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ASM
HOPING
FOR
BETTER
LUCK AT
STAFFORD
THAN AT
SOUTH
BOSTON
Andy
Santerre
Motorsports
Has Two
Tough
Runs at
SoBo
Andy
Santerre
has been
around
the
racing
game for
a long
time.
He's
done
just
about
everything
there is
to do in
the
sport,
so he
knows
that for
as many
banner
days as
a team
can have
in a
season,
there's
always
going to
be a
time or
two when
things
don't
necessarily
go
according
to
plans.
Saturday
night at
South
Boston
Speedway,
everything
seemed
to be
going
the same
way that
the Andy
Santerre
Motorsports
team
have
been
used to
– very
good.
Sean
Caisse
was
quick in
practice
and
qualified
his #44
Casella
Waste
Systems
Chevrolet
on the
outside
pole.
Also,
young
Jeffrey
Earnhardt,
a Dale
Earnhardt,
Inc.
Development
Driver
piloting
the ASM-prepared
#1
Chevrolet,
had a
stout
racecar
and
hoped
for a
strong
result
in the
150-lap
event at
historic
South
Boston.
Unfortunately
for the
ASM
team,
bad luck
bit both
Caisse
and
Earnhardt
during
the
South
Boston
feature.
Caisse
ran up
front,
but
contact
with
another
competitor
led to
overheating
issues
that
plagued
the
Casella
#44 for
the
later
stages
of the
race.
Earnhardt
also
looked
to be
marching
through
the
field
from his
21st-place
starting
spot,
but he
also got
bit by
the bad
luck
gremlins.
Still,
Earnhardt
was able
to
salvage
a
20th-place
finish,
while
Caisse
soldiered
his way
to 27th.
"We
definitely
had a
tough
night,"
said ASM
team
owner
Santerre.
"We were
quick in
practice
and we
qualified
outside
pole
with
Sean. We
were
okay in
the
race,
but we
missed
it a
little
bit
because
the
track
got a
little
tight on
us. We
were
still
running
fourth
when we
went to
go by a
lapped
car that
got
loose or
something
and got
into us
and spun
us. We
didn't
hit
anything
and we
were
able to
stay on
the lead
lap and
we
thought
we were
going to
be okay.
"Then
coming
back up
through
the
field,
Sean got
into a
slow car
that
closed
the
radiator
grille
off and
that
caused
some
overheating
issues.
We just
never
were
able to
get it
cool
enough
and we
didn't
want to
burn the
motor
down, so
finally
we came
and took
the time
to get
the
motor
cool so
we
didn't
ruin it.
It cost
us four
laps in
the
pits,
and from
there we
just
kind of
rode it
out.
It's
disappointing
because
we had a
good
car. We
had a
top-five
car at
the
worst-case
scenario.
But we
just
didn't
get the
finish
we were
hoping
for.
"Jeffrey
had a
very
similar
race. He
got spun
by the
same
lapped
car as
Sean
early.
He came
back and
got up
to 11th
and
there
was a
spin on
the
frontstretch
that he
didn't
see
until
too late
and he
ended up
making
contact
with
another
car
trying
to get
away
from the
wreck.
So it
was not
that
great of
a
weekend
for us."
The ASM
team is
already
hard at
work
preparing
both
Caisse's
and
Earnhardt's
machines
for the
next
race in
the
NASCAR
Busch
East
Series
season,
which
comes in
just a
few
days. On
Friday,
June
8th, the
BES
stars
will
make
their
first
trip to
the
series'
home
region
of New
England
for the
150-lap
event at
Stafford
Motor
Speedway
in
Stafford
Springs,
CT. ASM
comes
into the
event as
the
defending
winner,
as Sean
Caisse
set fast
time and
won the
race
last
year.
"There's
a lot of
work to
do in
three
days,"
said
Santerre.
"The
trucks
have to
leave on
Thursday,
so we'll
get them
ready as
quick as
we can.
Sean ran
real
good at
Stafford
last
year. He
sat on
the
pole ,
set the
track
record
and won
the
race. It
will be
a good
race and
we'll be
good,
but Matt
Kobyluck
is
always
good
there
and I'm
sure
Joey
Logano
will be
good
just
like he
has been
at every
race
this
year, so
we'll
have our
work cut
out for
us, but
I think
we'll
have two
good
cars.
We're up
for the
challenge."
The
Stafford
Motor
Speedway
Busch
East
Series
event is
scheduled
to take
the
green
flag at
approximately
9pm on
Friday,
June
8th.
For more
information
on Andy
Santerre
Motorsports,
contact
Amy
Hayes at
(704)
788-2134
and
visit
the new
online
home of
ASM
coming
soon to
www.andysanterremotorsports.com |
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