Round 13 - New Hampshire

The Nascar Craftsman truck series rolled into New Hampshire on September 23rd.

This one mile flat oval would prove quite a challenge or so I thought. Practise went well as I set the fastest time of 32.015.

In the qualifying session I qualified in pole position with a time of 31.909.

I took the lead early on in the race to get the 5 bonus points for leading a lap. I was fairly comfortable in the lead until I got the "half way on fuel" warning five laps from half distance. I decided to pit 5 laps later when I had secured the bonus points for leading the most laps. After pitting I made my way back to 1st! Another win.. No one else stopped for fuel.

My fastest lap of the race was a 32.071. I managed to lead 40 of the 90 laps.

I was down to 2nd in the standings.

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 (17.364).

In qualifying I managed to get pole position.

In the race I led 71 of the 90 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 161 points, almost a race in hand.

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 (22.208).

The 2 lap qualifying period went well to as I grabbed pole position (22.259).

The race went to plan as I ran in the top 2 for the entire 90 laps. I did get one warning for rough contact.

I led for 89 laps which gave me 10 bonus points. My fastest race lap was 21.918 which was quicker than I qualified.

I was up to 1st in the standings 121 points ahead of the field..

Round 10 - Milwaukee Mile

The famous Milwaukee Mile played host to round 10 of the series.

I was fastest after the 10 lap practise session with a time of 30.266.
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Could I go into qualifying and grab the pole? The answer was yes, a time of 29.970 was good enough!

In the race I led for most of the first 49 laps after which I spun coming out of turn 2. I managed to recover the lead but in doing so I was given another black flag on lap 70. I used the remaining 20 laps to recover to 5th place.

My fastest lap of the race was a 29.745 which was quicker than my qualifying time!

I was now 1st in the standings 75 points ahead.