With Prince George Motors Ford on the car the #99 Snap-On Tools team headed to Prince George the Thursday night before the race. Even with the forecast threatening rain for Saturday and Sunday all the racers still traveled near and far to be there.
The first stop for the Beat by a Girl racing team Friday morning was at PGARA Speedway for an interview with local television station CKPG news, then straight to Prince George Motors with their Ford race car to display for the rest of the day.
Saturday morning the weather was looking great for the Arca Ok Tire Series race and the first three practice sessions went off without a hitch Sarah was able to get back into a rhythm at this new track and put down some competitive lap times.
Unfortunately shortly after the rain began and didn't stop until close to 6:00pm this made for a long night as the other classes of cars had to run around and do all their races to try to dry the track before more rain would plague the night.
While waiting for the track to dry Sarah had an interview with the Prince George Citizen, to talk about her racing history and future plans, which was published here,
http://m.princegeorgecitizen.com/article/20120622/PRINCEGEORGE0201/306229965/0/princegeorge0201/no-stopping-cornett-ching-on-oval&template=JQMArticle
With no qualifying spots the field was started in order of points, this would put Sarah and the team out front on a wet track. The green flag flew in a single file restart due to the outside groove being wet and the second place car bumped Sarah going into the first turn. Sarah slid high into the wet high groove and got passed by nearly every car on the track. Getting back into line 10th made for a daunting task to get back to the front before the rain fell.
Sarah quickly settled in and began passing cars, there were a few wrecks that she narrowly avoided and before long Sarah was up to 5th.
"The skies were threatening rain and I knew I had to make some moves to get to the front" Said the seasoned youngster.
She got under the 4th place car and then set her sights on 3rd.
"I got under the third place car in the 1/2 corner and we drag raced down to the 3/4, I made a rookie mistake and let my line get pinched which hurt my exit. It had started to rain but I couldn't hold onto the 3rd place spot."
Shortly after, the caution flag flew and the race was called for rain, Sarah ended up 4th place which was a respectable finish for her second time at the race track.
"I couldn't be happier with our run in Prince George, we came home with no marks on the car and had a great top five finish as well, I can't wait for Quesnel on July 21 I think we've got a car that can go to the front!"
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