Dave Minegar, driver of the BodyBuilding.Com Chevrolet, finished fifth this past Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways outside Salt Lake City, UT to record his 24th career top five finish in the CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series. Minegar qualified second quick and steadily moved through the field and waged a great battle with Jim Wulfenstein over the final laps to take the fifth position and move up one spot in the standings.
Minegar qualified second quick for the 75-lap «sprint» and would line up 13th on the grid after the customary RMCS invert. Over the opening laps, Minegar just let the race sort out and slowly worked his way forward.
By the midway point of the race he worked his way up to the eighth position but his forward progress was slowed as the setup on his Chevrolet went away. Minegar persevered and in the end was able to nose his BodyBuilding.Com sponsored ride into the fifth position when the checkered flag flew.
«This was not the kind of finish we were looking for,» Minegar said. «We just missed it. We were fast earlier in the day and the changes we made before the main did not work. To finish in the top five is always good and I would have liked better but it is on to Stateline.»
Minegar moved up to fifth in the overall standings after six races with his second top five finish of the season. The top five in the point standings are only separated by 154-points and with only four races left to go the championship battle is wide open. «We still have a chance to catch those guys ahead of us but we are going to need better runs and I know we can do it,» Minegar said. «I am really looking forward to the event at Stateline. Craig Bell will be back in the 99 (second team car) so it should be a great weekend for the team.»
Minegar racing is owned by Pat Minegar and is sponsored by BodyBuilding.com, Redline, Gaspari Nutrition, Supreme Nutrition, MusclePharm, Optimum Nutrition, A-1 Heating & Air Conditioning, Lennox, and Dillon Auto Craft. Minegar is in his seventh season in the CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series and is a two-time series champion (06, 08) with 57 career starts, six wins, 24 top five and 43 top ten finishes along with twenty-two (22) career Sharp Powder Coating Fast Time Awards and most career money won. Minegar's crew is led by crew chief Craig Bell and team members Larry Bowers, Matt Wolfkiel, Kirk Wartman, Ron Minegar, Heidi Minegar, and Tyson Garten.
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