Pre-Race of Indy
Pre-Race of Indy by Johnny Williams
The Race to the chase has now heated up with only 7 races left until the chase begins after Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond. Earlier today, the pole sitter for today’s race Phillip Hampton has guaranteed victory for tonights race. Hampton has held the pole four other times this season but has failed to win any of the races and his best finish while starting on the pole was 12th, earlier this season at Auto Club Speedway. Hampton has also finished 32nd, 28th, and 47th (dead last) from the pole this season as well. He hasn’t finished better than 6th this season in the process only amassing 5 top 10 finishes. On the outside pole for tonight’s race is Johnny Williams, who has 3 wins this season, 8 top 5′s and 11 top 10′s and is coming off a rebound finish at Chicagoland of 8th position after finishing off the lead lap the previous 2 races (42nd and 34th). Contenders for the championship Tim Reeve and Vyn Horn also start in the top 5 at 3rd and 5th respectively. While James Johnson in the “rowdy.com” number 85 ford has a little bit of a mountain to climb coming from the outside of row 6 starting in 12th.
An interesting storyline for tonight’s race will be the tires, remember that this track wasn’t built for stock cars, it was built for open wheel cars. We have seen stock cars have trouble with tire wear here in the past, let’s see if it has a factor on the race tonight.
