In the heat race we had a terrible right front tire on the car which made the car super tight. No matter what I did the thing would not turn. We finished 8th in the 9 car heat which kept us out of a qualifying spot! I wound up starting the feature but it was way back in the 15th position for the 30 lap main. This is not too far from where we normally start our Wayne Regional Orthopaedics/Rochester Steel Treating car anyhow so I was confident we could keep our string of strong runs going.

At the start of the green flag I settled in and thought I was going to just ride the beginning of the race out and let things settle down. I moved ahead of a couple of slower cars but that's about as far as I got. The car was extremely loose....exactly the opposite of what we had in the heat. I had nothing for any of the top running cars and basically settled into about 10th place. With ten laps to go contact from behind sent me spinning off turn three. This was sort of a blessing in disguise as it enabled us to come in for some adjustments and a new right rear tire.

That was exactly what we needed because we marched to the front once the green dropped again. I passed a car or two a lap and with two to go got to the inside of the 5th place running car. Once again luck was not on our side as he tried to block the lane we came together and he spun out. I was still running 5th but the track decided to put me to the back for "causing" the yellow.

It was clear now that it was not our night. I got a couple of positions back when we went green for the last two laps but only could manage a 12th place finish. We are now four points out of the point lead. This week we were supposed to run our third RoC race of the year at Lancaster Speedway Thursday but we have decided not to race there because of our strong points position at Spencer Speedway. We will be racing Friday night though for the typical 30 lapper at Spencer Speedway again. -Mike Leaty