Paul returned to the Malden Speedway this weekend after taking a weekend off. Seven other Modifieds were at the track as Paul picked up a last place start in the heat. Track conditions made it nearly impossible to make any ground on the other competitors. He finally found some luck as he made his way past two cars to finish sixth.
The in-car camera took a hard lick at the start of the feature. Paul didn’t make up a lot of ground on the points leader, but was able to take home a top five finish.
REMEMBERaVET.net Cheater Nation in-car camera hot laps, feature, and lens shatter. Captured at the Malden Speedway on July 16, 2010.
The USCS Touring Series made their usual stop at the Malden Speedway on Friday, July 2nd. On tap for the night were the Sprint Cars, the Outlaw Modifieds, and a grand finale fireworks show. The night started off with a bang, no pun intended, as over twenty Modifieds were in attendance for the twenty-five lap feature.
The cars were divided into three heats with Paul picking up a third place start in the second. He and Chris Moore in the #17 got tangled on lap two, which resulted in Chris retiring to the pits. The race continued without another caution as Paul and leader Robert Powers checked out from the field. Robert began to have trouble in the turns and was slowly losing his lead on Paul. Paul went in deep in turn one and nearly passed Robert, but would have to settle for second.
The top four cars were inverted in the feature, but that had no effect on Paul’s fifth place start. As the leaders began to check out, Paul found himself in a hard battle for the sixth position. Another car then came into the picture and would pass Cheater for sixth, holding on to that position for several laps. As the caution-free race started to wind down to its last laps, last place starter Chris Moore managed to reach Paul and challenge him for another position. Front-runner Jason Hughes in the #8H slowed to idle speed with four laps to go and ran the bottom for the remainder of the race. This and passing the #24 of Kenny Lovins would earn Paul two positions to finish the race sixth.
REMEMBERaVET.net Cheater Nation in-car camera hot laps and feature. Captured at the Malden Speedway on July 2, 2010.
Track prep was excellent this weekend at the Malden Speedway, but track conditions were deemed undrivable (I understand that isn’t a word, but work with me). Cars I never though I would see spin out brought out several cautions for being backwards in the corners. It would turn out to be a long night for everyone.
Paul managed to win a pole start in the first heat after drawing the six pill. He maintained the lead through half of the race, but would ultimately fall victim to hard charging Jacob Davis in the J21 car. Paul followed him for the next two laps until deciding to run the high line out of desperation. This played to his favor as he bit the cushion coming out of turn four and made a last lap pass to take the win.
Cheater had a front row start in the feature. As the green flag dropped, the field made their way into turn one. The other front row starter dropped down in front of Paul. Contact would cut down Paul’s right-front tire and send him to a halt in turn three just as another car slammed into his driver-side door. He took to the pits in order to get the flat changed and would return to the race dead last. For the remainder of the race Paul battled with three other cars before settling into the seventh position just as the checkered flag came out.
Paul is returning to Malden this Friday with the topless outlaw modifieds.
REMEMBERaVET.net Cheater Nation in-car camera heat and feature. Captured at the Malden Speedway on June 25, 2010.
