Race starts late, ends early for Green

Nashville, Tenn. – It was a rough weekend for Mark Green and the #23 Vassarette Chevrolet in Nashville at the Federated Au\to Parts 300.

Inclement weather washed out qualifying and forced the race to be postponed 17 hours. The race finally got underway on Sunday afternoon but it hadn’t even reached the halfway point when Green was spun out and collided with the wall in turn three.

The crash ended Green’s day at the track as he was forced to take the car to the garage.

“We had some early handling issues but the adjustments seemed to be working,” said Green. “We just got bumped and it got me loose in the turn. Unfortunately the car was too badly damaged for us to get back on the track.”

Clint Bowyer won the race. A total of 19 cars finished on the lead lap.