By DAVE SULLY - DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE - After a good finish in the Series race at Cornwall, the team anticipated a good showing at Autodrome Drummond the following week on September 6th. It started out well enough, as Mat timed 21st in an impressive field of 48 cars, finished third in his heat, which put him 13th on the grid for the start. Unfortunately, things unraveled from there, as the No. 6 went backward at the drop of the green, something that has been unheard of lately. The team ended up 19th and ended up surrendering the point lead to David Hebert, who won the race. They are now four points down to Hebert going into this Friday’s Series event at Mohawk.
Talking about the night, Mat observed, “We were good right out of the gate. We time-trialed well. We were half-decent in the heat, which put us in a decent spot for the feature
We passed Brett (Hearn) in the heat and started 13th in the feature. When the green flag dropped, we just started going backwards. We weren’t very good. We just tightened up too much. That just happens due to lack of experience at that race track. We pitted about lap 25, and that didn’t help at all, so we just kind of struggled. The way the point races are, you just have to keep your foot in it, and we ended up 19th. “
“We changed a lot between the heat and the feature. It had a lot to do with stagger and the shock combination. It’s hard to pinpoint. I think we were all right, but a lot of people were very good. The top five cars were very fast, and that made us look worse than we were. It is what it is, and we just have to move on to the next one Friday.”
With only one race track left on the schedule that the team is unfamiliar with, that being RPM in Quebec, the task, at least as far as preparation is concerned, should get a little easier. However, in racing, nothing is being taken for granted, and the team will be diligent in readying the No. 6 ready for every race.
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