9/27/2016
Inside Line Promotions
Bruce Jr. Posts Top Five During Hockett/McMillin Memorial Tripleheader
(Photo by Jimmy Jones)
Inside Line Promotions – WHEATLAND, Mo. (Sept. 27, 2016) – Tony Bruce Jr. produced strong results throughout the Hockett/McMillin Memorial last weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Bruce Jr., who was driving for the Smith Family, opened the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour tripleheader last Thursday by winning a heat race. He then placed third in a qualifier to lock into the 12th starting position for the main event.
“I got to eighth at one point,” he said. “The top in turns one and two was really tricky. Unfortunately, it got the best of me and I lost a whole bunch of spots on the last restart. I just made a mistake and it cost me.”
Bruce Jr. ended with a 12th-place result.
He returned to the 3/8-mile oval on Friday for Round 2, which began with Bruce Jr. advancing from fourth to second place in a heat race before he won a qualifier. That ranked him second in overall points and lined the team up on the outside of the front row for the main event.
“We were pretty good,” he said. “For some reason we kept getting tighter as the race went on. Toward the end of the race we started to get too tight to run the top and we held on for fourth.”
The fourth-place finish helped Bruce Jr. rank third in preliminary points, which locked him into the third starting position for Saturday’s $10,000-to-win main event.
“We were running the topside for a majority of the race,” he said. “Unfortunately, I let turn one get the best of me again. I caught it wrong and fell off the track about halfway through and lost a whole bunch of spots.”
Bruce Jr. rallied back from the miscue to record a 13th-place finish.
“I felt overall we had a solid weekend,” he said. “More than anything making the show against 60 cars is a task in itself. It wasn’t what we wanted on Saturday, but it was a solid weekend. I’m fortunate enough to be able to drive for the Smith Family. We really don’t race as much as the people we were racing with. To be as competitive as we were is nothing to hang our heads about. Every time I race for them we’re getting faster and faster.”
Bruce Jr. and the team are scheduled to return to action Oct. 14-15 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
QUICK RESULTS –
Sept. 22 – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. – Heat race: 1 (1); Qualifier: 3 (1); Feature: 12 (12).
Sept. 23 – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. – Heat race: 2 (4); Qualifier: 1 (2); Feature: 4 (2).
Sept. 24 – Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. – Feature: 13 (3).
SEASON STATS –
22 races, 1 win, 8 top fives, 13 top 10s, 19 top 15s, 19 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Oct. 14-15 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TonyBruceJr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyBruceJr
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