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.