2015 Race 8 - Darlington (ArmorAll 200)

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Flop: Luke Kinsin lol

Durbin Scores Career Best 13th at Darlington

After what has been a disaster of a season, Ike Durbin finally found something to smile about in his AERS rookie season, scoring his best career finish, 13th, at the Darlington Raceway. After starting 22nd, Durbin fell to the back of the field early after being trapped on the outside lane for the first part of the race. Despite being involved in an incident early, Durbin would rebound into the top fifteen and eventually sneaking into the top fifteen by the end of the race.

"After the wreck at Livonia, it's been a tough recovery. I'm not at 100 percent right now, and that's been tough for this team, having to qualify our way in every week, and I haven't been getting it done. This week I finally got everything together and put the car in the show thanks to the team. They gave me a great car. I definitely think we could have scored a top ten had we not been collected in that crash. But we'll move forward and hope this momentum will carry us to better things the rest of the season."

Lester involved in accident, continues to fall in points

5 spots. That doesn't sound that detrimental in terms of track position, but in the 2015 AMP Energy Racing Series standings, it can mean the world to a driver. To defending bronze-place driver in last season's championship Casey Lester, it means quite a lot considering the poor runs the team has had after such a strong start the season before.

"It's frustrating, but it's one of those things." Lester said. "I tried to get outta the way the best I could, but I was not having fun out there. I know we can't win them all. The thing is, I feel like we've got the car and the crew good enough to contend for wins and top 10's. We just haven't been able to stay out of harm's way for these first 8 races. We've gotta keep our heads up, but it's just hard when all these issues keep shoving it down."

Lesters drops 5 positions, as noted, from 11th to 16th after a 35th-place finish, 7 laps down.

"C-S seems to be out to get me or something." He joked as Carson Crompton was the one who clipped the 87 after he was involved in the Lap 33 accident with Grant Jacobs and Allen Reeds, causing the damage that offset his perfoemance for the remainder of the night. "Nah, but it seems like there's always something talking about me and Nate [Smith] going after one another. To be honest, we've kinda let or rivalry die down for a little bit. He's been outshining me anyway, so I guess it's good that I'm not hearing him brag about it."