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Ryan Mackintosh will be behind the wheel of the #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero tonight at Concord Speedway as the INEX Bandolero Outlaws division continues with the Spring portion of the schedule on the 1/4 mile oval.

In five races at Concord this season, Mackintosh has recorded three top 5 finish and two DNFs.  The second DNF coming in the last race with a flat tire and damaged front end suspension as a result of two ontrack incidents with cars making contact.

Mackintosh will have even more incentive to push hard tonight as the driver will be celebrating his birthday Saturday and he would like nothing more than a good finish to celebrate with.

The team will travel to Rockingham on Sunday to race twice to complete the Spring Fling Series schedule.  Mackintosh has two third place finishes in his two trips to Rockingham so far this season.

Rockingham Speedway will host a double header on Sunday as the wrap up to the Little Rock Spring Fling Series.

Friday night will see the #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero back in action at Concord Speedway in Concord, NC

The front row of the field warms up before the green at Hickory Motor Speedway.

The #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero had another great run at Hickory Motor Speedway.  The INEX Bandolero series was on the card tonight with the INEX Legends and the Super Late Models of the PASS series.

Mackintosh started the feature outside of Row 1 and got stuck outside at the start of the race.  Shuffled back to 4th Mackintosh had to dig hard to push his way back to second.  The next 10 laps had Mackintosh locked to Reid Wilson's bumper with the #92 car able to open up no more than a car length at any time.  The white flag lap had both cars battle into turn three and head for home tight out of turn 4. Mackintosh pushed hard but was only able to get up to the door of the #92 and had to settle for second on the night.

Ragan, Papis, Rowe, Sommerville, Elliott, Blaney and Ruston were just some of the notable teams in the pits with the Chris Woods Racing team at Hickory.

Mackintosh will be back in action Friday night at Concord Speedway after enjoying a short break for Easter.

After a dissappointing heat finish Ryan Mackintosh, driving the Chris Woods Racing #03, had to start the feature in 7th position.

Mackintosh was able to make his way to the front in first two laps and ran in second position for four laps behind race leader Adam Nelson prior to an ontrack incident which saw him wedged up to the wall. The front end suspension was damaged and Mackintosh began to back up as he struggled with the car.  Another incident saw Mackintosh turned and having to restart at the back of the field, the final one caused the rear left to go flat and ended the evening.

The team was certainly dissappointed in the events of the Friday night race at Concord but they were looking forward to Hickory on Saturday.

Maritimer Lonnie Sommerville will travel to North Carolina to chase the Easter Bunny this weekend at Hickory Motor Speedway

Saint John native Lonnie Sommerville will be in Hickory, North Carolina this weekend competing in the PASS Easter Bunny 150 event. 

This will be the second time this season that Sommerville and Ryan Mackintosh will be competing in the same state at the same time. In February the two drivers were both in Florida with Sommerville at New Smyrna and Mackintosh 35 miles away at Orlando Speedworld.

Saturday Mackintosh will race his Bandolero on the same card as Sommerville and two drivers will try to secure some hardware and represent the Maritime race scene in Hickory.  

This past weekend former Scotia Speedworld Bandolero driver Brad Eddy brought home a 12rh place finish at Hickory in his first ever start in his Limited Late Model.

Hickory Motor Speedway is will host the INEX Bandolero Outlaw and Bandits classes this coming Saturday.  The .363 mile bullring is entering its 59th year of competition and will be featuring the PASS series on April 2nd.

This weekend will be the first event of the season where INEX Bandoleros take part in a PASS series card. Last season both series took part in a show at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC in August.

Concord Speedway is on the schedule Friday for Chris Woods Racing and the #03 Bandolero.  Both team co-owner, Woody Woods, and driver Ryan Mackintosh are excited to return to the banked 1/4 mile track.

Hickory Motor Speedway will host the INEX Bandolero Outlaws and #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero on Saturday April 02.

The #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero started the feature outside of row 2.  Mackintosh drove briefly up to 2nd place before the throttle began to stick going into turns 1 and 3. 

Mackintosh could not hold the line in the corners and gave back two positions before settling into 4th place.  With two laps to go the issue occured again causing the #03 to spin and catch a piece of the inside curb before the driver was able to gain control of the car. 

The final finishing position for the #03 ended up being fourth.  The finishing order, 30 minutes after the race, was still in question.

Sunday's event at Rockingham has been cancelled due to projected bad weather.

Ryan Mackintosh started on the pole in the first heat of the evening but an incident on track spun both Mackintosh and #20 Riley Halverson and sent both to the back under caution.  After the race Mackintosh took full responsibility for incident. "I thought I was clear, it was 100% my fault", he stated in the Chris Woods Racing hauler.  Mackintosh was able to come from the back and capture the heat to take the pole for the Bandolero Outlaw feature.

In the feature the #4 Holleman car was able to pass Mackintosh and hold the lead.  On the final restart Mackintosh was able to get underneath Holleman but the #4 was able to pull clear on the outside and capture the win.  #12 Cody Hartson rounded out the top 3 finishers.

Tonight's result for Mackintosh makes it four top 3 finishes for the Chris Woods Racing driver in the first five starts of the year.

A second Chris Woods Racing car made an unscheduled appearance in the field last evening.  Reid Wilson piloted the CWRR/Mackintosh backup car after being involved in an accident in practice that damaged his own car extensively. The incident caused damage to the rear clip and front end suspension. Wilson drove the car to a solid sixth place finish in the feature with a very competitive field and after starting last in the second qualifying heat.

