After opening with the second-quickest time and the top speed on Friday, Greg Anderson and the
Summit Racing team came into the second day of qualifying at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals eager to
continue their strong showing. However, Saturday proved to be extremely challenging for the
five-time Indy champion, as he battled to post times of 6.640 an d 6.636 seconds, leaving his
opening 6.635-second, 208.20 mph effort as his run of record, placing him fifth with two attempts
remaining on Sunday.
However, comfortable with the performance of his Summit Racing Pontiac and with the luxury of an
additional day of qualifying at O'Reilly Raceway Park, Anderson simply viewed the day as an
anomaly, and looks to come back strong on Sunday.
"I started off on a good foot yesterday, but today I just seemed to trip over both of them," said
Anderson. "I don't know if I slept on the wrong side of the bed, but we had a few issues to deal
with, including scuffing my nose, and we didn't make any forward progress, putting us fifth heading
into Sunday.
"But we know we're better than that, so we're just going to forget about today and come back
tomorrow with a new attitude. The good news is that, because it's the U.S. Nationals, we have
another day and two runs to make it right, and we plan on putting this Summit Racing Pontiac right
back at the top of the page tomorrow."
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