MUNTER STARTS 4TH, FINISHES 7TH IN FIRST
CONVENIENCE BANK 100 AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Fort Worth, TX (June 12,
2004) Leilani Münter
made her debut in the ROMCO Super Late Model
Series in the First Convenience Bank 100 at
Texas Motor Speedway's 1.5 mile oval with an
impressive run. In her very first super late
model race, and her first race at Texas Motor
Speedway, Münter posted the 6th quickest lap of
26 race cars in practice on June 11. She
qualified 5th and started 4th after the No. 96
of Greg Davidson went to the back of the field
after qualifying. Munter brought the No. 27 FHM
Chevrolet home with a 7th place finish on the
lead lap and closing.
"We had a top five car today.
I made a rookie mistake and had a bad restart
and lost a lot of track position but I gained
back most of it. Looking back, it was probably
good for me because I learned a lot about how to
pass in the draft," said Münter.
"I pushed the 49 car down the
frontstretch and helped him pass some cars and
he came over and thanked me. I know I made some
friends out there today. I earned their respect
and that is so important when you are out there
running side by side. Hopefully I will get to
come back and race with them again soon. Special
thanks to Doug Hooks, my crew chief David
Umsheid and the entire Hooks Motorsports race
team for giving me a great car and special
thanks to my sponsor FHM for getting me back on
the track."
Münter lost several positions
during the third restart but quickly began
making her way back to the front of the field.
After the last restart the 19 car of Kent
Baltzell made contact with Munter's No. 27 FHM
Chevrolet's left rear coming out of turn two.
Munter got sideways but only lost one position.
She was closing quickly on several cars in front
of her during the final laps, but ran out of
time.
"It was a very impressive run
for a rookie driver running against veterans.
She proved to a lot of people she can handle a
race car and run up front," said car owner Doug
Hooks, "She's welcome to drive for me anytime."
Tune in to SPEED CHANNEL on
Wednesday June 16 at 8 pm EST for Leilani's
episode of "I Wanna Date a Race Car Driver"
For more information:
http://www.leilanimunter.com
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