Photo Credit: Cathy Loffland
Jason Schniepp of Haysville tried his luck in Texas on March 3rd and
4th. This is his third year going to Texas and racing in one of the
biggest races of the season. Texas has a ½ mile track.
Schniepp usually runs at 81 Speedway and follows the NCRA circuit, so he does some traveling.
Schniepp
has been racing modifieds for seven years. His father Jerry Schniepp
started racing in the 70s and some in the 80s. His brother Steve also
ran modified out at 81 Speedway for a while.
“My dad didn’t think I
would take to racing like I did but I did and I love it. I guess what I
get out of racing is the competiviness of it all,” said Schniepp.
In the second year that Schniepp ran in Texas, he was leading and had
distributor problems. This year he finished in the C-feature and he had
overheating problems.
Out at 81 Speedway he finished 4th in points last year and won his first A Feature.
This year Schniepp has a brand new Taylor Shaw car, and the first time he ever drove this car was in Texas.
“I like to travel to different tracks and race because you get to meet a lot of new people,” said Schniepp.
Schniepp
has been married to his wife Christie for 13 years and they have two
boys: Cody, who is 13, and Bryce, who is 10. The boys love to get out
there and help their dad with the car.
Schniepp works at the family owned business of Wholesale Swimming Pools.
This year Schniepp has dreams of finishing in the top 10 or 5 in NCRA and win championship at 81 Speedway.
He
would also like to pick up a few more A Feature wins and just have a
good year without tearing up a whole lot of stuff on the car.
Schniepp
would like to say thank you to his pit crew of Danny Provence, and
Justin Provence, Christie, Cody and Bryce Schniepp and Ronnie Warman.
Sponsors
of the 21J are Elite Pools, L&M Pools, B&C Construction,
Wichita Towers, Provence Construction, Jeff Taylor Motor Sports and
Blue Water Products.
So watch for the 21J out at 81 Speedway and cheer him on to victory. Good luck this season, Jason Schniepp.