Sunny South Raceway Results 8-7-10

Saturday had finally arrived, Connelly was was going through racing withdrawls. We haven't raced since July 10th because tropical storm Bonnie cancelled the 7-24-10 race date. We arrived at the track at 5:00 pm and the rain arrived at 5:05. It rained one of those southern frog floaters for about an hour then another hour to dry the track. We finally got on the track for practice around 7 pm. Track was green as the rain had washed off all of the rubber put down from prior racing. Car was really good, wicked fast and handling great. Connelly's comment when he returned to the pits was,"don't touch it, it's perfect." He turned a 13.71 in practice.

Another top field of competitors were on hand; the #00, the #55r, the #18, the#39, and of cource us the #32. We drew the 4th starting position with the #39 on pole #00 outside front row, the #55r inside second row, the #32 outside row two, and the # 18 inside row three.

At the start of the heat race Connelly touched bumpers with the #00 and tired to "push" her past the #39, that didn't work so he dove to the inside and went form fourth to second in the first lap. It took him about four laps to get buy the #39 and take the lead and went on to win by about 8 to 10 car lengths. It was a very entertaining race with a couple of lead changes and some real close action. The finishing order for the heat was #32, #39, #18, #55r and #00.

In the feature Connelly started from the pole as a result of winning the heat followed by the #39, the #18, and the #55r, Raelyn Harris in the #00 did not start due to a mechanical problem. Connelly took the lead at the start but in lap #3 got loose and went up high in turns
1 & 2 letting the #39 get under him and take the lead. Connelly didn't panic he just got down to business and ran down the #39 and re took the lead, which he extended to a half straightaway before a spin by the #55r brought out a caution and closed the field up. Connelly got another good start and extended his lead to about 10 carlengths after a few laps of very close racing. These youngsters put on a very entertaining pair of races for the fans. Finishing order #32. #39, #18, #55r.

This was a very good points weekend and we extended our lead to 183 points, which almost locks up the track points championship for us ( we still have the "drop your two lowest points" races to deal with and we don't know how that will impact the final standings.) We'll just keep on racing.