Jamie Veal’s top 10 Outlaw finish
Jamie Veal’s US tour opener with the World of Outlaws and Indy Race Parts finished with a solid top 10 placing.
Settling into the seat of his new race car the Indy Race parts with the unfamiliar #71 on the tail Veal settled in quickly as he pumped the gas and became one with the Jacksonville. Quarter mile, racy bullring during hot laps and qualifying.
Qualifying strongly and facing a tough first up heat against Saldana, Stewart, Schatz and Gravel Veal finished a strong 3rd and gained automatic entry in the nights a main .A difficult night as illustrated by both Ian and Kerry Madsen finding them running the B main looking for the transfer spot. The Australian Champion Kerry Madsen still carrying the #29 in preference to the AU1 finished in 8th and missed a transfer to the A main.
A seasoned campaigner in Australia up against the elite in World Sprintcar racing the nerves might have needed some settling down but once the #71 fired up and was pushed away the concentration and drive would have been completely focused on putting the Indy Race Parts #71 in the best possible position once the green flag was given to the 24 car field powered to the first corner.
A top 10 Outlaw finish was an encouraging start to Veal’s US racing tour and to be the top finishing Australian would be very satisfying .
The final placing for the World of Outlaws Jacksonville show,
1.Saldana [1] 2.Stewart [3] 3.Sweet [5] 4.Schatz [16] 5.Reutzel [2] 6.Pittman [4] 7.McMahan [11] 8.Zomer [9] 9.Schuchart [6] 10.Veal [12] 11.Sides [13] 12.Wilson [15] 13.Loyet [7] 14.I Madsen [23] 15.Smith [17] 16.J Johnson [10] 17.Haudenschild [8] 18.Nienhiser [18] 19.Bayston [20] 20.Miller [21] 21.Hurley [19] 22.Kody Kinser [24] 23.Rose [22] 24.Tripplett [14]
Photos credit :Indy Race parts and World of Outlaws
