PETERSEN MEDIA
Unfortunately in racing, hot streaks can come to an end at the blink of an eye, and for Andy Gregg and his Russell Motorsports team, their string of top finishes came to a halt on Saturday night as Gregg got upside down during the feature event at Placerville Speedway.
Gregg continued to show speed through the night as he got going by timing the Mike’s Hard Lemonade/Capitol Ace Hardware/Thompson’s Auto entry in sixth fastest, with 22 cars checked into the high-banked facility.
Starting third in his heat, Gregg surged out to the lead, and cruised to the victory, solidifying himself a position in the top-eight redraw, where he pulled a five, and lined up for the 25-lape feature in the third row.
The Placerville, CA driver looked to keep his streak of top-five finishes alive, but on this night his feature event would be cut short.
Racing inside the top five, Gregg and another competitor made contact exiting turn two, and the end result was Gregg getting upside down, and ending his night.
“We defiantely had a good run going with our finishes, but this is a part of the sport,” Gregg said. “We had a really fast car, timed in well, won our heat, and got in the re draw, so we continue to be fast, but we just got the bad of the sport tonight. We will bounce back, and be ready to go again next week.”
Gregg and the Russell Motorsports team would like to thank Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Capitol Ace Hardware, Thompson’s Auto, Carrol Russell Bookkeeping, Arnold’s For Awards, Goodwin Trucking, Farrell Design-Build Inc., K&N, FK Rod Ends, King Racing Products, A.R.T. Speed Equipment, GUTS, Amsoil, Wilwood, Amerikote, 101.9 The Wolf, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, and HJS Consulting for their support this season.
ON TAP: Gregg will now shift gears as he hops aboard his GUTS Racing, Miller Fortune backed No. 53 machine this weekend as he heads to the Silver Dollar Speedway on Friday night before defending his home turf at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night against the King of the West Series.
2014 BY THE NUMBERS: Races-6, Wins-1, Top 5’s-5, Top 10’s-5
STAY CONNECTED: Stay up to speed with Andy by following him on twitter @andygregg16x.
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