Bad Decisions Hurt Hopes @ Tulsa Shootout

The 8L team had big hopes for a strong run at The Tulsa Shootout. Laney would begin the week by drawing a 28 out of 84 entries for the line up of the heat races for Thursday . There were 11 heat races, and Laney started 3rd in the 3rd heat race. After taking the lead on the first green flag start, the yellow flag would come out a total of 3 times. They moved Laney to the outside pole (which is not where you wanted to start) to have the pole sitter right rear Laney out of the racing groove. Laney would drop back to 5th and race his way back to 3rd. The work would begin by needing to  run 1 of 6 B mains. The team 2nd guessed all day Friday and Saturday on what set up to put under the car. The guess was wrong. Laney started 3rd in the 5th B main (needing to run 3rd to transfer) to find himself fighting a ill handling race car and finishing 9th. Laney kept his head high and we chalked it up to a lesson learned. There will always be next year!