Division combination gives Krueger seventh in `Bomber'
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
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Keith Krueger didn't race a Bomber Stock car April 30, but he
finished seventh in the Bomber Stock main event at Barona Speedway.
Krueger, who drives a Factory Stock, competed in the Bomber division
along with five other Factory Stock cars and five Bombers.
He actually had the lead between the fifth and eighth laps of the 20-
lap main event before four of the five Bombers and two Factory Stock
drivers passed him. "We were just trying to do the best we could
with what we had," Krueger said. "We were running okay, but
you're not going to overcome the size of the car." Barona
Speedway
opened its season April 30. Some of the Factory Stock drivers may
have been told that the first Factory Stock race was moved back to
May 14, but several other drivers did not receive such notice. All
six Factory Stock drivers who came to the track opted to run against
the Bombers. "Nobody turned around that I know of," Krueger
remarked. Krueger's LTD has a new rear end, and he used the April
30
race as a test of the car. "We were there," he noted. "We
wanted to
get some time on the track." Krueger finished fourth in the
eight-lap
heat race, giving him a second-row start for the main event. He took
the lead shortly after a crash in front of him. "I missed the
crash
and went around it," Krueger explained. No yellow flag was thrown,
and one of the other cars ahead of him stopped to avoid the crash.
"It gave me a chance to get length down, to get a little bit of a
lead," Krueger noted. Krueger held that lead for approximately
three
laps. "Then I started getting picked off," he said. "I
wobbled a little bit," he noted. "You don't have to miss
by much to
get somebody to slip by you." That gave the faster cars the edge,
especially over the 20-lap duration. "Twenty laps is tougher to
keep them back there," Krueger remarked. "I pretty much
worked my
way down to the bottom by the end of the race, but we just went out
there to do to the best we could with what we had." Krueger was
still
able to finish third among the six Factory Stock cars. "Bombers
have
a distinct advantage against the Factories," he noted. "I wish
I did better," he said of his seventh-place overall finish.
"I was
hoping to finish in the middle." The primary goal of testing the
car
was more successful. "We went and we raced," he remarked.
"We
learned some things that we need to do."