2012-05-14

Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series Star Speedway Race Report

EPPING, N.H. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished ninth in a caution-filled PASS North Series Star 150 at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, May 12. Sommerville, who started on the pole and led on two different occasions in the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet, was involved in three separate incidents over the course of the night. He was able to make several repairs and adjustments on pit road during the race to fix the handling on his car and salvage a Top-10 finish for the night on the quarter-mile bullring.

 

WHO: Lonnie Sommerville, Saint John, New Brunswick
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.

WHAT: PASS North Series Star 150
WHERE: Star Speedway, Epping, N.H. (.25-mile oval)
STARTED: 1st
FINISHED: 9th
LAPS LED: 2 times for 16 laps

LAST RACE: May 5, SouthernMaineMotors.com 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (2nd)
NEXT RACE: May 26, PASS 150, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile oval)

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LONNIE, HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP TONIGHT?

“Star. That sums it up. It's just kind of a replay of how our night went last year here. We had a good race car, and guys were just being impatient 50 laps into a race.

“I got on the outside (on an early restart), and (crew chief Gary Crooks) said to roll out of it and let those guys go and fall in line. We had all kinds of race car, and I probably should have raced them a little harder, because I got back there with those guys you don't want to be back there with.”

WHAT HAPPENED?

“We were in a couple of altercations. Fifty laps into a race, and I just don't get when a guy gets six inches on you where he thinks he's going. But a good race team rebounds from that, and we didn't.

“We looked like we were going to get back into the Top-5 fairly quickly, and it was just a racing deal when the 35 and the 60 got together. Everybody stacked up, and I got into the back of the 60. I broke the fender, the nose, and probably bent the left front spindle, too. It was just a handful after that.

“We came in and made some adjustments, and got back out. Then it was the same deal again. We got dumped by a guy that I'm pretty sure was five laps down.”

IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY FRUSTRATING NIGHT.

“It seems to be for us, Star was the same way last year and we ended up coming out with a fourth-place finish. This week wasn't so good, but we'll make the best of it and go forward.”

SOCIAL MEDIA

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Posted by Marc Patrick Roy at 14.5.12

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