7/18/2016
Inside Line Promotions
Sides Shows Progress during Brad Doty Classic and Kings Royal Features
(Photo by DB3 Imaging)
Inside Line Promotions – ROSSBURG, Ohio (July 18, 2016) – Jason Sides is full stride into the ‘Month of Money.’
He competed in four races during two marquee World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series events last weekend with a pair of top-notch events on tap this weekend. Sides will race on Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the $25,000-to-win Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup and Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the $25,000-to-win Summer Nationals and Morgan Cup.
Sides kicked off last weekend on Tuesday at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, for the Brad Doty Classic. He qualified seventh quickest in his group before placing fifth in a heat race. That relegated Sides into the Last Chance Showdown, where a runner-up result garnered a transfer into the main event.
“The track slicked up for the B Main and I got moving some,” he said. “We figured out what we needed to do for the feature and tightened up more. The restarts helped us the most.”
Sides rallied from 20th to a 13th-place finish.
He then ventured to Eldora Speedway for the three-night Kings Royal beginning on Thursday. Sides timed in 13th quickest in his group before ending 11th in a heat race and 16th in the Last Chance Showdown.
“The first night we just weren’t balanced right,” he said. “The car was down and sliding. We made a few changes and got it better the next night.”
Friday began with Sides qualifying 12th quickest in his group. He then finished fourth in a heat race to miss locking into the feature by only one spot. Sides maneuvered from eighth to fourth place in the Last Chance Showdown to transfer into the 22nd starting position for the main event.
“We tightened it so much, but it still wasn’t as good as we would have liked,” he said after settling for a 20th-place result. “We went back to a neutral deal for the final night and got it better.”
The finale didn’t start well for Sides, who had to change an engine between hot laps and qualifying. The team got it done in time for Sides to qualify 13th quickest out of nearly 60 competitors.
Sides placed fifth in a heat race before advancing from eighth to fourth place to earn the final transfer from the B Main.
“Before the feature they watered the bottom of the track a little bit,” he said. “We were too tight and being behind all those cars it was evil handling. I couldn’t get going until some of the fuel came off. By that time we were lapped and just riding around there.”
Sides made progress during the second half of the race when he maneuvered to a 18th-place finish. It was his seventh Kings Royal feature made and fifth in the last eight years.
QUICK RESULTS –
July 12 – Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio – Qualifying: 7; Heat race: 5 (3); B Main: 2 (4); Feature: 13 (20).
July 14 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 13; Heat race: 11 (7); B Main: 16 (6).
July 15 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 12; Heat race: 4 (4); B Main: 4 (8); Feature: 20 (22).
July 16 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 14; Heat race: 5 (3); B Main: 4 (8); Feature: 18 (24).
SEASON STATS –
54 races, 2 wins, 5 top fives, 22 top 10s, 35 top 15s, 49 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup and Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Summer Nationals and Morgan Cup with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.SidesMotorsports.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SidesMotorsport
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sides-Motorsports/283833970847?ref=br_tf
LIVE AUDIO –
Keep up with Sides Motorsports via free, live audio from DIRTVision at every World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event throughout the season. Select events also include live Pay-Per-View video. For more information, click http://www.DIRTVision.com.
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“Shawn Dancer of Dancer Logistics has been with us for many years and he’s helped us a ton,” Sides said. “It’s grown to be more of a friendship than a partnership.”
Sides would also like to thank Wetherington Tractor Service, Inc., King Racing Products, R.E. Enterprises, Clean Seal, Inc., VRP Shocks, BR Motorsports, FSR Radiators, Dancer Logistics, Inc., Jim Schuhknecht, East Coast Logistics, Driven Racing Oil, Ingles Racing Engines, Wings Unlimited and All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads for their continued support.
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Article Credit: Inside Line Promotions
Submitted By: Shawn Miller
