Dover 200

September 24, 2005
Dover, DE

Derrike told us, "I will be at Dover this weekend driving the number 94 BGN car for Jay Robinson Racing. Practice begins on Thursday afternoon. I always look forward to racing at Dover. It is a very demanding track for both the driver and the crew chief. It is the same car that we ran at Bristol and qualified with pretty well. I will give an update on Thursday evening to discuss the day and my thoughts on qualifying."

Mighty EZY was listed as the sponsor of the #94.

In the first practice, Derrike was 47th fastest with a time of 25.427 and speed of 141.582. In Happy Hour, he was 39th fastest with a time of 24.236 and speed of 148.539.

Derrike gave us an update. "We struggled with the car in the first practice. We were bottoming out going into the corners. We made some changes for the second practice and the car came around. I think we were 39th fastest in final practice. I think there is some left in the car and look forward to qualifying. We will go out late, 43rd I think. I will let you all know what happens tomorrow evening."

In Qualifying, Derrike produced a lap of 24.152 with speed of 149.056. This put the #94 car in 46th position which was not fast enough to make the race.

Derrike provided this following his Dover qualifying attempt. "I am quite disappointed with the results in qualifying today. It did not work out as I thought it would. I was really confident that we would make the field...but, when I went out for my lap there was a miss in the engine going into turn three. Then going into turn one the car bottomed out on the front radiator brace and I just did not get back into the gas quick enough. Also the car was tight for some reason and would not turn. This is very frustrating for me and I know for Jay and the team. Shane Hall got the 28 car in and Steve Grissom is in with the 49 Advil car so hopefully they will have good efforts. I will let you know soon about my future plans."