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PORTER IN THICK OF POINTS BATTLE HEADING TO LABOUR DAY FINALE
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August 27, 2006
Porter in Thick of Points Battle Heading to Labour Day Finale
(Dorchester, Ontario) - Darrell Porter and his L-82 / Perth Auto Dismantlers / Glazier Graphics Chevy entered the August 18th card at Delaware Speedway looking to continue his climb up the points ladder as he continues to hunt for the Challenger Motor Freight Truck division championship.
The first event of the evening for Porter was his 10-lap heat race, and he rolled from deep in the field. After starting 12th, Darrell was able to work his way by a few trucks before coming upon Joe Windas. The duo did battle for the remainder of the event, with Porter taking a number of looks on the outside. He wasn’t able to pull off the pass and finished eighth. “Joe and I had an awesome race. We didn’t get into the points, but the truck is in one piece for the feature.”
The night wrapped up with a 25-lap feature and Darrell took the green from 16th position. He deftly sliced through the field, cracking the top-10 in a couple of laps, and making his way into the top-five by the halfway point. “We were in good shape, we had a lot of laps left, and a very fast truck.”
Porter continued his climb and was sitting third, as the field took the white flag, chasing leader Matt Robblee and Shawn Johns. Johns exited turn two, and swung to the outside of a lapped truck, while Porter took advantage of the situation and dove to the inside to make it three-wide. The lapped truck was unaware that the # 8 had went to the bottom and moved to the left to give Johns more room. That put Porter right into the inside wall. He continued to pedal, saving the truck, but the incident cost him a number of spots in the end and he was only able to finish sixth. “That was a bad deal. The driver of the lapped truck obviously had no idea I was there. Sure I could have rode it out and finish third, but where’s the fun in that. I went for it, and lost a few spots, but I would have did it again for sure.”
1. Robblee, 2. Johns, 3. Randy Thomson, 4. Rick Verberne, 5. Todd Powell, 6. Darrell Porter.
Porter entered the night fourth in points, a mere nine markers behind the Robblee, the championship leader.
After practice, the Porter Racing Crew made a number of adjustments to ready the truck for the heat race, and after starting 12th, Darrell went on the hunt for championship points. He would have to get into the top-five to earn some more markers, but by the end of the event he could only manage to climb to sixth. “My guys worked their tails off tonight, and have given me a great truck. I think we’re going to be strong for the feature.”
The first feature of the evening was for the trucks and Porter rolled from 14th position. A lap one yellow would slow the field, with Porter already being in 11th position. He quickly climbed the scoreboard when the green appeared again and moved to third by lap five, all the while, following Paul Fothergil through traffic. “He was lining them up, and we were knocking them down. I just stayed on his bumper and was determined to ride it to the front.”
Fothergil was up to second, and went to the outside of Keith Schwartz. Porter followed Paul and moved by Schwartz to claim second. A couple of yellow flags later, Porter finally got his break as Fothergil slipped up exiting turn two on lap 13. Darrell dove to the bottom and by the time the pair got back to the start/finish line Porter was leading. It would be short lived as on lap 18, Fothergil came roaring back by entering the frontstretch. Porter would get one more shot on a lap 23 restart, but would be forced to settle for a second-place finish behind Fothergil. “Paul and I had the best trucks tonight. We took him, and got us back. It was a lot of fun.”
1. Fothergil, 2. Darrell Porter, 3. Powell, 4. Windas, 5. John Walczak.
For more information about Darrell Porter, Porter Racing, or Delaware Speedway, please visit www.team-porter-racing.piczo.com, or www.delawarespeedway.com.
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