Team Nationwide for Harry hits its first road course under my tutelage this week at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Ca. I am not the biggest fan of these races but I do love the fact that you can and should always get five guys in the show for the week.
We left $18K on the table (leaving a chunk of cash is not uncommon when picking road racers) and went with the following:
Lineup:
no. 9 - Marcos Ambrose (30,000)
no. 24 - Jeff Gordon (35,000)
no. 42 - Juan Montoya (33,000)
no. 48 - Jimmie Johnson (41,000)
no. 51 - Boris Said (3,000)
I feel strongly that this lineup can yield a solid finish. They all made the show and here's where they will start:
no. 9 -- Marcos Ambrose -- 9th
no. 48 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 12th
no. 24 -- Jeff Gordon -- 13th
no. 42 -- Juan Montoya -- 17th
no. 51 -- Boris Said -- 30th
This post will be updated with post-race results.
Post-race results
Some late shenanigans by the no. 42 car of Juan Montoya cost Team Nationwide for Harry the win but still earned us a solid fourth-place finish this week.
We still had two drivers in the Top 5, and three in the Top 10 but the Montoya skirmishes along with an incident between Boris Said and Jeff Burton tarnished our dreams of a second win in three weeks.
Overall, Team Nationwide for Harry held at 17th overall but is well within striking distance of the Top 10 with a good finish.
Here is the final overall breakdown:
no. 24 -- Jeff Gordon -- 2nd
no. 9 -- Marcos Ambrose -- 5th
no. 48 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 7th
no. 42 -- Juan Montoya -- 22nd
no. 51 -- Boris Said -- 28th
We'll be back in action next week at Daytona for the Coke Zero 400.
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