Fogleman Had Best Car Ever at Salem

July 1, 2008

Jay Fogleman had the best car he's ever had at Indiana's Salem Speedway for the June 28 running of the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Northern Division Lucas Oil 200 presented by Touchstone Energy.

Unfortunately for the short-track veteran from Durham, N.C., the engine in his Speedco/The Works/JFco Motorsports Ford Fusion No. 4n expired after only 10 laps.

"I was looking forward to a good run," said Fogleman, who qualified seventh. "Salem's a track that I never really could get comfortable on in the past. The race always gets down to survival of the fittest. (Crew chief) Darin Odle and the team hit upon some stuff that made the car drive extremely well, unfortunately we never got to show it."

If there's a bright side it's that problems such as the engine failure at Salem are happening early enough in the season to be resolved well before the Championship Series. But Fogleman would be happier if the problems never surfaced at all.

"We're looking forward to representing The Works Clean Team a lot better than we did at Salem," Fogleman said. "If the engine hadn't blown we were going to be extremely competitive; we're going to fix that problem."

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