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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for
the PBJ Motorsports Team The Lee management team was on the ball Friday
night, which allowed for four practice sessions. The car wasn’t handling
quite as well as the last visit, but team consultant Wayne Helliwell Sr.
went to work making adjustments through tire pressures. Confident that the
car was coming around, Piekarski rolled out eighth for his heat race. On
the initial green, Piekarski quickly dropped to the preferred inside grove
behind #25 Scott Bonney. The duo picked up a couple of positions and were
chasing down the leaders. In the closing laps, B.J. made it to fifth
place, but was nudged on the last lap by #02 Joey Porciello and settled
for a sixth place finish. Once qualifying heats were over, Piekarski was
designated to start tenth on the feature grid of 17 cars. The outside
groove was not where the car was sticking in the heat race, so the team
made a few more adjustments. Confident that the car could run up front,
Piekarski knew he was going to have to be patient in order to be in the
running at the end. The Dupont Performance Finishes/Spies Hecker,
Lovering Volvo, Collision Centers of NH, and Enterprise Rent-a-Car
sponsored Late Model survived a five car wreck after completing just a
single lap. B.J. held steady in the 8th place position, but
still in the outside groove unable to make the car really stick to move to
the front. On lap 8, the #82 Bobby Baillargeon and B.J. locked fenders
with B.J. getting the worst impact of the incident with a flat tire and
barely missing a confrontation with the wall coming off turn four. The
team went to work and got B.J. back on the track without losing a lap. When the green flag flew again, B.J. had some ground
to make up running in 15th position. Charging up to the 9th
position, the car seemed to be coming around. Caution flew again on lap 11
for the spinning #19 Bob Webber Jr. On the ensuing restart, things got
ugly. A spin at the front of the pack going into turn three blocked the
track and collected most of the field including B.J. The car was brought
off the track on the hook and was assessed to see if the car would be
competitive. Unfortunately, the car sustained heavy damage and the night
came to a close for the PBJ Motorsports team. The professionals at the Collision Centers of New
Hampshire will go to work preparing the car for the next outing at Lee USA
Speedway. For more information about PBJ Motorsports, log on to
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