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Michael McDowell |
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It didn’t take long to prove McDowell right as he moved swiftly through the pack to 19th place by lap 8. By lap 19 McDowell reported an overheating issue on the #47 Tom’s Snacks Camry as ambient air temperatures rose to the mid 80’s. Falling back to give the nose some air, McDowell rode around the top-15 until some grill tape could be pulled off during a scheduled green flag pit stop on lap 39.
“The water temperature rose up pretty high and we had to pull off some tape. The Tom’s Snack Attack pit crew completed a great pit stop to get me out quickly under green flag conditions,” said McDowell.
A yellow on lap 54 bunched the field up and gave McDowell a shot at the leaders. Just past halfway McDowell fought hard for the lead before being shuffled back. Bouncing around the top-20 for most of the afternoon, McDowell put himself in contention at the race’s final caution. Setting up a green-white-checkered finish, McDowell restarted 12th but fell to 15th with no drafting help.
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“We had a really well handling car today. I really felt like we had positioned ourselves well in the closing laps with great cars all around us, but we just couldn’t get anyone to help at the end. It’s a good day to survive Talladega and a great day to score another top-15 finish. I really look forward to getting back to some short track racing at Richmond,” said McDowell.
This 15th place finish puts McDowell 10th in the Championship standings, only 6 points out of 9th and 340 points out of the lead.
Aaron's 312 Results
Talladega Superspeedway, April 25, 2009
Talladega, AL |
| POS |
CAR |
DRIVER |
CAR |
LAPS |
STATUS |
| 15 |
47 |
McDowell |
Toyota Camry |
120 |
Running |
McNEXT: Richmond International Raceway l Lipton Tea 250 l May 1, 2009 |
