(Photo by Jones Sports Media)
Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 11, 2014) – Derek Hagar powered to his 26th top five of the year last Saturday at Riverside International Speedway during his season finale.
The result, combined with his career-best 16 feature wins in 2014, meant he earned a top-five finish in more than half of his races this season.
“I’m pretty happy with it,” he said. “It’s a good way to go into the offseason. We ended the year with two strong weekends.”
Hagar kicked off Saturday night by winning his heat race from the pole position.
“I got a good start and led the whole thing,” he said. “The race track got better and better and the car kept getting tighter and tighter. Luckily we were in clean air and I could run the car the way I wanted to.”
That put Hagar third in overall points, which started him on the inside of the second row for the 20-lap feature.
“I ran in third for a little while behind Tim Crawley,” he said. “It was probably Lap 12 or 13 and he got together with a lapped car. They hooked bumpers and spun out. On the restart I tried to go up in the cushion and cut across the bottom to get a run. It tripped up on the right front and biked real hard. I saved it and kinda just rode the rest of the race trying to protect my position.”
Hagar ended with a runner-up result.
QUICK RESULTS –
Nov. 8 – Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. – Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 2 (3).
SEASON STATS –
51 races, 16 wins, 26 top fives, 31 top 10s, 35 top 15s, 41 top 20s
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek
VIDEO –
Here is a video of Hagar winning the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour on Sept. 27 at Lucas Oil Speedway: http://youtu.be/C3_ieWghINg
Ride along with Hagar during his victory at I-30 Speedway on April 5 thanks to this video by Jones Sports Media: http://youtu.be/JDYTr1M4KjM
APPAREL –
Hagar has t-shirts, hats and koozies available for sale at his race trailer at every race he competes at. To see his schedule, visit http://www.DerekHagar.com/schedule.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – R.E. Enterprises
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“R.E. Enterprises has pretty much everything a team needs,” Hagar said. “Not only do they help me out, but I work there doing shocks. That has been a huge advantage to me. I encourage everyone to check out R.E. Enterprises and the website.”
Hagar would also like to thank J&J Auto Racing, Dynotech Performance, Xtreme Race Graphics, FSR Radiators, Fragola Performance Systems, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Hinchman Racewear, FK Rod Ends and Ti64 for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Nov 11, 2014
- Article Date: 11/11/2014 by Inside Line Promotions