Five-Seven Motorsports / Tyler Hartzell Racing

Race Results – Oct. 10 US 24 Speedway
Heat – 7 to 4
Feature – 8 to 19 (DNF)

Our season came to an end Saturday night. Not as hoped, or planned, but that’s part of this sport that we compete in. Unpredictability.

We were 5 points out of earning a track championship entering the night, which would have been a great (and surprising) end to the season. Over the past month we closed a pretty significant gap to be in a great position to compete and earn it head to head on the track. At the time of the incident we had it clinched. Instead it ended with a hard impact and upside down. There is so much in racing you can’t control. It wasn’t meant to be. Kudos to the Sharp Advantage Safety Products, LLC head surround and custom molded seat, I felt pretty good Sunday morning.

I haven’t spoken to Trenton. He’s a good guy and I’d consider him a friend. Got to know him better this past year and have raced closely with him many times without incident. Mistakes happen. Move on.

We had a great season. Accomplished the goals we set. The goals get harder in 2027, as will the competition. Can't wait. More to come in a few weeks.

Special thanks, as always, to the following:
SlateUp, Inc.
Concept Chassis Inc.
Miller Fuel Injection & Dyno Service
Competition Suspension Inc.
Shively Racing Engines
Dawg's Custom Powdercoat
Rodco Machine Products
Sharp Advantage Safety Products, LLC

No racing this weekend as we went to Eldora Speedway to camp out and watch our friends race on the big half mile.

Didn’t do a race update as it’s been a busy week with school projects.

About last week… we had a 17th to 7th run in Outlaw non wing at County Raceway on Friday night.

Saturday at US 24 Speedway we finally got the monkey off our back with our first ever win with a 6th to 1st run. We’ve been close so many times but never had the opportunity to finish it off.

Words don’t do justice how appreciative I was and am to see the support from everyone the past week. I am grateful for the opportunity to do this and be surrounded by great people. I don’t take that for granted.

Rodney Stealy I know I’ve had my ups and downs both on the track and in the shop over the past few years. I appreciate everything you’ve allowed me to learn and apply. Thank you for your positive impact and influence on so many of us. 🙏

Thank you to everyone that helps and supports us:
SlateUp, Inc.
Concept Chassis Inc.
Miller Fuel Injection & Dyno Service
Competition Suspension Inc.
Shively Racing Engines
Rodco Machine Products
Shietze Creative Co.
Guhl Motors

Enjoy this week’s video courtesy of SlateUp for the final restart from Saturday- a very fitting green / white checker. 🏁🏁🏁

RACE UPDATE | September 11 & 12

Sorry for the late post... been a busy week. I had a Spanish quiz and a few projects due. :)

9/11 @ County Raceway
Heat - 9 to 6
B Main - 2 to 1
Feature - 13 to 13

Frustrating night at Peru. Car hasn't been right there the past few weeks and I haven't been able to run the top with confidence. We keep loading the RR way too much and I feel like I'm going to end up in Huntington if the car doesn't settle down. So we made it through in one piece and went to work for a late night / early morning in the shop.

9/12 @ US 24 Speedway

Saturday was all about resilience. A Non Wing class had 2 lap qulifying instead of hot laps. So, essentially that means you line up in staging and the first time you're on the track you must be ready to rip. We ended up making some changes to the car overnight, and I had to get Friday's setup issues off my mind and have confidence that the car would be under me. It certainly was as we qualified 2nd quick of 38 cars thanks to our Shively Racing Engines Suzuki tuned by Miller Fuel Injection & Dyno Service.

Times Qualifying - 2nd of 38
Heat - 8 to 5 (was battling for 3rd when a parts failure occurred because my dad proved out he is not perfect).
B Main - 2 to 1
A Main - 13 to 5

Huge thanks to Rodney Stealy for some last minute help in the shop Saturday as well as Garrett Andrews for some input on a few things to try which really helped as well.

Our thoughts are with Hayden McKnight, Jacob Bontrager, and Carter Whaley who each suffered through some tough incidents during our feature Saturday night.

On this week's SlateUp, Inc. clip of the week, ride along with me during Qualifying!

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Thanks as always to all that support us in any way and the sport we all love.
Concept Chassis Inc.
Shively Racing Engines
Miller Fuel Injection & Dyno Service
Competition Suspension Inc.
Dawg's Custom Powdercoat
SlateUp, Inc.
Guhl Motors
Rodco Machine
Shietze Creative Co.

RACE RESULTS - August 21/22

8/21 - Miami County Raceway
Heat - 8 to 4
Feature - 7 to 11👎

Car was a little "off" all night. Lost the handle towards the last 5 laps with a loose car and dropped a few spots. After a good heat run and starting posiiton for the feature the finish was frustrating.

8/22 - US 24 Speedway - Carol Smith Memorial
Heat - 4 to 3
Feature - 8 to 4 👍

Huge thanks to Rodney Stealy for checking a few things over on the car. Simple things yield BIG impact. Solid runs overall in the heat and feature. Felt good passing cars in the front of the field. Also had to roll the bottom with no brakes towards the end of the race. Sometimes a little finesse yields solid speed as this week's SlateUp, Inc. clip of the weeks shares the last few laps of the feature run.

Taking this weekend off so dad and his friends can thoroughly enjoy a weekend of camping out at Kokomo Speedway for this years USAC Racing Smackdown Thursday - Saturday. Come see us, wont be hard to find!

As always, thanks to those that help us sling some dirt and look good doing it.
SlateUp, Inc.
Concept Chassis Inc.
Miller Fuel Injection & Dyno Service
Competition Suspension Inc.
Dawg's Custom Powdercoat
Shietze Creative Co.
Guhl Motors

RACE UPDATE - July 31 | Miami County Raceway

We were fortunate that a few sprinkles never got worse and we got the program in with a solid run from 11 to 4th last Friday Night.

Heat - 8 to 7
Feature - 11 to 4

In hot laps and the heat race we scratched our heads a little bit as the car was really loading on the RR hard, which we haven't experienced up until the last few weekends. Didn't throw the kitchen sink at it, but definitely made a few more changes than we normally do anticipating a better car for the feature.

There must have not been a lot of passing in the heat races when a 8 to 7 run in your heat grids you 11th for the feature. As you can see in this week's SlateUp, Inc. clip of the week, the track was bottom dominant for the most part. Doesn't make for the most exciting race, but- it does provide a little bit of technical challenge and discipline in how you drive and set the car to roll through the corner. As much as I considered going to the top and trying to make up spots, looking ahead I didn't see much ground being made up there so I settled in a ran the best laps I could and steadliy moved up to a solid 4th place run.

We're going to take the upcoming weekend off to spend some time on the water as a family before I get ready to get back to school in a few weeks.

As always, thanks to those who make the products and provide the support we need to sling some dirt and make memories:
SlateUp, Inc.
Concept Chassis Inc.
Rodco Machine Products
Shively Racing Engines
Miller Fuel Injection & Dyno Service
Competition Suspension Inc.
Guhl Motors
Dawg's Custom Powdercoat