One Hellava Race

This Saturday was quite the roller coaster for the #70 LA Weight Loss Chevy Silverado. We went into the day with a 14 point lead over Jamie McClennon in the #33 Truck. The day started off great, having the third fastest time in the first practice session. We knew that the truck was going to be fast we just needed to fine tune it and we’d be pushing for the top spot. In the second practice session we climbed to the top of the speed chart after only 11 laps with a 15.177. We were pretty happy and were ready for qualifying. During qualifying Trent noticed that there was something wrong with the truck and thought the exhaust might have fallen off because of some terrible noise it was making, but we looked at the truck and didn’t find anything. We qualified 5th with a 15.301. Jamie McClennon took the pole and set a new track record with a 15.033. Once the heat race started we had a decent starting spot on the outside of the second row. When the race started that noise was back but Trent just kept on going. After two laps we were about to challenge for the lead when we found out what the noise was as the rear end blew up!! We were able to work fast on the truck and get a new one put in and back on the track for the second heat race. With the finishing order of the first heat race being inverted for the 2nd one, we were on the pole. With the new rear end we kept the lead right from the start and lead all 15 laps. Now going into the feature we had a 2 point deficit to the #33 truck to make up and we knew that it wasn’t going to be easy. We had to have at least one truck between the two of us to clinch the championship. Once the race got going we made our way through the trucks starting in front of us and took the lead after the 8th lap, and Jamie was in 4th. Not long after that Jamie made it past the #48 truck of Dan Saunders. We then had a great battle with the #24 truck of Larry Cramer but every time he would try and pass us on the inside he wasn’t able to get past. Once Jamie made it past the #24 we knew the battle was on. We fought hard for many laps but with 35 laps to go the two of us got together and the rear bumper cover came loose, so with his bumper dragging he was sent to the pits to remove it and put to the back of the pack.  With him at the back and a lot of trucks to get through you’d think we’d have in the bag, but with a strong truck and a determined racer it wasn’t over yet.  With ten laps to go there was a caution and Jamie had made his way back to the 2nd spot.  We had another great battle but just couldn’t hold him off.  We finished 2nd in the race and in the points.  It was definitely in the top three races I’ve seen at ACMS.