“With this new style of drafting, you have to have a partner or you are dead.” Mike raced to the lead twice under the green flag while bouncing around the top 10 for most of the race. In NASCAR’s version of overtime, times two, Mike found himself in the front row for both starts of the Green-White-Checkered Flag Restart.
The second attempt had him in the lead but on the last turn of the last lap as Mike was making a move to win the race, the #01 G&K Services Chevrolet went airborne and flipped. After remarkably landing on all 4 tires, Mike was still able to drive his car across the start/finish line for his best finish of the season. Despite the unfortunate ending JD Motorsports and Mike Wallace were still pleased with the effort put forth by both the driver and the team.
Team owner Johnny Davis offered special thanks to Joe Nemechek and James Finch, who had loaned Davis the car to race. “This was a very big accomplishment,” said Davis. “We are underfunded. Those cars we were competing with for the win get a lot more financial support than we do. This just goes to show all of you potential marketing partners, underfunded or not we’ve got what it takes!”
- JD Motorsports Press Release
