By Dave Sully - SARVER, PA- It was a case of shoulda, coulda, woulda for the Williamson Racing at Lernerville on Friday, June 14th, when Mat put himself in position to go for the win, gave it a shot, and ultimately ended up a respectable fourth. With other contending drivers having problems in the race, won by Brian Schwartzlander, the point situation saw little significant change.
All things pointed to a good night, but in racing, as we’ll know, nothing is for certain. If it was, there wouldn’t be any need to run the race.
Mat explained, “The car was fast right off the bat. We started at the back of the heat and finished third. We had a great shock package and the motor was running good. The track was wicked.
Mat talked about the feature, noting, “Any time you finish fourth, it’s good. We should have finished second, maybe first. I don’t know if I could have gotten Schwartzlander, but I was going for the lead, racing hard with him, trying to put myself in a position to win the race going through (turns) one and two on the last lap.”
“Jumped the cushion and kept my foot into it, trying to drive it hard, harder than what she could take and popped the left rear bead off the wheel. I got passed by two guys going down the rear straightway with a left rear flat. We were fortunate that was all we lost, and it was the last lap. I’m happy about that.”
“It was a good night. That big cushion hurt us a little bit and just have to avoid that the next time.”
The outlook is still bright at Lernerville, but the season still has a long way to go, so there is no time to rest on the current laurels.
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