2010 Season Off To A Frustrating Start For Delaney
Early Wreck Sours Season Opener at Greenville-Pickens
With only 10 races to the 2010 K&N Pro Series East season, a 30th place finish is not exactly what a team hopes for in kicking off the year. But that's exactly what happened to Dustin Delaney, driver of the No. 39 Delaney Infrastructure Chevrolet. The 20-year-old driver got caught up in a wreck on lap 19 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway that took him out of the race completely.
"Just going into one we got a little tap from behind and it was just one of those things. It's a racing incident," said Delaney. "We were the first caution and it's part of racing. We'll get the car rebuilt for next week and turn things around at South Boston."
The team tested at the track earlier this month and had high hopes coming into the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150. Still,
Dustin Delaney
the team struggled after posting a qualifying effort of 21.718 seconds and earning a 29th place starting position.
After the green flag dropped, Delaney knew they would have to adjust on the car and was just waiting for a caution period to come onto pit road. He never imagined the first caution would involve himself. Delaney spun and hit the wall in turn one and sustained considerable damage to the Delaney Infrastructure Chevrolet. He headed to pit road where crew chief Jamie Aube assessed the situation. A few laps later, the team pushed the car behind the trailers.
Despite the frustrating start, Delaney is optimistic for South Boston Speedway, where he finished 10th last year.
"We run good at South Boston so I'm really excited to be going back," said Delaney. "We were fast in the race there last year and we had a good test there a few weeks back. We're just going to put today behind us and concentrate on that."
The K&N Pro Series East will be at South Boston Speedway on Saturday, April 3 with a start time of 3 p.m.
