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Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (April 24, 2017) – Trey Starks powered to a runner-up result last Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway, where he made his season debut driving for Doug Rutz.
“The Gobrecht Motorsports team had the weekend off and I flew home so I want to thank Doug for giving me an opportunity to race in the Northwest,” Starks said. “I was happy with how everything went.”
Starks qualified fourth quickest before he placed fourth in a heat race at the quarter-mile oval. That lined him up on the outside of the fifth row in the 30-lap main event.
“We were inside the top five on the first lap I think,” he said. “We picked a few more off. We were in second by the seventh or eighth lap. I was by the leader twice and both times the caution came out.”
Starks took the lead with a pass in turns three and four with approximately a dozen laps remaining. However, a caution on the ensuing lap negated the pass.
“From about 10 laps to go on we had a caution every three laps until the end,” he said. “I knew if we could have got to traffic again we’d have a good shot. Since we kept having cautions my only shot at the lead was on the restarts. I tried to be pretty aggressive, but I couldn’t quite get him.”
The second-place finish was the second podium of the season for Starks, who will return to the Gobrecht Motorsports team this weekend for an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions tripleheader. The team will compete on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.; on Saturday at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa.; and on Sunday at Bedford Speedway in Bedford, Pa.
“We’re going to hit it pretty hard with some different ideas this weekend and hopefully we’ll have some luck on our side,” he said. “We have a positive attitude going in and we’re going to try as hard as we can to produce some results.”
QUICK RESULTS –
April 22 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Qualifying: 4; Heat race: 4 (3); Feature: 2 (10).
SEASON STATS –
6 races, 0 wins, 2 top fives, 2 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 4 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Saturday at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa.; and Sunday at Bedford Speedway in Bedford, Pa., with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Starks55Trey
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts
APPAREL –
Starks has t-shirts and hoodies for sale at http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com.
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“FK Rod Ends produces the best product available and are awesome people to work with,” Starks said. “We’ve been with them for a long time and are grateful for their support.”
Gobrecht Motorsports would also like to thank Champion Brands, Starks Timber Processing, Golf Cart Services, ServiceMaster Clean, J&J Auto Racing, Textron Off Road, Fibreworks Composites, Gettysburg Rental Center, Gardy’s Enterprises, Kleffel’s, Moose Blocks, Beer Hill Gang, Baker Door Company, Moose Lodge 720, Pancho’s Racing Products, Pro Shocks, Auto Meter, KSE Racing Products, Fel-Pro, Taylor Ignition Wires, Miller Welders, K&N Filters, Mettec, Bell Helmets, AL Driveline, DMI, Champion Spark Plugs, ISC Racers Tape, Schroth Racing, HMS Motorsports, King Racing Products, Kinsler Fuel Injection, All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, Ultra Lite Brakes & Components and Security Race Products for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Apr 24, 2017
- Article Date: 4/24/2017 by Inside Line Promotions