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Team Release
Saturday, May 28,2005
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Cleveland, OH—The old children’s rhyme
"rain, rain, go away, come again some other day" could not have
been more fitting for Gary St. Amant and the Bullet Team on
Saturday.
Probably for the first time this year, the team felt they were
pretty prepared to hit the track when practice started. But,
after a trip through tech, it was back to the pit stall to add
material to the fenders. Aluminum was borrowed (thanks Mark
Huff), and a soon, the fenders had taken on a new shape.
Even with that little knot thrown in, Gary and the crew felt
pretty confident in their vehicle. They had tested earlier in
the week at Columbus and felt the car was set up and ready to
race. That preparation made all the difference in the world, not
only did the car perform but it was great for the team as well.
Gary made the comment, "We really needed this weekend. Being the
fourth race the team has been together, we can see some more
things starting to meld. From the crew chief to the driver, you
can see them working."
To speed the qualifying process along in front of Mother Nature,
the Series officials were only giving each driver one lap to
run. That one lap for St. Amant was good enough to put him on
the pole, beating out Benny Gordon by .012 seconds. The cheers
and excitement in the No. 11 JEGS.com pit was a great site to
see. The team knew they had a good car, but since they never
really made a true mock qualifying run during practice, they
justly did not know just how good she was. With just a handful
of cars left to qualify the rains once again descended on
Jennerstown Speedway. Try as they may to finish qualifying, the
officials ultimately had to make the decision to start the field
by points, and the pole position went to A.J. Frank, and Gary
started seventh.
Gary’s second-place finish was this season’s first podium
finish, and enough to push him up into fifth in points for the
Northern Division.
The team is now turning its sights on Mansfield.
Gary stated "Mansfield is a great place, not only to race there,
but the owner and his staff, and the fans really do support the
teams and drivers," said St. Amant. "We had a couple of good
runs last year, and certainly will be looking to improve that.
We will be testing there this week, and that should give us some
good information to come ready to race on June 11th."
All of the race action and detail can be seen when the race is
broadcast on Speed Channel on Saturday, June 18 at 10 p.m., with
the encore presentation on Friday, June 24 at noon.
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