David Carraghan: Three’s the Number

David Carraghan: Three’s the Number

The number three kept appearing for Slingshot driver David Carraghan. He won three straight features and three different tracks. But, wait, there’s more. Carraghan’s luck came after three blown engines ruined the first three weeks of his season.

Those failures included a cracked block, a head gasket leak, and a bent crankshaft. The Slingshots use a 250cc, two-cylinder, Briggs and Stratton racing engine.

However, Carraghan put that behind him as he won at the following Pennsylvania tracks:

“It was one heck of a week,” Carraghan, 53, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, said. “There’s an ebb and flow in racing. After the third motor, I turned it around.”

The Slingshots attract racers of all ages.

“You have drivers that are just starting out — like teenagers moving up from .25 midgets, who will continue to move on,” said Carraghan. “Then, there are those racers still hanging around, just having fun racing. Finally, there are the older guys like me.”

Carraghan bought his car six years ago, and has more than 20 feature wins in it.

“I’m at a different stage in life,” said Carraghan. “I have a son in college and a mortgage to pay. I’m competitive, had always been involved in sports, and this division offers me an affordable place to race and be competitive at a point in life that my body won’t let me play the other sports.”

David Carraghan will look to extend his streak on Wednesday, July 27, at Action Track USA. He’ll follow that up with a race at Linda’s Speedway and then five nights at five tracks for Pennsylvania Speedweek.

“I’m gearing up for Speedweek,” Carraghan said. “I have to be good. It doesn’t ever get more competitive than it does that week.”

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