For the #75, the competition was a lot easier when everyone around him was struggling on gas mileage. By the time the race ended, only two other drivers were within earshot of his Toyota: Tyler Markel and Jek Porkins.
"Our engineers were spot on," crew chief Johnnie Cedric said. "We didn't start pitting too late like some of those guys that ran out before their first green stop, we didn't pit too early and have to make a fourth stop. If we had a faster last stop, it might've been a little less exciting but we're definitely thrilled after our first race didn't go so great." It's the second victory in three races for Gardner Racing following Jonny Gardner's win at Calder Park Raceway. Gardner is the first team to earn two NECS victories so far. Only one caution occurred during the race, but it involved two separate, large incidents. Gerrard Oran and Craig Martin first made contact coming off turn two, collecting then-points leader Brad Stover and previous winner Amethyst Ashley as the two went airborne. Past the tri-oval, Aidan Shepherd bounced off the outside wall and was ran up on by Gardner, turning Shepherd into Race #10 winner Rampage and causing a multi-car accident that sent David Davidson onto his side also. "It's a fast oval, and some of the guys driving like a bunch of mad men, going 3-wide, almost 4-wide, but, hey, it's part of the show," Bruno de Barros said. "Sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you just don't. It could have gone either way." Comments are closed.
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