I was on good form and feeling confident of a good result at the very fast Las Vegas Motor Speedway when the trucks arrived 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 32.782.
Qualifying was slightly disappointing as I could only manage a time of 32.803 which gave me a 2nd place starting position.
This race was a disaster for me. Some of the 1.5 mile speedwaysare so fast that a fuel stop is required to complete the race. When there was a caution period 5 laps prior to the halfway point I pitted for fuel thinking it was good strategy.
After pitting I rejoined at the back of the pack. I started to make my way back to the front but was in no hurry as I believed all the cars in front of me would need to stop for fuel.
The racing at Vegas is very close and because of this I made a few mistakes overtaking cars and was given the black flag. After rejoining I made up to 24th by the time the chequered flag came out.
To compound my misery no one else stopped for fuel!
My fastest lap of the race was a 32.603.
I stayed 5th in standings but now I was 379 points behind which is almost 2 races. The championship looks to be well and truly over.
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