CWTS: Texas

fun race guys!

avoided alot of trouble early on but tagged a wall late in the race tried to keep it together and save fuel for a no stop but hit another wall and that was it.

Way to go Mark! Nice win!

This was a race I would like to remember, and forget. Had a great run going and stayed out of all the trouble for so many laps. Ran with Edwardo for some 5 laps of great fun. In retrospect, I should have stayed behind him and saved fuel & tires, while learning something from one of the best. I did manage to get by Edwardo, but that was because I think he was saving his truck for a no stop run to the end in which he did. I had planned on making a stop with maybe 15 to go. I came across the start / finish line and a truck had come off the apron and up in the racing line which made me get out in the marbles and scraped the wall. After that, the truck became very loose and the right rear was getting hot. So I decided to make a pit stop on lap 27 I think while running 4th. I got down low but the truck had become so loose that it went into a lazy spin and I just couldn’t keep it from climbing back up the track and I collected Rob Millkiken. I am so very sorry Rob. I thought I could get lucky if every one behind went by and then I could make it to pit lane, but that was not to be. I feel so badly having ruined a good result for you Rob. After that, the engine died, along with my race. I did learn a lot more from this experience, and will carry it on to Phoenix. See you all there!

Another great set , good start, with a bad ending !

My truck was awesom I was crusing trying my best to save fuel for a no stopper , working my way backwards as it was from 8th to 11th or so as i featherd the gas ,I was checking my laps left vrs laps compleat then finaly around lap 26ish it looked like it might level off with 23 laps of fuel left and 23 or 24 to go so i figured its gona make it ! I was sitting in 7th with one of my team mates R-Singh in the lead thinking we could bolth at least get a top 5 ! haha..

Then I saw some tire smoke comming from the left hand side tward pit lane heading into T3 this was commen as lots of guys hitting the pits in earlyer laps did the same thing smoking the tires slowing down and all .. Then before I knew it while back on the thrott, full boar, comming out of T4 I saw a truck spinning backwards heading up the track rear end first!! It was poor Charlie !! I had no time or way to avoid the inebdable > T-Bone !! maybe his break bios was a tad to forword or the dammage from the wall took its toll regardless he ley smack dab in the middle of the track at a dead stop lol ! there was nothing i could do but hang on and take the hit ! sigh .. .

My truck was gone ,the wheel would turn but not the tires ! so chalk up another DNF ..

The only thing worse was watching my teamate in 1st with 2 laps left run out of fuel and do the exact same spin up the track at pit in that Charlie did ! lmao luckley he was not T-Boned haha... he did get a 7th place tho , tuff break after leading so many laps ! see ya next week !

I have never been featured in a post race screenshot, until now. Not exactly they way I wanted my first one to be! :( As soon as I went up the track, I thought that maybe I should hit the escape key immediately, but hesitated. I was just hoping that if I stayed in one spot and not move that the 3 trucks behind me could get around unscathed, and I could make it to the pits, but I was wrong. I owe you one Rob. Again, very sorry.

As a rule in racing Charlie you probly did the right thing just holding position so drivers could get around you however in oval racing things are a bit defrent as it's harder to change your direction in a car/truck thats set up to do hi speed left turning lol, at speed the truck will probly keep on line with the front tires full crank skidding untill it gathers enough of its self to start to turn then it will just spin ! haha..
For me when I find myself in a position like yours I alwase head for the bottom to get off the track , unless your pinned up on the wall then I just hang up on the wall untill I see a gap to get off track thats if i dont have alot of dammage and think i can continue.. anyway like i said in your PM dont worrie about it, it happens, no hard feelings here at all so Drive on !!

My sincere apologies to most of the field on the start. I was giving room to a truck on the inside going into four and I put myself into the outside wall. I immediately hit ESC, but apparently you need to use the mouse to select “exit to monitor” and I was pounding on the Enter key!! That was just awful.

Congratulations to Mark & Danny and Chris you made it intact.

Np Anthony, stuff happens.
I just barely clipped you as I went by, but it was enough to turn me into the wall, then I was just along for the ride.
That new paint job sure didn't last long. lol