Gastonia, NC(June 3, 2011) -- Andy Mercer hasn't exactly had the season that he had hoped for after moving to the highly competitive UARA-STARS Series following back to back Late Model Stock Car championships at Hickory Motor Speedway.
      Friday night at Anderson was much of the same for the veteran driver as he had a solid practice, qualified solidly in the top ten at 8th and then had a strong car before slipping to a 13th place finish.  Mercer hopes that all his bad luck so far this season will come to an end as the series heads to his home track, the home to most of his success in a race car at Hickory Motor Speedway.  Mercer hopes to be one of the drivers to beat on Saturday, June 25th.