Ameriquest 300

September 3, 2005
Fontana, CA

Derrike will be driving the #28 in California. Mighty EZY is listed as the sponsor.

In the first practice, Derrike was 34th fastest with a time of 41.623 and speed of 172.981.

In Happy Hour, Derrike was 39th fastest with a time of 41.304 and speed of 174.317.

After Friday's practices, Derrike gave us this update. "Practice went fairly well yesterday. We were around 34th quickest for most of the day. We had a bit of a problem right before we did our simulated qualifying run and did not get the lap we were looking for. So, we will make some adjustments and hope we make the right ones. We go out 14 which is a good draw. There are a lot of really good cars here, but we have a pretty decent car and I feel that with a good solid lap we can qualify for the event. I will update you later today with my thoughts after qualifying."

In qualifying, Derrike was scheduled to go out as the 14th of 49 drivers to qualify. He produced a fastest time of 41.108 and speed of 175.148. At the end of the round, he was left in 45th position and missed the show.

Here is an update from Derrike. "I am sure that you know we missed the race. We missed it by 18 one hundredths of a second. We made numerous changes before qualifying, but we bottomed out both from tires up into the front fenders which cost us some speed. We also need to run our cars coil bound like the other teams which keeps the front valence on the ground down the straight-aways which is speed. We know we are still down on horsepower but it is what we have so we need to get better in other areas to make up for it. I do not believe we will be going to Richmond. It looks like Dover could be next? I will update you with more details when they become available."