6th place run after long hours

LEI Motorsports.com 6/12/2008 Rob Jenkins and crew bring a top six finish in a new car after last minute preparation for the 100 lap feature at Southside Speedway. After the previous disaster with the primary chassis, LEI Motorsports was faced with a decision to either repair the chassis, or acquire another chassis to finish out the season with. The decision was to acquire a newer chassis in an effort to better the chances of winning races for the remainder of the season. " It just made more sense," said Jenkins.  " It just seemed more cost effective to go with this option rather than sinking money into an older chassis." With only ten days left to prepare, the team was faced with extremely long hours getting the new body and chassis race ready. " There were a lot of obstacles to work around," said team owner Bill Linyear. "We basically had to combine the two cars together in a short amount of time with all of our busy schedules and this was certainly easier said than done. Although we finished preparing the car in time with the help of Stock Car products, there were still unknowns of what to expect from this last minute effort."

 Jenkins would qualify the Mozely Rose Chevy in the 11th position with a time of 15.14. Shortly after the start of the race, Jenkins advanced quickly into the top ten eventually making to the sixth position midway of the race. Jenkins would lose a position to Greg Fernandez [02] on a restart but would stay with Fernandez for the remainder of the feature." We were a little tight," said Jenkins. " But it seemed to rotate fairly well through the center of the corner. We'll make a few adjustments for the next race now that we know what we're working with."

Roy Hendrick went on to win the feature with  Shayne Lockhart [11],  Chris Hopkins [43],               Chris Dodson [0], Greg Fernandez [02], and Rob Jenkins [89] rounding out the top six.