| August 18,2008 - Trois Riveries, Quebec
This past weekend Dave Connelly
competed in the Nascar Canadian Tire Series event at the
Grand Prix du Trois Riveries. After practice and
qualifying Dave sat in 18th spot to start Sunday's feature
event in front of over 50,000 passionate Quebec race
fans.
"The car was pretty
good - we were able to diagnose the motor miss we struggled
with at Montreal. Three Rivers is a really tight track
- there's no room for error" stated Dave.
The field took the green
with Kerri Micks and JR Fitzpatrick leading the field into
turn 1. The field made it through turns 1 - 2 and 3
with no wrecks - Dave fell in line and the field roared up
the back straight with 28 cars battling for
position.
"We fell into
position and just started getting a rhythm going - about lap
5 I was battling hard with the #5 of Andre Coursel and the
#12 car of John Gaunt - the #21 had spun 2 laps earlier and
pressing hard to try and catch back up to us - John's brakes
were fading already and he was braking early at the end of
the straight. I don't know what the #21 was thinking
he just drove into the back of me - I swear the car was five
feet in the air at one point" said Dave. "Fans
always ask me if the drivers are upset when stuff like this
happens or if we just shrug it off. Well I promise you
I'm upset - it was a stupid move and we wrecked a good car -
we would've finished in the top 10 guaranteed. I feel
so bad for my guys they worked their tails off between
Montreal and now getting this car ready - and to take away a
finish that we should've had breaks my heart, I wish I could
sit here and say We'll Get'm Next Time etc. - but right now I'm
just really disappointed with what happened - it was just
someone driving over their head, I mean geez the guy spun
his car out 3 more times that race.....it's just
ridiculous"
"Right now we'll
focus back on our oval program - we're 3rd in the
championship in the Ontario Sportsman Series and we'll get
ready for Delaware in 2 weeks and concentrate on winning
that Series - but I'm still pissed about 3 rivers - maybe I
can channel that aggression at Delaware" chuckled Dave. |
