Q: 5th
R: 6th
Very happy with my qualifying effort. Start was a little gaggle, but fell in line in 5th place it was looking pretty good until I expected too much out of my brakes going into the chicane on the first lap. Fell back to 9th from the time penalty and had a pretty intense battle with Jobes and Mats as the three of us were battling to who can take a shot at Fifi in 6th. That battle went on for a good six or seven laps. Stayed in 8th from then through the pit stops, and then again for another 7 laps after the pits.
The battle for 6th got tight again between Bubba, Jobes, and myself when Bubba caught grass coming out of Turn 1 and it immediately turned his car right into Jobes, and then spun right in front of me where I T-boned him pretty hard. I've watched the replay back and I'm really shocked both him and I didn't completely destroy out cars on that one. I drove away with that somehow with only a yellow left front suspension. On the last lap I really gained some time on Jobes and got within striking distance going into Sector 3. Jobes ran wide into the grass on the last turn so I had to pounce. We had a little door touch, and a very fun drag race back to the line. I'm not sure, but I have a good feeling that our .071 sec differential maybe one of the closest finishes ever in this league for position.
