Disappointing Finish Can’t Overshadow

Solid Season For Kobyluck

Dover, DE (September 26, 2009):  Matt Kobyluck and the Mohegan Sun race team had hoped to end the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Series East season with a bang – a win in the Sunoco 150 at Dover International Speedway. However, a mid-race accident brought those hopes crashing down when Kobyluck was forced to pit road to repair the right side damage he incurred in the incident. He finished the race with a 15th place finish.

“It was just one of those days where it didn’t matter where you were on the track it wasn’t the right spot,” said Kobyluck. “At the end of the day, everyone worked hard on pit road to try and make the best out of it that we could and that’s all we could do at that point.”

Kobyluck was fastest in practice on Thursday afternoon and backed it up with a qualifying effort of 24.041 seconds (149.744 mph) to earn a ninth place starting position. Kobyluck moved up to eighth before things took a dramatic turn for the worse.

On lap 18, the Mohegan Sun Casino Chevrolet was running behind the No. 37 of Alex Kennedy when his tire blew.

“His whole tire came off and hit my nose and busted a one foot square right in the front of the car. We were fighting that right from the get-go,” said Kobyluck. “We had to pit a number of times to patch it.”

Kobyluck was able to maintain his position in the top-10 despite having to pit to repair the hole. However, on lap 90, a wreck set into motion the events that would relegate Kobyluck to his 15th place finish.

“I was right behind the 71 and the 18 had just got along side me coming out of turn three. When the 9 car wrecked, 71 checked up. When he checked up, I had to check up so I didn’t run into the back of him, and the 18 had come down the hill and sideswiped me and collected me. The whole right side of the car was damaged,” explained Kobyluck.

Kobyluck headed straight for the pits where the Mohegan Sun crew quickly went to work. He returned to the race in 11th place, but had to return to the pits where he went four laps down. He took the checkers in 15th place, unable to make back any of those laps.

The finish dropped Kobyluck back to sixth in the final point standings with a season-ending total of three top-five and seven top-10 finishes.

For more information on Matt Kobyluck or Mohegan Sun Casino, visit www.mattkobyluck.com.