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Inside Line Promotions – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 11, 2017) – Brandon Hanks is coming off his most consistent performance of the season by earning his first podium finish and a pair of top fives last weekend.
“We were consistent the whole weekend,” he said. “It’s hard to complain about a third and fourth.”
The competition began last Friday at Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, where Hanks won his ASCS Red River Region heat race after starting on the pole. That garnered enough points to lock into the feature redraw, in which he pulled the No. 4 to start the main event fourth.
“I got a good start, but John Carney II got a better start,” he said. “He went by to take the lead. I was trying to get by Fred (Mattox) and Andrew Deal got by both of us. I was able to get by Fred. I worked on Andrew and then he’d get away and close in on John. They’d battle for the lead and I’d catch up. Then the track took rubber and there wasn’t much opportunity after that.”
Hanks held on for a season-best third-place finish.
The team was slated to compete on Saturday at Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, but weather washed the event out. Hanks decided to tackle I-30 Speedway on his way home.
“Saturday was a little tougher,” he said. “It got rained out where we were supposed to go. We actually had to call the track and get them to draw for us. We didn’t get to hot lap. We were thrown out there and hoped we didn’t miss it in the heat race. We started on the pole and fell back to third, but got one car. Then we got lucky and the leader had problems so we got by him.”
Hanks won his heat race for the second straight night. He lined up fourth in the main event.
“The track was super hooked up and as fast as I can remember I-30 being in a while,” he said. “If you weren’t careful you’d hook a rut in the wrong place. We were too tight in the feature. It was hurting me. I couldn’t get through the center of the corner like I needed. We did run third most of the race. I got real tight after a restart and lost my momentum. The guy behind me was able to take advantage.”
Hanks recorded a fourth-place result, which was his third top five of the season.
“We’ve been consistent and getting better and better and slowly working our way toward hopefully getting that win,” he said. “We were right there all weekend long. It just didn’t play out for us.”
QUICK RESULTS –
July 7 – Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas – Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 3 (4).
July 8 – I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. – Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 4 (4).
SEASON STATS –
18 races, 0 wins, 3 top fives, 7 top 10s, 8 top 15s, 12 top 20s
UP NEXT –
TBD
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.HanksMotorsports.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brandon_K_Hanks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hanks-Motorsports/135263046488177
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Performance Powder Coating
Performance Powder Coating is a powder coating business owned by the Hanks family. Located in Burlison, Tenn., Performance Powder Coating works on everything from race cars to street vehicles.
“My family owns Performance Powder Coating,” Hanks said. “Without this business and my family I wouldn’t be able to race sprint cars and I wouldn’t know all of the great friends that I have met through racing.”
Hanks would also like to thank D&B Farms, Penske Racing Shocks, Acme Graphix, Hinchman Racewear, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, J-R1 and MyRacePass for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Jul 12, 2017
- Article Date: 7/11/2017 by Inside Line Promotions