Greenville

Making the best of a situation......that sums up Greenville, for us.

We had a really good race car for about 50 laps and then the rear tires just decided to just stop working.

The problem with Greenville is that it is absolutly a "one groove" racetrack, that being said, when your running in 5th and you lose all rear grip.....you become a sitting duck.

You can protect the bottom pretty easily at Greenville, as long as you have forward bite......we didn't

Matt did an incredible job to bring it home in 8th and in one piece. He just gets better every week and thats scary considering what we were able to do last year.


On the flip side, Ickler had the most incredible race car I have ever seen. With that body, the thing just looks fast even when its in the garage....and then they threw the green flag, and sadly for everyone else, his car was even faster on the track.

Other quick notes:

Good to see fellow Auburn, Mainer, Troy Crane back on the officiating staff for 2009.

The spotters area was very busy pre-race, Ken Schrader was spotting for Josh Richards and the Greenville faithful just couldn't beleieve he was in their midst. Sean Caisse also was pretty popular, he was tutoring ASM's Brett Moffit.....Sean will be running the ARCA race at The Rock this weekend, he will be stout. Also, in spotting attendance was the father of the 3-time Cup Champion, Jimmie Johnson. Gary was absolutly nothing like you would expect, he could have just been a fan in the stands and no one would have known any different.

Gibbs' new driver, Matt D. (im not gonna try) is definatly someone to watch in the future. The kid is super smooth and more importantly a very bright kid.

ASM is incredable at Greenville, Ickler had already put his first pole award of 2009 on his wall when young Brett ripped off an incredable lap....he went on to run a very good race.

29 cars, I was pretty impressed....I hope Tri-County brings the same pleasent suprises.

Greenville Inspection Day

TORNADO WARNING:

Please evacuate all high areas and non-secure places, as well as, stay away from all windows or glass.......

Thats what the lady in the lobby told us as the tornado warnings were going off all over the tv at 7:00pm tonight.

So what do we do?

Get in the van....and run!

Yes, it was a calculated move and maybe the calculations were off but a move none-the-less.

I firmly believe that we actually drove INTO the tornado zone as the winds nearly tossed the van onto its side but......we got to a hospital and waited....the ridiculously strong winds and rain passed and we drove back to the hotel, where......

Everyone is having a good ole time in the lobby, completely not knowing that a storm even existed....

life on the road...gotta love it.

As far as the track goes, it rained and rained hard all day..

We had some inspection and it all went well, the car count looked good but I can't say that I actually counted any cars....my guess would be somewhere around 25

We'll be turning laps tomorrow under sunny skies and warm temps...I can't wait