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 21.191.

I was quicker in qualifying as I managed pole with a time of 20.994.

From then start I took the lead and was able to hold it comfortablly. 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 90 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 260 points.

I was now assured of a top 10 finish in the championship with 4 rounds to go.

Round 15 - Talladega Motor Speedway

The latest round of the championship took place on the high banking of the fastest super speedway of them all, Talladega.

Qualifying on a super speedway is not one of my greatest strengths so I was glad to be quickest in practise with a time of 52.993 .

As usual for a super speedway I qualified down the grid in 20th with a slightly slower time of 53.028. 

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 17 of the 38 laps I had reached 15th when I received the "FUEL EXTREMELY LOW" message and had to pit. To make matters worse I got caught speeding in the pit lane and had to do a drive through!

I rejoined and set about catching the pack. I hadn't gone a lap down which made my task easier and this was borne out by the fact that I took the lead with 7 laps to go.

Another win!

I have now extended my lead at the top of the table to 211 points.

My fastest lap time was 52.353.

Round 14 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway

I was on good form and feeling confident of a good result at the very fast Las Vegas Motor Speedway when the trucks arrived on 21/10/2013 for round 14 of the series.

The 10 laps practise session went very well as I was fastest after the 10 laps with a time of 32.731.

Qualifying was slightly disappointing as I could only manage a time of 32.721 which gave me a 3rd place starting position.

This race could have been  a disaster for me.

My troubles started when I forgot that you couldn't pass any cars before the start finish line. The result a black flag meaning a drive through penalty. Coming in to serve that I was caught speeding! Another black flag, another drive through penalty. With only a few laps on the board I was already a lap down.

By halfway I had clawed my way back to the front however I'd hit a few cars on the way and so soon after taking the lead I was given yet another black flag resulting in yet another drive through penalty.

Having had the halfway on fuel warning I decided to make my pit stop for fuel with 20 laps to go.

I drove as hard and as fair as I could and by some miracle managed to finish 4th!

My fastest lap of the race was a 32.741.

I stayed on top of the championship however my lead was cut to 181 points.