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Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (April 1, 2014) – Jordan Weaver is getting the hang of winged 360 sprint cars.
Weaver nearly captured a spot in the NCRA feature during the 4th annual Air Capital Shootout last Saturday at 81 Speedway, which marked only her sixth career start in a winged 360 sprint car.
“I haven’t ran 360 winged cars that much,” she said. “They are quite a bit different. I need to be aggressive on the start of the race a little more and focus on being smooth.”
Weaver opened the event last Saturday by rebounding from a slow start in her heat race.
“On the first lap I got a bad start,” she said. “I didn’t have the forward bite I needed and ended up going into turn one in eighth. I got my composure and focused on being smooth and keeping my momentum up on the bottom.”
Weaver rallied to pick up a trio of positions before the checkered flag. That sent her to the B Main, which Weaver started on the outside of the third row.
“I got a pretty good start,” she said. “I ended up fourth going into turn one. I ran third for three or four laps and then got to second.”
Weaver was in contention for the consolation victory before a caution with approximately five laps remaining bunched the field back up.
“I made a mistake going into turn one and got passed,” she said. “I didn’t go in high enough. I tried playing it safe and ended up losing quite a bit of speed. Then, on the final lap in the final corner I got slid and missed the final transfer by one. We ended up side by side going down the straightaway and he barely got me.”
Weaver was credited with a fourth-place result after narrowly picking up a transfer to the feature.
She is scheduled to take this weekend off before returning to action on April 12 at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour and April 13 at West Siloam Speedway in West Siloam, Okla., with the ASCS Sooner Region.
QUICK RESULTS –
March 29 – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. – Heat race: 5 (5); B Main: 4 (6).
SEASON STATS –
2 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 0 top 10s, 0 top 15s, 0 top 20s
UP NEXT –
April 12 at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour and April 13 at West Siloam Speedway in West Siloam, Okla., with the ASCS Sooner Region
MEDIA LINKS –
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JordanWeaver92
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JordanWeaverRacing92
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – A2Z Oilfield Services
A2Z Oilfield Services is a business focused on the oilfield industry that is based in Woodward, Okla.
“They are out in the field and have trucks that go on location to do services on the oilfield equipment,” Weaver said. “They do a lot on the racing part of things for me. There’d be absolutely no way I could race without A2Z Oilfield Services.”
Weaver would also like to thank FK Rod Ends, ASI Racing Engines, Ron Miller Motor Company and Arrowhead Oilfield Services for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Apr 01, 2014
- Article Date: 4/1/2014 by Inside Line Promotions