“ANDERSON 100”
Saturday April 14, 2012
The “Anderson 100” was Brett’s first attempt at an ARCA/CRA Super Series event. His inaugural event started out very well, with the DCI Construction Monte Carlo on the leader board after both practices on Friday.
Brett and crew chief Todd Robinson spent several hours at the hotel that night talking about the day’s results. Brett felt he was a tick loose on entry, great thru the center and pretty loose under throttle on exit. Todd decided what changes he would like to make. He wanted to change a few springs and let Brett try the new setup.
The next morning the team headed to the track feeling really good about their chances in this event only to find it pouring down rain with the event postponed until the next day. This gave the DCI Construction team a chance to make all the changes needed in a comfortable and relaxed pace.
The DCI Construction team arrived at the track on Sunday morning to a beautiful blue sky. Todd went thru his pre race routine and everyone could not wait for the final practice before attempting to qualify for his first ARCA/CRA Super Series event. Practice went very well with the DCI team in the top five practice times again and Brett really liked the changes.
It was now time to present the DCI Construction Monte Carlo for pre qualifying tech inspection. The car passed tech inspection and was placed in line to qualify. The command to start was given as Brett’s turn to qualify came up and it would not start! It turns out during the inspection of the Ignition box the wiring was damaged. The DCI Monte Carlo was pulled from the qualifying line and Todd worked franticly to figure out what happened. The wiring harness was repaired and Brett was forced to start dead last as a provisional starter. Brett tried to lighten the situation telling the crew he felt like he could still drive to the front with the great changes made before practice.
The green flag flies and Brett made his march up thru the field with the DCI Construction Monte Carlo moving into 5th place by the lap 60 mark when the caution flag came out. On the restart Brett was able to run “nose to tail” with the lead pack. The top five pulled away and Brett’s chances looking better all the time when the third place car tried to pass and lost it spinning down thru the infield coming back on the track and collecting Brett ending his first ARCA/CRA Super Series race.
The official results will show a 19th place finish but Brett and the whole team left the track knowing if not for bad racing luck he had a shot at winning his first race with the series. The team could not wait for the next event at Toledo Speedway!
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