May 24, 2005. The first race of the year makes the end of a busy off-season spent; securing sponsors, preparing cars and of course a little on track testing. The Mid America team with #42 Sean Stafford in the LE Walker transport Chevrolet and Mark Swain in the GE Nighthawk Chevrolet were anxious to put down some laps in round one of the CASCAR Super Series at Delaware speedway this past weekend.
Both drivers put in qualifying laps during Saturday time trials; both were looking for more. Sean secured the LE Walker Chevy the 15th starting spot on the grid, while Mark was only able to put up 28th best time in the GE Nighthawk Chevrolet.
The team hoped for smooth running in the early stages so they’d be able to gain positions but that wasn’t the case. Early overheating problems forced Sean and the LE Walker Chevy to the pits for an unscheduled stop, and Mark had the GE Nighthawk Chevy collected in an early accident involving other cars, and was later hit from behind in another incident.
It appeared things might be settling down with both Sean & Mark trying to collect the best possible finish when yet another problem of someone else’s making affected both cars. The #41 car bumped the Sean in the LE Walker Chevrolet and then gathered up Mark and the #20 GE Nighthawk Chevrolet. The #41 was subsequently penalized for his actions but the damage was done. With all the difficulties Sean Stafford still managed a 15th place finish and Mark was 20th.
“It’s a shame we had somebody plow into us because once the overheating problem was solved the LE Walker car was pretty solid” claimed Sean Stafford after the race. Mark Swain stated that “it was like the GE Nighthawk logo was a target on the car, if there was an accident out there we got taken out with it. I’m glad we finished though”
Dave Didero the President of Mid America Motorsports assessed afterward that “we’ve got plenty of work to do on both these race cars, luckily a good part of it is body work. There’s no doubt we’ll be ready to go full throttle at the round in St. Eustache”.
The CASCAR Super Series competes at historic tracks like Delaware Speedway, Cayuga Speedway, Mosport International Raceway and also on the temporary street circuit at the Toronto Molson Indy. For more information on Mid America Motorsports and the CASCAR Super series log onto www.cascar.ca and watch all of the races on Rogers Sportsnet.
Contact Information: Mid America Motorsports Dave Didero, President (905) 741-9244 midamericamotorsports@hotmail.com
This release prepared by Todd Lewis, TL Sports & Entertainment, tandt@pathcom.com (905) 978-7090
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