Matt Kobyluck was poised for a podium finish in Friday night’s Heluva Good! Summer 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but a late race restart at lap 110 proved costly for the driver of the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet and the team ended the night with an eleventh place finish. The trouble happened in a battle with Steve Park that resulted in contact on the backstretch.
“The 9 car spun his tires and he didn’t go on that restart. I had to slow up for that and a bunch of cars went by me. We came out of turn two and the 35 came up in front of me. The 29 went to go under the 35 and got in the back of him, which got Park out into the fence. That’s when I got into the back of him,” explained Kobyluck.
Late Race Tangle Relegates
Kobyluck To 11th Place Finish
Matt Kobyluck, driver of the No. 40 Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet, posted his first top-five of the season at Watkins Glen International road course Saturday morning and moved up to third in the point standings with his effort. Kobyluck took advantage of a last lap battle between Patrick Long and Ryan Truex to move up from third to second.
New Hampshire Int'l - June 26th
Start: 7th Finish: 11th
Post-Race Thoughts: Solid car, but not the type of run the #40 was looking for a track good for Mohegan Sun team.
Thompson Int'l Speedway - July 11th
Thompson, CT
NASCAR Camping World East
Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy 100
2009 Up-To-Date Info:
6 Starts
0 Wins
1 Top 5s
4 Top 10s
4th in East Series Points (-44)
Top Finish: 2nd @ Watkins Glen
