(Photo by Jay Hallas)
Inside Line Promotions – BEAUMONT, Texas (Sept. 14, 2016) – Channin Tankersley captured his second ASCS Gulf South Region championship in the past three years last Saturday during the region’s final race of the season.
“It’s pretty big,” he said. “That just shows that we can consistently run up front and that we can put a whole season together. Probably my biggest downfall when I first started was I was always really fast, but I wasn’t consistent. Over the past few years we’ve got rid of the crashing part and have been really consistent.”
However, Saturday’s show didn’t start as well as Tankersley hoped.
“They had a red on Lap 1 of the heat race,” he said. “The car was running great. I shut it off for the red and it wouldn’t refire when we tried to restart. We went to the work area and put a new MSD box on it. They restarted the race and we didn’t make it back out. It’s only about the second time it’s happened in my racing career.”
That lined Tankersley up on the outside of the sixth row for the main event.
“That set us back in the A Main,” he said. “With the track as fast as it was it was tough to move forward. The track was the fastest I’ve seen that place in a long time. It was right up on the curb. I’d get someone running through the middle and then we’d get in traffic and I’d get another one. It was picking one off here and there. We did all we could to run them down. We just ran out of time.”
Tankersley maneuvered from 12th to earn a third-place result, which was his 11th top five of the season. It also netted the Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars.
QUICK RESULTS –
Sept. 10 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas – Heat race: DNF (6); Feature: 3 (12).
SEASON STATS –
19 races, 4 wins, 11 top fives, 12 top 10s, 14 top 15s, 16 top 20s
UP NEXT –
TBD
MEDIA LINKS –
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChanninTankersley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TankRacing
APPAREL –
Tankersley has t-shirts ranging from youth medium to XXL for sale at his race trailer.
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“Jeff with Challenger Drilling has been helping me since 2012 and has been a great asset to our team,” Tankersley said. “I really appreciate his support.”
Tankersley would also like to thank Watercraft Plus LLC, G3 Boats, Blackfoot Electric, Yamaha, Day Motorsports, Blazer Boats and Sea Chaser Boats for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Sep 14, 2016
- Article Date: 9/14/2016 by Inside Line Promotions