The Mad Dog Motorsports (MDM) team looked like they had the car to beat early on Saturday night, but contact with another car put a damper on any such hopes. After going to the rear for being involved in the accident, Jake brought the DeSouza Motorsports Late Model home in the seventh position.

Gridding from the second position, Jake blasted into the lead on the second go-around. Using the outside lane, Jake led the next three laps. Coming off of turn four, however, another car slid up into the #28 Late Model, hooking tires and bringing out the yellow. As an accident car, Jake was repositioned at the rear of the field.

“We really had a fantastic car tonight. It¹s really frustrating to see such impatience at the beginning of the race. To go three-wide on lap-5 is unnecessary.”

Jake used the remaining 25 laps to work back through the pack and bring the car home in the seventh position.

“The car was not right the rest of the night. The suspension was not right and then we had a tire rub which we had to come down pit road to fix. I would have liked to see what we could have done without the wreck. This year has just been tough and I am really frustrated for our team.”

The team will be back in action this Saturday in the Pro Stock division. Post time is 6:00pm.