By Blake Lirette
With the last race weekend in hand JGRacing and Darren Long were thanks for giving another two nights to compete. With yet another cold or maybe some food poisoning Saturday was a little tough but Darren kept his stomach in tack for another top-5 and two top10’s.
Friday evening at LVMS after starting 7th in the heat, some called this last; Darren was running 2nd by turn two on the first lap. After settling in no more positions were gained garnering several points for his coveted A-Main starting position.
Starting on the pole for the feature early on Darren was following the 15h and 21 but an early caution for the 15h left the JGRacing entry in the runner-up spot. It was then though that the car began to tighten up and with each ensuing lap the car got a little worse. Able to maintain 4th, the final lock-in position for Saturday, it was on the final lap Joey Saldana blew by leaving the blue and black 3g in 5th. A stuck open tire bleeder was the culprit for the tight car.
On Saturday evening last in the heat was also referred to as 8th, which coincidentally was also Darren’s starting spot in the third heat. With another magnificent start in the heat on this night he was third after the first lap. The position was maintained and more than enough points were gained for another B-Main free night.
Starting off 7th on the rubber down track Darren knew that moving forward would be difficult. At the end of the 30 laps only one spot was attained handing the team a 6th place finish. During the lap 23 restart a car hit the restart cone, this was the only position gained during the entire race.
JGRacing with Darren Long ended the year 12th place in the final points with the ASCS National Tour. The entire team would like to thank their great supporters and team members for their hard work and dedication to the team this year!
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