Derrike will be driving in the Busch race again this weekend. He said, "I wanted to let you know that I will be driving for Jay Robinson again this weekend at Darlington. This will be the first race for the Border Patrol so I am delighted to have the opportunity get back to Darlington sporting their new colors as well as getting the chance to work with the crew again. Darlington is a difficult race track, but I have always seemed to have run pretty well there, and I enjoy the challenge that it presents. This is a really nice car so I am hopeful to have a productive effort for them and put some more points on the board to move up in the lock in position.

"I was able to meet a number of the Border Patrol people in Richmond last week. They are some great people who seem to really enjoy our racing program. Their program will also have an activation side for recruiting at many racetracks as well as functions and activities surrounding and supporting the races. There are great job opportunities with the border patrol as well, which they will certainly expose our NASCAR fans to."

Derrike updated us after practice on Thursday, He said, "I spent the morning at Lowe's Motor Speedway testing the 16 Truck for Express Motorsports. We had a good morning session just trying to get the balance right. It was great to work with Dave Fuge again. We go back a long ways and it brings back memories of our old late Model Days.

"As for Darlington, we skipped the first practice as did a number of good teams did. But in the final practice we unloaded pretty well. We made a few adjustments and I was pleased with the Border Patrol Chevy. When we went out for our mock qualifying run I ran up on some traffic that blocked my run and ended up 28th fastest. I really feel like we are faster than that and hope that we prove it in qualifying Friday afternoon.

"I am looking forward to the race. I really feel like we have a pretty good car. We did not get to make a lot of long runs, trying to conserve our tires for the race. Wish us luck! I will provide an update after the race."

In the second practice, Derrike was 28th fastest with a time of 30.741 and speed of 159.969.

In qualifying, Derrike had his fastest lap of 30.578 with a speed of 160.822. At the end of the round, the #28 Chevrolet was left in 39th position.

Derrike started the race in 39th position and finished it in 25th position on the lead lap.

After the race, Derrike updated us. "Our weekend at Darlington ended pretty well. We started by skipping the first practice all together. We made minimal laps and did one mock qualifying run in which I got blocked in traffic. When it came to qualifying I was very disappointed in my lap. We bottomed out in turn three which made me get on the brakes pretty hard to keep it out of the fence which slowed our lap.

"Once the race started we made our way past a few cars but the car went to the tight side rather quickly and we were forced to pit early to try and free the Border Patrol Chevy up. We battled hard all night but really tried to stay out of harm's way which was quite a task. Fortunately we were able to work on the car and get better, but fell off the lead lap late in the race only to get the lucky dog and get back on the lead lap and finish 25th. Not a bad effort. The great thing was we accomplished our mission to run a bit conservatively to gain points, which we did on all the guys that we were really close to in points."