{"id":174,"date":"2016-05-31T18:50:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T18:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2022-04-02T15:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T15:05:40","slug":"quarter-midget-racing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/racing-story\/quarter-midget-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarter Midget Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies.jpg\" alt=\"Trophies\" width=\"4007\" height=\"1489\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies.jpg 4007w, http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies-300x111.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies-768x285.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies-1024x381.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Trophies-400x149.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4007px) 100vw, 4007px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: black; text-align: justify;\">Evan&#8217;s racing career started in 2011 with quarter midgets at MMRA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmidgets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.michiganmidgets.com<\/a>), a track that has been a starting point for quite a few famous racers of today (NASCAR&#8217;s Brad Keselowski &amp; Erik Jones). \u00a0The family\u00a0was participating in SCCA road racing at the Waterford Hills road course that year, and they took Evan and his brother Owen over to the small MMRA track for a test drive. \u00a0That started Evan on a fast track to some very successful racing experiences.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>STARTING LINE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: black; text-align: justify;\">Evan (and his brother Owen) started racing in 2011.\u00a0 Evan was older than most kids just starting quarter midgets, having just turned 11 (while most start at around 5 or 6). But, he wasted NO time in making up that lost ground, and quickly went from novice; to competitive; to dominant!<\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/boys_2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/boys_2012-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"boys_2012\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Columbus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Columbus-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Columbus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FAST TRACK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: black; text-align: justify;\">To do that &#8211; there was as much wheel time as we could squeeze in. \u00a0From club racing, to regional &amp; national racing. \u00a0From indoor winter racing, to arena racing. \u00a0With podium finishes and feature wins to show for all of them. \u00a0His focus, dedication &amp; passion for being behind the wheel has pushed him to the front of MANY races (even when his equipment didn&#8217;t want to take him there).<\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10402430_10204608475405841_1155185269428195351_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10402430_10204608475405841_1155185269428195351_n.jpg\" alt=\"10402430_10204608475405841_1155185269428195351_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EvanFtWayneWIN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EvanFtWayneWIN-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"EvanFtWayneWIN\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11885298_10206700429583388_1212394026954048509_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11885298_10206700429583388_1212394026954048509_n.jpg\" alt=\"11885298_10206700429583388_1212394026954048509_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>BIGGER &amp; BETTER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: black; text-align: justify;\">Evan retired from quarter midgets after 4 years of amazing skill set growth. \u00a0With 2 Midwest Thunder regional class championships to close out his final year &#8211; he proved he was ready to take on the next level of racing!<\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11745725_10206430458594282_5432122380253367091_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11745725_10206430458594282_5432122380253367091_n.jpg\" alt=\"11745725_10206430458594282_5432122380253367091_n\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11988641_10206841420948084_4385804176137272725_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11988641_10206841420948084_4385804176137272725_n.jpg\" alt=\"11988641_10206841420948084_4385804176137272725_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11223501_10207235625122942_3912970851646275593_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11223501_10207235625122942_3912970851646275593_n.jpg\" alt=\"11223501_10207235625122942_3912970851646275593_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan&#8217;s racing career started in 2011 with quarter midgets at MMRA (www.michiganmidgets.com), a track that has been a starting point for quite a few famous racers of today (NASCAR&#8217;s Brad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":177,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/left-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1212,"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions\/1212"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/evanfosterracing.com\/EFR\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}