{"id":5977,"date":"2011-07-03T07:56:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T11:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-07-03T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T11:56:31","slug":"lonnie-sommerville-posts-top-5-finish-pass-firecracker-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/lonnie-sommerville-posts-top-5-finish-pass-firecracker-150\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonnie Sommerville Posts Top-5 Finish In PASS Firecracker 150"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
\nCanaan Fair Speedway Race Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

CANAAN, N.H. \u2013 Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, rallied for a hard-fought fifth-place finish in the PASS North Series Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H., on Saturday, July 2. Sommerville took the lead briefly in the event’s early going after starting fourth, but a broken control arm before the halfway mark significantly hindered the handling on the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders\/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet. Sommerville, who posted his third Top-5 in five races this season in the Mulkern Racing entry, led a total of nine laps on the night. He never dropped lower than sixth in the running order and used a couple of late restarts to crack the Top-5 in his first-ever visit to Canaan.
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\nWHO: Lonnie Sommerville, Saint John, New Brunswick
\nTEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders\/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
\nCREW CHIEF: Seth Holbrook, Turner, Maine
\nTEAM MANAGER: Gary Crooks, Mooresville, N.C.<\/p>\n

WHAT: PASS North Series Firecracker 150
\nWHERE: Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
\nSTARTED: 4th
\nFINISHED: 5th
\nLAPS LED: 1 time for 9 laps<\/p>\n

PASS North Series
\nLAST RACE: June 25, Habitations Dany Lagace 150, Autodrome Chaudiere, Vallee-Jonction, Que. (19th)
\nNEXT RACE: July 9, Southern Maine Motors 150, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)<\/p>\n

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LONNIE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a great car, but we just found out the left front upper control arm came loose and all the camber shims came out. That explained our bottoming out. As soon as I’d get out of the gas, it would hit the race track. I was just hanging on \u2013 it was even hitting the race track getting off the turn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I had a flat (tire); then I thought I had a (brake) caliper sticking. The whole time \u2013 the last 100 laps \u2013 we were just trying to figure out what the heck it was. That’s what it was, but we salvaged a fifth out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it just started getting tight. There was no reason for it \u2013 it was good all day, and it never showed any signs of being tight. It just started getting tighter and tighter, and then it started getting loose as it was falling out.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one point, I thought I had a flat, but it never got any worse… When we pushed it through the tech line, you could hardly roll it because it was binding up on the caliper.\u201d<\/p>\n

DO YOU FIND A POSITIVE IN TONIGHT’S FINISH?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re still having bad luck, but at least we got a Top-5 out of it. It’s frustrating. We had a good car. We were pretty sure we were pretty good on the speed charts (in practice).<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m happy with the way we ran, happy with all the teamwork. I’m pretty excited about going back to Beech Ridge (next weekend).\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more on the PASS forum<\/strong> – http:\/\/www.neracingforum.com\/forum\/viewforum.php?f=17<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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