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Kulhanek Earns First Podium Finish of the Season With ASCS Gulf South

(Photo by Jay Hallas)

Inside Line Promotions – HIGHLANDS, Texas (March 27, 2017) – Ray Allen Kulhanek scored his first podium finish of the season last Saturday at Battleground Speedway during the 10th annual Gulf Coast Nationals.

Kulhanek, who is teaming up with Marvin and Peggy Pearson this season, opened the ASCS Gulf South Region event by maneuvering from fifth to third place in a heat race, which locked him into the feature redraw.

“I had a pretty good run to get close to second,” he said. “We had a restart and I just didn’t get quite as good of a start and then I just maintained in third. I wasn’t bad, but I wasn’t great. I knew as long as I got to third we should be good enough to make the redraw so that was the main focus.”

Kulhanek then pulled the No. 2 during the random redraw to line up on the outside of the front row for the main event.

He quickly took the lead before being nipped at the finish line for the top spot on the opening lap. However, Kulhanek regained the lead entering turn one. He led the next three laps before two competitors passed him before Lap 7.

“I generally struggle with the track conditions we had,” he said. “I’m not terrible on rough tracks, but I don’t seem to judge it the right way. I judged it wrong on Saturday and we should have made a little different change. I judged it where the bottom was the place to be and it turned out not to be that way.

“We took off and got the lead, but I never felt good. I moved all over the track trying to pick up speed. The two guys who finished in front of us were a heck of a lot better than we were.”

Kulhanek maintained third place for the remainder of the race. His podium finish was good enough to give him a 12-point lead in the ASCS Gulf South Region championship standings.

“If that was a bad run for us then there’s not much to be disappointed on, but I generally don’t take a front row starting spot and give it up,” he said. “That was the most disheartening part. We’ll try to learn from it and move on.”

QUICK RESULTS –

March 25 – Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas – Heat race: 3 (5); Feature: 3 (2).

SEASON STATS –

3 races, 0 wins, 1 top five, 2 top 10s, 2 top 15s, 3 top 20s

UP NEXT –

TBD

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.RayAllenKulhanek.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kulhanek_Ray

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RayAllenKulhanek/?fref=ts

APPAREL –

Kulhanek will have apparel available for sale at his race trailer throughout the season. For a list of his scheduled events, visit http://www.RayAllenKulhanek.com.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Miller’s RV Park

Located in Grangerland, Texas, Miller’s RV Park is a large space for travelers to park motorhomes for short visits or long stays.

“It’s just a nice country setting for people to relax,” Kulhanek said. “The RV park is actually where we have the race shop so it’s cool to meet people from all over the country.”

Kulhanek would also like to thank Big Bass Tour, Texas Rotating Equipment, Alcon Construction, GoPro, J&J Auto Racing, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Smiley’s Racing Products, Engler Machine & Tool, Outlaw Wings, Hoosier Racing Tire Southwest, Penske Racing Shocks, C4 Graphics, Simpson Race Products and Marvin and Peggy Pearson for their support.

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