10/3- MECHANICSBURG, PA- Read closely, this isn't a replay. For the 2nd week in a row JCR_Pat showed up at the VLR Gen3 series looking to win and get some bonus points heading his way for the chase. Well, it looked like an outside hope as he would have to come from 4th place in order to have a shot.
Pat quickly got up to third drafting behind TSK_Hawk, while VLR_Shock had a full second lead by lap 7. However, Shock would not escape the bad luck bug on the night, as on lap seven his engine started losing power down the front stretch. He was quickly passed by the top 5 cars, and was on the outside looking in.
In the melee of dodging Shocks slowing car, JCR_Rac went for a wild ride and landed on his side ending his day and bringing out the caution. On the restart, TSK_Hawk and new leader JCR_Pat hooked up and distanced themselves from the rest of the field. Meanwhile, VLR_Shock had caught up with new 3rd place driver VLR_K9 and the two began working in heavy lap traffic. The lap cars of WoO_DD and JCR_Biskit were in a battle as Shock and K9 went to pass them and K9 had to slow up coming out of turn four. This sudden reaction left VLR_Shock nowhere to go as he clipped the rear of k9's car sending him to the inner wall in the front straight.
VLR_K9 sustained heavy right side damage, but amazingly his car was not internally harmed and he stayed on the lead lap. However, this brought out the second caution and bunched the field up once again. VLR_K9 was on the charge and quickly took over 3rd from WoO_No Clue on the restart, with VLR_Shock following right behind him.
WoO_No Clue spun around on his on but was out of the way so there was no caution. Meanwhile, TSK_Hawk went for the lead over JCR_Pat, but didn't quite have enough. Suddenly Hawk caught the catchfence on the backstretch and looped it around. The rest of the drivers had to think quickly and dodge his car, and therefore there was no caution.
JCR_Pat took advantage of other drivers misfortunes as he would go on to win his second race in a row at the VLR gen3 series in stunning fashion. Next week the drivers head to the extremely short CHALLENGER RACEWAY also in Pennsylvania, where JCR_Pat looks to win his 3rd in a row, but VLR_Shock and VLR_18 have shown to be extremely fast in the testing sessions at the track.
And you can't count out VLR_K9 who is still searching for that first career win while coming off his career best finish tonight at Williams Grove.