That strategy move propelled Wise to victory lane.
"Everybody on the same tires at the start, it was a lot different in practice where I thought passing would be a lot easier," Wise said. "When we got stuck where we were, [crew chief] Davey [Nelson] decided we should come down a lap earlier than he thought the leaders would go. We dragged several guys behind us, but my crew was perfect on the stop and we just barely got ahead of Jason [Langley]." It was no sour day for the runner-up Langley, who grabbed the spot from a starting spot a couple rows back from Wise. The #68 went from 39th to 26th in point standings. For Fowler, though, a pit road miscue was the root of his problems that took him from the lead to 18th, eventually gaining a few spots to finish 14th. "Our jack slipped on the left side tire change," crew chief Pryce Owen said. "I haven't checked our pit cam yet and I don't know if it was avoidable, but we can't have that stuff happening when we're in the prime position to lock ourselves into the playoffs." The race ran caution-free but not without incident. Derek Hamill ran up high off turn 2 and clipped Ryan Parsings, taking out Derek Anderline in the process. That was the second week in a row Parsings was spun from his left rear. "Feels like the guys out here are blind if you can't spot the bright truck directly in front of you," Parsings said. Clint McComb assumed the points lead after finishing 4th in the race. Tyler Reid finished 35th and fell out of the lead spot all the way to 8th in standings.
Only 10 part-timers per group go onto the final determining round for qualifying into the feature event, where only six make the show, so despite the fast times from Group 1 drivers, they'll be faced with challengers in Group 2 on similar track conditions.
Daniel Voyles was the fastest full-timer this session, laying down a time of 35.256 seconds. Race #2 and #3 winners, Mike Simpson and Clint McComb, were 2nd and 4th, respectively. McComb was the fastest full-timer in first practice. Here's the fastest in second practice at Trenton: 1) Zach Griffin (i) - 34.876 (85 laps) 2) Diego Yepez (i) - 34.886 (83) 3) Tyler Bate (i) - 34.903 (85) 4) Kris Stottlemire (i) - 34.909 (85) 5) Justin Garza (i) - 34.915 (86) 6) Cameron Vargo (i) - 34.922 (85) 7) Tristan Ludet (i) - 34.925 (87) T8) Nick Raill (i) - 34.927 (88) T8) Isaac Nicholls (i) - 34.927 (88) 10) Derek Northrup (i) - 34.944 (85) |
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