“I don’t
think I had anything for the Bayne at all because I burned my tires up just getting back towards the front,” Carter
said. “I want to win one of these races badly and to have done it tonight at Hickory ….my home track,
it would have been something.”
Mike Garvey, who wrecked
in practice and then had to recover from an early spin in the Aaron’s 250, charged back to a fourth place finish in
his No.17 Jani-King/WJP Investments/US Insurance Group Ford. “I am just thankful that nobody hit us during the spin.
Because of the smoke, I had no clue as to where I was to try and do a full 360,” Garvey said. “With how the day
went, I am proud of my guys. We are happy with a fourth and we will take that momentum to Bristol
and try to get an even better result.”
Derrick Kelly rounded
out the top five at Hickory.
Three Vets and No Factor
Three of the Pro Cup
Series best were slated to pose a challenge in Saturday night’s event, but that was not meant to be as Bobby Gill, Michael
Ritch and Mark McFarland all had problems. Gill spun his 06 machine twice during the event and ended up 26th. Ritch pitted
three time in the first 77 laps and then was lapped on the 85th circuit with an extended pit stop as went on to finish 28th.
Mark McFarland was in the top five, but then electrical problems surfaced after a pit stop right at halfway. The next lap,
the No.81 Knights Companies team attempted to investigate the problem, but the car died on pit road and was never seen the
rest of the night. The problem forced a 31st in final rundown.
First Starts:
Two youngsters also got their
first Pro Cup starts on Saturday night. Steven Davis, who drove the No.6 Goodson Consultant/Davis Iron and Metal Ford came
home a little disappointed with a 21st place result.
“The guys here run you
door to door, but give you room and it was awesome, I had a great time tonight,” Davis
said.
Lucas Ransone also made
his first entry into a Pro Cup race, but a wreck on lap 22 ended his night when he couldn’t avoid a spinning Woody Howard.
Ransone finished 33rd in the final rundown.
Hanniford/Hessert Tussle
Dange Hanniford was one
of many that had a time on Saturday with the handling of his car. After taking a provisional to make the race and starting
30th, Hanniford finish a solid 14th on the night. However, an incident with Tom Hessert on lap 226 seemed to receive a little
attention.
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