With car still running, Nolker claims moral victory at Central Missouri
WARRENSBURG – Even after experiencing his share of frustrations, Richmond-based racecar driver Skyler Nolker found a few reasons to be satisfied when he pulled his Class B-modified stockcar into the pits near the end of the night July 25 at Central Missouri Speedway.
“Overall, it wasn’t terrible. … We could’ve been better, could’ve been worse,” Nolker said. “(The car) still runs and we’re still breathing.”
Echoing a comment from his dad, Chad, Nolker added, “Any time you can drive (up) on the trailer, that’s a victory.”
Starting in 20th, Nolker placed 15th in the B-modified feature race.
“We had brand new tires on and we had good speed, I felt like,” he said. “Track was … super-slick. It’s hard to drive on a slick track like that. … (I would) find some speed at the bottom of (turns) 1 and 2, and up high in 3 and 4, and (I) felt like I was a lot faster than a lot of the people in front of me. But I guess when you start tearing stuff up, you start slowing down.”
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