Round 4 - Martinsville

Round 4 of the series took place on the tight 'paper clip' 0,5 mile oval that is Martinsville.

I was quckest over the 10 lap practise session with a time of 21.303.

I bettered that time in qualifying as I managed pole with a time of 21.245.

In the race, I led all 88 laps.

I managed to lap 12 cars, many of them twice before finally taking the chequered flag in 1st place

I did set a best lap time of 20.794 which was my fastest of the weekend.

I was now 4th in the standings.

Round 3 - Atlanta Motor Speedway

Round 3 of the series took place at the very fast Atlanta Motor Speedway in Georgia.

I started off the race weekend with a very satisfying practise session, where after my 10 laps I was 4th fastest with a time of 31.639.

Qualifying went even better for me as I qualified on pole with a time of 31.603.

In the race I found myself in the lead after the first of the 42 laps.

Fuel consumption was the important factor in this race. On lap 23 of 46 I was informed by my pit crew that I was halfway on fuel. Now 23 is half of 46 so I should have been safe to get to the end. However it was not to be as on lap 44 I received the 'fuel extremely low' message and had to pit. I managed in the 2 remaining laps to pass a few cars and finish 28th. The question is why did no one else have to stop for Sunoco fuel?

I ended up in 11th place in the overall standings 126 points behind the current leader.

I led 18 of the 46 laps which got me the 10 bonus points.

Round 2 - Auto Club Raceway (California)

Round 2 of the series took place at the Auto Club Speedway, previously Fontana in sunny California.

I was fastest in practise with a time 42.163 after my 10 laps.

In qualifying I was able to reproduce my fom and duly qualified in pole with times of 42.208 and 42.243.

In the race I led all but 3 laps to record my first win of the season..

My best lap of the race was 42.096 which was faster than I qualified!

I was now up to 4th in the standings, 45 points adrift of the leader.