10/29/2026
Championship Series #12 Recap...
The final checkered flag 🏁 flew this past weekend to close out the 2026 Championship Series at North Carolina Quarter Midget Association (NCQMA). Now it's time to start preparing for the 2027 season ahead.
But first, a recap...
CS #12 - 10/24/26
Siblings - Same Class, Same Lower Main - Different Outcomes
Addilyn Shields movved up from Blue Rookie to Heavy Honda. She knew it was going to be a very competitive race with championship placements still to be decided; but, she was determined to hit the track so she could earn a Transitional Driver Trophy at this year's banquet since she received a Blue Rookie trophy at last years' banquet. She was one of 4 that moved up from Blue Rookie or another class to Heavy Honda on the last race of the season which created the first B-Main for the Heavy Honda class in a very long time. Next season is going to be interesting as other drivers will likely move up at the beginning of the season.
Batch Qualifying landed her in the B-Main. During the B-Main, a few laps in she gets involved with another driver who spun out of turn 4, hopping over her the other driver's front end and flipping on her side. Red Flag was called (as with any flip or hard impact) and she was complaining about her right ankle. A trip to Urgent Care revealed badly sprained ankle with a prescription of Ibuprofen and crutches for a few days. For the 2nd year, her last race of the season resulted in an Urgent Care visit. Last year was a slight concussion and with that... we have determined that 12 may not be a good number for her.
William Shields landed P1 in the B-Main after batch qualifying. He did amazing the entire 25-lap race, exchanging 1st and 2nd spots with a fellow driver for a few laps and ended crossing the Start/Finish line in 1st place, advancing him to the P7 spot of the Feature Race later in the day. Later in the day in the fall season can be tricky... a track that may be good during the sunny part of the day can instantly turn to a cool, loose track as soon the sun starts to hide between the trees. He got tangled with a new Hvy. Honda driver a few times and later finished the race in P8. He apologized to her later in the night showing a good dose of sportsmanship.
Special Thanks to TNT Canopies for allowing us to borrow a tent after ours got destroyed a few weeks back in a storm.
