(Photo by Scott Frazier)
Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 18, 2015) – Brandon Hanks rebounded from a sour start to the night last Saturday during the USCS Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway, where he wrapped up his 2015 season with a top-10 result.
The night began with the David Smith Racing entry finishing where it started – sixth – in a USCS heat race on the quarter-mile oval.
“I had a left rear shock break on me in the heat race,” Hanks said. “I went into the first corner and the whole left side came off the ground and the car went all the way up to the wall. I was trying not to wreck the thing after that. I’d go in the corner and the left rear would come off the ground. We changed the left rear shock for the B Main and it was fixed.”
Hanks then placed seventh in the consolation race to lock his team into the 40-lap main event.
“What screwed us up for the B Main was we didn’t know what kind of car we had since I didn’t really have anything to drive for the heat,” he said. “We were pretty good. I was just a little too tight.”
The crew adjusted the setup prior to the feature, which Hanks started on the inside of the 11th row.
“We had our car pretty close for the A Main and were able to move forward,” he said. “We were moving up through the field pretty good. Everybody was running the top. It was the fastest way around. You had to run around the top and do slide jobs to get positions. You had to try to keep as much of your momentum as you could.”
Hanks powered from 21st to score a 10th-place finish, which was his 18th top 10 of the season.
“It’s not what we wanted, but we salvaged a top 10 out of it,” he said. “That was a good ending to the night and we have something to build on for next year.”
QUICK RESULTS –
Nov. 14 – Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. – Heat race: 6 (6); B Main: 7 (8); Feature: 10 (21).
SEASON STATS –
40 races, 0 wins, 9 top fives, 18 top 10s, 23 top 15s, 27 top 20s
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.HanksMotorsports.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brandon_K_Hanks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hanks-Motorsports/135263046488177
LIVE COVERAGE –
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“I want to thank Hinchman Racewear for keeping me safe whenever something goes wrong,” Hanks said. “The quality of their products is second to none.”
Hanks would also like to thank David Smith Racing, Howard’s Auto Plus, Performance Powder Coating, D&B Farms, Wesmar Racing Engines, Walls Paint and Body Shop, R.E. Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Acme Graphix, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems and J-R1 for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Nov 18, 2015
- Article Date: 11/18/2015 by Inside Line Promotions