After a strong showing at the first ASA South race of the year, Austin was pretty confident about his chances at having a good finish at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Austin's confidence would soon lessen because all of the practice on Friday and all of the practice on Saturday would get rained out. This is significant because Austin has never driven South... Read More

After an impressive showing at the 2009 World Series of Asphalt, Austin had quite a bit of confidence headed into the ASA Late Models South season opener at Charlotte County Speedway. On Friday, Austin ran some pretty competitive times in practice. The crew worked on the cars handling and adjusted the brakes to get the car to handle like Austin wanted. On Saturday... Read More

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Austin's car had been getting "re-setup" at famous short-track racer Wayne Anderson's shop for the past month. During this long break, Austin had been anxiously been anticipating the next race, at Charlotte County Speedway which would be the first race Austin had participated in for almost 2 months. On the Tuesday of the week before the race... Read More

Austin's car had been getting "re-setup" at famous short-track racer Wayne Anderson's shop for the past month. During this long break, Austin had been anxiously been anticipating the next race, at Charlotte County Speedway which would be the first race Austin had participated in for almost 2 months. On the Tuesday of the week before the race... Read More

Since the $1000 to win race at Ocala Speedway rained out, Austin and the crew decided to North Florida Speedway in Lake City. Even though Austin had never seen the track before, he was running 4th in his heat race before he drove the car to hard, causing him to spin. For the feature race, Austin started 10th out of 13. After passing a few cars, he got hit... Read More

After the New Smyrna ASA race, AK Motorsports decided that they were going to take a break and get ready for next year. They were going to send the engine back to McGunegill Engines in Muncie Indiana , and also they were going to completely re-setup the chassis. Because of this decision, Austin would be out of a ride for 1-2 months. So, Austin and... Read More

After testing earlier in the week at New Smyrna, Austin and the crew liked their chances of a top 5 finish. “We found a ½ second during that testing session. It should put us right in the top 5 for qualifying” said Austin. It would soon become apparent that the team would struggle as the first time Austin hit the track, the ½ second was lost. After qualifying... Read More

After a good showing at Charlotte County Speedway, Austin and the crew were excited about coming to New Smyrna Speedway for the "Goodyear Challenge Late Model 100." The car handled good right out of the trailer, but it was obvious that it was lacking speed. After a few practices, Austin claimed that something was wrong with the engine, causing it to lack... Read More