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Inside Line Promotions – ALGER, Wash. (Aug. 17, 2014) – Trey Starks is hungry for his first win of the season.
Starks nearly took advantage of a late opportunity to capture a triumph on Saturday at Skagit Speedway, where he has won four times in the past three years.
“Although we’ve ran a harder schedule this year, it’s tough to be at this point of the season and not have a win yet,” he said. “It’s come a little later than the past couple of seasons.”
After qualifying second quickest, Starks advanced from fourth to second place during his heat race. The feature inversion was a four, which lined him up on the inside of the second row for the 25-lap main event.
“I got into second on the third or fourth lap,” he said. “I was chasing the leader all race. He was quicker than us in clean air. On restarts it took a couple of laps to get up to him. Every time we got to traffic there’d be a caution.”
Starks saw his opportunity with approximately five laps remaining as the duo raced through traffic.
“The track was really narrow and one lane,” he said. “I knew if he got a lapped car between us it might be game over. I saw a shot and he bounced out of the groove. I got on the inside of him going into turn one. He bounced through a hole, straightened it out, came across the track and we got together. We both ended up spinning and stopping.”
Starks was forced to restart at the back of the pack following the incident on the backstretch.
“I had to take a shot,” he said. “It almost worked. It was just a little too close. If that would have went a little different we could have had a win.”
Starks rebounded to post his 17th top 10 of the season.
He will return to Skagit Speedway this Saturday for a final tune-up prior to the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series doubleheader at the track the following weekend.
QUICK RESULTS –
Aug. 16 – Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. – Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 2 (4); Feature: 8 (3).
SEASON STATS –
49 races, 0 wins, 7 top fives, 17 top 10s, 28 top 15s, 32 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Starks55Trey
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts
APPAREL –
Starks has t-shirts and hoodies for sale at any race he attends as well as on http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Blue Dot Fabrications
Blue Dot Fabrications is owned by Trey’s uncle, Dean Starks, who fabricates various types of vehicles, including vintage cars and road race cars. Blue Dot Fabrications even built quarter midgets when Trey began racing. For more information, visit http://www.BlueDotFab.com.
“Blue Dot Fabrications is another business that has been around my family my entire life,” Starks said. “My uncle, Dean, has always been around ready to fix anything that gets dinged up at the track.”
Starks would also like to thank Southstar Equipment, Starks Timber Processing, SpeedMart, King Racing Products, Masco Petroleum, RCC Powder Coating and Emory Transmission for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Aug 17, 2014
- Article Date: 8/17/2014 by Inside Line Promotions