PASS North Series: Reid Lanpher
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report

SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, finished 23rd in the PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 4. Lanpher became the youngest driver ever to qualify for a PASS North Series race at Beech Ridge and the youngest driver ever to lead laps in a series event. The 14-year-old JR Motorsports development driver won his first-round qualifying heat race and started third in the 28-car field. He took the lead on Lap 5 and held it until a restart on Lap 36, after which he suffered a flat right rear tire and was forced to pit. While working back up through traffic, he was involved in an incident on the backstretch and ended up with a hard hit into the Turn 3 wall which ended his day on Lap 120.

WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: Team EJP No. 59 Eastern Township Docks/Mission Trailers Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Andy Santerre, Yarmouth, Maine
WHAT: PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 3rd
FINISHED: 23rd
NEXT RACE: May 18, PASS 150, Autodrome Chaudiere, Vallee-Jonction, Que. (.25-mile oval)

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REID, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END?

It was just a racing incident, really. We were fighting up through, and I was on the inside of Bobby Timmons there for a while. He was trying to kind of diamond the track to get some grip because he was loose, and he was trying to come down and get a straight drive off as I was still trying to get up off the corner. We got together, and he got a little sideways. I was trying to straighten him out so we didn’t wreck the field behind us, and after that I lost my rear end. When the left side weight hooked it, it just shot me into the wall.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS WEEKEND WILL STILL BE A POSITIVE GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED?

Yeah. We were fast, and it gave me a lot of confidence that I could actually run with these guys after not even qualifying at Oxford (Plains Speedway). To start third and win my heat, and then start third in the feature, pass Joey (Doiron) when he was fast, that was big. We got out front and
saved our stuff. It was a big confidence boost, even though it didn’t end the way we wanted. It’s disappointing (the way it ended). We hope to bounce back and run some more races to finish out our season. I’m sure financially it will be tough, but we hope to be back soon and still be fast.

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PASS North Series: Reid Lanpher
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

MANCHESTER, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, attempts to make his PASS North Series debut in the Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 4. The 14-year-old JR Motorsports development driver narrowly missed qualifying for the season opener at Oxford Plains Speedway two weeks ago, but he’s confident that luck will be on his side this time around. Lanpher – who is coming off a career-best qualifying effort of third at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., last weekend with JR Motorsports – will again team with veteran NASCAR K&N Pro Series East driver and crew chief Andy Santerre for the race at Beech Ridge.

THE FACTS

WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: Team EJP No. 59 Eastern Township Docks/Mission Trailers Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Andy Santerre, Yarmouth, Maine
BEST CAREER BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: N/A
WHAT: PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: Thursday, May 2 – 12 noon, practice; Friday, May 3 – 12 noon, practice; Saturday, May 4 – 11:30 a.m., practice; 3 p.m., qualifying; 6 p.m., race
PASS North Series
LAST RACE: April 21, Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (DNQ)
NEXT RACE: May 18, PASS 150, Autodrome Chaudiere, Vallee-Jonction, Que. (.25-mile oval)

DID YOU KNOW?

Reid Lanpher became the youngest driver in history (14) to win an event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he won an Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour race on the road course at the facility last May.
Reid Lanpher finished third in just his sixth career Late Model Stock start while driving for JR Motorsports at Southern National Motorsports Park on April 6.
Reid Lanpher won the Super Late Model feature at the Wiscasset Speedway’s “Fall Brawl” last October, earning a victory in just his third career Pro Stock start.
Reid Lanpher competes as a teammate at JR Motorsports to Josh Berry. Berry won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Motor Mile Speedway in Fairlawn, Va.
Just 14 years old, Reid Lanpher has already won Pro Stock, Modified, Legend, go-kart, Mini-Cup, motocross and snowmobile feature events in his career.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

