News from the Source

April 20th USCS Sprint cars visited Duck River Raceway Park in Tennessee. Friday night April 19th would be a rainout for the team as they made a attempt to run the World of Outlaw sprint show at Paducah, KY. Saturday brought first race of the season gremlins out for Jim and challenged crew chief Bob Thompson. Hot lap session led the team to think that we possibly had a brake issue. Time trials resulted in Jim breaking the track record but was overshadowed by a great run by Derek Hager who set the new mark for sprints at Duck River. Crew chief Bob Thompson got most of the early race motor issues resolved with the car prior to the feature. The refreshed motor for this year was strong and the car seemed good until lap 20 when Jim split to cars that wrecked in turns 3 and 4. Jims right rear must of picked up some debris in the wreck and a small leak occurred. The race went green to the end but the right rear was going flat and the handling on the car was gone. Jim survived and finished 11th with a right rear that went flat when the race ended.

• Jim Perricone on Apr 22, 2013
• Article Date: 4/22/2013