Chevy Rock and Roll 400

September 9, 2006
Richmond, VA

Derrike and the McGlynn Racing team head to Richmond. Derrike said, "We are headed off to Richmond this weekend. We will be taking the same car that we qualified there in the spring. We are changing some things with the car that we used in Michigan with the hopes that we will find some additional speed. I am looking forward to Friday and getting on the race track. The crew has been working on another Charger that we have with the hopes of getting it ready for Loudon next week. So as you can see for a small team, it is always a busy and hectic time."

In the first practice, Derrike was 42nd fastest with a time of 21.955 and speed of 122.979.

In Qualifying, Derrike produced his fastest lap of 21.781 with speed of 123.961. This was only fast enough for the 44th position so the #74 Dodge missed the race.

After the qualifying effort, Derrike said, "We did not have a productive day at Richmond. We were not very good from the start! We just never found the handle on the car. We were trying to coil bind and were not successful at it which hurt us. We missed the race by 5 hundredths of a second. On my last lap the car was just too tight and would not turn thus pushing off the corner, and when I had to turn the wheel, the rear of the car broke loose and spun the tires all the way to the flag stand and that was the difference. So I am unhappy! Hopefully the crew can finish a Charger short track car for Loudon. We will have to put this behind us and move on to next week and get back on track."