Jordan Anderson Racing

Jordan Wins at Concord!

Jordan in Victory Lane at Concord Motorsport Park

Race Recap

CONCORD, NC -- Things are starting to look up for Jordan Anderson. With the signing and support of new sponsors almost every week, a new car, Jordan's 2007 racing season is starting to shape up.

After going through some adversity on Saturday and dealing with problems on the new car, the true driver in Jordan showed through on Sunday. After starting 3rd in his heat race, Jordan went on to finish 2nd in the heat race which would place him starting 3rd for the feature.

After the heat race, the Nick Pistone racing crew, consisting of Chickenman, Gary, and Nick , went to work on Jordan's car trying to fix all the kinks and problems that come with driving a new car. Jim McLean of Tri...Performance also fixed a major problem in the motor. With the help and work of such great people, Jordan knew there was no reason why he couldn't win.

When the Green Flag fell on the Feature race, Jordan was just determined as ever. Jordan moved into 2nd place on lap 3 and ran behind the leader until lap 13. On lap 13, another driver bumped Jordan and slid him up track, putting Jordan in 3rd place. However, Jordan did not give up. He kept digging and kept the leaders insight and with 2 laps to go a caution came out, setting up a 2 lap race to the checkers. On the restart, the 1st and 2nd place cars touched, and Jordan saw his opportunity to take the lead. Jordan made it 3 wide in turn 3 and 4 coming to take the white flag. He and the previous leader ran side by side all around the track, and coming to take the Checker flag, Jordan edged ahead of the other driver a few inches to take his first win of 2007.

Jordan was very excited in Victory Lane, as he showed by climbing on top of his car and jumping off. Jordan had this to say after the race....

"For the Heat race I started 3rd and passed for 2nd on the first lap and finished there placing me in a 3rd place start for the feature. On the first start of the race the Leader jumped the start, so they tried it again. The Leader once again jumped the start, so the CMP officials decided to make us start single file, which really hurt me.

When the race finally got underway, I knew this was going to be my day. I was praying so much during the race. As the race went on, I took 2nd place on lap 2 and ran there till lap 11 when Thomas Hartensveld got by me. Steven Daniels and I battled for 3rd place for most of the race, and on lap 23 a caution came out, setting up a 2 lap race to the checkers. I was sitting in 3rd place and I knew I had a shot. As soon as the green flag came out I was all over 2nd place and he was all over the leader, Mitchell Coble. Coming out of turn 2 both cars got loose and I made it three wide on the inside. We ran two wide for two laps and coming to the checkered flag I used the car outside of me as a bumper and I floored in and never let off driving across the finish line sideways and leading the most important lap of the race, the final lap.

I was so excited I couldn’t believe it; I had only won the race by a few inches. When I got to victory lane, I jumped out of my car and climbed on the roof pumping my fist; it was good to be back in victory lane.

Most of all I have to give thanks to God, my mom and dad, and the guys on the NPR team, Chickenman, Gary, Nick and Jim Mclean from Tri...Performance, for working so hard on my car and getting it where in needed to be, If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't have made it to Victory Lane. "

Special Thanks from Jordan To: My Mom and Dad for supporting me this weekend, The entire NPR crew especially Nick, Chickenman, and Gary, and To all my great sponsors and supporters!

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