Scites starts the season
off with a Win at Motor Mile
RADFORD,
Va. (April 8, 2008) -The
No. 06 Champion team drove to Motor Mile
Speedway in the rain on Saturday for the
track's first race of the season. When
they arrived at the track, surprisingly
it was not raining.
"During practice I knew we had a good
race car, but had no idea what it would
do when it came time for qualifying,"
Scites said.
The
car didn't let him down as he qualified
fifth out of the 29 cars in the field.
"I knew that we would be close enough to
get to the front during the 150 laps,"
Scites said. " Motor Mile Speedway ran
all the races on Saturday except for
ours. We made it through the day, but
the rain finally came and they lost the
track."
Track
officials opted to postpone the race to
the following afternoon, and from the
drop of the green flag the Champion
Chevy was strong. Scites worked his way
into second place with 40 laps to go.
"I started reeling in the leader,"
Scites said. "There were very few
cautions and a lot of lapped cars
between us, which made it tricky."
It looked like Davin was going to finish
second until a late caution.
"I knew that would give me a chance to
take a charge at the leader," Scites
said.
The green flag came out with only a
handful of laps to go. When the leaders
entered Turn One, the No. 26 car pushed
up the track just enough for Scites to
get underneath him.
"Down the back stretch he hit me twice
trying to break my momentum," Scites
said. "We battled side by side for the
next three laps. I really wanted to give
Champion a win our first time out and we
managed to pull it off coming off of
Turn Four on the last lap and won the
race!
"I have to thank Champion, Wayne Lumber
Co, R&B Auto refinishing, Racing
Collectables Club of America, Stock Car
Steel, CB&H Parts, Tiger Rear Ends, and
Racing Electronics for their support. I
hope we did them proud today."
After the race the second-place finisher
protested several parts on Scites No. 6
Champion Chevrolet and all components
were deemed legal by NASCAR officials.
Next race: April 19th
at Motor Mile Speedway
