Friday, 27 July 2012

Round 12 Bristol Motor Speedway

The question as the trucks rolled into Bristol was whether the recent upturn in my form continue at Nascar's toughest short track.

With a lot of cars on track at one time setting a fast time in practise proved difficult but midway through the session I managed to set the fastest time (17.367).

In qualifying I went a tad faster (17.171) and managed to get pole position.


In the race I led all of the 80 laps. This time I managed to keep my cool until the chequered flag. Another win! 

Leading 80 laps gained me 10 bonus points. My fastest racing lap was 16.640 which was faster than both my practise and qualifying times.


I was now leading the championship by 39 points.



Sunday, 22 July 2012

Round 11 - Indianapolis Raceway Park

Round 11 of the series took place at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. The trucks do not race at the more famous motor speedway.

After somewhat disappointing finish at Milwaukee I wasn't expecting good things from this race, however  the race weekend started brightly enough when I set the fastest time in practise (22.769).

The 2 lap qualifying period went well to as I improved my best time by 3/10s of a second to grab pole position (22.453).

The race went to plan as I ran in the top 2 for the entire 80 laps. I did get one warning for rough contact.

I led for 75 laps which gave me 10 bonus points. My fastest race lap was 21.926 which was quicker than I qualified.


I was up to 2nd in the standings.