"We had something to show at the beginning of the weekend, and we had to pull it together to bring it home at the end," crew chief Bob Yale said. "The way the points were, we were way out if someone on the outside or one of those guys right inside the cut line won. Our mentality was to make it must-win."
Then came the race for the open spots, and Davidson's run made a difference as well. The #11 has rarely been in the top-25 in points this season, but it became crucial that he made his way there once he got his win at Zen Joltis Quad Oval Mega Speedway. Despite sluggish practice sessions, Davidson rallied for a 4th to ultimately push him to 22nd in points, 12 points better than he needed.
"It's nerve-wracking to keep doing the points game and being that close," nascarfan19 said. "Fortunately, it was a much bigger gap once the #7 got out. Last year, we only got in by a point."
Less drivers fell out in the race than in the NFRN Amateur Cup Series counterpart. Besides Shepherd and Carranza, Adam Mundinger and Arndt were the only other dropouts as a result of Arndt getting into Gerrard Oran but taking the bigger hit. Both the #97 and #05 were locked into the playoffs going into the race. Comments are closed.
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