Coming off of the heels of a promising run to close down the 2009 season, Jake and company began the 2010 season with an impressive third place finish. Jake began the extra-distance main in the sixth position, and quickly moved into the top five, eventually crossing the line behind David Darling and Fred Astle, Jr.
Starting in the outside lane, Jake held his own, hanging with Kevin and Kyle Casper as they were battling for the fifth position. A caution one-third of the way through the race involving the #7 of Kyle Casper turned the #5 spot over to Jake. He would never turn back either, maintaining a position in the top five for the remaining 50 laps.
"We had a strong car in the beginning of the race. Unfortunately, we were up on the outside for a bit longer thn we wanted to be and that burned the tires up abit too much. Thankfully, we were eventually abe to get down about a third of the way through the race."
Jake would eventually take over the fourth position after Mike Brightman went spinning into the infield. Brightman had been battling with Jake for the previous two laps before he sent his #37 down into te infield, bringing out a caution flag.
Restarting in the fourth position, Jake was able to clear himself to the bottom, setting his eyes on the driver holding the third position, Mike Parks. He eventaully caught Parks, making a move to the inside and wrestling the position out of the Monadnock Speedway regular's hands. Once in the third position, Jake put a stranglehold on it until the checkers.
"I was real happy with our run. We put some hard work in over the course of the winter and, today, we reaped the benefits. It felt good to run up front and I am proud of what we accomplished here today.
The team will now turn their eyes to weekly competition as the Saturday night ARC race program begins on May 8. Post time is 6:00pm.