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The #03 Scotia Hyundai - Chris Woods Racing Bandolero is spending Saturday morning testing at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC.

Ryan Mackintosh will be racing as part of the NASCAR Weekly show at the Stadium next Satuday. A crowd of close to 20,000 is expected with the Bandoleros being part of the schedule with the popular modified class made famous by the History Channel program "Madhouse".

"It is exciting to get a chance to run where NASCAR really started", stated Mackintosh from Winston-Salem. "All the greatest drivers in history have run this place, I can't wait to race here."

Mackintosh will be in action at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Tuesday night running a double feature event as part of the Summer Shootout Series.

Despite living and racing in the Southern United States, Amherst's Ryan Mackintosh has continued to receive great coverage from local newspapers, racing websites and radio back in Canada.

The 14 year old relocated to North Carolina last year and has continued to develop his skills under the direction of Chris "Woody" Woods.  Mackintosh's progress has been followed closely by Inside Track Magazine, CheckersToWreckers.com, RacingSpectator.ca, Amherst Daily News, Halifax Herald and many other publications.

Checkers To Wreckers ran the following update last week:

7/21: Amherst's Ryan Mackintosh rebounded from a wreck Saturday night to a podium finish Tuesday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway's Summer Shootout Series. Mackintosh started 19th in the feature and finished third. In spite of the Saturday wreck it's been an exciting week for Mackintosh as his North Carolina home is with Daniel Hemric - winner of the Legends Million event and as such recipient of the $250,000 first-place cheque...

Continued local coverage is very important to the team as it looks for opportunities to continue to support its sponsor Scotia Hyundai and to let everyone back in Canada know all the results of the team's efforts.

Officials at Charlotte Motor Speedway were quick to pull the Bandolero divsions from the schedule Tuesday evening as the rains began to fall in the area. The Triple Crown Outlaw disaster likely played a part in the decision to pull the plug early and it certainly was a good call as rains fell off and on during the evening.

The Bandolero Outlaw feature will be run next Tuesday prior to the full schedule of Round #9 at the Summer Shootout.

The #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero will be back in action this Tuesday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Mackintosh is looking to follow up his third place finish from last week with another finish at the front of the pack.

Mackintosh, like all Shootout competitors, is waiting to hear the latest update on suspensions and penalties that are forthcoming from the ontrack incident last week. The word from inside INEX appears to indicate they are going to take actions against the #51 and his team and team mates.

Friday's round #2 saw Ryan Mackintosh and the #03 make contact with the #2 car of Myatt Snider while passing for 2nd place. The #03 spun and had to restart in 23 position.  In the final six laps of the race the Scotia Hyundai Bandolero was able to take from the back up to finish in 6th place.

Saturday's feature saw Mackintosh start 7th after finishing 4th in his heat. The race was delayed for a few hours as rain fell in the Charlotte-Concord area. The jet dryers and scrubbers worked on the track but the race took the green flag while the track was still very wet.

(Photo courtesy of Angie Meeks Photography) The leaders didn't make it through turn #2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The leaders all piled into the wall coming off of turn #2. The #03 made the turn but was unable to avoid cars spin after contact with the outside concrete wall. The car sustained heavy damage and driver Ryan Mackintosh was taken by the EMS to the Infield Care centre where he was checked out by doctors and released a half hour later.

(photo Courtesy of CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com)

Mackintosh will be back in action Tuesday as the Summer Shootout continues at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway saw hundreds of Legends Cars qualifying for positions in the Legends Million. It was also the first night of three for Bandoleros and the Triple Crown. Amherst's Ryan Mackintosh was behind the wheel of the #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero for the event.

Mackintosh had a good car in practice ending in a virtual tie for the second fastest lap time.  In the second qualifying heat he started 4th and took the lead on lap 5.  Kendall Sellars was able to bring the #6 back to the front after the #03 drove too deep into turn #3. The cars raced several laps side by side with Sellars taking the heat victory.

In the 15 lap feature race, Mackintosh started the race in 4th place. The outside starting position saw him drop back to 7th place before moving back to 4th place.  The #03 was moving on third position when the front runners encountered lapped traffic. Mackintosh was not able to advance further but ended the night with a 4th place.

The INEX Triple Crown will continue Friday and Mackintosh will try to improve his points position in the series.

