Saturday, 9 August 2014

Round 11 - Lowes Motor Speedway, Charlotte NC - Carquest Auto Parts 300


The eleventh round of the series saw the cars roll in to Lowes motor speedway (formerly Charlotte) in North Carolina.

Another solid practice session where again I was fastest with a time of  32.501 after the 10 laps.

Qualifying almost followed the pattern of practice as I was fastest with a time of 32.464.

Tactically speaking I tried something a little different for this race. I decided to stop for fuel every caution period. In this race it meant that I stopped twice before lap 39.

On lap 75 I had to stop under green for fuel and too make matters worse I was also black flagged for speeding in the pit lane. Four pit stops in one race, a recipe for disaster if ever there was one!




I ended up with a top ten finish (7th) which all things considered was a good result.

I led 4 of the 90 laps.



I was 11th in the standings, 249 points behind.

I set a fastest time of 32.670.