- 10/12/2008
Winchester 400 - 08/15/2008
Blizzard Series Round Four - 08/02/2008
Viper Series Round Three - 06/27/2008
Blizzard Series Round 3 - 06/19/2008
AMS Legends Race Number 3 - 06/12/2008
My First Ever Legend Car Race
October 12, 2008
Winchester 400
This weekend at the Winchester 400 was looking to be one of the team’s best performances of the year. After being one of the fastest cars all through practice and qualifying second we all had very high hopes for the race. At the initial start I fell into second behind the pole sitter and was content to follow him until a perfect opportunity came to pass him. The opportunity never came and different pit strategies were the only thing that shuffled me around for the first part of the race.
Just being able to stay on the track and not being involved in a crash was my main focus for about the first 300 laps and then actually starting o race was my plan going into the event. His plan for the most part worked out great and I had almost no damage coming into the final 100 laps. Contact was made coming off turn four with another car about half way through the race which caused minor damage to the right rear quarter panel and bumper, but nothing too serious and I was able to continue with no problems.
Every time the different pit stop strategies had cycled through I was in the top five and had one of the best cars throughout the race. I think the only other two cars that might have given us a run for our money at the end were the 51 and 35 of Kyle Busch and David Stremme. I think we could have been even a little better than they were during the final laps because we had two more left side tires to put on and no one else had fresh tires to use.
For the final restart I was in the third position right behind Busch and thought I had a very good chance to get around him and be in the top two once again. I looked to the inside of the 51 a few times but didn’t feel that I was in a spot to get around him cleanly and moved to his rear bumper. On lap 345 it all fell apart when my left a-frame broke and I hit the wall coming in to turn one, which also caused my right front tire to come off the wheel. I was able to limp around into the pits where the tire was replaced and I went back out trying to keep my position on the lead lap. When I returned to the pits it was discovered that the a-frame was broken right at the weld to the ball joint and our hopes for winning the biggest race of my career were over.
All in all it was a great and very promising run for the number 94 BEDD ford. I think we were the only team that could have given the Sprint Cup stars something to deal with at the end and definitely got their attention! I have to thank Rick Turner for a great car and Bill and Cindy Elliott for giving me the opportunity to be a part of their great program.
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