Martinsville NWS

Not to good of a race for me, Started good made it to the top 5 I think and was running good but on lap 17 or so it got loose and went around. then under caution I got distracted and it went sideways into turn 3 and I tried to correct it and hit the wall. Big mistake for me but at least no one else got effected.

Thanks for the race

Expected to be down more laps than I was. Managed to keep the car under control and out of danger. My apologies to Romar for spinning him out early under yellow. Went to take my Lucky dog pass. He went wide and I went to the inside but clipped his rear.
Congrats Joseph on the win.

Greg,

Usually you need to get going pretty soon for the lucky dog to take effect. Sometimes it seems you need to stay under 100mph. These are just theories though, as the game is so dumb sometimes.

However, you can take your time more than you may have thought last night getting your lap back. Or maybe you just misjudged his car. Either way, good job. Great to see you on the track.

I was surprised to be as competitive as I was. A few tweaks of my truck setup for the NWS car and it was nice and fast.
Overall this was a pretty good race but would have much rather seen a few less cautions toward the end.

As for my race, everything was going really well until I got super aggressive trying to set Romar up for a pass. I went into turn 3 faster and the brakes just didn't slow me down fast enough and all I could do was try to chase the back end up the track. Since that didn't work, the car did a 180 and luckily nobody was involved.

On the last pit stop of the evening, I took 4 tires expecting to be faster than those taking 2 but it didn't work. There wasn't enough laps left to make use of the newer tires.

Nice win Joseph.

It was a good shot though Tom. I would have taken 4, if I had not been in 1st or second. However, I knew the only way to get back in front of Romar was to take 2 and hope I got out of pits in front of him. I knew he'd take 2.

It was good racing though. There were more cautions than we needed, but it's a small track, and that happens.

Long runs were what I needed, as I would start to catch the leader, but those never really came. So, it was a steady night of racing as hard as I could race. I was worn out afterwards.

Nice win Joseph you are always in contention.
This is just a rant, but really what’s up with some of the penalties? I was on the lead lap late in the race on a restart behind Joseph (Big Yellow line pointing to his car with lapped cars on the inside) and got a stop and go for being in front of the car I was supposed to be. What? That was enough for me.

Not sure about that. I remember it happening. We've always had weird issues with Martinsville. Are you sure you never passed ANYONE before the start/finish line. Even though you can't pass someone b4 the green flag, you still have to stay behind people b4 the line, at least on the low side. Maybe someone slowed down and you passed them?? I don't have replays turned on to check.

I could have, not sure, I'm just whining.

Congrats to Joseph, Romar & Ellery.

Glad to finish the race with very little damage and no spins. :)
What's up with the guys shifting at these short tracks? Real men don't shift on ovals, don't you know? LOL

AJ,I think that's when Tom had a screen-freeze during the caution and the game put you in 3rd rather than 4th and when you entered the pits it put Tom back into 3rd and maybe thought you had passed him under the yellow. Or maybe it just likes to screw with your mind. LOL

Lol it wasn't anything a "Ketel One" martini couldn't fix.