By Dave Sully - (Thorold, Ontario) Following a hard fought eighth place
finish at Ransomville the previous night, the Williamson Racing Team was back at
it on Saturday at Merrittville and garnered the same result. Starting ninth in
the highly competitive field, Mat bolted forward early, getting as high as
fourth in the early going, when suddenly the car went backward, and it was all
Mat could do to claim his second eighth place finish in two nights. With the
race going caution free, the task of making up a lot of ground on the front
runners, who were all fast, was extremely difficult. Todd Gordon took the
win.
Mat described his night, noting, “We were really good
early. I went out on the track after the street stock feature there, and I
thought the track had a lot more bite than it did. It didn’t. We looked at the
track and they put a lot of track bite in, and I figured we were golden. Right
before we went out, we changed the right rear shock, and it hurt us. It was a
last minute decision. We should have left it alone. The first couple laps, I
figured we were going to win it. The car was a rocket ship early. Then it just
faded. The track went away, and the car got slower. No cautions doesn’t help
either. You don’t get a chance to adjust the car at all or anything like that.
It was a good night though. You can’t win’em all. We were still top ten. We
finished eighth and Pete (Bicknell) was two in front of us, so it’s a tough
point battle. Jonesey (Tim, who finished second) will be in the mix now. It’s
good for the fans.”
Nobody said it was going to be easy, and you can count on
the No. 6 Team to keep digging.
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