Lipton Tea 250

May 1, 2009
Richmond, VA

Derrike will be driving the #73 flipNbags Dodge in the Nationwide race.

In the first practice, he was 34th fastest with a time of 22.200 and speed of 121.622 after running 33 laps.

In Qualifying, Derrike had his fastest lap of 22.128 with a speed of 122.017. This put the #73 flipNbags Dodge in 31st position where Derrike will start the race.

Derrike started the race in 31st position and finished in 22nd position.

Derrike told us this, "Richmond was a pretty productive weekend for us. We started out with practice which was okay. We struggled all weekend with the car not wanting to turn, but made the most of what we had to work with and learned some things that will help us be better in the upcoming races. Qualifying left me a bit disappointed as I thought we should have went a little faster, but 31st was where we ended up.

"At the start of the race we were tight on the long run, and not being a locked in car where the emphasis is on qualifying, we never did any race runs so we were guessing and did not have enough adjustability built into the car. We had brake problems throughout the night which also hindered our effort, but when it was all said and done a 22nd finishing position with minimal damage, not a bad outing. The crew did a great job on pit road and I only look for better things from these young guys.

"I really enjoyed getting to race the flipNbags.com Dodge. The paint scheme looks great and we also had a show car at the Best Buy in Mechanicsville as well. I am delighted with what Dale Clemons, TJ, Hiram, and Gail have done for us with this sponsorship program. We seem to be getting a lot of exposure and branding of the flipNbags."