KANSAS
No 5 - Timothy Latham
"I had a good points night and our team effort gave us some momentum going into the playoffs. We knocked off the undefeated Tank Racing in the final race of the regular season. Started great in 7th. Worked my way to the lead after a few early cautions and then strategy by the guys who pit under the final caution got them the win. I ended up finishing 4th. Almost everyone else finished in the top 12. Unfortunately, Mike didn't do so hot since he ended up in a wreck that took him out of contention toward the beginning of the race, but he hung on and finished on the lead lap. This did take him out of the playoffs but he can get in next week if he finishes very well. All in all, it was a good night and I can't wait for Kansas as it's a great track for me. Thanks to Tipton for the support all race and thanks to everyone on track for keeping it clean. Let's carry this momentum to Kansas and hopefully find ourselves in a position to win!"
No 6 - Michael Politis
"I started the race pretty good but things just didn't go my way. I would have done a little better but cautions kept coming out at times when I could have made some spots. About midway through the race I slowed down to avoid a wreck a caution didn't come out and fell behind losing a ton of track position. Late cautions didn't really help either because I was already running around 17th place. Got collected in those last few cautions as well and I couldn't keep the number 6 car clean this evening. Thanks to friends and family, gotogearup.com STAFF the Premium Members and to our TEAM for keeping it together tonight. On to the road course!"
No 79 - Brian McEvoy
"Solid finish to the night overall. Did not have a great qualifying effort and started the race in P19. As usual focus was on saving tires. Race had a few early cautions the 40 laps. Generally was running 15-20th in the early portion of the race. On the lap 46 restart I got a bit more aggressive and ran the high line early to gain a few spots and get inside the top 15. I wanted to try and stay somewhat close to the lead pack. We had a long run and pitted on lap 80 running in 11th spot. Had a solid pit stop and came out in P9. I was running right there until the late caution with 2 to go. Pitted for tires and came out in 11th. We had 3 Green, White, Checkered attempts and over the course of those I was able to work back to 9th racing side by side to the line with Brad Herman#85. Solid night for the team overall despite terrible luck for Rob Norfleet #56 and Michael Politis #6. Congrats to Timothy Latham #5 on a solid P2. Thanks to GearUp Apparel , Franklin Motorsports and Latham-Grafix for their support. As always thanks to Tipton for being our eye in the sky again tonight."