The INEX Bandolero Outlaws will be back in action Saturday night at Concord Speedway.

In Ryan Mackintosh's home town of Amherst the snow is falling as a Spring storm makes it way through the area.  The same is not true in the Kannapolis area as Mackintosh and Chris Woods Racing prepare for another weekend of racing.

The #03 will be in action this evening at Concord Speedway and will make a return trip to the fast 1/4 mile again on Saturday.  The "Rock" will host the third event in the Rockingham Speedway spring series on Sunday before an extremely busy weekend comes to an end.

Crew Cheif Woody Woods is looking forward to the weekend of racing. "We will have good cars", stated Woods mid week from the Kannapolis race shop.

Again this week, Casey Hillenburg will drive the #08 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero at Rockingham on Sunday.  Hillenburg has made steady progress in this car over a short period of time.  Woods hopes that his cars will have good finishes in the weekend events.

It is always quite evident what race teams do on the weekend and where they do it.  Have you ever wondered what the driver and crew do during the week?

The Chris Woods Racing team, during this week, will be preparing both the #03 Ryan Mackintosh car and Casey Hillenburg's Bandolero for the upcoming race at Concord on Friday evening. At the shop in Kannapolis,NC  there are oil changes to be completed, set up adjustments to made, bumpers to be straightened, cars to be scaled and an endless list of items to be addressed

The CWRR shop is always busy with work being done on team cars and on other cars from around the state and country. Currently there is a chassis being transformed into a Bandolero that will race in New York State.  Not to mention the Allison Legacy car being built for future summer dates.

The hauler gets emptied on Monday and the work starts at that point for both crew and driver.  In Ryan Mackintosh's case the school work begins Monday morning.  Ryan is currently completing homeschooling programs for the 8th grade.  He sends his completed work back to Nova Scotia where it is marked.

Like with most teams, there are weeks that require more  work than other but in the case of Chris Woods Racing Woody is always there to get the best out of both the cars and the drivers. So when the hauler get loaded up later in the week everyone and everything is ready to go.

A wreck while on the pole in the heat race and a spin in the feature was not enough to keep Ryan Mackintosh off of the podium at Rockingham.

The third place on Sunday topped off a weekend which saw Mackintosh grab a second at Concord Speedway on Friday.  The Saturday race at Concord saw Mackintosh lead the race before being involved in an incident that took him out of the race.

Team co-owner, Woody Woods, stated,"I am pleased for what is really our first weekend of the season." 

In four races to date this season Mackintosh has three top 3 finishes and a couple heat wins.

Mackintosh's team mate, Casey Hillenburg, finished 6th.

The #03 will return to action Friday night in Concord, NC

The #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero started the night off in the second heat, again at Concord.  Mackintosh was able to win the heat and claim the outside pole position.

In the feature Mackintosh lined up outside of the #4 of John Holleman for the second night in a row with the field behind both drivers.  Mackintosh had a good start which enabled him to clear Holleman on the outside coming out of turn 2. 

The night quickly came to an end as the two lead cars came into contact with race ending damage occuring on the rear left of the #03 car.  Holleman was able to complete the race in first with Riley Halverson and Reid Wilson finishing in 2nd and 3rd .

The Chris Woods Racing team did have a bright note.  Casey Hillenburg had a solid evening and was able to run up as high as 7th in the feature before being involved in an incident late in the race.

Both Mackintosh and Hillenburg will be in action again on Sunday at Rockingham Speedway.

The field for the INEX Bandoleoro Outlaw feature took to the track near midnight at Concord Speedway. John Holleman IV was on the pole after winning the first heat for the class and Amherst's Ryan Mackintosh made up the remainder of the front row. 

Mackintosh won his heat earlier in the evening after starting 5th and surviving a green white checker finish and strong challenge from Reid Wilson.

The feature saw several restarts for incidents near the back of the field. The restarts had Holleman holding off Mackintosh as the field took the green lined up single file.  The #4 Holleman Bandolero went on to capture the win with Mackintosh in second and Wilson finishing third.

The Chris Woods Racing #03 Bandolero will race again Saturday evening in Concord before travelling the 100 miles to Rockingham, NC on Sunday.

The #03 Chris Woods Racing Bandolero, driven by Ryan Mackintosh, turned a rough start to the day into a podium finish.

The first practice session of the day saw the Mackintosh car lose a wheel after just two laps at Rockingham.  The second session saw the car turn in the third fastest time of the cars on the track for that session.

Mackintosh started the qualifying heat in 7th place and his team mate Casey Hillenburg making up the remaineder of the 4th row. Mackintosh was able to complete the ten lap distance coming home in fourth.

The feature had John Holliman, Riley Halverson and Reid Wilson all line up infront of Mackintosh on the grid.  Halverson, the eventual race winner, and Holliman were able to open up a gap between themselves and the thrid and fourth place cars.  Mackintosh pursued Wilson for the twenty laps and was able to overtake him on the final lap coming out of turn 4 to grab third place.

The event is the first race of the year for all the top 4 finishers.

Mackintosh will be back in action next Friday night at Concord Speedway.

Ryan Mackintosh will have a Chris Woods Racing team mate on the track today in Rockingham.  Casey Hillenburg will be driving the #24 CWRR Bandolero in the first event of Rockingham's Spring Fling.

Casey is sponsored by Fast Track High Performance Racing School.

The event also kicks of the start of the INEX points season for both drivers.

Casey is the son of NASCAR driver Andy Hillenburg.