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(Dorchester, Ontario) – Darrell Porter and his Perth Auto Dismantlers / Finish Line Racewear / L-82 Chevrolet have hit the track three times this season in Challenger Motor Freight Truck division action at Delaware Speedway. While opening night didn’t produce the results the Dorchester driver was looking for, nights two and three showed just how competitive the Porter Racing Team plans on being all season.
Last Friday, May 26th, Porter began the night with his 10-lap qualifier and after rolling off 10th had to lift early as a number of trucks in front of him scrambled for position early. After he got rolling, Porter was a force, passing for fifth on the outside, moving to fourth on lap four, and taking two more spots on lap five to move to second. “Todd Powell was out front of us, but I didn’t have enough time to catch him.” Porter was able to pare the lead from three seconds to one second before the checkered flag, coming up short.
In the feature Darrell took the green from eighth, and was up to fifth by a lap four restart. He quickly climbed into contention for the win, but on a restart just after halfway was shuffled back outside the top-five. After falling as far back as sixth, the # 8 truck went on the charge, moving up to fifth by the halfway point of the event, and trailing Jeff Showler, Randy Thompson, Doug Braunton, and Matt Robblee. Thomson, and Robblee would both take the lead temporarily, but Showler was able to seal the deal late in the event. Porter took to the outside as the laps wore down and in a tremendous scramble passed Robblee for third in a brilliant move, good enough to capture the bronze medal. “It was a fun race tonight. At the end we had four guys up front and any one of us could’ve won. When it comes to a late race battle, you don’t get any better than that. My guys did a great job working on our truck all night, but it got just a little push late in the race, and that slowed me up.”
Darrell also explained his late move on Robblee to gain third spot at the end of the feature, “Matt got me in traffic earlier, but I saw the lapped truck down on the bottom and was able to use him as a pick and gain the spot. It was a good run for us.”
Porter’s previous appearance before last Friday night was May fifth. It was a tremendous night for the championship contender, as he claimed a win during his 10-lap qualifier. “Starting up front always helps. I got a good jump at the start and the truck was working well.”
In the nightcap, Porter rolled off from the front of the pack again, and he was able to race his way to the lead. Darrell stretch out a lead before yellow flags put a number of contenders on his bumper. Porter tried to hold off Paul Fothergil in the late going, but couldn’t contain him, as Paul shuffled Darrell back to second. Just before the checkers fell, Porter lost another position to Robblee, for his first of two third-place finishes. Darrell smiled and explained, “This was a lot better than when we crashed on opening night. Our truck wasn’t perfect tonight, but after all the work we had to do on it before this race, we’ll take it.”
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