Berkley, MA – (May 11, 2008) – Jake and the Mad Dog Motorsports (MDM) team competed in their first event of the 2008 season this past Saturday, logging an 11th place finish. Jake rebounded from a mid-race incident to finish in the top 15 in just his first race behind the wheel of the #16 Propane Plus/Aubuchon Hardware Pro Stock.

Jake started the 40-lap event in the ninth position by virtue of his fifth place heat finish. Once under green, Jake went to work, following the likes of David Darling and Fred Astle to the front.

“The car was real good. After the first few laps, I really started to get into a rhythm. Fortunately we were behind some guys that know their way around this place and were able to follow them through,” commented Vanada.

Avoiding spinning cars, Jake was able to make his way through several sticky situations on his way into the top five. By the time that the fifth caution flag flew with 20 laps complete, Jake was sitting in the fifth position, looking for fourth.

Things changed, though, on lap 26 when another car made contact with the blue, white, and yellow Ford Fusion sending it into the frontstretch wall backwards. “We got tapped from behind and I tried to correct it, but just couldn’t; we were too far sideways. Its unfortunate because the guys gave me a great race car here tonight and we were on our way to a top five finish in our first Pro Stock start. That’s racing though,” Jake recounted.

Jake was able to earn back eight positions in the final 14 laps, resulting in an 11th place finish. Jake concluded, “It was good comig back through the field. We were able to pass several cars using both the inside and the outside. Despite the wreck, we still had a good night. Now we have some work ahead of us, though, to straighten the clip and get the car back to where it was before the wreck.”

The next race on MDM’s schedule is Saturday, May 17, at the Seekonk Speedway (MA).

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