Andy Seuss Finishes Second to A Worthy Opponent at Monadnock

Since Kirk Alexander has won six out of the eight True Value Modified Racing Series events so far in 2005, you would think that finishing second to him would be like a victory. Andy Seuss and his One Stop Toy Shop/Rockingham Boat team finished second to Alexander this past weekend at Monadnock Speedway and although they are happy with their finish, they are far from throwing their hands up and saying that is the best that they can do.

“I don’t think that Kirk Alexander is unreachable,” said Seuss. “Right now he’s untouchable, but we just need to get our act together. It’s still just a Modified and they have their act together. I think that we have a decent shot by the end of the season to get up there and race with him. Obviously, he’s dominant right now but we’re not going to say that second place is a win at this point.”

18-year-old Seuss has struck up a friendship with Alexander and enjoys going wheel to wheel with the defending TVMRS champion.

“Kirk and I have some good side-by-side battles,” said Seuss. “I joke around with him that he doesn’t want to play with me very long because he always comes out on top, but we had a good side-by-side battle this time. I think that my crew guys wore out their buttons by telling me to make him earn the win. He did. He earned it on the outside and we ran good side-by-side for six, seven or eight laps before he got by.”

The second place finish at Monadnock also turns around a streak of bad luck for Seuss and his team.

”The last few weeks have been hard DNFs from rocker arms in the engine breaking to grade 8 bolts shearing to contact. It’s been odd, but this race was pretty sweet. We put the car up where it belonged with a top-three finish.”

Next up for Seuss is Family Fun Night at Lee USA Speedway (NH) on Friday. The event is right in his family’s backyard and it’s one that the young driver is looking forward to.

“Lee’s my home track and it’s nice being home with all the fans and family up there. We always run good there, but it seems that something happens and we get bit by the end of the race. We’re going to take this one easy and try to finish it and work our way back up in the points. We fell from sixth to 16th and now with this second place finish, we’ll start to work our way back up again.”

"We’ve run in top five in everything that I’ve run there. We won a segment in the Milk Bowl-type race that they had for the Late Models. We’ve done it all there except to get a feature win. We’re looking forward to go back there and try to change that.”