Jack Walter finished 3rd in the Food Lion 200 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, but exclaimed it "wasn't enough" and he was dissatisfied with the performance.
"I just feel like we had the winning car out there today. Obviously, Jonathon's team was stellar and their car was great too, but overall, I felt like we had the best car. It's kind of disappointing that we finished 3rd."
Afterwards, Walter chugged down a Miller Lite and called it a night.
Carter has good run, but finishes 28th
It seems like Mikael Carter hasn't been up front too much this season. This is true, and when he does, it seems like he doesn't finish in the front. This is also true. Mikael Carter worked his way from the 31st starting spot all the way to 2nd at one point during the extremely long green flag run through the middle of the race. Carter, on the final restart, was trapped up high and lost all that ground he made up, and finished 28th. Carter was on the verge of a run he needed, and to finish it like that, well, just killed what was a great run by the driver.
"The car was great in traffic. Just amazing. Never have I had a car that could get through traffic as well as the one I had tonight. The guys really worked their tails off and it showed. If we didn't get pinned up high there at the end, maybe we could have had a top-5. Still, very proud of this team, this one was on me tonight."
Tire failure kills Lester's suspension, damages title hopes
It was a beautiful night for racing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, located near Charlotte, North Carolina, but not every driver in the AERS field felt the same as they left the 15th round of the 22-race season disgruntled following poor efforts. Nate Pieper was likely not too happy after being spun out within the first 10 laps after a superb qualifying effort for the struggling Webler Motorsports outfit and Mikael Carter had a good run for once this season, only to fall back late in the going and finish outside of the Top 25. However, the most notable of the disgruntled drivers succeeding the Food Lion 200 was likely Casey Lester, whose 2nd position in points has come under threat from DiCario following Lester's 39th-place finish following a tire failure which inflicted terminal damage to the wheel well and suspension of the #87 Aflac Ford Fusion.
"This sucks, man. The only fun I really had tonight was watching Seb's [Morris] #81 up at the front. It's refreshing to see guys like him competing inside the Top 10 along with the rookies to show some of these guys what he's got to prove. But this is about the last thing that the Aflac team needed. I was pretty optimistic at the start since Nate was running towards the back, but it seemed that the scale tipped in the other direction as the race went on and I guess TV cameras really didn't pick up what happened to us. The right front went out and the rubber came apart, tearing up the right front of my car. You don't see anything wrong on the exterior, but the suspension was an absolute mess. This has been a tough string of races for us, but the last thing we should do is play defeatists in this battle. We're still 2nd and there's bound to be something to happen that'll even out this battle for me and Mack."
The aforementioned Sebastian Morris (OOC: Hey, Nick. I didn't know Hyerski was still running.) came home in 13th as his car seemed to fade as the laps wound down, but it was still a respectable run for the veteran that could open the eyes of teams who do not have any prospects lined up for a full-time drive for Morris next season. However, this race has widened Nate Smith's points lead to 130 points over Lester, who sits 45 points ahead of Mack DiCario. So far, Nate Smith could be on his way to the 2014 AERS championship in his rookie season, but it's not quite over yet.
Tire failure kills Lester's suspension, damages title hopes
It was a beautiful night for racing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, located near Charlotte, North Carolina, but not every driver in the AERS field felt the same as they left the 15th round of the 22-race season disgruntled following poor efforts. Nate Pieper was likely not too happy after being spun out within the first 10 laps after a superb qualifying effort for the struggling Webler Motorsports outfit and Mikael Carter had a good run for once this season, only to fall back late in the going and finish outside of the Top 25. However, the most notable of the disgruntled drivers succeeding the Food Lion 200 was likely Casey Lester, whose 2nd position in points has come under threat from DiCario following Lester's 39th-place finish following a tire failure which inflicted terminal damage to the wheel well and suspension of the #87 Aflac Ford Fusion.
"This sucks, man. The only fun I really had tonight was watching Seb's [Morris] #81 up at the front. It's refreshing to see guys like him competing inside the Top 10 along with the rookies to show some of these guys what he's got to prove. But this is about the last thing that the Aflac team needed. I was pretty optimistic at the start since Nate was running towards the back, but it seemed that the scale tipped in the other direction as the race went on and I guess TV cameras really didn't pick up what happened to us. The right front went out and the rubber came apart, tearing up the right front of my car. You don't see anything wrong on the exterior, but the suspension was an absolute mess. This has been a tough string of races for us, but the last thing we should do is play defeatists in this battle. We're still 2nd and there's bound to be something to happen that'll even out this battle for me and Mack."
The aforementioned Sebastian Morris (OOC: Hey, Nick. I didn't know Hyerski was still running.) came home in 13th as his car seemed to fade as the laps wound down, but it was still a respectable run for the veteran that could open the eyes of teams who do not have any prospects lined up for a full-time drive for Morris next season. However, this race has widened Nate Smith's points lead to 130 points over Lester, who sits 45 points ahead of Mack DiCario. So far, Nate Smith could be on his way to the 2014 AERS championship in his rookie season, but it's not quite over yet.