After
staying close to home all season and competing at Brockville Speedway weekly,
Lee Gill has ventured out a little in recent weeks, doing a little
traveling. Two weeks ago he was in
Brighton for their 358 Modified Series race, and was on the road again this
past week for the Super DIRT Week Satellite shows at Cayuga County Fair
Speedway on Wednesday night, and Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on Thursday night.
Gill
was at Cayuga County on Wednesday night and struggled from the beginning. A seventh place finish in his qualifying
heat race relegated him to the last chance B-main. The struggles continued in the B-Main, and Gill was unable to
qualify for the 75 lap main event.
Thursday
was a new day, and this time the action was just up the road at Rolling Wheels
Raceway Park in Elbridge, New York. He
qualified third fastest in his time trial group and backed that up with a
strong second place run in his heat race, earning a spot in the redraw for a
top 12 starting spot in the 75 lap main event.
By luck of the draw, Gill would start the race from the front row and he
jumped out to the early lead, holding the top spot for the first 18 laps of the
race. On a lap 35 restart, Gill was
able to reclaim the lead and held it through lap 48. He fell to third at lap 60 and maintained that spot through the
finish of the event.
“We
had a great car all night long. I
really have to thank everyone on the crew for all their help”, says Gill. “It has been a while since we last raced
here, and to come back and finish third is pretty good”.
This
coming weekend, Gill will be back at Brockville Speedway for the final time in
2012 as they close out the season with the 1000 Islands RV DIRTcar Northeast
Fall Nationals. Gill will race on
Saturday afternoon in the 358 Modified Mr. DIRTcar Series, and may attempt to
qualify on Sunday against the Big Blocks.
