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CONCORD, NC (June 30,
2006) – When the Busch East Series visited Thompson International
Speedway on Thursday, most of the day fell into the hands of Sean
Caisse and the #44 Andy Santerre Motorsports team.
Their Casella-backed
Chevrolet was quickest in practice. It was quickest in qualifying
and for the first 14 laps of the race it was quickest in the main
event as well.
By lap 15 though,
Caisse was coasting into the infield and looking at a 28th-place
finish after a mount broke in the rear end of the #44 and caused
some major driveline problems.
"This was something
that bites one person a year and tonight that was us," said Caisse. "It
broke on the left side and that is what holds the rear end square to
the car. When it broke, that shifted the rear end over in the car
and it peeled right off and broke the driveshaft in half.
"I'll tell you what, we
had an awesome car before that and it's unfortunate."
So far in 2006, Caisse
and the ASM team have been a force to be dealt with at every track
that they have visited. Up until bad luck struck them at Thompson,
that race was no different.
"We've had the fastest
car in practice all four weeks. We've got three out of four poles
and we've won two races."
The team is looking
forward to their next race out, the July 8th event at Lake Erie
Speedway, and plan to rebound the next time out.
"We can't look at the
points," added Caisse. "We just have to start finishing in the
top-five and the top-three and not have any DNFs. Those DNFs don't
win you championships. Andy Santerre had not had a DNF for five
years. When this broke, he came up to me and told me that he hadn't
broken anything in five years and that he was sorry that it had to
happen to me. It was just the luck of the draw.
"It's tough to swallow,
but we'll try to do it again at
Lake Erie
. Andy has some wins there and I like the place. We're just going to
go there and try to rebuild our momentum because we lost some
tonight."
For more information on
Andy Santerre Motorsports and Sean Caisse, contact Matt Kentfield at
(704) 455-2051 and visit the all-new online home of ASM,
www.andysanterremotorsports.com.
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