Green
Bay, Wisconsin (July 14, 2004)
FRIDAY’S
MAKE UP RACE, ROUND#2; ROLLIN’
UNDER THE LIGHTS!
On Thursday after a long drive down to Topeka, Josh and crew got their
pit area set up with a full length 48’x 20’ awning.
Which being in the shade was necessary, since the weather was nearly 85
degrees at 9:00am “We all need to
keep ourselves hydrated, this is going to be a long weekend having three
races.” When asked how he felt
about driving at night Josh said, “I’m excited about the track layout, its
very technical with a high speed big jump going out of the turn one oval, and
having to slow the truck down enough for the 180 degree turn back, is going to
be tricky. The ground down here is
very tacky it should hold the moisture good and be fast tonight.”
Josh was right it was tacky, too tacky.
Josh got one of his best starts of the season, starting in the 16th
position fighting his way up to 7th by the third lap and hot on the
heels of 6th when he was going into the sharp turn in the back area
off of turn one. “I noticed that a rut was developing back there, but it was
very hard to see. There wasn’t
enough lighting to really see where the rut was until, you were in it.
I came into the turn trying to straddle the rut, but ended up getting
caught in it, unfortunately I was
in between shift points so I couldn’t get the power down to the wheels in time
to keep the truck from rolling.” Josh
ended up having a small ¾ of a rollover. “I
was hoping that the truck would have rolled all the way over, I would have kept
on going, but no dice, so there I sat.” Finally
after 2 laps down the track workers got Josh back on his wheels and finished the
race in 15th place. “I
was really happy with the way the truck handled, I’m getting more comfortable
with the truck and I know that I have just as good of a truck as the front
runners.”
SATURDAY’S
NIGHT RACE, ROUND #7; SPIN ME
ROUND!
With the truck having a lot of side bite in the tire, Josh elected to put
a different style groove on his BFGoodrich tires. He also debuted his new Beadlocks on his wheels which were
ok’d by CORR officials in Crandon. “I
thought that I was getting too much side bite with the track being so tacky.”
That being said Josh went out and started the race in 16th
position, of which he made his way up to 6th by the third turn.
Half the reason why Josh got such a great start was that one of the
racers in the front, decided to start the race in reverse.
“I’m not going to say any names ….cough cough Kreuger cough cough.
Hey we all make mistakes.” Yet
again Josh had a great start, but unfortunately his decision to go with a less
aggressive groove proved to be a bad choice.
During the latter part of the race moisture started to rise out of the
track in certain parts, creating a very slippery section.
“The grooving that I had, worked great in the part of the track that I
rolled over in yesterday, but today it hurt me on the other side of the track
coming out of the infield back onto the race oval turns 3 and 4.
I just misjudged that part of the track and it hurt me big time.”
Josh ended up spinning out twice in the same section and snubbing the
truck out once, of which he couldn’t refire the truck up fast enough. “The last thing I wanted to do is pump the gas, I didn’t
want another Antigo episode again.” Josh
finally restarted his truck and finished in 15th place.
SUNDAY’S
AFTERNOON RACE, ROUND #8; HEAT
STROKE!
We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support...
Dedicated Systems, Inc., Dedicated Repair, Inc., BF Goodrich tires, Halron
Oil Co., Inc., Quaker State, Powermist racing fuels, Engine Ice
hi-performance coolant, Sir Speedy of Green Bay, Captain Steve's
www.beercanchickenroaster.com, Jim & Tina Willison Trucking, TOYOTA along
with Josh's friends and family.