2003 Rookie Season Results
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Race Location	Date	Start	Finish	Comments
Bridgeport	4/12	-	-	Did not enter event (age)
Bridgeport	4/19	-	-	Did not enter event (age)
Delaware	4/26	-	-	Event rained out
Middletown	5/3	16th	8th	Missed qualifying for A main by just a few spots in B Main
Grandview	5/4	16th	5th	A large field of cars keeps Josh from qualifying out of the C Main into the feature.
Lincoln	5/10	10th	8th	Valve train problems with 2 laps to go in the B Main eliminate a feature start.
Selinsgrove	5/17	18th	17th	Josh starts 11th in heat race and transfers to A Main by finishing 5th. Josh holds his own in his first A Main start of 2003.
Penn Can	5/23	22nd	19th	Josh had better car than 19th but, the rains caused Josh to lose spots toward the end of the race
Fonda	5/24	-	-	Event rained out
Big Diamond	5/30	19th	19th	The feature was going great and Josh worked himself into the top 10 and going into the 1st and second turn of the white flag lap he ran in on the top of the turn ( like he had been doing for most of the race) and several cars were blocking the track. He did not make it through that wreck. He ended up finishing where he started in 19th. Very disappointing!
Delaware	5/31	-	-	Wash out in Delaware
Grandview	6/7	-	-	Another soggy weekend - Happy 18th Josh 6/8/03
Lincoln	6/14	12th	9th	While racing for a feature position in the B Main, the car lost traction in Turn 2 and forced Josh to restart in the back. With only 2 laps remaining, Josh still managed to pass a few cars.
Bridgeport	6/21	-	-	More rain washes away the night
Susquehanna	6/22	15th	12th	Josh proves he's got what it takes to run with the 410's at the famed 1/2 mile speedway.
Delaware	6/28	17th	11th	Good run with some good passing had run up to 8th and lost some positions after the rain shower. Hung in there for 11th place finish.
Mercer	7/5	9th	6th	DNQ bad time trial, car to loose. Started 9th in the B and finished 6th. Missed the field by a few positions.
Bridgeport	7/12	4th	16th	Good qualifying effort, started 4th in the feature, quickly passed for 3rd, was challenging for 2nd and the right front shock stuck fully open. Josh fell back to 9th when the shock caused the front axle to break on the 22nd lap and Josh drove off of the track with the lower right radius rod mount broken off of the front axle.
Big Diamond	7/18	-	-	Rained out by thunderstorms
Delaware	7/19	17th	20th	Josh started strong and was passing cars until he tangled with a lap car. Josh smacked the wall going into Turn 1 and flipped at least 10 times. Josh is OK but the car is trashed.
Granby - Canada	7/25	18th	18th	The new car worked great in the heat and Josh won. In the feature we started 18th and started moving up and then started moving back soon after. We had 2 broken spark plugs on the right side from debris hitting them.
Drummondville - Can.	7/26	-	-	Event washed out due to persistent showers all day
Delaware	8/2	18th	18th	Josh went out in the heat and won it. He noticed a miss at the end of the heat and we went over the car to find the problem. We thought we had the problem fixed and went out for the feature. Josh started 18th. He ran about 5 or 6 laps and the miss came back. Slightly past half way in the race he pulled off of the track when the miss got really bad.
Williams Grove	8/15	18th	25th	After finishing 4th in his heat race, Josh flipped on the 2nd lap of the event due to a flat tire.
New Egypt	8/16		18th	With rain all around the speedway, a caution free race finds Josh in 18th and on all four wheels.
Big Diamond	8/22	-	-	Make up race falls victim to thunderstorms
Bridgeport	8/23	DNQ	DNQ	Engine problems sideline the team for the night.
Delaware	8/30	-	-	Heavy thunderstorms wash away the evening's races
Black Rock	9/5	17th	2nd	Josh timed 26th out of 61 cars, then had a 7th place finish in the first heat race. Josh then had a 2nd place finish in Friday nights feature, he led the race until 2 laps to go when a lapped car got in the way and made Josh check up and the 2nd place car passed for the lead.
Black Rock	9/6	23rd	11th	Josh started 6th in that days heat race and by half way he was running second catching the leader when the power steering hose broke with 2 laps to go he was unable to finish the heat. This put Josh in the B main and Josh worked his way into 3rd and that transferred him to the A main. Josh started the A main from the 23rd position and for the first 25 laps moved up to the 11th position. On a lap 27 caution Josh found himself with a throttle pedal that was not fully returning and brakes that were all used up. Josh was able to maintain his 11th position until the lap 35 checkers.
Bridgeport	9/13	-	-	Rain showers dampen racers and fans
Delaware	9/20	17th	19th	We had a great heat race, raced with Curt Michael for several laps for the lead until he finally was able to hold us off for the heat win we finished 2nd. The feature was looking good for a while Josh was moving up thru the field when a rock or some kind of debris broke the brake line off of the left front brake caliper and Josh ended up finishing 19th.
Bridgeport	9/27	18th	21st	Josh started the heat race and quickly jumped out to the lead from his 2nd starting spot. Josh had a sizable lead when he broke a rocker arm on the engine on lap 5. He still ended up finishing 2nd in the heat. Josh started the feature in 18th and had problems from the start in the feature, he ended up with a 21st finish because of a broken piston in the engine and handling problems. Unfortunately Bridgeport is the place to find the weak links in the engine and we found 2 in one night.
Rolling Wheels	10/11	19th	13th	Josh started the heat race in the back row he got up to 4th missing qualifying by one spot. This made us have to run the B main. Josh started 2nd in the Bmain and easily won the race by 1/2 lap. Josh then started the feature in 19th and passed up to 13th. The race had 54 entrants 24 cars started the feature.
Grandview	10/18	5th	-	Josh started the race from the 20th position. In the opening laps he stopped on the track to avoid a couple of other cars that were spinning on the track. When the race was restarted Josh was restarted last in the field. This did not last long as Josh Started moving up. Josh Worked his way up to 10th at the finish having a pretty good run.    Next was the URC non- winners race. When the Green flag dropped Josh jumped from his 5th place starting position into the lead by the exit of the 2nd turn. Unfortunately the flagger didn't like the start and threw the caution, this time the restart did not go as well and we fell in line 4th and started working on the 3rd position, Josh had to slow in the middle of the turn for the 3rd place car and the 5th place car ran in the back of us and cut the right rear tire. The crew changed the tire and got Josh back out for the restart. Josh went to the outside on the restart and contact was made by two of the cars in front of Josh, he was able to make it past the first car but was unable to clear the second car and flipped as a result of the contact. Thus ending our racing season.