track. To my surprise, I led nearly all of my heat race. My first year at the nationals!!! Mitchell Coble ended up passing me with 2 laps to go, so I took 2nd. My 50-lap feature race was eventful, very much so. It was at night, but it was sticky, humid, and scorchingly hot. I was running 11th (out of 30 remember) when a wreck happened in front of me out of turn 2. Just enough to slip by in the top 10 in 9th. Brandon McRenolds won the race and was the National Champion for 2005.
December 19th, 2005 - Merry Early Christmas
I woke up in the hotel staring at the ceiling. The heat was busted, it was freezing cold. WE left the room to a grizzly Cordele, GA skyline. I thought to myself "it's time...it's time to win." I went to the Watermelon Capital Speedway that night on a mision. Cordele was one of my favorite tracks. It's a 3/8-mile banked race track. WE were topping out at over 100 mph and averaged about 75 or 8 mph. I won my heat race and started on the pole. I took the lead and never looked back. A late caution brought hungry drivers back to me like Kyle Lowry and Justin Swilling. WE came to the green. It took a lap to get to full speed, then we took the white flag. Lowry tried to dive under me but made contact with the inside wall and went over the banking into the dark fields beyond. I came to the line in one piece, in first place. Finally, a win. The best day of my life.
September 3rd, 2006 - 2nd Nationals appearance
The 2006 Nationals were held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY, about 30 miles south of Cincinnati. This race was another eventful one. I started deep in the field. WE headed into turn 1 and, as expected, a large pile-up. I managed to avoid that and slowly but steadily charge towards the front. With about 5 laps to go, I hooked up with my teammate and long-time friend Austin Hill when we were both
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