(Photo by Mike Frieri)
Inside Line Promotions – MESQUITE, Texas (March 20, 2018) – Travis Rilat was on pace to contend for the 45th annual Spring Nationals victory last Friday at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
Rilat kicked off the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com season-opening race by advancing from third to second place in a heat race.
“The whole key to putting yourself in position during an ASCS show is to move forward in your heat race enough to make the feature redraw,” he said. “If you’ve done that you have a legitimate shot at contending for the win.”
The BDS Motorsports driver earned enough heat race points to garner a spot in the feature redraw, in which he pulled the No. 6 to start the A Main on the outside of the third row.
“The outside was definitely the place to start and we got a great start,” he said. “We jumped into third right away and got up to second shortly after. We were running down Martin Edwards for the lead, but I knew something was going wrong so I pulled into the infield.”
Rilat exited the race early while running second because of a mechanical problem. He was credited with a 21st-place finish.
“Bryan Sundby gave me a great car,” he said. “It’s unfortunate we weren’t able to finish the race because I think we had a car that could have won, but that happens in racing. You just have to move on to the next race. Unfortunately, we have to wait a little longer to race again since Saturday’s race rained out.”
Rilat and BDS Motorsports will return to action April 6-7 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
QUICK RESULTS –
March 16 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas – Heat race: 2 (3); Feature: 21 (6).
SEASON STATS –
4 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 3 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 3 top 20s
UP NEXT –
April 6-7 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TravisRilat.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TravisRilat29
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“It’s kind of funny how I met (Shark owner) Marc Huson when I went up there to Washington for an ASCS National Tour race a few years ago,” Rilat said. “I was wandering around talking on my cell phone and saw a sprint car next door. I walked over, looked around and introduced myself.
“He’s been a great friend. He was instrumental with a support group for me and my family when I was in the hospital up there. He and his wife helped us out in a hard time. As far as his engine skills go, he’s one of the best in the country. There’s only a handful of great engine builders across the country and I consider him one of the best.”
Rilat would also like to thank BDS Motorsports, Frio Chevrolet, Shop the BOSS, MDS Boring & Drilling, Weld Wheels, KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Hoosier Racing Tires, HRP Wings, Goodrich, Penske Racing Shocks, All Star Auto Reconditioning, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Astro Titanium, AutoMeter, Batts Farms, Birch Corp Financial, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Carlan Services, Car Star Collision and Service (from Leduc, Alberta, Canada) Champion Brands Racing Oil, Clark Construction, Diversified Machine Inc., Dyer Rods, Eagle Motorsports, FK Rod Ends, Fuel Safe, Gee and Gee Racing, Gillund Enterprises, Global Power Services, Hepfner Racing Products, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Impact Coatings, Joe’s Kleen Products, The Joie of Seating, Justice Brothers, Kinsler Fuel Injection, KSE Racing Products, Kustom Sprintcar Supplies, Lanktree Holdings, Millstone, Moroso Products, NGK Spark Plugs, Outerwears, Over The Top Marketing and Promotions, Pat Beck Motorsports, Pit Stop Liquors, Quick Racing Products, Randy’s Lawncare/Maintenance – Newton, Iowa, Sander Engineering, SCE Gaskets, Schoenfeld Headers, Sebastian Sandblasting and Powdercoating, Shane Liebig, Shaver Specialty Race Engines, Speedway Motors, Strong Crane Service, Super Shox, Total Seal Piston Rings, Ultra-Lite Brakes and Zephyr Pro40 for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Mar 20, 2018
- Article Date: 3/20/2018 by Inside Line Promotions