(Photo by Will Crews)
Inside Line Promotions – BEAUMONT, Texas (May 11, 2016) – Travis Rilat posted his first podium finish at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in five years last Friday to highlight his weekend racing with the ASCS Gulf South Region.
Rilat kicked off the doubleheader weekend at the high-banked oval in Waco, Texas, where he advanced from seventh to fifth place in a heat race. That lined him up on the outside of the front row for the B Main.
“The track was pretty heavy and rough,” he said. “I don’t think anybody could get their car free enough. We made some wholesale changes for the B Main, which worked out. And then we went further for the A Main.”
Rilat won the consolation race to transfer into the 15th starting position for the main event.
“As the fuel burned off the car got faster and faster,” he said. “We were able to go where everybody else wasn’t able to, which was through the ruts. We came pretty close.”
Rilat charged from 15th to second place and he pulled even with the leader entering turn three on the final lap.
“I didn’t know whether I had enough room to throw a slider on him or not,” he said. “Watching a video of the race I should have. It’s tons of fun to have a run like that. That’s what brings you back next week.”
Rilat’s second-place result was his best of the season in the United States and it earned him the Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars.
The weekend concluded on Saturday at Golden Triangle Raceway Park, where Rilat maneuvered from sixth to third place in a heat race. That locked him into the feature redraw, where he pulled the No. 4 during the random draw to start the main event on the outside of the second row.
“We had a pretty good car,” he said. “We for sure could have run second and possibly won that one.”
Rilat was running second approximately one third of the way through the feature when a mechanical problem relegated him to the pits. He was credited with a 16th-place result.
Rilat ranks fourth in the ASCS Gulf South Region championship standings and he is only 72 points out of the lead.
He is scheduled to return to action this Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Texas World Dirt Track Championships with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
QUICK RESULTS –
May 6 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco, Texas – Heat race: 5 (7); B Main: 1 (2); Feature: 2 (15).
May 7 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas – Heat race: 3 (6); Feature: 16 (4).
SEASON STATS –
15 races, 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top 10s, 10 top 15s, 13 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Texas World Dirt Track Championships with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TravisRilat.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TravisRilat29
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Rilat would also like to thank Worfe Chevrolet, Shop the BOSS, Shark Racing Engines, Weld Wheels, KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Hoosier Racing Tires, HRP Wings, Goodrich, Penske Racing Shocks and All Star Auto Reconditioning.
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- Shawn Miller on May 11, 2016
- Article Date: 5/11/2016 by Inside Line Promotions