TROIS-RIVIERES, QC - Brad Graham and the Full Throttle Fury/Challenger Motor Freight/Logel’s Auto Parts team expected to retake their rightful place running up front in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series field as the team prepared for the final road race of the schedule. They would finish just outside the top-ten after a gritty effort by the entire team.
The weekend began with the Full Throttle Fury Dodge team battling through a number of mechanical issues that significantly hampered their ability to put in quality practice and qualifying laps. “It started with clutch problems on Friday,” said driver Brad Graham “and then during qualifying we had some issues with the brakes so we were really behind the eight ball for the start of this one”.
The challenges didn’t end there for the Full Throttle Fury team. As the green flag waved to begin racing Graham had issues early on getting the shifter into gear and Brad would turn onto pit lane for assistance. “As I got into pit lane I jammed the car into gear so I just kept going,” he stated. The Full Throttle Fury team wasn’t completely aware of the difficulties Brad was experiencing due to radio problems.
The transmission difficulties however were not solved, simply adjusted as Graham found himself stuck in third gear. “I tried to ride it out but at this tough track I just couldn’t keep up with the top guys.” The Full Throttle Fury team took advantage of a caution period to make a pit stop to go underneath the car and free up the shifter. “We were at the back after the stop but once they unstuck the shifter we were able to move up,” said the driver.
With a sound car finally underneath him for the first time in the weekend Graham was able to show the potential of the Full Throttle Fury Dodge and gained positions quickly. “The car felt great at that point and we could really show our stuff, I was really happy with how everyone stuck with it and got us going in the right direction.” The Full Throttle Dodge would gain fourteen spots from their starting position just missing out on a top-ten, finishing eleventh.
Brad Graham and the Full Throttle/Challenger Motor Freight/Logel’s Auto Parts Team are back in action this coming weekend as the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series runs the final road course event of the season at the Grand Prix of Trois Rivieres. For more information about the series log onto www.nascar.ca and for more news information about the team go to www.bradgraham.ca All 12 races this season will also be broadcast on TSN.
This release prepared by TL Sports & Entertainment
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