Greenville, SC (April 19, 2008): Max Dumarey finished a respectable 13th place in the NASCAR Camping World Series’ An American Revolution 150, the season-opening event for the East. Dumarey was involved in two accidents, but fought back until the end. Ultimately, the tight confines of Greenville-Pickens Speedway and the nature of short track racing won out.

“Somebody hit us in the back in the early part of the race, and then we got caught up in a wreck at the end. Those things are out of your control when racing at a place like this. Thankfully, it was just sheet metal damage and nothing that really hurt our day,” said Dumarey. “The car just wasn’t good enough. You couldn’t get on the throttle – there was no grip at all. When guys would pass me I would get on the throttle and it wouldn’t go at all. I was as gentle as possible with it.”

Dumarey started the race from the 24th spot after posting a lap of 21.279 seconds in qualifying.

“We were one of the first cars to go out, and it was a disadvantage. The track changed a lot between the first car and the tenth car. Someone has put some heat in the track and put some rubber down. Unfortunately, that was us,” he said.

Dumarey moved up to 23rd on the green and settled in for the long run, but in turn one, the Gent, Belgium-driver got mixed up in a tangle that involved three other cars. The contact damaged the rear of the No. 16 BODYCOACH.NET Chevrolet, but Dumarey was able to keep going under his own power.

Racing went back to green at lap 20 and a long green flag run ensued. Dumarey wasn’t making much headway through the field, and until the caution came out at lap 60, was just focusing on staying on the lead lap.

The caution period allowed Dumarey to come down pit road for some adjustments before taking the green at lap 66. By the 100-lap mark, Dumarey was running 14th and still progressing.

The action heated up in the closing laps and the field was lined up for a green-white-checkered finish at lap 154. Coming around on the final lap, Dumarey came around to turns three and four, which was completed blocked by cars.

“There was no way out of that,” said Dumarey. “The whole track was blocked. We finished the race so that was something!”

“I’m a little bit disappointed,” continued Dumarey on the end result. “But the crew worked really hard today to try and get the car dialed in. We’ll take 13th and try for a better result next time.”