douglas wins rocky tire war

Six trucks started the 60 lap race at Rockingham Speedway and it was Douglas (21) on pole. Brad, the points leaders, has to sit out the double header and loses the points the lead after Aaron's domination.


Connor (29) and Ben (6) naturally found themselves again after Connor Mire spun on cold tires to start the race and Thomas had no where to go.

As the race went on, Deluso (99) and Jared Duda (53) had hard battles after the restart. Slight contact sent the 53 around and brought out the second yellow. With no damage, they restarted and continued their battle until ultimately the 53 lost control coming out of turn 2 and hit the outside retaining wall, spinning and having to park it.

60 laps,
same tires.

The lack of late race yellows led to the ultimate battle of tires we've seen in FARCA History! As Ryan (99) and Aaron (21) had to do the entire race on the same set of tires they started it on, leading to the following pit report and images of the tires.

Pit Stop Report:

• Mire: Lap 3 - 4 Tires
  
• Thomas: Lap 46 - 4 Tires
  
• Rest of Field - DNP
  

Aaron Douglas, #21 Trade Authority Truck. Est. 33% tire wear remaining post race.

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Ryan Deluso, #99 Exide Batteries Truck, Est. 1% tire wear remaining post race.

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UItimately the 21 truck saving tires is what led him to be survive the end of the race having to some major lift and coast at the end. Telemetry shows the 21 lifting at the S/F line and throttling back up in the middle of 1/2 to save as much tires as possible.

4 races in and we have 4 different winners! Next is Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Race Results

Points Standings