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William Sawalich had led 474 consecutive laps in the PLM Tour when he
saw the checkered flag fly in front of him in Saturday’s 100-lap
feature at Tri-County.
That efficient streak came to an abrupt and shocking end after
Sawalich was turned into the outside retaining wall by Jake Garcia
coming off Turn 4; an outcome that left Garcia remorseful and
disappointed in victory lane.
“I didn’t mean to wreck [Sawalich] there,” Garcia said. “We were
leaning on each other and one of us was bound to spin. That’s kind of
how it went and I apologize to [Sawalich]. We just have to move on to
the next one now.”
Garcia had gradually been eating away at Sawalich’s lead during the
final run to the finish before finally putting himself within striking
distance of the lead.
Knowing Garcia had a faster car, Sawalich attempted to play defense
so he could add a fifth consecutive victory and inch closer to Luke
Fenhaus’s lead in the PLM Tour standings despite missing a race at
Greenville-Pickens Speedway earlier this year.
Instead, Sawalich now finds himself with a much larger deficit to
Fenhaus after the last lap crash, adding that he intends to keep the
finish at Tri-County in the back of his mind the next time he sees
Garcia on track.
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