Dollar General 300

July 10, 2009
Joliet, IL

Derrike will be bringing two cars to Chicago for the race, the #73 driven by Derrike and the #78 driven by Kevin Lepage.

In the first practice, Derrike did not participate. Kevin Lepage was 32nd fastest with a time of 31.883 and speed of 169.369. In the second practice, Derrike was 39th fastest with a time of 32.242 and speed of 167.483. Kevin Lepage was 38th fastest with a time of 32.103 and speed of 168.209.

In Qualifying, Derrike's fastest lap was 31.396 with a speed of 171.996 which put him in 36th position at the end of the round. Kevin's fastest lap was 31.317 with a speed of 172.430 which put him in 32nd position at the end of the round.

Derrike started in 36th position and finished in 36th position. Kevin started in 32nd position and finished in 39th position.

After the race, Derrike said, "It was beginning to look like we would not get the chance to qualify, but the rain stopped and the track was dried and Kevin Lepage and I got our chance.

"We both had struggled with our cars, myself more so because of it being a new front end and it not being on the race track this year. What we struggled with was a steering box problem which never gave us a lap the first practice session. The crew went over everything and made significant changes and we were able to find the handle but still lacked the speed necessary.

"But in qualifying we were able to put up decent laps, which put both the #73 and the #78 in the race. We ran the #73 car for a little while to see its tendencies for future races.

"We will make some changes to both cars and get them ready for Gateway in St. Louis next weekend."