Besides wanting to improve upon her 2008 result at the Kentucky Speedway, Ana Beatriz entered this weekend’s event wanting to get her season back on track. After winning at Iowa, she had three tough race weekends where one problem or another kept her out of the top five. Finally, she managed to avoid bad luck, and she was in contention for the win during the entire race.

She also provided one of the many thrilling moments of the race when she dove to the inside of first and second place heading into Turn 3 on Lap 26 and came out with the lead. The finish was one that Beatriz needed, and it allowed her to gain ground in the championship among the competitors in front of her in the standings.

"We had speed on the straight and I was able to overtake for first position, but I couldn't hold it.  It seems like the other cars just had more power at the exit of corners, and that's why we lost it.  But we had a top 10, passed a lot of people, got a podium, and I think it was a great day .  I couldn't be happier for the Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt team."

(What happened on that caution?): "My spotter called green, so I went go, go, go and I pushed the throttle, and actually Wade went fast too. I saw the yellow flag and the white flag, it was really confusing, I thought it was yellow.”

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