Jessica Power Has Long Night at Brockville After Heat Race Crash

There has been a lot of good nights at the track this year for Jessica Power and the Power Racing team, but last Saturday night at Brockville was one they would just soon forget. A disappointing night at was a result of a crash in her qualifying heat race that left the car with some heavy damage, and put the crew to work to make the necessary repairs before the feature.

With just one race on their schedule this week with Mohawk Raceway being closed for their local fair, Power was hoping to have a good night in their only race of the weekend at Brockville. The evening started well, as Jessica posted the fourth fastest speed in opening practice. In her qualifying heat, with just one lap remaining a car spun right in her path, leaving no room for escape, causing some heavy damage to the car. The crew worked hard to get the car fixed in time for the 25 lap main event. She would have to start from 18th place because of the heat race incident, and by lap 18 she had made it into the top ten. Over the final laps though, with the car not handling as they had hoped, she faded to 13th.

“It was a long night for us, but that’s part of racing”, says Power. “I really have to thank the crew for all their hard work getting the car back together for the feature. We have had a pretty good season for the most part, and nights like this are bound to happen I guess. We will keep working hard and hope next week will be better”.

This coming Friday night, Power will return to Mohawk International Raceway where she currently sits fifth in points going into the final three weeks of the regular season. At Brockville, Jessica remains in the top five there as well, currently in fourth place overall in the Sportsman division.

The Power Racing team still has their racing apparel for sale at the track each week. The profits from the sales of the team shirts will be used to fund their efforts for Super DIRT Week at the end of the 2012 season. To purchase your shirt, visit us at the track on raceday, or email power52racing@hotmail.com.

Jessica Power and the Power Motorsports team would like to thank Speedy Auto Service, Gananoque Chev-Olds, Fastenal, Jackson’s Landscaping and Property Maintenance, Wing’s Live Bait & Tackle, John’s Your Local Grocer, Stover Bus Lines, Axcel Sports, Great Chow Express, Star Diner, Len Corcoran Excavating, Glen Gould Estate Construction, Bicknell Racing Products, Bert Transmission Atomic Sign Works, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, South Eastern Mechanical Inc., and Finish Line Web Design for their support during the 2012 racing season.

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