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Race Report - May 31st, 2005 - Race 12 of 33

The AMSOIL Chevrolet rolled into the hometown track for the NASSCAR circuit and unloaded with a full head of steam. Fast in practice, qualifying yielded the best starting spot for the year as Kevin stepped off third when the green flag waived. Starting cautiously, Kevin dropped to fourth early on but then charged forward and jumped back to third on lap three. Riding with the leaders all was going well until a caution waived on lap twenty-four. Everyone, Kevin included, ducked in for tires and a costly and bizarre error occurred on pit road. Kevin followed James Suggs in to his pit stall but he was supposed to move around James and missed his pit box. After correcting the error and loosing many spots, Kevin then spun the tires, careened off eventual winner Francois Couillard, and into the inside barrier leaving pit road. The car was slightly damaged and that's not good on an aero sensitive track like Lowes.

Kevin returned to the track in eight place and struggled for the rest of the night to keep pace with the lead pack. At Lowes you benefit from the draft immensely and if you find yourself alone, you have to work that much hard to keep pace. Tire wear and slow lap times result for those who have the unfortunate experience of driving damaged race cars. In the end, Kevin hung on and finished a respectable eighth. He was not a challenger for the win but considering the circumstances an eighth place finish is that difficult to take.

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Kevin Inglin, the pilot of the AMSOIL Chevy had this to say after the run:

"Boy I feel bad, I let my guys down tonight. That miscue on pit road was just unthinkable and I can't say that I've ever done that before. I followed James in and in my mind I thought it was Michel [Palardy]. I figured I'd stay on his bumper because he was pitting right in front of me. I can't believe I didn't push James out of his pit box. Then to make matters worse, the car broke loose exiting the pit an I collected Francois.

I didn't think the damage was that extensive but the car ran terrible for the rest of the night. Typical Lowes - quad oval racing - for me. It was nice to get a good starting spot and I learned a lot even thought I only spent a short time up front tonight. We'll come back here with some confidence and hope to turn the corner on a track that owes us something that's for sure.

We're a bit behind in the points as our luck has taken a downturn lately but there's nothing that needs change (other then the driver getting his act together). I have to believe that we've been running strong and the team's behind me so we'll get prepared for the Monster Mile and look to come away with a solid run for next time.

Until next week... "