Lee Gill’s Second Place Run at Brockville Speedway Derailed By Lapped Car in Closing Laps; Rebounds for 13th Top Ten of the Season at the BOS

After moving to second in Brockville Speedway points last week, Lee Gill was looking forward to getting back to the track again this week, hoping to inch a little closer to the leader and narrow the gap going into the final four nights of points racing in 2012.  The rain from the previous couple days would make for a much different track then he was used to throughout the summer, but Gill was confident that they would make the right adjustments along the way.

Gill began the night at Brockville with a third place finish in his qualifying heat race, and after making a few adjustments he was ready for the 30 lap main event.  He rolled off the starting grid from 14^th place and after a series of early cautions, Gill was solidly inside the top ten by lap six.  As the race approached halfway, Gill was climbing up the leaderboard, and soon found himself in second position.  At the time, the leader had up a big advantage, and Gill was running strong in second place as he worked his way around lapped traffic.  With just four laps remaining, a lapped car got into the back of Gill’s car sending him for a spin in turn one and two.  He would have to restart the race from the rear of the field, and charged back into the top ten over the final four laps to finish ninth.

“It was a very disappointing way to end the night”, says Gill.  We had a strong car, and were riding in second place, hoping to get a caution to make a late race run for the lead, and we ended up being the caution.  With only a few cars left on the lead lap we were able to salvage a top ten finish out of it”.

This coming week, Gill will be looking to get back on track at the BOS.  He will be aiming for his third win of the season, and will be trying to regain the second position in the point standings.  The 2012 point season ends at Brockville in just three weeks, then the track will remain closed until mid October for the Northeast Fall Nationals.  After Labor Day Weekend, Gill plans to run a Late Model race at Brighton Speedway in the Great Crate Race on September 8^th.  He is the defending champion of the race.

                                                         

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