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[/media-credit]June 4, 2010. Mirabel, Que. – Rain and limited practice laps couldn’t hinder #21 Jason White’s confidence as he headed into Sunday’s NASCAR Canadian Tire Series ICAR Grand Prix at Circuit ICAR.
Saturday’s persistent rain showers only permitted a handful of practice laps and put a halt to qualifying, so racers were given Sunday’s starting positions according to the NASCAR rule book. Jason White was assigned the sixth starting position behind the wheel of his #21 Dodge.
Despite only driving limited laps in Saturday’s rainy practice, White still felt very confident about his #21Dodge even when completely different dry race conditions appeared for Sunday’s main event. “I wasn’t worried at all” said White. “I knew the team would make some handling changes, but knew they’d be on top of it” he added.
While several drivers suffered car difficulties on the dry track after practicing on the rain-slicked track the day prior, White was one of the fortunate ones who kicked off the ICAR Grand Prix with ease. “Early on in the race, I felt like I had a super fast car,” White said following the race. “I found my stride running with the leaders and was hovering around 6th place.”
As the race progressed, the aggression level among the drivers picked up and patience disappeared. “Just about everyone was pushing to the limit and sometimes beyond” said White. “As we got down to the end I knew that it would get pretty hairy” he added.
A final caution period set up a green-white-checker finish to the event and White appeared to be on track for at least a top ten result. “Once the green came out though it got a bit wild, we were at least three-wide through corner one and beyond” said the driver.
White became a victim of the aggression on the final lap and was bumped aside and dropped several positions, crossing the finish line 13th. “I was having the ride of my life for a bunch of the race, and it’s too bad we got collected at the end. I hate how it’s going to make a lot of work for the team to put the car back together” he stated.
Jason White and the #21 Dodge team will compete in the entire 2012 NCATS schedule that will take the team from coast to coast in Canada for the 12 events. Next on the schedule is the first oval race of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park June 16th. For the latest off season news about Jason White and the #21 Dodge team check out the team website atwww.jasonwhiteracing.com and be sure to follow Jason on twitter for the latest updates @racinjasonwhite You can get more information about the NCATS series at www.hometracks.nascar.com
