(Photo by Scott Frazier)
Inside Line Promotions – EAGLE, Neb. (Sept. 8, 2014) – Tony Bruce Jr. powered to a pair of top fives with the ASCS Midwest Region last weekend.
He opened the Nebraska doubleheader on Saturday at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction by maneuvering from fourth to first place on the opening lap of his heat race.
“We were pretty good there in the heat race,” he said. “We were able to go from fourth to first on the start. We had a really good car pretty much all night long.”
The heat race victory advanced Bruce Jr. into the feature redraw. He pulled the No. 2 during the random redraw to line up on the outside of the front row for the main event.
“I led the first five or six laps,” he said. “I just didn’t find the rubber fast enough. (Jack) Dover found the rubber and was able to drive by us. After that we just followed him around. There was rubber on the bottom of turns three and four. I knew it was going to come. I was around the top for the first few laps and it was one of those disadvantages of leading. Sometimes the track changes and you can’t do anything about it.”
Bruce Jr. finished with a second-place result.
He tackled the Nebraska Cup on Sunday at Eagle Raceway.
“In the heat race the track was real wet and one lane,” he said. “We were able to go from sixth to fourth. That put us one spot out of the redraw.”
Bruce Jr. lined up on the inside of the fifth row for the main event.
“The track got really wide and it was two grooves, but both of them were pretty fast,” he said. “You had to catch guys at the right time and hope it worked out. I made a few mistakes and it cost us from going further forward.”
Bruce Jr. ended fifth, which marked his 13th top five of the season.
He will return to competition with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour this Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Port-A-Cool U.S. Dirt Track Championship.
“We’ve always had some good speed at Texas Motor Speedway,” he said. “It’s a good facility and luckily we get two races there this year. Hopefully this time we can contend for a win.”
QUICK RESULTS –
Sept. 6 – Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb. – Heat race: 1 (4); Feature: 2 (2).
Sept. 7 – Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Neb. – Heat race: 4 (6); Feature: 5 (9).
SEASON STATS –
49 races, 3 wins, 13 top fives, 27 top 10s, 33 top 15s, 45 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Port-A-Cool U.S. Dirt Track Championship with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
LIVE COVERAGE –
To keep up to speed with Bruce Jr. at every Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour event, visit http://www.RacinBoys.com for free, live audio. Additionally, RacinBoys will provide live Pay-Per-View video at select races.
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TonyBruceJr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyBruceJr
VIDEO –
Here is a link of Bruce Jr. at the Front Row Challenge and 360 Knoxville Nationals in August thanks to FinishLine Studios: http://youtu.be/380-i0vVgG8
Click on the link for a video by Thriller Productions that highlights Bruce Jr.’s Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour triumph at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on March 21: http://vimeo.com/89899519
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“When I moved to the Tulsa area a few years back we built a brand new shop,” Bruce Jr. said. “We always strive as a race team to find the best products for the situation and that was no different selecting the company to build our building. Wheeler Metals was the perfect fit for our needs. From 10x10 pole barns to 100x100 full metal buildings, they have it all. I challenge anyone to find a building company that will work the customers’ needs like they do.”
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- Shawn Miller on Sep 08, 2014
- Article Date: 9/8/2014 by Inside Line Promotions