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July 27, 2008
Matt Kobyluck Wins at Adirondack Speedway, Steve Park Finishes 15th
For the second week in a row Matt Kobyluck and the #40 team ended up in Victory Lane in the Camping World East Series, this time at Adirondack Speedway. Sure wish I could have watched this one since it was described as "a fiasco" by eastseries.com. Apparently there were many cautions and problems and drivers who were mad at each other. Unfortunately for Steve Park, although he was able to race his way into the top ten after qualifying not-so-great, he was spun by Peyton Sellers, who was penalized by being sent to the back for aggressive driving. Once more Steve raced his way forward, only to get caught up in a last lap wreck which resulted in a 15th place finish.
Peyton was involved in some controversy earlier in the race as well, only in that instance he was the victim. On lap 87 Peyton was spun by Austin Dillon who didn't get any kind of penalty at all. It's hard to say for sure since I don't have HDNet and thus couldn't see exactly what happened but my guess is that Peyton was livid after getting spun and that probably led to him driving more aggressively than he usually does which resulted in Steve getting spun. Emotions run high and when a driver's upset that can led to them not making as good choices on the track as they should.
Austin went on to finish 3rd but he may not end up keeping his finish so it might become a moot point that he wasn't penalized for getting into Peyton. After the race Nascar confiscated all four of his shocks which could led to a penalty since earlier in the season Peyton had a win taken away for having just one illegal shock. So it'll be interesting to see that plays out. If Peyton loses his 3rd place finish it would move Matt into the lead in the overall points - I can't say I'd be disappointed about that. Sure would be cool to see a veteran like Matt win the Championship!
Sure wish there was more I could say about this race but not being able to watch due to not having HDNet really limits me. There's some good information to be found on eastseries.com but not much race analysis, and there's really only one or two forums that I've come across where these races are discussed. It's unfortunate but it appears the interest in this series really isn't that great which is probably why there's so little coverage to be had.
Posted by silverdsl at July 27, 2008 04:04 PM