The Chris Woods Racing Team and driver Ryan Mackintosh are really excited about the next three days at Charlotte Motor Speedway. "This will be a great chance to turn our luck around," stated the Canadian Driver.

The #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero will compete in the three day event that will be run in conjunction with the Legends Million race.

The event will run from Thursday through Saturday with thousands in prizes available to the Bandoleros.

"I have never had such a string of bad luck in racing ever," stated a very dejected Ryan Mackintosh. "I just don't know what else to say," commented Mackintosh while standing by the fence watching the completion of Bandolero Outlaw feature. For the thrid week in a row the #03 has encountered issues that have taken it out of the race.

Tuesday night's race had Mackintosh starting at the tail end field after being unable to start Heat #2 due an electrical issue. The team worked on the issue before the feature but they were unable to identify or fix the issue. The #03 was unable to maintain a racing speed and had to retire after 4 laps of the 20 lap feature.

"One positive is that our team mate in the Bandits was able to bring the #05 home in 3rd place." "His car worked well all night," added Mackintosh.

Round #6 of the Kangaroo Summer Shootout is looking like it might be a wet one. The schedule and timing of events will require some expert manipulation to ensure that everyone gets to complete their events tonight.

The #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero is hopping tonight will be one without any mechanical "gremlins" making an appearance. The last three features for the Chris Woods Racing team have ending early with driver Ryan Mackintosh being unable to complete the races.

"Tonight will be different," stated Mackintosh. "We have a Legend Car here from Nova Scotia and that should bring us some good luck". Tonight's events should see full fields as competitors from all over the world are going to be racing in an attempt to work out any bugs prior to this week's Legend's Million Race.

The #03 will compete Thursday through Saturday as part of the Legend's Million event in the Bandolero Triple Crown. Bandolero drivers will be competing for thousands of dollars worth of prizes with the event wrapping up on Saturday.

The #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero visited Rockingham Speedway Saturday evening.  Unfortunately, mechanical issues came into play during the feature not allowing Ryan Mackintosh to complete the race.

"We have just had some really bad luck", commented Mackintosh. "It will turn around for us, it has to."

After leading 13 laps and swapping the lead three times the #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero was sitting second under caution waiting for the green-white-checker finish. A position that driver Ryan Mackintosh always enjoys.  Mackintosh,"I pumped the brakes under caution because they were getting soft and there was nothing."

Mackintosh was forced to pit and the car returned to the track to take the green in 21st with no brakes. Mackintosh was able to grab 5 positions in the last lap without any brakes and finished the race in 16th.

"I can't believe it", stated team owner Chris Woody Woods. " I just can't believe it."

The team will be back on the track this Saturday night at Rockingham Speedway racing in the next event of the Firecracker Series.

Canadian driver Ryan Mackintosh had a small smile on his face last night as the Chris Woods Racing Team loaded up after last night's practice. The #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero met or exceeded all expectations set by the team for the practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Temperatures tonight are supposed to be in the mid to high 90s with some air quality problems due to the high level humidity.

Mackintosh will start his heat race near the back as he drew pill number 269 out of a possible 1-300.

The Summer Shootout has not been kind to the #03 Scotia Hyundai Bandolero but the Chris Woods Racing Team is looking to turn things around starting with practice tonight.

"We are expecting the car to be the best it has been this year, we will be faster than we have been all year", stated Mackintosh from an interview from the team's Kannapolis, NC race shop. "We are doing everything possilbe to go fast legally."

Mackintosh will put the car through its paces at Charlotte Motor Speedway tonight and the team has the right to be positive with a great run last week prior to a mechanical issue.

"I just want to get out there and race, tired of listening to all the other stuff", commented the Canadian driver.

Driver Ryan Mackintosh has a unique opportunity over the next few day to celebrate the national birthdays of both Canada and the United States.

July 1st has the red and white of his native Canada on display from coast to coast as Canadians celebrate with parades, fireworks and lots of food and drink. On Sunday Mackintosh will be able to put on the red,white and blue of his American friends and enjoy celebrations with the neighbors to the south.

The off-weekend will allow the entire Chris Woods Racing Team to enjoy some down time with family and friends and celebrate the holiday weekend.

Monday will bring the team back to Charlotte Motor Speedway and practice on the 1/4 mile leading up to Tuesday's round 5.  Mackintosh is hoping that lady luck will finally smile his way and that the #03 Scoita Hyundai Bandolero will be able to show a result equal to the quality of the race car.