July 15, 2012. Hometown favourite Jim White didn’t disappoint the supportive crowd Saturday night in round number five of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at MotoPlex Speedway near Vernon, BC. White put on a show for the fans with a solid qualifying effort and his second top ten finish at the track in as many years.
The day got off to a bit of bumpy start as White took to the half-mile track for practice. He immediately noticed the #24 Sun Ridge Equipment Dodge wasn’t at full power. Returning to the attention of the crew they discovered two spark plug wires were off and as soon as the problem corrected White immediately posted a quick time. “Once we started running on all eight cylinders the car really came to life” joked White.
Consistently among the quickest cars during practice White went on to post the seventh fastest qualifying time and would start the A & W Cruisin’ the Dub 300 feature event from the inside of row four. “The car was really good right from the start” said White. “I had to shake off a little rust in practice but other than that things went very well” he added.
As the green flag waved on the main event White ran comfortably in the top ten through the early stages, several times either directly in front of or right behind his brother Jason White, a full time series competitor. “Racing with Jason is always so much fun” said Jim White. “It’s special to do that in front of the fans at our home track” he stated.
Through the middle portion of the race White maintained contact with the front of the field running as high as second in the #24 Sun Ridge Equipment Dodge. “A lot of the credit goes to Scott Steckly bringing a very good car for me to race” said White. “the crew was really good on our scheduled pit stops as well”.
In the late stages White hunted for every position possible, hoping achieve an even better result than his tenth place finish the year before. “It got pretty aggressive in the final 30 laps or so” explained White. “I got into the back of the #84 car and he returned the favour, it was some tough racing near the end of the race”.
When the checkered flag waved, White brought the #24 Sun Ridge Equipment Dodge across the finish line with a seventh place result. “This was so much fun tonight” smiled White afterwards. “The #24 Sun Ridge Equipment Dodge ran really well, I have to thank JT White Trucking, Harrison Industrial & Norgaard Redi Mix as well for all their help. Being able to run up front all night and put on a great show for the fans was really great and I can’t wait to race next in Saskatoon” he stated.
Jim White returns to action in the #24 Dodge in round number seven of the NSACAR Canadian Tire Series on Wednesday July 25th at Auto Clearing Speedway in Saskatoon, SK. Fans can watch the A & W Cruisin’ the Dub 300 on TSN Sunday July 22ndat 5PM Eastern.
You can get the latest information about the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at www.hometracks.nascar.com
