Riding the momentum of 2 consecutive 3rd place finishes, Team AK Motorsports arrived at Citrus County Speedway with their heads held high. The teams confidence was further boosted when Austin hit the track for the first practice. He ran some blistering times and elected to pull in to not promote any wear and tear on the car. After maybe one or two more short practices, Austin was ready for qualifying.

       Qualifying went very well, as Austin was able to post the 2nd quickest time and more importantly, qualified inside the invert. Austin drew a one out of the hat, meaning he would be starting from the pole for the race.

       At the start of the race, Austin pulled out to a sizeable lead. With no pressure from behind, he was able to focus on hitting his marks every lap. On about lap 20, Austin noticed an abnormal sound coming from the car. The noise got progressively worse and eventually lead to a catastrophic rearend failure. Austin would not be able to finish the race. "I am really dissappointed that the rearend broke, but ti is still encouraging to see how well we ran for the first 20 laps. We will get it fixed up and come back next race."

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