MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
THE SQUEEZE PLAY

LRP TRACK SIDE LIVE here once again with Saturday night's review from Trail-way Speedway. Tim lined up deep in the 6th spot of heat race number 2. Flying high and low Dietz drove the #9 machine into the lead and never looked back as he claimed the victory. With only 24 cars in the pits tonight, all drivers advanced to the feature. Tim was awarded the 8th starting spot in the A-main. In a caution filled first 9 laps, Dietz managed to pick off 6 spots on the restarts and was in 2nd with 11 laps to go. On the next caution Tim made a move that would end up costing him a position as he slid back into the 3rd spot with 8 laps remaining. Tim continued to throw the LRP machine into the turns and was all over the 2nd place car, but in turns number one and two Dietz went low to make the squeeze play pass while making contact and nearly spinning out. The aggressive move sent him back one more spot to 4th. With 4 laps remaining, Dietz simply had used up all the rubber on his American Racer Tires and would coast in to settle for a 4th place finish on the night.

After the race Tim said..."It was another great top 5 finish for us, which is our goal, but I'm pretty upset that I was wasn't given much room on my last attempt of passing back for the 2nd place spot. I had a 50/50 chance of making that pass happen, and this time it wasn't in our favor. My goal now is to get more aggressive and work on getting our car good in the middle of the race so we can pick up a well deserved victory. We're way overdo"! Come out this Saturday the 23rd of August and support the #9 LRP Team at Trail-way Speedway. Gates open at 4:30 PM and Racing starts at 6:30 PM. See you at the track.


P.S. New action photos have been posted and also check out the newly completed Interactive Car page.

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