Round 8 - Texas Motor Speedway

Round 8 took place at one of the fastest tracks on the championship circuit, Texas Motorspeedway.

The race weekend started well as I was fastest straight out of the box in practise with a time of 34.081 after the mandatory 10 laps.

I was a tad faster in qualifying and managed to claim pole position with a time of 33.982.

The 50 lap race followed a similar pattern to the previous 2 or 3. From the dropping of the flag I led for 10 laps before slotting to second with the intention of sitting there until the last few laps when I would make my move. The plan was going well as I hit the front on lap 41. Disaster struck on lap 45 when I got for the first ever the "Fuel Extremely Low" message. I tried to ride out the remaining 5 laps by cutting down on the speed but to no avail as the car stopped on lap 48. I finished last!

My best lap of the race was a 33.804 which was my fastest of the race weekend.

I was 18th in the standings - still 8 places higher than the previous season.

Round 7 - Dover Delaware

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

As with recent rounds in practise I was fastest with a best time of 27.222..

Qualifying went well as I posted the fastest time and secured another pole position (27.251).

The raced turned out to be yet another disaster. I was in the top 2 for the first 46 laps then  I spun out in turn 3. The resulting yellow flag saw me placed at the back of the field for the restart. With 13 laps to go I attempted to make my way back through the field however my progress was halted when I received the black flag for dangerous driving.

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

Round 6 - Lowes Motor Speedway - 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 second fastest with a time of 33.307 after the 10 laps.

Qualifying almost followed the pattern of practise as I was fastest with a time of 32.843.

I was in the top two for most of the race and with 5 laps to go I made my move to hit the front. Unfortunately while lapping some back markers I received the black flag on lap 38 of the 39 laps.

I did eventually finish 36th.

I was down to 7th in the standings, 122 points behind.

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 33.965.

Qualifying did not go so well as I could only manage a 34.038 which saw me on the 5th row in 10th place.
It didn't take long fo me to move up the order in the race. I was content to stay in the top 5 and let the laps pass by. With 10 laps to go I decided to move to the front, after 2 laps or so I was there.

I held the lead until laps from the end when I recieved the first black flag of the season! before I could serve my penalty I caused a caution period which meant that the race finished under the yellow flag.

I was clasified in 29th place which dopped me to 4th in the standings 44 points behind.

My fastest lap of the race was a 34.026.