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Bobby Hamilton Has Great Start to Season
The air was crackling with excitement as Bobby Hamilton,
Jr. made his debut in the No. 25 Team Rensi Motorsports/Smithfield
Ford Fusion on Saturday afternoon in the Camping World
300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International
Speedway.
The green flag dropped on 43 cars with 80 degree weather
and a pitcher full of Florida sunshine. The day was
perfect for racing on the 2.5-mile high banked super
speedway. Hamilton ran a strategic race for the first
100 laps, keeping his eye on the final prize of finishing
the race. A torn up race car at Daytona can send a driver's
season into a tailspin with 34 races remaining.
With 20 laps to go, Hamilton was in 17th place and
was positioned for a charge to the front. Unfortunately,
the Team Smithfield Foods Ford was fighting a tight
chassis condition at the end of the race, making it
tough to drive into the lead pack. Hamilton fought hard,
but registered a 22nd place finish at the checkered
flag.
“It was great to drive this awesome looking
car today. I just hate we couldn’t go there at
the end. We will take the finish and head on for California
and Las Vegas where we should contend for a top-ten
finish. I have a great sponsor, a super team, and we
will be a force to reckon with this season.”
This week the Nationwide Series moves to California
for the Statler Bros. 300. Be sure to tune to ESPN2
at 7 p.m. tomorrow for all the action. In the meantime,
check out the photo of Bobby Hamilton in the Team Rensi/Smithfield
#25 race car with the Scleroderma Foundation logo proudly
represented.
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