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2003

Subway 500

October 19, 2003
Martinsville, VA

 

Pre-Race

Derrike will be driving in Martinsville. The car design is PHM with Friendly's on the quarter panel.

In the first practice, Derrike was 44th fastest with a time of 20.870 and speed of 90.733.

In qualifying, Derrike was first on the track and produced a lap of 20.734 and speed of 91.328. At the end of the round, the team had to take a provisional and will start the race in 42nd position.

In the second practice, Derrike was 41st fastest with a time of 20.962 and speed of 90.335. In Happy Hour, he was 43rd fastest with a time of 20.947 and speed of 90.400.

The Race

Derrike started the race in 42nd position and also finished in 42nd position.

Start Finish Status Money
Won
Laps Laps
Led
Race
Points
Standing
42 42 Overheating $42,900 260/500   37 46

Official Report

Looking back to yesterday’s Martinsville run, Derrike summarized their day. "First, we were close to qualifying on speed. In our qualifying run I spun the tires which hurt our time. I think that occurred because we needed more forward bite. In the race after about ten laps the car would respond and then would be good on long runs. After the car came in, our lap speeds would be comparable to those of cars in the middle of the pack. In my opinion we had put together a competitive effort. Clearly, our short track program is improving. We knocked a hole in the top of the radiator when we did some front end damage to our car. We tried to keep the temperature down by removing tape on the front end to increase airflow. Eventually, overheating put us out of the race."
 

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