9/27/2016
Inside Line Promotions
Hanks Garners Top 10 at Hockett/McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway
(Photo by TeeJay Crawford)
Inside Line Promotions – WHEATLAND, Mo. (Sept. 27, 2016) – Brandon Hanks nearly posted a pair of top-10 finishes last weekend during the Hockett/McMillin Memorial.
Hanks opened the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour tripleheader at Lucas Oil Speedway last Thursday by advancing from eighth to seventh place in a heat race and from ninth to sixth place in a B Main.
“Thursday night was a little disappointing,” he said. “Even though we had a bad draw we were still too tight. We tried to go back with the setup how we won earlier this year. We were way, way too tight.
“We changed things up and got a little better draw on Friday. Things started clicking. The car got better and we got a little luckier.”
Hanks maneuvered from sixth to third place in a heat race and he won a qualifier on Friday to lock himself into the fourth starting position for the 25-lap main event.
“We were good, just not great,” he said. “We were running around sixth pretty much the whole race. With about three laps to go Sam Hafertepe Jr. was passing me. When he slid me it killed my momentum and two other cars got by me. So the final result doesn’t show where we were most of the race.”
Hanks ended with a ninth-place result, which was his 20th top 10 of the season.
The weekend concluded on Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway, where Hanks won a heat race, finished sixth in a qualifier and placed second in a B Main to transfer into the back of the $10,000-to-win main event.
“We really struggled the first 10 laps,” he said. “We were terrible. They tilled the track up before we went out there and we tried a few things to help and it didn’t work. That car was evil. We got that open red about 10 laps in and we basically reversed what we did. It was a lot better. We went from about 24th to 11th. I feel good about how we rebounded.”
Hanks rallied to record an 11th-place finish.
“It was real, real tough,” he said. “There were 60-plus cars there. To come out with finishes of ninth and 11th is pretty good.”
Hanks will take this weekend off before returning to action Oct. 8 at Timberline Speedway in Corley, Texas, with the ASCS Red River Region.
QUICK RESULTS –
Sept. 22 – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. – Heat race: 7 (8); B Main: 6 (9).
Sept. 23 – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. – Heat race: 3 (6); Qualifier: 1 (2); Feature: 9 (4).
Sept. 24 – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. – Heat race: 1 (2); Qualifier: 6 (5); B Main: 2 (3); Feature: 11 (20).
SEASON STATS –
40 races, 4 wins, 12 top fives, 20 top 10s, 23 top 15s, 31 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Oct. 8 at Timberline Speedway in Corley, Texas, with the ASCS Red River Region
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.HanksMotorsports.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brandon_K_Hanks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hanks-Motorsports/135263046488177
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Performance Powder Coating
Performance Powder Coating is a powder coating business owned by the Hanks family. Located in Burlison, Tenn., Performance Powder Coating works on everything from race cars to street vehicles.
“My family owns Performance Powder Coating,” Hanks said. “Without this business and my family I wouldn’t be able to race sprint cars and I wouldn’t know all of the great friends that I have met through racing.”
Hanks would also like to thank D&B Farms, R.E. Enterprises, Wesmar Racing Engines, Penske Racing Shocks, Walls Paint and Body Shop, Acme Graphix, Hinchman Racewear, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems and J-R1 for their continued support.
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Submitted By: Shawn Miller
