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Race Report - Aug 16th, 2005 - Race 22 of 36
The Corning factory is better known for it's famous cookware but what most don't know is the Corning organization has played a big roll in bringing auto racing to upstate New York.
Not known for road course prowess, the AMSOIL team was hoping for a passable weekend and a chance to finish the race. As luck would have it however, Kevin locked up the brakes trying to avoid another competitor and blew a tire. Once the tire was down all he could do was ride along as the car drifted through the gravel trap and hard into the barrier. This year's race only went to twenty-seven of forty-one laps. Kevin was in tenth at the time and running as fast as the top competitors.
Kevin Inglin, the pilot of the AMSOIL Chevy had this to say after the run:
I did all I could this year to prepare for this race. We tested here and ran a support race to get as many laps as possible. I'm at the stage where I'm fast enough to run with everyone but don't have consistency. Unfortunately you pay a high price for lack of consistency here as one little slip usually equates into barrier contact or at minimum much lost time on the track.
I was hovering in the top ten and I think I might have made my way up to ninth at one point but I slipped on lap seven and then again at lap twenty-seven. I'm not a fan but at least our lap times were comparable. Maybe one of these years I'll figure out how to run these road courses.
Until next Time....
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Francios Bergeron was having a strong run and ran down this duo when they weren't looking. The pass was clean but Kevin slipped and bounced hard of the wall with considerable damage to the right side on lap sixty-eight. Fortunately a caution waived and everyone was able to duck in and make final adjustments. With damaged repaired, Kevin restarted in eleventh with fourteen to go and charged to eighth in short order. One more car was in sight and Kevin made chase for Bart Hoyle. Drawing underneath off turn four both drivers ran side-by-side down the frontstretch with two to go. Contact was made on the entry of turn one and Hoyle's Captain D's Dodge ricocheted to the high groove and out of contention. Inglin held off a fast charging Nickle to the line and finished up seventh on the night.
Kevin Inglin, the pilot of the AMSOIL Chevy had this to say after the run:
"It was a solid run but I gotta say that I just don't like this track much - or should I say that I don't think this track likes me... I can run pretty hard here but just can't find speed. I was up on the wheel a lot tonight and the bright spot of the night had to be the back and forth battle with Miles there in the middle segment. I feel just terrible about the contact with Bart. It was one of those racin deals and I was really concentrating on holding the car down but we still made contact. I drew up from a couple of seconds and couldn't pass up the opportunity to try and get the spot but that's certainly not the way we wanted it. I haven't seen the replay so I really don't know what happened. I'm going to have to go back and look at it.
We're getting beat after going through turn three. We'll have to work on that corner for next time that's for sure. Truthfully, I just couldn't wait for the race to be over. I'm not sure I've ever felt that way while actively in contention for a race.
We get a week off this week and I'll be enjoying the reprieve. We'll gear up for Indy and hope for a good run. We had some wheel problems there last year so we have no notes to go by. Hopefully we'll get a practice in and get a solid finish come race day.
Until Indy... "
