Struggles and Speed Characterize June Races for Meade Hahn

Meade Hahn and his team were excited to get into June because the race schedule started to pick up. The 7 car would race as many times in the month of June as it had all season so far. Coming off a month of May that showed the team had some solid speed, posting a top 10 finish in their last race out.

Kicking off June, the team would head to Selinsgrove. “The night started with what we thought was going to be a good omen. Drawing a 7 at the pill draw, which started us on the pole of the first heat. We took the early lead but couldn’t keep it there and fell back to 5th till the end of it.” Hahn felt the car had speed, but also felt that he needed to find a faster line.

“In the feature, we started 13th, and we were going forward and made it up to the 11th position, when a caution came out. Some confusion with timing and scoring put a car back in front of us that we had already passed, and it had significant damage to its spoiler. On the restart, I got trapped behind him going into turn one and lost a bunch of spots.” This would back the 7 car up to 14th when all was said and done. A little bit of a disappointment, given the top 10 speed they had. 

Selinsgrove Speedway would again be the destination of the week for the team on June 12th. The night started off with Meade running 7th in his heat race.

“I made a mistake trying to pass the 5th-place car and ended up running 7th. Just can’t get the car to turn into the corner in the heat like I need it to.” Even with this, Hahn would still make the feature and start 20th. “We gambled on tires and figured we had nothing to lose. The car was great in the feature, and I was able to drive it up to 11th. Getting us the hard charger for the night in our division.”

This was a highlight of the season so far, as this hard charger was also the most forward progress the 7 has made in a feature.

“Since we made it through Friday with no damage, we decided to try our luck at Port Royal on Saturday night.” This was only the second appearance by the team at The Speed Palace in 2026. Meade had run well the last time there and was looking to repeat that performance. After his wife Rachel pulled the pill that would land him on the pole of a heat, Meade “drove away with the heat race win.” Meade would then be inverted to the 6th starting spot in the feature. 

“We took off okay, but I didn’t make any adjustments to the car, and I knew by turn 4 we were going to be too loose and have to fight hard to keep it up front.” 

As Hahn tried to keep the car under control, he lost a few spots and fell back to 8th. “I got a little too high coming off of turn 4 and hit the outside wall. Once I got into it, I couldn’t get off it in time, and it bent the right-front wheel and ripped a hole in the rim, which made the tire go flat, ending our night.” Another disappointment, but “we had good speed, which we are happy about.” 

The final race the team would participate in for June would be back at the Selinsgrove Speedway. “The night started off with a good pill draw, starting us on the front row of the second heat. Tried too hard at the start of the heat and spun myself out trying to stay in the top six to make the feature and not run a consi. The spin caused a little nose damage, and I should have just stopped it.” Hahn would press on in the heat but run into trouble, getting into another car while trying to make a pass.

“I tried not to wreck him and instead wrecked myself and tore the car up worse than what we could fix at the track. I feel bad for my guys, my wife, and myself. It has been a little string of bad decisions on my part, and I need to do better and get it going in the right direction again.” Even with the poor ending to the night, Hahn is still focused on making the car better. 

The 7-car has been really fast in the feature. The track and car come to us later in the night. We just got to get the heat races figured out so we can start up front when we have that good of a car.” Meade has been fighting a tight car in the heats, and it has cost him at times, not being able to get the car rotated. “The changes we made helped, but still haven’t fixed the problem I feel in the middle of the corner.” The team plans to get back in the shop and get things fixed up and ready for the month of July. 

While the team won’t race a whole lot in the month of July, they do hope to have a stronger package throughout the night and better results. They will have a two-race weekend on July 10th & 11th. The 10th will be at Selinsgrove Speedway, and the 11th will be at the Port Royal Speedway. Make sure to stay up to date on weekly plans on the team’s Facebook page. Thanks to Jack Azz Distilling, Empowered By You Counseling, and MGM Mechanical Inc. for helping the team get around the track.