Sunday, July 21, 2013

Golden State 350

The series hits the road course just north of the San Francisco Bay Area.The drivers who could handle the tricky 11 turn track would be the ones that finished up top. This race was one of the wildest races of the year. Check it out!

Lap 1: The pace car ducks off and lets the 20 car field go into the hairpin to start the race.
 Lap 20: Simms, who had a 2 second lead, spins going 100 up the hill and crushes his car, giving him a DNF
Lap 21: The pit stops start
Lap 26: The race gets worse for Team Harden. Morello retires from Engine trouble.
Lap 51: The 3 dominant cars on the day were Richmond, Severn, and Fischer, all running within 2 seconds
Lap 59: Adkins gets under Wick, causing matching spins in turn 10.
Lap 79: Irons, who had a pitiful day, finally exits the race from an engine failure
Lap 83: The Leaders all grouped together
But on that same lap, Richmond taps Severn in the hairpin, both spinning but not touching the wall. No caution was called, and Flint and Fischer snuck through the traffic.
Lap 86: Running in back, McAffee spins in turn 10, bringing out the caution.
Lap 102: Bunched from the caution, McAffee(who started to the left of the leader) held up the field. Fischer spins it while trying to stay close to Flint. No caution, ruining Fischer's 102 laps of work.
Lap 112: Using McAffee as a pick, Flint was able to pull away, and win his second race of the season.
Here are the final standings
Taylor Motorsports, Team Harden, and Fletcher Autosport had awful days, all unlucky. This really shook up the standings, and without some spins, this race would be very different.

The series heads to Charlotte for some good mile and a half racing.

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