With a lengthy delay, practice finally got started in the afternoon.  Due to the rain shortened schedule, practice would only last one hour.  This drastically hurt Jeremy's chances to get used to a new track.  He got on the track as much as possible throughout the hour.  He stopped for quick changes to the car in hopes of making it as good as possible in a short amount of time.  However, he was only able to log around 40 laps at speed on the 3/8 mile track.  Jeremy ended up 32nd on the time sheets.

Jeremy cleans up his #18 Chevrolet Monte Carlo prior to qualifying

Qualifying finally got underway early in the evening.  Again the shortened schedule would hurt Jeremy's chances at making the race.  USAR officials decided to cut qualifying down to only one lap.  With a heavy mist falling, Jeremy was forced to qualify seventh.  He felt the car push up the track as it went into turn one and his lap ended up being 17.963 seconds.  This was half a second slower than his practice speed.  Jeremy was too quick to take the blame feeling he had not gotten himself up to speed fast enough.  "I just messed up," Jeremy stated.  However, a wet race track had obviously played a big part in his much slower time.

The time put Jeremy at the bottom of the charts and he was part of the 11 team crowd who had to sit out the Food City 250.  Jeremy will next work towards preparing himself and his race car for the next race on the Hooters Pro Cup Northern Division schedule.  Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont, IN will host the race with practice and qualifying on Saturday May 14th.  The race will be on Sunday May 15th.