April
23 - Ray and the Mega team had just finished
hot laps when the rain washed away the show. (Photos: Dave Nale)
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May
13 - The first "official" race for
the ARDC! After many rainouts Ray hit the Williams Grove track in
style taking 3rd at the checkers.
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June
26 - The ARDC was added to the PA Speedweek
event at Grandview to make up a prior rainout. 2 wingless feature
were contested. Ray finished 2nd in the 1st race and found himself
in Victory lane in the 2nd event! Ray captured victory in the final
turn of the last lap with a gutsy move around to top of the track.
A move that brought the crowd to its feet!
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July 7
- Ray and the MEGA team made the long trek
to Middletown, NY for a race at the famed Orange County Fair Speedway.
Ray was once again in fine form, claiming a heat race win and eventually
the feature victory form his "traditional" 12th place
starting spot.
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August 20
- Ray and the team faced a double header at
the famed Lincoln Speedway. This was the 3rd attempt at getting
the race in and again rain threatened the event. This time both
races were completed and Ray finished 3rd in the wingless and WON
the winged feature.
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September 10
- After a 4 hour haul north, the team got
down to business at the New York 1/2 mile. Ray ran an incident free
qualifier and then started midpack. Ray sliced his way past the
competition and pressured eventual winner, Andy Martin, for the
top spot.
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September 17
- Ray enjoyed "homefield" advantage
as Clinton County Speedway is only a few miles form his home. The
surface was very choppy and many teams had a hard time adapting
to the conditions. Ray made the right adjustments and ran within
a few car lengths of Steve Buckwalter. On the final lap the driveline
in Buckwalter's mount couldn't take any more punishment and he pulled
into the infield. Ray took over the top spot and lead the most important
lap of the day and took the checkers!
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October 1-
After raining out earlier in the season, Ray
and the MEGA Team rolled into Bridgeport Speedway for the next to
last event in the 2005 Season. Ray ran well finishing 2nd without
the wing on the big 5/8 mile track. Thne after bolting on the wing,
Ray cruised to a 4th place finish on the 1/4 mile inner track. Ray
signed autographs for fans following the event.
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October 29: The Candy Bowl -
In a effort to give the ARDC teams to test
the clay at their new home track for 2006, Susquenna Speedway hosted
the final event of the 2005 season. By taking the green flag in
his heat race, Ray captured an unpresendented 6th straignt ARDC
Championship then went on to win the heat race. Ray went on to post
a top 5 in the evening's feature event. Ray commented about the
season and his 6th championship, “It’s special because
of all the hard work we had to do this year,” noted Bull. “My
Mega Motorsports crew worked so hard because of the mechanical problems
we had during the season. And my teammate, Dave Shirk, gave up his
ride to me when we had some of those problems. This team just makes
this championship very special.”
