X Spot™ = On the podium, Lake Elsinor
Team 4 Wheel Parts |Greg Adler Caps Off Season with Podium Finish                  Â
Adler stamped an exclamation point onto the end of his season with a 2nd place Pro 2 podium finish in Round 14 and an impressive top ten finish in the Challenge Cup race.
The team saw Greg Adler racing to a total of three top ten’s out of the five races he battled through over the course of the chaotic two-day weekend. On top of his full time duties as 4 Wheel Parts President and CEO, Adler made five trips to the podium over the 2014 short course season including his second place finish in Round 14 at the Series’ season finale in Lake Elsinore.
Adler’s impressive 2nd place qualifying effort in his #10 Pro 4 Ford put him in the front row for Friday evening’s opening salvo. Adler was fast from the drop of the green flag as the pack roared behind him.  A few laps into the race, a slight miscalculation put the truck up on two wheels as the front runners thundered past him.  Unrelenting, Adler continued to battle back into contention and just missed a trip to the box with a fourth place finish.
“After qualifying, we knew we were fast,” said a disappointed Adler after the dust had settled later Friday night.  “We had a good run but these guys are the best of the best – one mistake and you’re back in the pack.  We were coming back and with a couple more laps I think we could have landed on the box. Now, we’re going to set our sights on tomorrow and get it done”.
Saturday afternoon, Adler started mid-pack for Round 14 of the races and pushed hard, aware that he would also be competing in the Challenge Cup that evening. He was able to move towards the front of the pack and, in just a few laps, propelled himself into 2nd place. As the race progressed, he extended the gap between himself and the battle for third place raging behind him and brought the #10 Pro Comp truck home to the checkered flag and a 2nd place finish.
“It was important that we get to the front and stay out of trouble,” said Adler.  “Everyone was racing hard but we distanced ourselves from the pack and put down some great laps. With those fast guys behind us, there was no letting up and we were able to bring it home. It’s great for us to finish the season up on the box for everyone who works so hard to make us competitive along with our partners and sponsors who support this program.”
The Lucas Oil Challenge Cup pitted 27 of the series’ best Pro 2 and Pro 4 drivers against each other for a carnage littered grand finale to the short course off road racing season. Adler, although hampered by tire damage from contact while working his way through the bedlam during the 26-minute donnybrook, drove to a seventh place finish as one of just 12 drivers who finished the race on the lead lap.
“The guys gave me a great truck. These Cup races are war of attrition so we stuck with our plan to be patient in the early,” said Alder reflecting on the evening.  “We had the Pro 4 dialed in and have been fast the whole weekend so I really felt we were going to be a factor.  In the end, it took us a bit longer to work our way around slower traffic and we weren’t able to get up to the leaders. It was still a lot of fun to race against all of these guys and a great way to end the season. ”
Greg Adler, Xperientialist™
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