Hoosier
Gazette-sponsored car fails to qualify for Brickyard 400
By Ryan
Helming, THG Sports
August 8, 2004
It is back to the drawing
board for the Kasinger Racing/HoosierGazette.com team.
In their first year on
NASCAR’s Nextel Cup circuit, the New Whiteland, Indiana based team has failed to
qualify for any of the 20 races held so far.
And things seem to be
getting worse; the Kasinger team’s orange Dodge failed to complete a qualifying
lap due to problems with its engine. The car rolled to a stop less than halfway
around the 2.5 mile asphalt oval track, black smoke spewing from under the
hood. Driver Scottie Eickhoff exited the number 276 car and threw his helmet in
disgust.
Team owner C. D. Kasinger
was not really sure what went wrong. “You will have to ask the pit crew what
happened. To be honest, I really don’t know that much about cars.”
Kasinger hopes to get his
car’s engine problems worked out in time to qualify for next weekend’s
Sirius at the Glen at Watkins Glen International
Speedway in New
York.
