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Inside Line Promotions – JACKSON, Minn. (June 5, 2017) – Jason Sides put together two strong preliminary nights before a tire problem hampered him during the finale of the 39th annual AGCO Jackson Nationals last weekend at Jackson Motorplex.
Sides opened the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series tripleheader on Thursday by qualifying second quickest in his group. He then won a heat race to lock into the dash. A fourth-place result in the dash lined him up on the outside of the second row for the main event.
“I ran fifth a long time,” he said. “I was behind Danny Lasoski and he was blowing some oil. My tires were bald and I slid over the curb and a couple of guys got by me. On a late restart I got back by one to end up seventh.”
Sides placed seventh, which marked his 13th top 10 of the season with the World of Outlaws.
Night 2 of the event featured similar success for Sides, who qualified eighth quickest before he advanced from fourth to second place in a heat race to lock into the dash. A seventh-place finish in the dash started Sides seventh in the A Main.
“I knew going into the feature we needed to move forward to earn one of the four lock-in positions to Saturday’s dash,” he said. “We were able to advance a couple of positions, but I knew it’d be close between us and Gravel.”
Sides maneuvered to a fifth-place result, which was his fifth top five of the season and earned enough points to rank Sides fourth in overall event points out of 40 competitors. That guaranteed him a spot in Saturday’s dash, in which he finished where he started – fourth.
That lined him up on the outside of the second row for the $25,000-to-win main event.
“I got up to third early and was running the top at both ends of the track,” he said. “The car wanted to turn before I wanted to turn so I went to the bottom and it was even worse.”
Sides lost a couple of positions prior to a mid-race restart, which is when he struggled the most as the car became tough to handle.
“I couldn’t get going because I was on the left rear wanting to spin out,” he said. “It turns out we grew two and a quarter inches in stagger. Twelve was more than I wanted to run, but since the track was wet and we had a good bottom I figured we’d be ok. The left rear tire shrank and the right rear grew and we came in with more than 14 inches of stagger. I just chalk it up to bad luck because I’m not sure what to do different.”
Sides faded during the second half of the race to a 14th-place result.
He will return to action with the World of Outlaws this Friday and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
QUICK RESULTS –
June 1 – Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn. – Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 1 (1); Dash: 4 (3); Feature: 7 (4).
June 2 – Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn. – Qualifying: 8; Heat race: 2 (4); Dash: 7 (7); Feature: 5 (7).
June 3 – Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn. – Dash: 4 (4); Feature: 14 (4).
SEASON STATS –
34 races, 0 wins, 5 top fives, 15 top 10s, 18 top 15s, 26 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.SidesMotorsports.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SidesMotorsport
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sides-Motorsports/283833970847?ref=br_tf
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“Shawn Dancer of Dancer Logistics has been with us for many years and he’s helped us a ton,” Sides said. “It’s grown to be more of a friendship than a partnership.”
Sides would also like to thank Wetherington Tractor Service, Inc., East Coast Logistics, Clean Seal, Inc., VRP Shocks, King Racing Products, BR Motorsports, FSR Radiators, R.E. Enterprises, Jim Schuhknecht, Mid-States Equipment, Pat Hanley Auction Co., Brad Roller, Driven Racing Oil, Ingles Racing Engines, Wings Unlimited and All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Jun 05, 2017
- Article Date: 6/5/2017 by Inside Line Promotions