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Last Saturday night marked the final opportunity to prepare for this week’s events. A 42-car field timed individually, with each driver receiving two time trial laps. Coming out past the halfway point on a dry track, Chad timed in ninth. “I really think that’s about all the track had at the time,” he says. “I wasn’t really paying attention after I went out, but the crew said there wasn’t anyone doing much better after I went out (no one was). The track was giving away in a hurry.” The Giltner, Nebraska driver was slated to start outside row two for his heat, but moved up after another competitor was unable to show. “Ryan Roberts and I always seem to find the same row,” says Chad. “This time it was the front. It worked out that way because Davey Heskin had motor problems and that moved us up there. Ryan got away from me, and I had to run him down. We got close for a couple of laps, but I got a little excited and got the inside berm.” After settling for second, Chad turned his attention towards the 15-lap main event, where he would start sixth. “In watching the video, I really think if I had made a different move the first lap, I could have been as high as third,” he says. “I ended up staying behind someone and that kind of held me up.” Instead, he was running outside of the top five, and had some catching up to do. He stayed the same speed as the leaders, but ended up running fifth. “I think we had better than a fifth place car, but there were no slouches out there,” says Chad. “It was what it was. The track had a top and bottom like usual, but the top was a little different. It was a little rough in spots.” The main thrust was getting ready for tomorrow night’s 360 Nationals. “We had things going well, and it’s going to prepare us well for Thursday,” he says. “That’s what the night was about…getting ready for Thursday.” Last year, Chad was the high point man in the 360 Nationals. Quick time was followed with a second place run in the heat (after starting sixth). In the prelim feature, he ran third after starting eighth. Unfortunately, after starting on the pole Saturday night and leading the first nine laps, a bolt sheared off, shooting him into the wall and ended his night. “Of course, we’d like to do just as good on our qualifying night,” says Chad. “That will allow us to pull things together for Saturday’s feature. We don’t need any broken parts or things falling off the car!”
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