REID LANPHER, Driver of the Team EJP No. 59 Mission Trailers/Eastern Township Docks Chevrolet, On how he feels heading into his second PASS North Series weekend of his career: “I feel a lot more confident. It’s kind of ironic that you’d feel more confident after not making a race last time out, but we know that w’ll have a really good car and I think that I’ll be fast. It’s all going to depend on how we’re going to adapt to the track, and we’ll just go from there.
“It’s so hard to know until you get there.”
On how he will approach this weekend: “We’re going to test both Thursday and Friday, and so pretty much our game plan is to get as many laps as we can going into the race. The more seat time I can get, get as many laps in the car heading into the race, will only help.
“I think another big part is going to be what I draw for a pill (to lineup the heat races). We saw at Oxford how important that can be to your whole day.”
On if anything he’s learned in a JR Motorsports Late Model this season translates to PASS North Series Super Late Model racing: “For sure. Those tires, especially at Southern National (Motorsports Park), wear out. You just eat up tires like crazy. Tire wear was big down there at that track, and you really had to save your stuff for 100 or 125 laps.
“I think it’s really going to help me in these races. I’m going to be in same boat for 150 in the Super Late Model.”

UP NEXT

The Dirty Dozen Cup returns for Round No. 4 with its first visit to Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., for Twin 125 Late Model events on Saturday, May 18… Reid Lanpher qualified third at Motor Mile last weekend, but the Twin 125s were rained out and rescheduled for July.

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Dirty Dozen Cup: Reid Lanpher
Motor Mile Speedway Race Preview

THE STORY

MANCHESTER, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, heads back to the seat of the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet for the fourth round of the Dirty Dozen Cup, with Twin 125-lap Late Model events at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., on Saturday, April 27. The 14-year-old Lanpher posted his first career podium finish for the JR Motorsports team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. This weekend’s event marks the beginning of four consecutive Dirty Dozen Cup dates to be held at the track where Lanpher’s teammate at JR Motorsports, Josh Berry, won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship.

THE FACTS
WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Seth Kooika, Mooresville, N.C.
BEST CAREER MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY: N/A
WHAT: Dirty Dozen Cup Southern National Twin 125s
WHERE: Motor Mile Speedway, Radford, Va. (.416-mile oval)
WHEN: Saturday, April 27 – 2 p.m., practice; 4:45 p.m., qualifying; 7 p.m., race
Dirty Dozen Cup
LAST RACE: April 6, Southern National Twin 100s, Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly, N.C. (3rd)
NEXT RACE: May 18, Motor Mile Twin 125s, Motor Mile Speedway, Radford, Va. (.416-mile banked oval)

DID YOU KNOW?

• Reid Lanpher became the youngest driver in history (14) to win an event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he won an Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour race on the road course at the facility last May.
• Reid Lanpher finished third in just his sixth career Late Model Stock start while driving for JR Motorsports at Southern National Motorsports Park last month.
• Reid Lanpher won the Super Late Model feature at the Wiscasset Speedway’s “Fall Brawl” last October, earning a victory in just his third career Super Late Model start.
• Reid Lanpher will compete as a teammate at JR Motorsports to Josh Berry. Berry won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va.
• Just 14 years old, Reid Lanpher has already won Super Late Model, Modified, Legend, go-kart, Mini-Cup, motocross and snowmobile feature events in his career.
• Reid Lanpher will also compete in PASS-sanctioned Super Late Model races this season with his family-owned team at both Oxford Plains Speedway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, as well as compete in select weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series races at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

REID LANPHER, Driver of the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, On his recent test at Motor Mile Speedway: “It went really well. The biggest thing was that I had never been there before, and I felt like we were able to get the car drive-able and consistent. I think at one point I ran four laps in a row that were all within one-thousandth of a second of one another. “(JR Motorsports competition director L.W. Miller) said that he didn’t think he’d ever been that fast testing before with Josh there. I felt really good about how we finished up there.” On how Motor Mile compares to Southern National: “It’s a lot different, definitely. It’s got so much more grip than Southern National has. The tracks look pretty similar, but they drive completely different just because of the grip that Motor Mile has.” On heading back to JR Motorsports after a tough weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway last weekend: “I’m really looking forward to it. I mean, I definitely learned a lot last weekend and it was nice to be back home and race in Maine, but it was pretty disappointing to not qualify for my first PASS race. “It will be good for my confidence to get back with JR Motorsports. We’ve run really well down there so far this year, and we seem to keep getting better every time we go to the track. The competition’s really good there, too, and if we can keep working like we have we should get another good finish.”

UP NEXT
The Dirty Dozen Cup returns for Round No. 5 with a return trip Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., for Twin 125 Late Model events on Saturday, May 18… Reid Lanpher will compete in that event after returning to Maine to compete in a PASS North Series race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 4.

