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Inside Line Promotions – LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (July 5, 2016) – Dale Blaney is heading into a special race this weekend with one thing on his mind.
“That’s a race that you definitely want to get at some point,” he said. “I’ve run second in that race a few times and have never won it. We came from 20th to fourth in the Ohio Speedweek race (last month). Hopefully we’ll put ourselves in position to do something good.”
The race he’s talking about is the 8th annual Lou Blaney Memorial, which honors his late father and is held this Saturday at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.
The Mainstream Holdings, Inc., sponsored CH Motorsports driver has won at the track before; just not during the marquee event. This year he enters with momentum after nearly earning a pair of podium finishes last weekend in Michigan with the All Stars.
Blaney kicked off the doubleheader on Friday at Hartford Speedway in Hartford by qualifying third quickest overall and fastest in his group. He then advanced from fourth to second place in a heat race to make the dash, where a runner-up result lined him up on the outside of the front row for the main event.
“That was a tough place to pass,” he said. “In the feature I just couldn’t get the jump from where I was at. I had a couple of opportunities to slide (Sheldon Haudenschild) in turns one and two, but that was a tough spot to slide someone. Looking back on it I should have. Sheldon and I were pretty equal. It all depended on who got out in clean air.”
Blaney ran second throughout the feature before finishing in that position.
He took that momentum into Sunday’s Tony Stewart presents the Inaugural Dirty 30 event at I-96 Speedway, where Blaney established a new track record during qualifying. He then won a heat race after starting fourth and charged from seventh to third place in the dash.
“We made a couple of good adjustments and went from seventh to third in the dash,” he said. “We made a couple of more small adjustments and didn’t have a chance to see what would happen in the feature.”
Blaney advanced into second place within the first handful of laps before a mechanical problem sent him into the infield around Lap 5.
“I felt like it was a really good weekend for us that didn’t end good with a motor issue on Sunday night,” he said. “I felt like we ran good all weekend and I got my car back to where I can be comfortable racing again. Every time we were on the track we got better and you can’t ask for anything more.”
QUICK RESULTS –
July 2 – Hartford Speedway in Hartford, Mich. – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 2 (4); Dash: 2 (2); Feature: 2 (2).
July 3 – I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich. – Qualifying: 1; Heat race: 1 (4); Dash: 3 (7); Feature: 21 (3).
SEASON STATS –
39 races, 6 wins, 21 top fives, 30 top 10s, 34 top 15s, 35 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, for the Lou Blaney Memorial with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
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- Shawn Miller on Jul 05, 2016
- Article Date: 7/5/2016 by Inside Line Promotions