Tyler Emory’s Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway, and therefore his Appalachian Mountain Speedweek momentum, took a twist of fate when he crashed head-on into the turn-three wall while leading the first qualifier.

A furious and hurting Emory, whose already-ailing back now hurts even more after Saturday, said he wished “they would have packed the track in for five more minutes.

“They really need to do a better job,” he added, anger evident in those words. Fortunately for Emory he can manage the pain in his ailing back for the time being.

“I ain’t no quitter,” he said after ingesting pain killers. He retook the racetrack in his backup race car for the first B-main.

While Emory said that’s the hardest hit he’s taken in Dirt Late Model racing, it’s not the hardest crash he’s endured as a racer. During his motocross days, he said he’s toughed out rougher collisions and has even raced through broken bones.

He’s hoping to just make it through Sunday at Hagerstown Speedway unscathed so he can return home to retrieve another backup car for the remainder of the miniseries. And with a shot at the title, now 224 points behind in 14th, isn’t realistic, he can still rebound.

“The good thing is now we can worry about race wins,” Emory said. “Now, running second doesn’t matter.”

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A furious and hurting Emory, whose already-ailing back now hurts even more after Saturday, said he wished “they would have (packed) the track in for five more minutes.

“They really need to do a better job,” he added, anger evident in those words.

Fortunately for Emory he can manage the pain in his ailing back for the time being.

“I ain’t no quitter,” he said after ingesting pain killers. He retook the racetrack in his backup race car for the first B-main.

While Emory said that’s the hardest hit he’s taken in Dirt Late Model racing, it’s not the hardest crash he’s endured as a racer. During his motocross days, he said he’s toughed out rougher collisions and has even raced through broken bones.

He’s hoping to just make it through Sunday at Hagerstown Speedway unscathed so he can return home to retrieve another backup car for the remainder of the miniseries. And with a shot at the title, now 224 points behind in 14th, isn’t realistic, he can still rebound.

“The good thing is now we can worry about race wins,” Emory said. “Now, running second doesn’t matter.”