HAS A GREAT RUN BUT MECHANICAL FAILURE ENDS ANOTHER PROGESSIVE DAY

“ Just give me a little luck” said Jason. The Irving Oil Racing #55 team had spent most of the week on set up and decided to switch to the “Crate Motor” program that is an option on the tour which most championship front runners have under the hood. “ we did our home work, serviced everything thoroughly, and had a good set up but I think that fate only allows me a ? inch of progress each week” Jason chuckled with a grin. The #55 team had been behind the eight ball with the stopwatch in practice. They pulled it together in qualifying imrpoving nearly 4/10 of a second in the qualifying charts. The crew made more adjustments and was comfortable for the start of the main feature. Carnahan starting towards the rear maintained his best laps times and was running with the lead lap cars and on lap 42 heard a noise in the rear. Carnahan came down pit road during the caution lap 41 to check for obvious problems but the crew noticed nothing externally wrong with the Irving Oil Racing #55 machine. “in short track there is not much you can do when the problem is internal, and we needed to keep as many laps logged as possible to maintain points for the rookie chase. Even though the damage can get extensive if you keep running it is a decision I had to make because we are not in the position to loose any points” said Jason. Carnahan went returned under the next green and on lap 51 the rear pinion gear stripped in the rear gearbox and ended the best run of the season for the Irving Oil Marketing team. Not enough time allowed Jason and his crew to attempt to completely switch out a rear center section to get back out in the field. “our performance is improving a little each week and I cannot wait until we return to the high banked oval of Riverside Speedway in Antigonish N.S. next weekend” said Jason with confidence.