Cornett-Ching, one to watch in 2012

Arca Season Opener May 12, Motoplex Speedway, Vernon, BC

The first race on the Arca Ok Tire Series schedule had the teams travel to Motoplex Speedway in Vernon, BC. With countless laps and experience in Vernon Sarah and the #99 team always look forward to the events there. The team had been testing out a new setup which at the last practice session had been working extremely well and had everyone looking forward to competing with.

"I can't wait to try our  new setup against all the best talent in the province" said Cornett-Ching in the days leading up to the event. " We have been researching what we want and last practice gave me a lot of confidence in what we've been working on. Not only are we one of the only competitive teams who setup our own cars, but being able to compete for a win on any given night is a great feeling."

The first practice was a sign of good things to come as Sarah posted the third fastest speed of 21 cars. "The car was turning well but we needed more bite off the corner" said the talented young racer. The team didn't find the rear grip they were looking for in time ins which put them in p10.

With the invert in the field the #99 Snap-On Tools car would start on the pole of the fast 10 heat, with a great start and the rear grip the were looking for now in the car Sarah drove away with the race winning the 10 lapper by 4 car lengths. " It is a great feeling to put our car in victory lane to show our sponsors, crew and everyone who supports us we have what it takes, it also doesn't hurt to put a little fear in the competitors minds either!" said Sarah.

The Lordco 100 started off cleanly and Sarah got out to 2nd place right away. The field stretched out and she held the 2nd position for the first 60 laps. Sarah got a great start on the first restart of the day and held her spot but the second restart on the outside saw Sarah fall back in the outside lane.

Holding her line on the outside waiting for a spot to sneak back to the bottom would be where the trouble started for Cornett-Ching. A competitor a few car lengths back over drove into the 3/4 corner and slide up in the the side of the #99 car and that started a chain of events which ended with Sarah hitting the inside wall on the front straight away.

The car re-fired and Sarah was able to re join the field, unfortunately after the incident the car was no where near as quick as it had been in the beginning, finishing on the lead lap, keeping the car clean and passing a few cars in the closing laps would be the dashing end to a promising night for Cornett-Ching and her crew.

" Im disappointed with the finish but I can honestly say I can't wait for the next race May 26 in Williams Lake, BC we have a race car that's faster than a jet fighter and it will be in Victory Lane yet this year"

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