Piekarski started in the seventh position for his qualifying heat and quickly moved through the pack, searching for a win. He caught the leader when the checkers flew, but settled for a second place finish.

"The Collision Centers of New Hampshire/Toyota of Nashua car was very good in that heat race," said Piekarski.

"Another lap or two and I think we could have had a win," continued Piekarski.

The second place finish in the heat race was good enough to grab the pole position for the 100-lap main event. When the checkers flew, Piekarski used the preferred low groove on the track to propel the #19 machine ahead of the pack. He held down the point for the first twenty laps before current series point leader Dave Pembroke made a pass for the lead.

"I was trying to protect my line, but slid just a bit and Dave jumped on the opportunity," said Piekarski of the pass by Pembroke.

Once Pembroke got underneath Piekarski, it was difficult to get back down into the low groove and the car just would not stick on the outside. Once back in line, Piekarski hovered around the seventh position. A handful of cautions slowed the action and staged side by side restarts with Piekarski picking up a position here and there in the low groove. Unfortunately, one of the restarts put him on the outside row for a restart around lap 80. He tried to get the car low as soon possible as not to get shuffled back in the pack as happened early in the event.

But, as is the case sometimes, the openings look bigger than they are and he made contact with a car which caused the left rear tire to go down and the car spinning. The caution flew and the PBJ Motorsports team quickly changed the tire and kept B.J. on the lead lap.

"Things happen so fast out there. The whole closed as quickly as it opened and it turned into one of those racing deals," expressed Piekarski of the incident.

With a final race to the checkers, Piekarski was able to muster a 12^th place finish.

"The car was great. Wayne Helliwell put a great set-up under the car and the crew did a great job getting me back out there after the flat tire. We had a car capable of winning today, but it wasn’t meant to be," said Piekarski following the race.

The finish does place Piekarski firmly in the top ten in the championship points race. The 2004 Rookie of the Year currently sits sixth in points entering the next event at the Canaan Fair Speedway on Sunday, June 26^th.