May 13, 2012 (Madison, WI)  The weather cooperated for the ASA Midwest Tour rescheduled season opener on Saturday, May 12 at Madison International Speedway.  With the sun high in the sky, the teams hit the track for qualifying at 1:00 p.m.  Eilen was the first to qualify.  After fast practice times he was hoping for a great qualifying run, but that wasn't the case. Eilen ended up qualifying in the 23rd position, leaving him to race the last chance qualifying race in hopes of making the feature.

Adjustments were made to the car and it definitely showed!  Eilen won his qualifying race and would sit in the 17th position for the start of the feature race.

As warm-ups for the feature dwindled down Eilen noticed something "funny" with the car and radioed to the pits.  He ended up coming in to the pits for a final adjustment, but was able to make it onto the track just as the green flag dropped.  Unfortunately, this left him a half a lap behind the leader (and everyone else who was racing.)

The race went caution-free all the way to the mandatory pit stop on lap 64.  Eilen was putting on a great show for the fans by the break and wasn't ready to give up! Eilen, and the other ASAMT drivers, re-started the race with 36 laps left and Eilen was a rocket.  He was able to pass his way to very respectable 8th place finish.  "Man the car was fast!" stated Eilen as he climbed from the car. "I know we would have been a top three car without that pit stop before the green, but I can not complain at all how this car ran!  I am definitely liking this B&B Racing Engines motor in this thing!"

Eilen will only have six days off before the next ASA Midwest Tour race at State Park Speedway in Wausau, WI.  Qualifying will begin at 4 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.  Come enjoy a Saturday night at the track!