We got an early start on the car today, since our first run was at 12:30. We toned the IRWIN machine down a little bit, but still spun the tires. The track conditions were not ideal. Other race teams were having the same problems we were. There were numerous oil downs and almost everyone spun the tires, at least once. With our first pass of the day behind us, we toned the Herbert-IRWIN machine down even more to better suit track conditions. The next pass of the day would be our last qualifying run and we had to lay down a great pass because we were barely getting by up to that point. We brought the car to the line but one of the drivers that went before us ended up blowing the engine and we had to sit for about 30 minutes. It wasn't as bad for us as it was for Doug to wait; he was strapped into his hot car for that entire time. Doug went up to the line and laid down an awesome pass of 3.98 seconds, at over 300mph. That was motivating for all of us. Running at that speed put us in the number 12 position and got us into the show tomorrow. Everyone is pumped to tear down the track because we feel we have a great combination. Our first run is at noon tomorrow against Tony Schumacher, who is qualified 5th.
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