Casey Smith Event Preview:
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Contact: Chris Ragle
Austin, TX 6/21/10-
The last time the Casey Smith Racing team left the race track they left with a
disappointing eleventh place finish and a mangled race car and were going to be
forced to miss a race at Mobile Int’l Speedway something; that hasn’t happened
in years. Luckily enough the rains came washing out the
NOTES
Team Notes
Car: #99 Chevy Impala SS
Engine: Hamner Super Late Model Spec Engine
Sponsor(s): Rapid Disposal/Smith Excavating
Event/Series Notes
Event/Date(s):
Venue(s): Five Flags
Track Size(s): 1/2 mile (.500)/1/2 mile (.500)
Series:
Standings: 6th (FFS), 3rd (MIS), 5th (GCS)
Media Coverage Notes
-Visit www.fiveflagsspeedway.com for Five Flags Speedway race results
-Visit www.mobilespeedway.net for Mobile Int’l Speedway race results
-Speed 51 (www.speed51.com)
will provide live “Trackside Now” coverage for both events
QUOTES
-Last time out at
Pensacola was a rough one for your Casey Smith Racing team, forcing you to
possibly miss a race at Mobile for the first time in years had the rains not
came; did you get enough time to get your car back to the way you had it and
how bad was it?
“The car was bad but it’s back to the way it was so we
should have the same fast car that we’ve been having once we unload on Friday.
It was like building a complete new car on the whole right side; it got
everything from suspension to body work and even a little bit of the interior
sheet metal. A lot of people thought I was just making a big deal of it and
that we could have worked through the night to fix it and show up at
-The car counts are
down this season at both Pensacola and Mobile and you, among many, have been
vocal about the fact you need a full pit crew to do a live two tire pit stop at
both events for 100 lap races; do you feel that maybe that has been a reason
you have never broke through for a win at Five Flags Speedway?
“There’s no question that the car counts are down at what
many considered some of the toughest races to compete in at one time. I know
it, the track knows it, and the fans obviously know it but nothing is being
done to fix it. Without a doubt, I think we could have won races if it wasn’t
for the fact you have to have a pit crew to change tires. It’s frustrating when
you work your butt off on the track passing cars and gaining positions then you
lose all of them, all because some big money team has ten guys with them and
they go from struggling to stay in the top ten to the lead. At this level it
should be all about who has the better handling race car not the better team
all together. I think if they would eliminate these pit stops you would see car
counts go up immediately.”
-You are sixth in
points at Pensacola, third in points at Mobile, and fifth in the Gulf Coast
Championship standings; being that this is just a five round, ten race
championship do you feel that based on where you sit in any of the points
battles you have a shot to win?
“To be honest with you, I think the only place we really
have a shot at winning a championship is at
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