David Starr
No. 81 PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra
O’Reilly Raceway Park – AAA Insurance 200
July 23, 2010
David Starr and the No. 81 PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra team finished the AAA Insurance 200 in ninth-place after racing near the front of the field for the majority of the 200-lap event. The team had changed nearly everything about their Toyota Tundra at some point throughout the day while searching for the balance that Starr needed from his truck.
The PC*MILER Navigator crew tried a variety of changes throughout the two practice sessions at O’Reilly Raceway Park where they recorded a fast lap of 23.325 seconds. The team tried everything from adjusting on their own setup to using a setup similar to that of teammate Mike Skinner. When it came time to qualify, Starr laid down a fast lap of 22.758 seconds allowing him to roll off 10th for Friday night’s race.
After completing just 10 laps around the 0.686-mile oval, Starr called into the crew requesting more forward bite for the PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra. His truck was continually getting tighter through the center of the corner and Starr desperately needed more forward bite. The crew utilized two pit stops during the 200-lap event to adjust the balance of their truck while Starr continued to hit his marks and log laps around O’Reilly Raceway Park.
With 40 laps remaining in the 200-lap event, Starr was forced into the wall when one of his competitors ran him up into the marbles. Starr was able to continue racing with minor damage to the No. 81 PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra, but the contact pushed in the front splitter several inches and once again changed the balance of the truck as Starr tried to travel through the turns. By the time the checkered flag fell Starr was scored in the ninth position.
“Doug Wolcott and the entire Randy Moss Motorsports team worked really hard today,” said David Starr, driver of the No. 81 PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra. “We changed everything on the truck today except the PC*MILER Navigator stickers. Even though our truck wasn’t very good during the practice sessions this morning, we just kept working on it. We were able to qualify in the top-10 and had a great race tonight. This team never gives up and that is one of my favorite things about working with the PC*MILER Navigator / Randy Moss Motorsports team.”
The ninth-place result allowed Starr to pick up one spot and move into ninth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship rankings. Starr continues to maintain a position where he can make a run at the championship with just a 156-point gap up to second-place.
Next weekend, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will make their debut at Pocono Raceway. The “Tricky Triangle” will be a completely new challenge for Starr, as the driver of the No. 81 Toyota Tundra has never turned a lap on the 2.5-mile track. Watch the action live on Saturday, July 31st at 12:30 p.m. EST on SPEED Channel. Fans can also tune into MRN or Sirius Satellite Radio for live commentary and a play-by-play of the action from Pocono Raceway.
