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 02/09/2012 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 32.771.
Qualifying was slightly disappointing as I could only manage a time of 32.783 which gave me a 4th 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. By now I should hae been used to this but for some reason today I just didn't hear the low fuel warning. I didn't realise my mistake until 2 laps from the end.
After pitting I rejoined at the back of the pack. I started to make my way back as best I could but could only get as far as 19th. This was only because I had previously lapped quite a few cars.
To compound my misery no one else stopped for fuel!
My fastest lap of the race was a 32.559.
I dropped to 3rd in the points 35 behind. The championship is still within my grasp.
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