2011 Race 3 - Ford 200 @ Boston

Top: Herb Cilantro, Alex Jates, Chad Lapinski
Flop: Cilantro's ignition.

Today sucked...

Opp Inc. Struggles at Boston

All 3 Opp Inc. Drivers declined interviews after the race, but Bradshaw did shout "Go Army" at a reporter. Team Co-Owner Jim Oppenheimer was reached for a brief statemnent

" A bad day for us. Glossum must have it out for us for some reason, he dumped Todd at Livonia, and today he blocked Mike for several laps before turning across his nose and damaging our car. Then Ringer got taken out by an idiot, and Todd was down a cylinder all race and really struggled...Nothing to do but look forward to the next race now."

Mike Oppenheimer was spotted entering the back of Glossum's hauler shortly after the race.

Glossum Defends Himself

"I don't know why he's mad. He spun me out, I know he's out to get me from after Daytona. Maybe if his driver didn't suck, I wouldn't have spun him. I'm sorry, but I did nothing wrong and your just making yourself look like a fool."

TeeBeeNinety8:
@ShawnGlossum09 Miller Lite sucks, and so do you. Mike should've dumped your slow a** sooner. #GoArmy #GlossumSUX
29 seconds ago via FaceUpdate for Android

OOC:
Whats funny is I just re watched it, It wasnt Glossum's fault, or mine...the 90 pushed me up....Oh well Glossum is still a B*tch.

#GlossumSUX

Shawn Glossum: GOOD ONE. IM SCARED NOW. Go ahead, stop drinking my beer, your a** should not have even been allowed back in Todd.

Eric Webler not having a good start
After missing the first race, Webler got the pole at Daytona showing he is still a good Superspeedway racer. He got involved in a huge crash destroying the car. He did worst this week with a 39th place finish out of the race. "I'm really confused," said Eric Webler. "I know I can do better then this, I can't keep doing this to my team." Old Spice, Webler's sponsorship, isn't happy with the results. "I'm feeling some relief coming up soon for us.," said Webler. "Maybe if Nate and I both make McKinley it will start good things happening for this team."

Lapinski Thrilled with First Career Victory

When Chad Lapinski climbed out of his Ask.com Cadillac, all he could do was hug his father and cry. Lapinski, 26, scored his first career victory in his third career start.

"It's amazing", he said, "I can't believe I'm here right now to be quite honest."

"I saw an opening on the lap 71 restart around the 42, and just stuck my nose in there and prayed. I knew Herb's car was fantastic and I just had to find a way around him, when it worked, I was relieved. I feel bad for Herbie there though, he really did deserve this one."

This marks another win for a non-big three car manufacturer in 2011.

Cadillac and Buick are made by GM. One of the big three.

Lincoln is made by Ford. One of the big three.

Donnelly finishes strong in home race for LT

For the second year in a row, LT Motorsports contended for the win in their home race at Boston International Raceway, last year was Louis Tellez, this year was Shawn Donnelly.

Donnelly, who was coming off a 9th place run at Daytona, originally didn't seem to be in contention for the win after starting 22nd, but somehow worked his way up and on the final restart, he had the fastest car on track.

Unfortunately, the one thing Donnelly didn't have on his side was time as the final restart came with a couple of laps left and Donnelly would settle for a 2nd place finish. Here's what he said afterwards:

"We had a great car today, I'm so proud of everyone. That last restart we had it, we had the car to beat, we were gonna get that Caddy, we just needed about 3-5 more laps and this would've been ours. But, I can't complain, congrats to chad and those guys."

Donnelly now sits 9th in the points, despite the fact that he missed the opening race in Livonia. His teammate and boss, Louis Tellez, is just outside the Top 10 in points in 11th following a 23rd place finish in his homerace.