Lonnie Wheatley, NIXA, Mo. (July 22, 2016) – After a brief hiatus, Kyle Bellm and the Resource Asset Management Solutions (RAMS) No. 14k Sprint Car team rejoin the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour for this weekend’s “Rushmore Rumble” at the Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, SD.
It’s a track that Bellm found to his liking last year when he raced to a third-place finish in National Tour action.
“We were good there last year, hopefully we can improve a position or two and take that momentum into Knoxville,” the driver of the PPG Automotive Finishes/Colorvision entry commented.
While Bellm missed the early portion of the Northwest tour on the national series, he has stayed busy in recent weeks with no finish lower than sixth in the last handful of races in the Schure Built Suspensions/Christian County Collision Repair machine.
This past weekend, Bellm joined forces with the Smith Racing No. 86 Tiger Towing team and raced to a second-place finish at Randolph County Raceway in Moberly, MO.
Working his way forward to fourth in his heat race from the tail to make it into the redraw, Bellm gridded the feature field seventh and stayed there in the early going.
“That’s where we ran for the first ten to 12 laps,” Bellm explained. “The yellow came out and then I changed my line.”
The change to the middle of turns one and two was a beneficial one with Bellm charging from seventh to third in short order and then making a move past Randy Martin for second just as another caution flew with just four laps remaining.
“I had to get back by Randy (Martin) again for second,” Bellm says.
He was able to do that, but time had run out to chase down the race leader, leaving Bellm to settle for a strong runner-up finish.
“I just took a little too long to find the line I needed to be running,” Bellm comments. “It was a good run, we’ll definitely take it.”
With four top-four finishes among the last five races, Bellm and the Bybee Lawn Care/Dynotech Racing Engines team looks to continue that momentum as they rejoin the ASCS National Tour this weekend.
“It will be good to be back out on the road with those guys, we feel good about the way we have our car operating right now,” the driver of the Schaeffer Oil/Prater Designs/Racinboys entry concludes.
2016 Quick Stats: 25 races, 1 win, 9 top-fives, 11 top-tens.
Up Next: ASCS National Tour at Black Hill Speedway in Rapid City, SD, on Friday and Saturday.
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Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events. For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.
- administrator on Jul 22, 2016
- Article Date: 7/22/2016 by Lonnie Wheatley