Inside Line Promotions - LEBANON, Ore. (Aug. 18, 2013) - Forget about good performances, Trey Starks' objective is to win races.
After a last-minute change of plans to head to Willamette Speedway for the ASCS Northwest Region event on Saturday, Starks rebounded from an early mechanical issue to score a third-place finish.
"We had a good car," he said. "We came all the way though the field. It was another good night of racing through traffic. I'm at the point where I want to win. Running through the field and getting podiums isn't necessarily the goal. We've got a couple of wins this season, but we haven't got any in a while. I'm itching for another one."
Starks opened the night with the ASCS Northwest Region changing its format. The region had the drivers qualify and Starks timed in eighth quickest.
"It was one of those ones where you couldn't tell if you should run the top or the bottom," he said. "I tried to go to the bottom the first lap and got caught in the middle and then I ran the top as hard as I could the second lap. Our car was too tight to run the bottom."
The heat races were inverted by six, which started Starks on the inside of the second row in his heat. After getting trapped behind a car on the start, Starks maintained fourth place for the rest of the race.
That put him 10th in points - missing the feature redraw by two positions - and starting on the outside of the fifth row for the 30-lap feature.
"We were trying some stuff with shocks and went back to our basic setup," he said. "It seemed to work a lot better for that track.
"Before our warm-up lap I had fuel dumping out of the fuel canister where the jet is. The o-rings go out on them every so often. It was dumping out on my leg. I've run with one of them leaking before, but this one was just dumping out. I went into the pits and barely got it changed to tag the tail of the feature."
Because he went to the work area, Starks started the race in last place - 16th.
"We picked off a few spots," he said. "I think I was into 11th on Lap 9 when there was a caution. We were picking up a couple of spots by that red flag on Lap 15. We just kept slowing picking our way back through. With two to go we were running fourth and (Seth) Nunes, right in front of us, wore himself out. We barely missed him. It was pretty close."
Starks restarted in third place and held on for the podium finish, which marked his 15th top five of the season.
He is scheduled to compete with the ASCS Northwest Region on Friday at Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore., before heading to Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., on Saturday.
QUICK RESULTS -
Aug. 17 - Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. - Qualifying: 8; Heat race: 4 (3); Feature: 3 (10).
SEASON STATS -
29 races, 2 wins, 15 top fives, 21 top 10s, 24 top 15s, 28 top 20s
UP NEXT -
Friday at Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore., with the ASCS Northwest Region and Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.
MEDIA LINKS -
Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/treystarks55
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts
VIDEO -
Here's a link to Trey's win at Skagit Speedway on May 25 with highlights beginning approximately 4:45 into the video: http://youtu.be/JlaX5Lvj4VI
Check out some in-car footage of Trey provided by Downforce Designs: http://youtu.be/dv2_v22rcO4
Here is a link to check out highlights from Trey's victory at Skagit Speedway on May 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHzc9tXVaQ&feature=youtu.be
APPAREL -
Starks has men's and women's long-sleeve shirts, t-shirts and hoodies available at any race he attends and at http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT - SpeedMart
Established in 2004, SpeedMart has developed into a leading supplier of sprint car and racing products in the Northwest. For more information, visit http://www.speedmartinc.com.
"SpeedMart really benefits us because they are right next to our home," Starks said. "Even though we are traveling a lot on the West Coast, I know SpeedMart will always have anything we need."
Starks would like to thank his sponsors, including Starks Timber Processing, Blue Dot Fabrications, BR Motorsports, King Racing Products and Masco Petroleum for their continued support.
INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS -
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- Admin Account on Aug 20, 2013
- Article Date: 8/18/2013 by Shawn Miller