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For the second week in a row and the second time this season Mark was a victim of a multicar
accident. The U.S. Army driver got collected in a seven-car wreck and the incident shoved
Mark to a 34th-place finish in Sunday's Dickies 500 Nextel Cup race at Texas
Motor Speedway.While running 16th, Mark was unable to avoid the Turn 2 pile up, which occurred on Lap 220 of 334. He took a good hit from behind that severely damaged the car's rear-end housing. Mark brought the 01 Chevrolet to the garage where the Army team repaired the damage. When he returned to the track, Mark was 54 laps down. “That’s just a shame,” said Mark, who qualified 10th. “Once again, we were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It didn’t feel like I got hit that hard, but the damage was enough to make the car not drivable. We had a good shot at a top-10 finish, but sometimes you just can’t avoid those types of things.” "I just hate it for these guys on the Army crew," added Mark. "They work really hard on these cars and this is the second straight week that we got caught up in something that we couldn’t avoid.” Last week Mark suffered the same fate in Atlanta when a multicar accident ended his day prematurely. "We've had some adversity lately, but when you wear the Army uniform and drive the soldiers' car you don't sit back and pout," stated Mark. "You suck it up and battle harder. And that's exactly what this Army team will do in the final two races." The 01 Dale Earnhardt Inc team remained 17th in Nextel Cup owner points. |
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