4/8/2015
Matt Covington
Covington Ends Easter Weekend With Sixth Place Finish At I-30
(Photo Credit-Brandon Young) Covington Motorsports- GLENPOOL, Ok. (April 7th, 2015) After a missed setup on Friday in Wichita Falls, Matt Covington rebounded with a 6th place at I-30 Speedway on Saturday this past weekend.
“Friday night didn’t go as planned but at least we came back with a solid finish on Saturday,” stated Covington.
On Friday Matt started the night off with the 3rd place heat finish after a deep starting spot on a fast race track. The end result landed Matt in the night’s redraw.
After the redraw Matt would start the feature from the 7th starting spot.
As the green flag waived Matt worked to advance forward. The track got extremely slick and took rubber soon after. Covington would battle the tight race car before finally surrendering and pulling off late in the feature due to the missed setup and ill handling car.
Matt and the team loaded up after Friday’s feature and got some rest before waking up early Saturday morning and service the car for a trip to Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway.
After a good draw, Covington would start up front in the heat. Matt would take advantage of the rare starting position and win the heat going away by a full straightaway.
The heat race win would start Matt fifth for the night A-Main. As the feature got underway Matt would do what he could to gain spots and move forward. The task proved to be difficult as the track became very rough with the racing grove right around the top. Covington battled inside the top-5 most of the race with the leaders before surrendering a few spots late when he caught a rut trying to pass for third. After saving the car and falling back in line, Matt would ultimately cross the checkers in 6th place.
"On Friday we just missed the setup for the feature to be honest,” quoted Covington. “The track got slick in a hurry and took rubber quicker than we expected and was just way too tight. On Saturday we were good early and decent late just the track was rough and I caught a couple big ruts at bad times during the feature. We did learn a few things and are gaining on the setup. My goal right now is just to get everything ready and go to these next few races and do our best to rebound and consistently be in the top-5 where we should be and need to be.”
Matt and his Covington Motorsports team would like to thank all partners who have helped make the 2015 season possible and look forward to the continued relationship throughout the year: T&L Foundry, Triple X Chassis, A-Rock Materials, Winters, Brodix, C.G. Martin Company, Factor 1 Racing, All-Star Performance, Outlaw Wings, Pro Shocks, DMI Components, Keizer Wheels, ButlerBuilt, Simpson Race Products, GME Steering, Wesmar Racing Engines, Bob Hurley RV, Eaton Industrial, Maxwell Oil, and Schoenfeld Headers
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“I want to thank Donna and Jerry Graves for all their help, friendship and support”, stated Matt. “We would not be able to do what we are doing now without their help over the last year or so.”
2015 STATS: Starts-7, Wins-0, Top 5’s-0, Top 10’s-2
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Article Credit: (Photo Credit-Brandon Young)
Submitted By: Matt Covington