Saturday's Race Recap

BRASELTON, GA -- Hot off of a Victory the night before at Concord Motorsport Park, Jordan Anderson and the Nick Pistone Racing crew headed to Lanier National Speedway on Saturday in Braselton, Georgia.

There was only one round of practice for the Legends Car on Saturday and that was all Jordan needed. Jordan clocked off both fast and consistent laps throughout the round of practice. After Practice Jordan decided not to make any changes on his car and leave the setup as it was for the heat races. "Nick Pistone Racing put a great setup under my car today and I'm really optimistic about my chances for today's race with such a great handling car."

Within 20 minutes of the Legends Car heat races starting, it was beginning to seem as if Rain would take the day's win. After sitting through an hour rain delay, the skies cleared and the sun came out, allowing the Legends Car heat races to get underway.

In his heat race Jordan started in 2nd place after drawing a #7 in the pill draw, which determines the drivers starting spots for the heat races. When the green flag flew Jordan and the other competitors were off. Jordan was stuck on the outside groove, and it was not until lap 5 that Jordan could finally get down to the inside groove in the 4th spot and start his march towards the front. Within a few laps, Jordan had taken over 2nd spot and set his eyes on the leader. As each lap went by, Jordan made the distance between him and the leader smaller and smaller. As the two drivers were coming to the checkered flag Jordan made a final move to the inside and came within only a few feet of victory in his Qualifying heat races. The field for the feature race was set and Jordan was placed in the 4th starting spot for the main race later that night.

When the Green flag flew on the 24 car field of Legends Car Pros and Masters, Masters National Champion Clay Hair was on the pole, and Pro National Champion Casey Roderick was in 2nd. Jordan was starting from the 4th spot and knew it would be tough to get by these two fast drivers, but not impossible. After getting shuffled back into 6th place at the beginning of the race, Jordan started his move towards the front. It seemed like almost every lap Jordan was passing a car until he found himself in 2nd place with only a handful of laps remaining.

After a late caution flag caused by a wreck, the fans at Lanier National Speedway would see a 3 lap duel to the finish between  the top 3 drivers, Casey Roderick, Jordan Anderson and Clay Hair. On the restart Roderick jumped out to a slight advantage over Jordan, but that didn't keep Jordan down. Going into turn 1 on the final lap, Jordan nudged Roderick out of the way to take the lead. But It was not over yet as Roderick tried to nudge Jordan back out of the way going into turn 3, but Jordan held his ground and went on to take his first win of 2007 at Lanier National Speedway, in a most exciting fashion. After the race Jordan was very excited and had this to say in Victory Lane "Wow! That was an exciting finish. First off I have to thank Jesus Christ for giving me the ability and talent to drive this race car, I give him all the glory and honor for my Victory today. I also have to thank my mom and dad and the Nick Pistone Racing crew for a great setup, and Casey Roderick for that exciting finish there at the end!"

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