Tina Gordon did not get the result she had hoped for in her first outing with ThorSport Racing.
Bad luck seemed to find Gordon all evening starting with a spin on lap 25. Gordon was not able
to re-fire the truck and also had a tire down. After being pulled behind the wall to change the
tires, Gordon was left five laps down from the field.
Gordon managed to avoid a lap 50 accident that collected sixteen trucks and moved back up to
21st position from 34th.
On lap 82, Gordon cut a tire down and was sent into the wall bringing the night to an end for
the No. 13 Vassarette/Microtel Chevy crew. Tina was taken to the infield care center per NASCAR
rules, but was uninjured. She was released within a few minutes.
With all of the bad luck of the evening, the team is happy to have come away with a 24th place finish.
Tina on the radio right before the race: "Regardless of how this ends and how we finish, I'm
proud of all of you guys and everything you have done for me this week. I'm so glad to be a
part of this team. For a bunch of yankees, you guys can sure put a great truck together."
Tina after the race: "I'm not going to let tonight put a damper on a great week. I definitely
wish things would have turned out better. We just had some unfortunate things happen out there.
I was so proud of my guys. I couldn't ask for a better crew than Jerry Cook and these ThorSport Racing guys."
Superstitious??: "I'm not going to give up on the No. 13. I still think it is a lucky number.
We will just get ready to go after it again in Atlanta."
