August 02, 2008
Viper Series Round Three
We started this weekend just like every other at South Alabama Speedway, taking the trip down a day early so we could get in a few extra hours of practice Friday night before the race. Luckily we did this because every car that raced on Saturday was also there Friday night practicing. Practice was definitely frustrating because just like every other time we have been to Opp, we just cannot figure out how to get the car hooked up on sticker tires! As soon as everyone else starts to fall off a little bit were fine, but it’s just during qualifying and the opening laps of the race that we get killed. Due to this problem we once again had a rather disappointing qualifying run and ended up eight out of eleven cars. Even though we started at the back of he pack, it not quite as bad as it sounds, as every car there is a front-runner wherever they go. As soon as the race was underway, it was obvious to me that his was going to be a long race. Since I was starting in the back, but had a good car on longer runs I knew I had to put into practice everything I have been taught about short track racing. I think this was one of the most diverse races of the season. I would have to go from driving defensively to pushing as hard as I could to pass someone to just making laps and everything in between in the course of five laps.
The whole night we were slowly moving forward even though I made contact with some other competitors a few times and was moved to the back of the field once by the officials. I ended up finishing fourth which was kind of a bitter sweet finish because I feel like if I had been able to get around all of my competitors that I was trying to pass cleanly with no contact I could have finished second.
All in all I think this race was very beneficial to me and I learned as much as I ever have during one race. I once again have to thank everyone on the team at the track and at the shop, without all of them there is no way that any of this would be possible.
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