By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Sunday, June 08, 2008) – After four events, Matt Kocourek and Nick Murgic are showing that each are worthy of the Lane Automotive Rookie of the Year presented by Red Line Synthetic Oil and Hyperco. But, don’t count out Adam Hensel with the fifth event coming up this Friday at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Murgic made his first visit to Dells Raceway Park and appeared to have quickly adapted to the 1/3-mile oval. He started out the day by qualifying third, only 0.030 seconds behind fast qualifier Dan Fredrickson. He would finish 13th in the Miller Lite 100 presented by Arby’s, the highest finishing rookie.
“I was really excited about how qualifying went and was looking forward to the race,” Murgic stated. “We misjudged the track and about ten laps in, the car got very loose so I just had to hold on to what I had.”
While he battled with a loose handling car, he was able to gain some valuable experience in the race, “It was a fun race to be racing against guys like Dan Fredrickson, Johnny & Travis Sauter, Steve Carlson, and some of the local guys so I was just happy to have done that.”
