Round 1 - Daytona International Raceway

For this series I decided to set a limit for practise of 10 laps. This is more than I would normally do.

I ended up 19th fastest after practise with a best time of 53.074 seconds.

Qualifying for this series (and all other NASCAR championships) is in a 2 lap dash format. The track is empty at this point.

I qualified in my usual position for a super-speedway, 36th and last! My times were 53.129 and 53.105 not bad for consistency.

Although I qualified well down in the field, I decided to take things easy early and try to avoid any early trouble and of course the notorious black flag. After five laps or so I started to close up to the pack and began to pick of cars one by one.

By the end of the race I had risen to 24th (91 points) my best ever finish on a super-speedway!

The winning time was 22:38 for the 25 lap (62.5 miles) race and I finished 12.73 seconds behind.

My best lap was 52.232 - better than my qualifying time!