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Inside Line Promotions – DU QUOIN, Ill. (Dec. 19, 2017) – Derek Hagar faced misfortune from the start of the Junior Knepper 55 last Saturday inside the Southern Illinois Center.
“We had to hot lap on the track before our heat race because they over watered it,” he said. “We made about 20 laps and then we had a problem. The master cylinder locked up and kept pressure on the brakes. The motor just wouldn’t pull it. It wouldn’t go so I had to watch from the infield.”
Hagar and the Hagar-Proctor Racing team opened the USAC National Midget Series event with a DNF in the heat race. That relegated them toward the back of the C Main.
“We had a good handling car and were able to drive into a transfer position,” Hagar said. “It doesn’t take long to run 10 laps on that short of a track. The same thing played out in the B Main.”
Hagar charged from 14th to fifth place in the C Main to transfer into the back of the B Main.
“The B Main was like a demolition derby,” he said. “We got caught up in other people’s messes a couple of times and had to restart at the back. We made some good laps and got some good notes though.”
Hagar finished the night with a rally to ninth place in the consolation race to miss transferring into the A Main by only five positions.
“We have to work more bugs out of the car, but we’re pretty confident,” he said. “We don’t get to race this car very often so we learn a lot whenever we do. We can’t wait for the Chili Bowl.”
Hagar will return to action Jan. 9-13 at the Spirit River Expo Center in Tulsa, Okla., for the 32nd annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
QUICK RESULTS –
Dec. 16 – Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Ill. – Heat race: DNF (2); C Main: 5 (14): B Main: 9 (17).
UP NEXT –
Jan. 9-13 at Spirit River Expo Center in Tulsa, Okla., for the 32nd annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek
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- Shawn Miller on Dec 19, 2017
- Article Date: 12/19/2017 by Inside Line Promotions