β"In practice, there was a lot more passing happening, but everyone was running with different laps on their tires," Simpson said. "Having the pole felt good, but I wasn't feeling comfortable until we got further into a run and realized all I needed to do was hold my line."
Derek Anderline stayed trapped behind Simpson and came home to a second-place finish, but for part-time driver Derek Northrup, a third place run was very satisfactory. "I'm happy to get that top 5 finish, and I'll tell you, those two in front of me were hard chargers," Northrup said. Another part-timer, Cameron Vargo, finished 4th, and Carter Friesen went from wrecking out at Columbia International Speedway to a top-five run. "We didn't have the best qualifying run, and then in practice, we had that spin and then hit the wall pretty hard, so we had to pull out that backup truck, but overall, I'm happy with our finishing result," Friesen said. The #92 was turned halfway through final practice by Taylor The Pig and could not repair the main truck. βOn the other end of the spectrum, Jesse Makana had to handle some heat from other drivers angry with him after having part in both accidents that took place on the first lap of the race. "I don't know what to tell them," said Makana, who ended up finishing 22nd. "My car was fast but my qualifying effort didn't reflect that. I still think you have to look at the video and see I got put in situations that I shouldn't have been in." |
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