Dec. 13, 2015_Arlington, Texas: Anton Hernandez traveled all the way from Texas, thanks to Duck Investments, Custom Commodities Transport, Environmental Oil Recovery, H&D Honda Yamaha, Boswells Consulting and Warnkes Machining Co., to participate in the midget class of the Inaugural Bad Boy Indy Invitational at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Indiana . He is a 17yr old kid, first year in midgets, a true rookie. He was one of the last alternates to have been invited and he put the 37x AJ Felker Racing/Esslinger powered FSC Chassis on the outside pole. How badass is that? In addition, not to be intimidated by midget racing royalty, Anton set second fastest time in qualifying. Won his heat and finished second in the Dash. We were honored to have been invited to this lil arena where no one had ever raced on before, to represent Texas midget racing and he finished in front of 33 of the baddest drivers on the planet, so for us it was an awesome event. Yes, it had its issues, but what first time event does not? So take a deep breath, stop with the negative trash talking, dwell on the positives and stop being a destroyer. Anton’s first glimpse of the track was a huge smile, rubbed his hands together and said oh Yeah Baby, the Longhorn Shootout! Having just won the Longhorn Shootout and finishing second twice at the Oklahoma Outlaw Kart Nationals non-wing micro bullrings his calm confidence shown through. Not a cocky arrogance, but confidence he could make the feature. Little did we know he would almost set fast time had their heat not had the cautions it did. Anton went on to win his heat; finished second in the Dash which put the 37x AJ Felker Racing/Esslinger powered FSC Chassis on the outside pole. From the time we started in gokarts, I have always told Anton that the main thing he is trying to do is conquer the track. If you can get your car around the track faster than any other car, you will be successful no matter who is driving the other car. Well the track berm jumped out, got him and stalled the engine, which sent him to the back of the field. Restarting in the back, he got caught up in a pileup almost ending his night, but lady luck smiled on him. Again restarting in the back, he was able to advance forward to finish seventh. It was an awesome experience for me and I hope it was for the rest of the fans that came to support their favorite drivers. Thanks to the Felker Family (AJ, Michelle and Drake) for helping Anton. Thanks to Frank and Eric for all the hard work they put into the car at the shop and taking care of Anton at the event. Thanks to Sandra Felker for treating and feeding us like her own kids during our visit of the Felker Racing Facility. Thanks to Roger Oakes, Scott and Noah Key and Rick Bailey for their help and support. Thanks to the Indy Invitational staff for all the hard work they put into this event. See ya next year…Anton’s dad.


Maybe we should take a little time and look at this event through the eyes of the father of a young 17 year old kid that had the opportunity to watch his kid race with his heroes in a Midget event. Then somehow this race doesn't look half bad. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Racers will race anywhere.