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Inside Line Promotions – MESQUITE, Texas (March 22, 2021) – The transformation of Garet Williamson was evident during the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour’s season-opening weekend.
The Bryant Paver Motorsports pilot invaded Devil’s Bowl Speedway for the 48th annual Spring Nationals last weekend. He’d only visited the tricky track once in his career for a two-day event last year, finishing 16th and 19th, respectively.
“I think we were a lot better this year,” he said. “Things have gotten simpler and aren’t so fast. I’m a smoother driver, too. I think that all showed.”
Williamson was on a mission last weekend, charging from eighth to fifth place in a heat race and winning a qualifier from the second starting position on Friday. That ranked him fourth in overall points to garner the fourth starting position for the main event.
“We had a shot at a podium before the wreck,” he said. “Another driver went to slide me and missed the bottom. He got up to me and I didn’t have any room. I didn’t see him until the last minute. His right rear tire got into my nerf bar and I went for a wild. I think that’s definitely up there with our Knoxville wreck last year as the worst in my career.”
Williamson was in contention for a podium when the wild wreck in turn two ended his night early and destroyed his sprint car.
The team pulled out the backup car for Saturday’s event and there wasn’t a loss of speed. Williamson finished where he started in a heat race – second – and in a qualifier – third. That was good enough to rank him eighth in points and lock into the A Main.
“We didn’t know how we’d adapt and we adapted really well,” he said. “It was a new night and you can’t think about the night before. We were up to sixth or seventh in the feature and had a restart when we got bottled up. Everybody was on the bottom and I messed up. When it’s like that you have to go for every position and it bit us. With the track conditions it wasn’t super racy, but I’ll take a top 10.”
Williamson duked it out in the top 10 throughout the entire race before ending 10th, marking his first career top 10 at a track known for being hard to learn.
“That place is super tricky,” he said. “It’s tough and hard on confidence going to a place like that. I went back with a good mindset and that helped a lot. Now I know I can run good there and that will help the next time we go back.”
Next up for Williamson is an ASCS National Tour tripleheader beginning Thursday at Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas. It will be the series debut at the oval and Williamson’s first time at the track.
I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., hosts the ensuing two days. Williamson recorded a pair of sixth-place showings at the bullring last year.
QUICK RESULTS –
March 19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas – Heat race: 5 (8); Qualifier: 1 (2); Feature: 21 (4).
March 20 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas – Heat race: 2 (2); Qualifier: 3 (3); Feature: 10 (8).
SEASON STATS –
8 races, 0 wins, 1 top five, 3 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 4 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Thursday at Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, and Friday and Saturday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
MEDIA LINKS –
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BPMotorsports24
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- Shawn Miller on Mar 22, 2021
- Article Date: 3/22/2021 by Inside Line Promotions