Greenville, SC (April 19, 2008): Rookie Dustin Delaney’s 20th place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Series East race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway has some silver lining to it. Though it wasn’t the result the team was looking for, Delaney was extremely pleased with the effort and dedication on the part of his crew.

“We came in and made the pit stop and the guys changed a bunch of things around in the car. We gained a bunch of positions after that. The car was real good,” he said. “We got caught up in a few things that are just typical of short track racing – we were in the wrong place at the wrong time – but overall we were pleased with our race and how the car handled after our pit stop.”

Thirty-nine cars showed up to vie for one of 30 starting positions. Delaney’s qualifying lap of 21.343 seconds wasn’t enough to earn the driver a position in the field based on his time. Instead, Delaney was awarded a provisional and started the race from 27th.

Delaney got his first lesson in how tight Greenville can be when, on lap 12, he got caught up in a spin. It was the first caution of the day, and Delaney, who was backed up against the wall, got blocked in and eventually passed by the leaders. He went a lap down.

Delaney was patient and drove his own race over the next long green flag run. When the yellow flew at lap 60, Delaney was given his lap back through the beneficiary rule. On lap 97, Aube brought Delaney onto pit road for some adjustments.

Delaney started to progress through the field, and by lap 132, was running 13th. It seemed as if their day was turning around. A caution in the final laps of the An American Revolution 150 extended the race to allow for a green-white-checker finish. Coming around turn three of the last lap, Delaney again got caught up in a wreck.

“There was a wreck and we checked up and got hit from behind. It was disappointing. The guys worked so hard all day long. We had a terrible qualifying run – the car wasn’t good all day really. We finally got it good and then we ended up in the wall. It was a shame. The crew did a great job today though so we’ll take it.”

The NASCAR Camping World Series East is off until May 18th when they embark on Iowa Speedway for the running of the US Cellular 200.