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AFTER A LONG WINTER OF HARD WORK, IT WAS
TIME TO PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE. IN FRONT OF STANDS FILLED TO CAPACITY, WE LEARNED THAT THE #68 WOULD BE STARTING ON THE OUTSIDE POLE FOR ITS FIRST EVER RACE. CULLY HANDLED THE PRESSURE OF STARTING ON THE FRONT ROW LIKE A SEASONED VETERAN. AFTER FALLING BACK A FEW PLACES FOLLOWING THE START, HE BEGAN MAKING A CHARGE, BACK UP THROUGH THE FIELD. THE CHARGE WAS CUT SHORT BY A LATE CATION FLAG. ONCE THE RACE WAS RESTARTED THE CAR WAS NOT HANDLING AS WELL AS IT HAD EARLIER AND CULLY BROUGHT THE #68 HOME IN 5TH POSITION.
FOLLOWING THE HEAT RACE, A PROBLEM
DEVELOPED WITH THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER. JUST AT THE MOMENT WHEN IT APPEARED THAT THIS COULD PREMATURELY END THE DEBUT OF RC MOTORSPORTS, RICHARD FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. FOLLOWING A LENGTHY BIT OF WORK UNDER THE CAR, THE CREW CHIEF WAS ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM JUST IN TIME FOR THE FEATURE.
UP NEXT WAS OUR FEATURE RACE. THE TEAM WAS
EXCITED TO SEE THAT CULLY WOULD BE STARTING FROM THE POLE. IT WAS QUITE A THRILL FOR EVERYONE ON THE TEAM TO SEE THE #68 LEAD THE PACK TO THE GREEN FLAG. CULLY BATTLED HARD TO HOLD ON THE LEAD BUT WAS SHUFFLED BACK A COUPLE POSITIONS. AS BEFORE IN THE HEAT RACE, CULLY BEGAN TO DRIVE BACK TO THE FRONT. UNFORTUNATELY THE LEADERS GOT TOGETHER IN TURN 4 AND SPUN. ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE INCIDENT, HE WAS HIT BY A CAR FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED HARD INTO ONE OF THE CARS THAT HAD SPUN OUT. FOLLOWING A QUICK PIT STOP TO REMOVE A PIECE OF SHEET METAL THAT HAD WEDGED IT'S WAY AROUND THE LEFT FRONT FENDER, CULLY RETURNED TO THE TRACK IN 7TH POSITION. ONCE THE GREEN FLAG WAS DROPPED CULLY FOUGHT A CAR BADLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT, DUE TO THE EARLIER INCIDENT, AND MOVED UP TO SIXTH AT THE CHECKERED FLAG. FOLLOWING THE EXCITING NIGHT OF RACING, EVERYONE WAS PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS AND WENT HOME LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK. |
