
Finish Line Screens
Right Foot Down Motorsports
Webster Race Cars
Secure Our City

If you want to help get me to the next race you can Venmo or CashApp

You can also buy merch at the link in my bio which helps support this journey as well!

See everyone soon!

The results don’t show how good the car really was tonight. Made a shock change and moved around some spacers for the feature and the car was an absolute rocket ship. Not sure it was good enough to win, but definitely think we could’ve run top four again. Drove all the way up to around p10 when a yellow came out with 6 to go. On the ensuing restart, I made a solid move to get under a few guys to about 7th and in the next corner we just flat out got driven through and wrecked into the infield for no reason. At that point the race had timed out due to cautions, and that was it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

That’s really all I have to say right now.

Thank you to all of those who support and help me do what I do!

Back at North Florida Speedway on August 29th!

Well. That was absolutely terrible 🤦🏻‍♂️ last in my heat plowing. At least it reacted to the change.

Moving some spacers, changing a shock and contemplating more for the feature. Starting P-Last again. Woo!

We’re here at Ocala Speedway tonight!

Drew a 97 of 100 so I now have an opening for a draw person because I am retiring from drawing my number.

Only one way to go. Making a habit of this apparently 🤣

Let’s have some fun tonight

Heading up to Ocala Speedway (Bubba Raceway Park) tonight for some fun. Hoping these changes this week made a big difference. Sitting 2nd in points currently and want to keep building on the consistency and speed we’ve had all year so far.

If you don’t have anything going on tonight come on out and support some great local racing!