Austin Theriault: ACT Late Model Tour
Twin State Speedway Race Report
CLAREMONT, N.H. – Austin Theriault of Fort Kent, Maine, finished 12th in the ACT Late Model Tour Jim’s Captown 100 at Twin State Speedway in Claremont, N.H., on Saturday, July 9. The finish was Theriault’s second straight Top-12 as he moved to 10th in the ACT standings. Theriault won his heat race to qualify in the Top-10 for the main event, a 100-lap sprint where track position on the tiny bullring proved crucial.
WHO: Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, Maine
TEAM: RPM Motorsports No. 57 Varney Insurance Ford
CREW CHIEF: Mickey Green, West Paris, Maine
WHAT: ACT Late Model Tour Jim’s Captown 100
WHERE: Twin State Speedway, Claremont, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 10th
FINISHED: 12th
ACT Late Model Tour
LAST RACE: June 18, White Mountain 150, White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (6th)
NEXT RACE: July 30, ACT 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
POINTS POSITION: 10th
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AUSTIN, HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP YOUR FINISH?
We didn’t get finish we deserved. We had a faster car than the results showed. I think it’s the track – (track position) is crucial there.
We started 10th but we were relegated back to 15th or 16th right after the green flag. We lost that position so early on,.I think we actually made it up to eighth before the last caution came out. Then it was just a matter of where we lined up to restart.
YOU OBVIOUSLY FEEL LIKE YOU HAD BETTER THAN A 12th-PLACE CAR.
Mark the calendar, but it was probably between last year and the first half of this year, where we had one of the five fastest cars all day long. I don’t take much from speed charts in practice, but we were good right when we unloaded.
We felt like going into the feature we had a shot at a Top-5. It’s disappointing that we didn’t get what we expected, but at least we know things are really coming together like they should.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO BE IN THE INSIDE GROOVE?
You can survive on the outside – but when cars get lined up on the bottom and there’s no opening that comes up, you’re just waiting and waiting for the spot to open. You end up playing the whole restart game, hoping that you’ll be on the inside.