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PASS North Series: Reid Lanpher
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Report

OXFORD, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, was the unlucky recipient of poor track position throughout the day, and the 14-year-old failed to qualify for the PASS North Series Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. Lanpher, who regularly drives a Late Model for JR Motorsports, was making his first career appearance at Oxford Plains and was working with veteran NASCAR K&N Pro Series East crew chief Andy Santerre for the first time. Though he did not make the 34-car starting field after starting last in both his first-round qualifier and his consolation-round race, Lanpher was pleased with the information he gained and encouraged by the fact that he only narrowly missed a qualifying spot.

WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: Team EJP No. 59 Eastern Township Docks/Mission Trailers Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Andy Santerre, Yarmouth, Maine
WHAT: PASS North Series Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
STARTED: DNQ
FINISHED: —
NEXT RACE: May 4, Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)

REID, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?

We were pretty good. We chased the track quite a bit once it heated up, and there were a lot of good cars here. We gained a ton today – we played around with a lot of stuff. We just had a bad draw. We started out back of the best heat out there, just stacked, with a lot of good drivers up there. We got up to sixth, but had more bad luck getting stuck outside (on a restart). We got freight-trained. Then in the consi, we were fast. We started dead last but worked all the way up to sixth or seventh, and I was able to pass (multi-time series champion) Johnny Clark and those guys. Just being on the track with all those guys was really cool. We showed some speed. I would have loved to get in and have a little better luck throughout the day, but the initial draw just really killed us all day. Other than that, we had a really successful day.

WHAT WERE THE POSITIVES FROM THE WEEKEND?

It was awesome working with Andy (Santerre). The knowledge on the crew today was unbelievable. We had some major brains turning there. We made some major gains. I made some gains driving – this series is all new to me, it was my first time on the track and my first time in this car in a year.
If you add up all the bad luck and this being my first time here, we still come out of the weekend better than some other guys did.

DO YOU FEEL YOU’LL BE BETTER PREPARED AT BEECH RIDGE IN TWO WEEKS?

Definitely. I know the track is fairly similar to here, and I’ll have to adapt some to what’s different there. But I think we’ll be pretty good. I’m going to go in there fairly confident.

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THE STORY

MANCHESTER, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, makes his PASS North Series debut when the series opens its 2013 season in the Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, April 21. The 14-year-old JR Motorsports development driver competed in a handful of Granite State Pro Stock Series events last summer, but this weekend’s race marks his first full-blow Super Late Model effort after running primarily Late Model Stocks in the south and Legend cars here in the northeast. Lanpher posted a pair of Top-10 runs in GSPSS efforts last summer while also winning the open-competition “Fall Brawl” Pro Stock event at Wiscasset Speedway in October in a Ricci Race Car prepared by Tony Ricci of Westbrook, Maine. It’s the same car that Lanpher will bring to Oxford, where four-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion Andy Santerre – a former competition director at both Rev Racing and Hattori Racing Enterprises – will serve as crew chief. Lanpher has never competed in a race event at Oxford Plains Speedway.

THE FACTS

WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: Team EJP No. 59 Mission Trailers/Eastern Township Docks Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Andy Santerre, Yarmouth, Maine
BEST CAREER OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY: N/A
WHAT: PASS North Series Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
WHEN: Saturday, April 20 – 11 a.m., practice. Sunday, April 21 – 10 a.m., practice; 2 p.m., qualifying; 4:30 p.m., race
PASS North Series
NEXT RACE: May 4, Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)

DID YOU KNOW?

Reid Lanpher became the youngest driver in history (14) to win an event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he won an Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour race on the road course at the facility last May.

Reid Lanpher finished third in just his sixth career Late Model Stock start while driving for JR Motorsports at Southern National Motorsports Park on April 6.

Reid Lanpher won the Super Late Model feature at the Wiscasset Speedway’s “Fall Brawl” last October, earning a victory in just his third career Pro Stock start.

Reid Lanpher competes as a teammate at JR Motorsports to Josh Berry. Berry won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Motor Mile Speedway in Fairlawn, Va.

