Inside Line Promotions – STOCKTON, Calif. (May 23, 2018) – Blaine Baxter showed speed while battling qualifying problems and bad luck last weekend during a King of California Micro Sprint Series doubleheader.
Baxter was running in the sixth position during his heat race at Dixon Speedway in Dixon, Calif., on Friday when he was unable to avoid a wreck, forcing him to start at the tail of the B Main.
“There was a flip right in front of me,” he said. “I had nowhere to go and got caught up in it, breaking my axle.”
Repairs were made to his machine in time for him to start 13th in the B Main and he responded with a sixth-place finish to transfer to the A Main. Baxter started 21st and rallied to record an 11th-place result in the main event.
“That (A Main) was probably one of the toughest races of the season,” he said. “It was one of the roughest tracks we’ve had. There were about four or five flips during the race.”
A subpar qualifying run slotted Baxter in the ninth starting spot in his heat race on Saturday at Delta Speedway. He was able to charge to a fifth-place finish, but fell one spot short of locking into the A Main.
Baxter started seventh in the B Main, but bad luck struck again while he challenged for a transfer spot. Two cars in front of him got together and collected him, forcing Baxter to restart at the back with two laps to go. He was able to pass several cars in the final laps before finishing 13th.
A similar situation occurred two weeks prior at Delta Speedway, where qualifying got the team behind the eight ball.
“We’re really struggling with our qualifying and it’s just killing us,” said Blaine’s father, Dustin Baxter. “I need to give Blaine a better car for qualifying and we need to do a better job at the start of the night so that we don’t have to fight so hard at the end. This (restricted micro sprint) class is about momentum. We just have to get our momentum game a little stronger. And the class is stacked with talent. There are a lot of holdovers from last year. I think the next youngest kid to Blaine (who is 10 years old) is 12 and it goes all the way up to 16 or 17. We have some learning to do, but we’re confident we’ll get it going.”
The next racing action for Blaine Baxter will be a King of California Micro Sprint Series doubleheader on June 8 at Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park in Visalia, Calif., and June 9 at Lemoore Raceway in Lemoore, Calif.
QUICK RESULTS –
May 5 – Delta Speedway in Stockton, Calif. – Qualifying: 29; Heat race 7 (-); B Main: 7 (-).
May 18 – Dixon Speedway in Dixon, Calif. – Heat race: DNF (-); B Main: 6 (13); Feature: 11 (21).
May 19 – Delta Speedway in Stockton, Calif. – Qualifying: 22; Heat race: 5 (9); B Main: 13 (7)
SEASON STATS –
10 races, 0 wins, 2 top fives, 3 top 10s, 5 top 15s, 5 top 20s
UP NEXT –
June 8 at Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park in Visalia, Calif., and June 9 at Lemoore Raceway in Lemoore, Calif. with the King of California Micro Sprint Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://blainebaxterracing.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blainebaxter25
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlaineBaxterRacing/
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- Shawn Miller on May 23, 2018
- Article Date: 5/23/2018 by Inside Line Promotions