Round 7 - Dover - Delaware

The Monster Mile that is Dover played host to round 7 of the series.

compared to recent rounds practise was a little disappointing as I could only manage a 3rd best time of 27.515.

Qualifying went a whole lot better as I posted the fastest time and secured another pole position (27.370).

The raced turned out to be yet another disaster. I led until lap 4 when after causing a yellow flag period I was given a black flag. Despite being a lap down at one point, I had by lap 45 risen to 24th. Alas it was not to be as I recieved my second black flag. A 34th place finish was the best I could do.

I did pick up the 5 bonus points for leading a lap.

Round 6 - Lowes Motorspeedway - Charlotte

The fifth round of series saw the trucks roll in to Lowes motorspeedway (formerly Charlotte) in North Carolina.

Another solid practise session where again I was fastest with a time of 32.659 after the 10 laps.

Qualifying followed the pattern of practise as I was again fastest with a time of 32.689.

The race went the sane way as the previous few rounds. The lead was help for 17 laps then I recieved my first black flag for dangerous driving, the second was for speeding in the pitlane!

I did eventually finish 26th thanks to 2 caution periods where I was the lucky dog and got my laps back.

There does appear to be a bug in the program in that according to NASCAR rules if a driver causes a yellow flag period he cannot be the lucky dog for that caution period, I did it twice and got 2 laps back! 

I was down to 25th in the standings.

Round 5 - Kansas

Round 5 took place at the very fast Kansas Motor Speedway.

As usual it seems I had a very good practise session, topping the timing sheets with a time of 33.886.

Qualifying did not go so well as I could only manage a 34.077 which saw me on the 9th row in 17th place.

The early going was littered with yellow caution periods albeit caused by me it must be said however by lap 26 of the 42 laps I had worked my way into the lead.

I held the lead for 6 laps before I recieved the first of my 2 black flags. I finshed a lap down in 35th place. My fastest lap was a 31.692 which was my quickest lap of the weekend.

25th in standings!