Just 14 years old, Reid Lanpher has already won Pro Stock, Modified, Legend, go-kart, Mini-Cup, motocross and snowmobile feature events in his career.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

REID LANPHER, Driver of the Team EJP No. 59 Mission Trailers/Eastern Township Docks Chevrolet, On making his PASS North Series debut this weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway: “I’m so appreciative, so fortunate to have this opportunity to do all of this racing this year. The drivers and teams up here are as good as anywhere. There’s no doubt there are some big names, and just to have the opportunity to race against them, I couldn’t be anymore thankful.

“To start off, I don’t have a ton Super Late Model seat time. I’m just going to try my best the first couple of weeks and see what we’ve got. There’s a lot of unknowns – we don’t know how good a car we’ll have or how good everything will go or how I will take to the tracks. So, we’ll go in a little blind and hope everything goes well.”

On what he knows about Oxford Plains Speedway: “I really have no idea about the race track. I’ve driven it on iRacing before, but that’s about it. I’m excited about having Saturday to and test, to get the car tuned in. We’ll see what we can learn on Saturday, and then we’ll practice some more on Sunday and see if we can’t get it fine-tuned a little bit more.

“I think the handling going to be a lot different from what I’m used to (in the JR Motorsports Late Model). The chassis, the car, the motor – it’s all a lot different than what I’ve been in.”

On having Andy Santerre as crew chief for his PASS North Series efforts this season: “I’m really excited. He’s got to be one of the most knowledgable guys around there. We’re definitely not going to be lacking brains in the pits.

“I’m excited to be able to race back in Maine for the first time this year. It will be a lot different for me – I know a lot of the people, and it’s going to be fun.”

UP NEXT

The Dirty Dozen Cup returns for Round No. 4 with its first visit to Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., for Twin 125 Late Model events on Saturday, April 27… Reid Lanpher will compete in that event for JR Motorsports before heading back to Maine for the PASS North Series event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on May 4.

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JR Motorsports Driver To Run PASS, NELCAR And Beech Ridge Races

MANCHESTER, Maine – After spending the bulk of the spring running Late Model Stock events for JR Motorsports, Reid Lanpher still has plenty of racing ahead of him close to home.

The 14-year-old Manchester, Maine, driver will complement his JR Motorsports efforts with four PASS North Series starts, several NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, and roughly a dozen Legend car starts. The crown jewel of the summer will come in the TD Bank Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in July, when four-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion Andy Santerre will serve as his crew chief.

“I’m so appreciative, so fortunate to have this opportunity to do all of this racing this year,” Lanpher said. “The drivers and teams up here are as good as anywhere. There’s no doubt there are some big names, and just to have the opportunity to race against them, I couldn’t be anymore thankful.”

Santerre will be atop the pit box for all four PASS races this season with Lanpher, too, beginning with the season opener at Oxford Plains on April 21. The Team EJP No. 59 Mission Trailers/Eastern Township Docks Chevrolet will be prepared by Tony Ricci of Ricci Race Cars in Westbrook, Maine.

Ricci will work with Lanpher in his seven Pro Series starts at Beech Ridge during the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series events there. The 31-year-old veteran driver and crew chief first recommended Lanpher to L.W. Miller – the competition director at JR Motorsports – after working with him during his indoctrination into Super Late Model racing last season.

“I think he’s really going to shine,” Ricci said. “He’s at the point in his career where, yes, he needs to race harder with some better people, and with what he’s doing down south and with the PASS races up here he’s going to have that opportunity.”

Ricci said he knew almost immediately that Lanpher’s potential was through the proverbial roof.

“The first time I went to the track with him, we went to White Mountain (Motorsports Park) testing,” Ricci said. “The thing that jumped right out at me was his ability to adapt to a new situation. Within three laps in a full-sized stock car for the very first time, he was fast enough that it’s where I would have been comfortable if I was preparing to go to a race myself.

“He’s missing only one piece of the whole puzzle – and it’s just experience. It’s only his age that’s keeping him from that. He’s going to get a ton of that this year. He’s good now, but just wait until he gets 30 races in full-sized cars under his belt. He’s going to be even better.”

“Tony is a phenomenal guy to have setting up the cars and taking care of all that, and to have Andy (Santerre) as crew chief – I’m really, really looking forward to that first race at Oxford.

“To start off, I don’t have a ton Super Late Model seat time. I’m just going to try my best the first couple of weeks and see what we’ve got. There’s a lot of unknowns – we don’t know how good a car we’ll have or how good everything will go or how I will take to the tracks. So, we’ll go in a little blind and hope everything goes well.”

