Sylvania, GA - Screven Motor Speedway hosted the O'reilly Southern All Star super late model series Saturday June 27th, for a $5000 to win 50 lap feature event. 21 cars took time Saturday afternoon for starting positions in the feature event. Nipper's luck was on the bad side during qualifying, win entering turn 1 on his first lap a rear end gear broke on the car. After replacing the gear, nipper had to start the feature from the tail end in 21st starting position. When the green flag feel Jordy was on a tear up through the field using the high line Nipper made it all the way to the 5th position in 9 laps before a right rear tire was cut down due to debree on the racing surface. Jordy replace the flatten tire and return the racing action however, the new rubber was not the tire of choice and Jordy's charge was halted. Jordy had to settle for dismal 17th place finish. The crew will regroup and try their luck this weekend, to find out where that will be check back here to the official news source for the Against the Wind Racing Team.

Cochran, GA - The Against the Wind Racing Team has been running a good bit on one of their home tracks through the middle part of season trying to get their feet back under them and the monkey off their back. The track being Cochran Motor Speedway a place where Jordy cut his teeth in racing in his earlier years. On this week of June 20th, Jordy got back in the winning ways and offering up an early Father's Day gift for dad and team owner Scotty Nipper. Jordy sat on the pole and led every lap to take the win in his first victory of the 2009 season. This time last season Nipper already had 4 wins under his belt and numerous top five and top ten finishes. Nipper is back on his way to getting up to par with a lot more work to come. However with the holiday season approaching he will have plenty of opportunities to try his luck at some more wins in 2009. To find out where you can catch Jordy Nipper and the Against the Wind Racing Team, check back here to www.jordynipper.com .

Penton, AL - Jordy Nipper and the Against the Wind Racing crew set out for Alabama for a double header weekend withe United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series which started off Friday night April 17th at the Penton Raceway, for a $2500 to win feature event. After qualifying 18th in the field of 24 Jordy had his work cut out for him for the feature event. When the green flag fell on a field that battled track condition throughout the night, Jordy put his TNT Chassis on cruse control, as cars started falling out Jordy just kept on rolling working his was to an 8th place finish for the night.

Pheonix City, AL - The next night Saturday April 18th Jordy saw himself back at the East Alabama Motor Speedway with hope to get that monkey off his back and pull that first win. With 30 cars signed in Jordy knocked off the second fastest time of night and earned himself the outside pole. When the green flag waved on the 50 lap $4,000 to win feature, Jordy found himself riding third for most of the night until the bad luck struck again. On a restart just after the halfway point the field went off into turn 1 and Jordy said something just felt like it let go on the front end and the car would not turn. Nipper ended the night with a 12th place finish. The team will regroup and look at taking a weekend off before heading back through the peach state during the month of May and return to some familiar stomping grounds in hopes of turning the season around

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Cochran, GA - With not much big money or sanctioned bodied racing going on in the south Georgia area, the Against the Wind Racing team stayed near the house for two weeks to tweak on their program and gear up for the road events to come. April 4th saw a rain out at the Swainsboro Raceway's Lucas Oil event so Jordy Nipper and crew rolled a closer home at what could be considered their home track of Cochran Motor Speedway. Jordy tried his luck in the weekly late model division with him crate motor under the hood and rolled a 6th place finish for the weekend. The next week April 11th the crew would return and better their luck with a 4th place finish in the big class with a little motor. The team will gear up this coming weekend for an Alabama swing with United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series events at Penton Raceway on Friday April 17th paying $2500 to win and Saturday the 2nd annual Alabama Clash paying $4,000 to win.

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Pooler, GA - The Against the Wind Racing Team headed towards the coast Saturday night March 14th for the National Late Model Series first trip back to the big half mile known as Oglethorpe Speedway Park for a $3,000 to win feature event. Driver Jordy Nipper used smoothed drivers and consistent lap times to earn his second top ten finish of the 2009 season. Jordy would like to thank his sponsors which help support the Against the Wind Racing Team Eibach Springs, Genesis Shocks, Scotty's Muffler, Go-Fast Graphics, M&S Concrete, TNT Racecars, Hustler Racecar Bodies, Vassar Inc., Mike Adams Towing, Buschwacker Chassis by Walter Newman, and South Bound Racing Photos. Check back here next week to find out where you can catch Jordy Nipper and the Against the Wind Racing Team in action next.

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