For the final time
in 2012, Phil Potts and the Fowl Mood Racing team loaded their car up on Friday
afternoon, and were on the road to the racetrack. Brockville Speedway was their destination as they hosted the
final race in the Go Nuclear Late Model Challenge Series. Potts last raced at Brockville in August of
2011 with the now defunct Ontario Dirt Late Model Series with a sixth place
result, and was hoping to better that finish on his return.
After a second place finish in his qualifying heat race,
Potts was ready for the 50 lap main event.
He entered the night fourth overall in the series point standings and
was hoping to improve on that during the final night. He rolled off the starting grid from outside of row three in the
sixth position and was up to fourth before they completed the first 10
laps. He was soon up to third place and
in the middle of a terrific battle for second place with heavy lapped traffic
around him. With just a handful of laps
remaining, Potts had a flat tire and would have to make a pit stop. He returned to the rear of the field and was
credited with a disappointing 14th place finish.
“It certainly wasn’t how we wanted to end our season”, says
Potts after the race. “We had a great
car, and were running up front until we got that flat tire late in the
race. It is disappointing, but we will
move on, and will be back next year stronger then ever”.
The misfortunes late in the race put Potts out of the top
five in series points. He ended the
series sixth overall. He finished out
the year with four feature wins to go along with his second place finish in
points at Brighton Speedway.
“Overall it was a really good season for us. We came up a little bit short of our goal of
winning the Brighton championship, but we had a successful year with four
feature wins, and several really good finishes”, says Potts about his 2012
season. “We will take some time off and
regroup, and be ready for next year”.
Fowl Mood Racing would not be possible without the support
of our sponsors. We would like to thank
Hutchinson Fuels, Indewey Excavating, Vanderlaan Building Supplies, Bill’s
Johns, Gord’s Water Service and Brighton Recycling Inc. for all their support
throughout the 2012 season, and we look forward to another great season in
2013.