Lanpher also plans to continue racing Legends, including the full 10-race VIP Thursday Thunder series at Beech Ridge. He’ll join the Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., for a summer stop and cap off his schedule in October with two Legends races on the road course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – where he became the youngest feature winner in track history in early 2012.

Jumping from Super Late Models to Late Models to Legends shouldn’t pose a problem for a young driver who has already won Super Late Model, Legend, Modified, motocross and snowmobile races in his career.

“I don’t honestly think I’ve had any trouble in changing from car to car,” Lanpher said. “It’s not like we’re going to run both cars the same day. I just want to focus on one at a time and do the best I can every time out.”

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Lucama, NC :: Watch interviews with the top finishers from the twin 100 lap LMSC races from the third round of the “Dirty Dozen” at Southern National Motorsports Park. Reid Lanpher is at 2:30 in the video.

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KENLY, N.C. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, posted his first career Top-5 finish for JR Motorsports on Saturday, March 16, when he finished fifth in the second of two Dirty Dozen Cup 100s at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C. Lanpher, 14, finished sixth in the first 100-lap Late Model Stock event in just his second effort in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet fielded by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. After qualifying ninth – his best time-trialing effort to date – Lanpher used tire management strategy to gain positions in the second half of the green-to-checkered opening 100-lap race. He finished sixth, one spot behind JRM teammate and reigning NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Motor Mile Speedway champion Josh Berry, for his first career Top-10 finish with the team. Lanpher redrew for the outside pole to start the second 100-lap race, but a tight race car – and another caution-free event – made track position difficult to attain. He settled in to finish a strong fifth.

WHO: Reid Lanpher, Manchester, Maine
TEAM: No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Seth Kooika, Mooresville, N.C.
WHAT: Dirty Dozen Cup Southern National Twin 100s
WHERE: Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly, N.C. (.4-mile banked oval)
STARTED: 9th (Race 1)/2nd (Race 2)
FINISHED: 6th (Race 1)/5th (Race 2)
LAST RACE: March 2, Southern National Twin 100s, Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly, N.C. (11th/12th)

NEXT RACE: April 6, Southern National Twin 100s, Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly, N.C. (.4-mile banked oval)

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REID, HOW DID THINGS GO FOR YOU AT SOUTHERN NATIONAL?

I really couldn’t be any happier with the final results and the way it all went. The first half of the first race I was conserving tires, because we have to run the same four tires for both races. Those guys in front of me started to come back to me. We used up a little tire to get there, but I was able to pass some pretty good cars. At the end, Josh (Berry) was in fifth and I was in sixth – I almost had him with about five to go. It was pretty crazy being that close to battle my teammate right there. I had to work for those three positions.

For the second race, we made an adjustment to the car – I was loose in the first race and it was going to tighten me up a lot in the second race and then hopefully come to me as the race went on. I was pushing really bad right at the start and I fell back to fifth. It got better, but I had a lot of pressure from behind me so it felt good to be able to hold those guys off.

WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THIS WEEKEND FROM YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE CAR TWO WEEKS AGO?

We were able to make a lot of gains. Going into that first race together (on March 2), we didn’t know exactly what we had for a car. I didn’t have any laps in it, and they didn’t normally go to this track before. We chased it a lot that weekend. This weekend, we were able to go back and make changes ahead of time and know exactly what we’d want going into the race. Everything went great, and I’m slowly getting better at qualifying, because that’s all new to me, too.

The car was really good. Other than running into a little bit of a tire issue from running the same set of tires for 200 laps, everything really worked out great. I couldn’t be happier. The crew works together so well, they’re just very legit. They know what to do for everything, and it shows.

ARE YOU CLOSE TO CONTENDING FOR PODIUM FINISHES AND RACE WINS?

We have the potential for a Top-3, we really do. But just like I feel like we are going to be better every week, everybody else can get better each week, too. The guy who dominated the second race, he was a mid-pack runner the first week. The field is just so good, and there are so many good cars, that you never really know what can happen every time you go to the track.

I really think it’s hard to say, ‘We can do this’ or ‘We can do that,’ but I’d like to think we have potential for a little stronger finish.

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