Motor Failure Ends Strong Run in Nashville

8-28-2010

Horak Racing rolled into Nashville Super Speedway with a tremendous amount of confidence...

Horak Racing rolled into Nashville Super Speedway with a tremendous amount of confidence in their Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka Chevrolet Camaro, and it showed.  Sitting near the top of the speed charts throughout final practice, the team turned their attention to making a great qualifying run.  With only one lap to get it done, Terry wheeled the #28 Camaro around the 1.33 mile circuit with a time of 31.097 seconds with an average speed of 154mph; good enough for third quickest in the stout field of Sunoco National Tour stock cars.

With six cars at the front of the field being inverted for the start, Horak would line up in fourth position outside row two.  Unfortunately, an issue with a rear wheel sent Terry to pit road during the warm up laps forcing him to start at the rear of the field.  However, the strong setup crew chief Neal Cantor put on the car helped Terry wheel the car back up to sixth spot by the halfway point in the race. 

When the field took the green after the half way stop, Horak made short work of passing his way up to third spot.  Unfortunately, while gaining on the leaders in the later stages of the event, motor problems sent the 28 to the pits and the team's day was done.  Despite the disappointing ending, team Horak was very pleased with their qualifying and race performance at Nashville.  The team will now turn its focus to the Milwaukee Mile on September 11.