Round 17 - Atlanta Motorspeedway Georgia

Round 17 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  fastest with a time of 31.616.

Qualifying didn't as well for me as I qualified in second with a time of 31.664.

I grabbed the lead early in the race and held until lap 30 when I had to pit for fuel. For the remaining laps I tried to catch the leader. I managed to get back to 6th by the time the chequred flag fell.
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I led a total of 13 laps out of the 52.

My fastest lap of the race was a 31.535.

I was now in 2nd place in the overall standings 4 points behind the current leader.

Round 16 - Martinsville

Round 16 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 21.441.

I was quicker in qualifying as I managed pole with a time of 21.022.

From then start I took the lead and was able to hold it comfortablely. The only problem I had was when I was lapping the slower cars which on an half mile oval comes very quickly. I did get a warning about rough driving but did avoid the dreaded black flag. Another win for the collection.
 

I led all of the 80 laps which I think is my best ever performance.

My fastest lap was 20.721, the best of the weekend.

I was now leading the championship by 6 points.

 

 

Round 15 - Talledega Motor Speedway

The latest round of the championship took place on the high banking of the fastest superspeedway of them all, Talledega.

Qualifying on a super speedway is not one of my greatest strengths so I was glad to be 2nd quickest in practise with a time of 53.349 .

As usual for a super speedway I qualified down the grid in 24th with a slightly slower time of 53.207. 

I adopted the same tactic as last series when I stayed where I was in the pack until the cars thinned out somewhat which allowed me safer passage through the pack.

By lap 23 of the 38 laps I had reached 1st my highest ever position in a super-speedway race when disaster struck. I received the "FUEL EXTREMELY LOW" message and had to pit. No other car in the race ran short of fuel!

I rejoined to finish 29th.

I have now dropped out of the top 3 (4th) 54 points behind the leader.

My fastest lap time was 52.868 my fastest of the weekend.