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In
June of 2004 Mark Caise acquired a 1991 Toyota Camry DX for $100
from his friend Nick. Without having a clue of what to do spent
the next few months gutting the inside of the car. After a few months
into the project it seemed like a long shot to get the car on the
track for the 2005 season. While going to school full time in another
state, and his father working on the car when he could, time was
not on their side.
After
a failed attempt with a safe roll cage MCM was assisted by JMD Chassis.
With a roll cage in it became a scramble to get the rest of the
car done. While MCM was not ready for the first two races, they
were for the third race, which it ended up raining.
The
next week MCM showed up at the Speedbowl with a new car and new
trailer. After some confusion with a track official MCM did not
make a single practice lap. Without practice and not even sure if
the car would go fast they lined up last on the starting grid. While
MCM did not win in its debut as a race team it was considered a
win because the car was not wrecked and they learned valuable information
that would be used down the road to produce even faster times.
| Date |
Event |
June
1, 2005 |
Enters
their first stock car race in the Speedbowl X-Car Division |
July
13, 2005 |
Recorded
their first top ten X-Car finish in only their 5th start with
a ninth place finish |
July
13, 2005 |
Led
their first lap |
May
11, 2006 |
Had
their first "most laps led" in a race leading 11
laps |
May 30, 2006 |
Recorded
their first top five X-Car finish with
a fifth place |
October
10, 2006 |
Had
their first "all laps led" in a race |
October 10, 2006 |
Recorded
their first win with
with Chassis #004 |
2006 |
Led
the first lap of the season and the last lap of the season |
October
10, 2006 |
Won
the 2006 Town Fair Tire Finale Weekend for the X-Cars |
May
7, 2007 |
Won
the season opener of the 2007 season |
June
6, 2007 |
Signs
on their first primary sponsor, Shantok Motors |
September
5, 2007 |
Won
the final points race of the 2007 season |
September
5, 2007 |
MCM
earns a career high second place points finish in the X-Car
division |
September
8, 2007 |
Enters
their first Mini Stock race |
September
22-23, 2007 |
Fields
multiple entries (X-Car/Mini Stock) for the first time |
September
22, 2007 |
Makes
their final X-Car appearance with a fourth place finish |
February
2, 2008 |
Mark
Caise Motorsports joins with Curry Racing to form Shantok Motors
Racing |
March
30, 2008 |
Shantok
Motors Racing announces Mohegan Sun as Primary Sponsor for #2
and #30 |
September
3, 2008 |
Mark
Caise makes his only Mechanics Race start and wins after leading
all laps |
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