Because neither driver nor team had experience at Waterford, the setup of the car was based on notes from tracks that were similar in size and layout. After practice and the heat race, those notes were set aside as the setup to not have under the car.

"The car wasn’t handling well at all during the heat race," said Piekarski. "We went out hoping that we could at least keep with the pack, but we just didn’t have the right setup," continued Piekarski.

When the field rolled out on the track for the 100-lap main event, 25 cars took the initial green flag with Piekarski starting deep in the 24^th spot. Piekarski managed to work his way through a bit of traffic moving up to the 17^th position by lap 15. Just a few laps later; the caution flew for a big wreck just ahead of Piekarski. Catching some debris in the left rear tire caused B.J. to bring the Toyota of Nashua/Collision Centers of New Hampshire late model to the pit to replace the flat tire.

On the ensuing restart, Piekarski was once again faced with the challenge of starting in the back. On lap 40, Piekarski went around and tagged the wall with some help from the #60 car of Dan Colby. There was heavy cosmetic damage to the car from this incident, but the PBJ Motorsports team persevered and made it back onto the track with the Merchants Rent-A-Car machine now looking like a open-wheel modified.

"When I went out after brushing the wall, the car felt the best it had all day," said Piekarski. "It’s kind of ironic, but I was able to come up through the pack in the outside groove while everyone else was sticking to the bottom," expressed Piekarski.

As the laps dwindle away, Piekarski had a car that was now performing to his liking and he was following Jamie and Steve Fisher to the front. As the trio approached the top ten frontrunners, the Fisher brothers got together right in front of Piekarski. Piekarski tried to go high to avoid the incident, but didn’t clear the mess in time. Instead, Piekarski caught the wall and before he knew it, he was sliding on the driver’s side of the car the entire length of the Speedbowl’s backstretch.

"It is something I have never done before in my racing career, and its something I would rather not do again real soon," proclaimed the uninjured Piekarski.

The unfortunate incident brought a premature closure to the night for the PBJ Motorsports team. Officially, Piekarski finished 18^th in the Nutmeg 100. Piekarski is currently 15^th in the championship point standings, just 45 points out of the top ten.

The team will have time to repair the damage to the car before the Central Paving 100 ACT Tour race at the Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Saturday, July 10^th.