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Although the month of July would not feature many races for Meade Hahn and the 7 car, it would not be short on action and tests. Meade would haul the 7 car to both Selinsgrove and Port Royal. Each race presented its own challenges, and Hahn would have to adapt to a wide array of conditions.

Selinsgrove would be the team’s 9th race of the year, on July 10th. Meade would start 3rd in his heat.

“I fell back to 4th on the start, but kept moving around trying to find some speed. I could run with the guys in front of me, but I just couldn’t get enough of a run to pass them on the bottom, so I moved to the top and got myself into 3rd by the end and was happy with how the car felt.”

The Millerstown driver would start from the pole in the feature after the invert.

“We made some adjustments because we really thought the 360 sprints would blacken the track up, but when I pulled into the track I was surprised to see it wasn’t black at all. We had a decent start, but I couldn’t hold the lead, and slowly we fell back through the field and ultimately finished 8th.”

Even with the backslide in the feature, this still netted Hahn his third top 10 of the season. The team would have to do some work and make a quick turnaround for the next night at Port Royal.

“After the checkers, we got spun around by a car and tore the whole left side up on the car.” Meade and his crew, “got the car back together after a lot of work on Saturday and headed to Port.” 

Port Royal would be a test of the overall speed of the 7 car, as the track was very wet and narrow. Meade started his heat in 6th and would have trouble making ground up.

“The track was hammer down and fast. With the caliber of cars in our heat, we couldn’t make any ground and finished 6th.”

Starting in the 17th position in the feature, the track didn’t really slow down a whole lot throughout the night, which would again make it difficult to find spots.

“We passed a few cars and missed the wreck on the back stretch, which got us a few more spots. Coming to the checkers, I could see a bunch of dust and cars going everywhere, and I snuck through and got no damage. We finished 13th, but the 2nd place car that caused the big wreck at the checkered flag got disqualified, which made it so we finished 12th.”

A somewhat chaotic race, but a gain of five spots was still something to be proud of. 

Both nights featured some tricky track conditions, and Hahn was still trying to fine-tune the setup on the car.  At Selinsgrove, “I think we had too hard of a tire on the right rear. I couldn’t feel it as much as I needed to and couldn’t lean on it like normal.”

With the track being really heavy the next night at Port Royal, Meade had to loosen up the car.

“The changes we have made to get the car more loose have worked, but we have gone a little too far and have to back up on some of them.”

He will have a few more chances to get the car dialed in during the month of August and is excited to get back on track.  As of now, the team will travel to Selinsgrove Speedway to open the month on August 1st. Then, the limited late models will accompany the Lucas Oil Late Models at Port Royal, as part of a two-day show on August 28th & 29th. Make sure to head out to both tracks and catch some great racing action.

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.