Bean Loses Ground at Pocono
Bean Loses Ground at Pocono
Driver finishes a disappointing 19th
Date: Sept. 3, 2008
Event: Pennsylvania 500 (Round 21 of 36)
Series: NASRAC A-1 Series
Location: Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA (2.5-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 6th/19th (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Winner: Kashvinder Mann (Chevrolet)
Aaron Bean had an unspectacular outing in the Pennsylvania 500 A1 Series race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA.
“We just couldn’t get our car to handle today,” said Bean after finishing 19th at the 2.5-mile oval. “I had about one run at the very beginning where I felt like I could move around on the track a little bit. But other than that, we were either way too loose or too tight. To come out of here with a 19th is disappointing, but really isn’t all that bad, all things considered.”
Bean’s crew threw everything at the car to fix the handling issue – but nothing, including wedge, track bar, and air pressure adjustments seemed to remedy the problem. While the car’s handling seemed to even out after a pit stop on lap 182, Bean ran out of time and finished a disappointing 19th…
“Pocono bit us in the ass,” said Bean. “Both races here this year, we were dialed in at the beginning of the weekend, but we just lost something, setup-wise, in the race.”
Bean dropped from third to fourth in A1 Series point-standings, but has a 351-point cushion between himself and 13th-place Markus Ager – the first driver on the outside looking in of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship – with only five races remaining before the Chase field is set.
The NASRAC A-1 Cup series Cup Series heads next to the Centurion Boats at The Glen at Watkins Glen International Raceway where Bean is looking to duplicate his Top-10 finish earlier this year on the only other road course on the A1 Series schedule at Infineon Raceway…
