TIM GEORGE JR.'S STRONG RUN AT NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK TAKEN AWAY IN CLOSING LAPS
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001-QFdcTMJj2_0keLZfoDcMGWSGP5cW9Mof4QhhnFgothmFqYZTMNO8QnGBZlSCVbt4vmXgGyHwY4qTHkEUcXjR-diezTFP0wSgZgqSZk6lJerTZDdHBUd2A%3D%3D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tim George Jr.'s Strong Run at New Jersey Motorsports Park Taken Away in Closing Laps Mooresville, N.C. (August 18, 2010) - Tim George Jr. saw the chance of his first career ARCA Racing Series victory vanish in a cloud of smoke after a late-race incident resulted in a disappointing 11th-place finish in Sunday's Garden State ARCA 150 presented by American Red Cross at New Jersey Motorsports Park. George qualified the No. 31 Chevrolet on the front row, finished second in his qualifier and led 19 laps en route to the 11th-place finish. After a strong second-place qualifying effort and two good practices on Saturday, the No. 31 Chevrolet team felt confident heading into Sunday's race. George's No. 31 Chevrolet had covered the road course in 82.628 seconds at 98.03 miles per hour and was sitting outside on the front row. George held his second position for the first 28 laps with savvy driving on used tires for the first half of the race. With rain threatening, the first caution waved on lap 28, bringing George down pit road from his second-place position. Crew chief Gere Kennon, called for fuel and four fresh tires and the team returned their driver back to the track to restart the race in second position. Back under green for an additional 11 laps, George maintained his position inside the top-five. The New York, NY native told Kennon that he felt his car was a solid performer. When the second yellow flag of the race flew on lap 39, a strategic pit call to stay out positioned George as the new leader. He led laps 28-29 and later laps 42-58 as he pulled out to a comfortable lead in front of the 35-car field. George wheeled the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing (RCR) Development Chevrolet, from the point, battling the No. 51 of Casey Roderick on lap 58 of the 67-lap event when Roderick's car made contact with the rear of George's black and red machine. The jolt forced the New York, N.Y native spinning off the track as they exited turn one. George managed to get his Chevrolet back on track without further injuring the No.31 machine, however the damage had been done with many positions lost in the process. George, who at times had led with a comfortable margin the second half of the race with lap times faster than the field, restarted in 13th position and on the lead lap. The 29-year old George did not give up and powered to regain the lost positions. The No. 31 Chevy was able to move from 13th to 11th by the time the 67th and final lap clicked off the board. "After the race, I was pretty emotional," said George. "My guys on the No.31 RCR team worked their tails off and gave me the best car out on the track. Throughout the race, I drove as hard as possible without using up my equipment in hopes to have something left if I needed to charge at the end." Instead, George was left to wonder what might have finished as he departed the 2.25-mile road course. "I would have loved to have had a legitimate battle at the end," George added. "I feel confident that we would have come out on top of this race if that had been the case. It felt good leading as much as we did, and I look forward to the next road course. But for now I will switch my focus and skill set to the upcoming Chicagoland test and dirt race." The RCR Development driver dropped one spot to eighth in the ARCA Racing championship standings after round 13 of 20 at New Jersey. He now has 2,700 points and is 330 markers behind the series leader, Frank Kimmel. ###### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Tim George Jr. The New York, N.Y., native began racing in the Skip Barber Racing School regional series in 2005. In 2007, he ran the Grand-Am KONI series before moving up to the Grand-Am Rolex series in the GT class. In 2008, Tim George Jr. was named Rolex Series MESCO "Building for the Future" Rookie-of-the-Year, while driving for The Racer's Group. He has two GT class podium finishes in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, finishing third in 2008 and second in 2009. The 29-year old driver made his transition to stock cars running full-time in 2009 in the ARCA Racing Series for Eddie Sharp Racing, finishing 11th in the point standings with one top-5, two top-10 and six top-15 finishes. George Jr. will pilot the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards in 2010. 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