7/20/2015
Inside Line Promotions
Sides Grabs Hard Charger Award During Knight Before the Kings Royal
(Photo by Collin Markle Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – ROSSBURG, Ohio (July 20, 2015) – Jason Sides had a solid outing last weekend during the 32nd annual Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway.
Sides opened the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series doubleheader on Friday by qualifying 10th quickest out of more than 50 competitors. He then advanced from fourth to third place during a heat race to lock himself into the 20th starting position for the Knight Before the Kings Royal main event.
“We had a good run there,” he said. “I think we could rotate the bottom better than everybody else in the feature. We could get on the bottom and get underneath guys. Having a good run gave us some good confidence going into the next night.”
Sides maneuvered from 20th to a ninth-place result, which garnered the Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars and created momentum leading into Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale.
“The second night I qualified too well,” he said. “You’d almost like to be a little slower to start on the front row of a heat race.”
Sides timed in 16th quickest during qualifying, which lined him up on the inside of the second row of a heat race. Unfortunately, a massive storm hit the area before the heat races could be contended. That created a delay of more than four hours and a fast track once racing resumed.
“I got hung on the bottom in the grease to start the heat race,” he said. “I couldn’t move very good and we fell to fifth place.”
That relegated him to the B Main, where he started on the outside of the fifth row.
“It was really muddy being behind all those cars,” he said. “I lost a couple of spots on the start and then got going. It was just a circumstance of the weather.”
Sides finished eighth in the consolation race to miss a transfer into the main event.
He is slated to compete this Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Summer Nationals and Sunday at Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y., with the World of Outlaws as the ‘Month of Money’ is underway.
“It’s going to be good this whole month through the Knoxville Nationals,” he said. “I think it will turn out nice.”
QUICK RESULTS –
July 17 – Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 3 (4); Feature: 9 (20).
July 18 – Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 16; Heat race: 5 (3); B Main: 8 (10).
SEASON STATS –
52 races, 2 wins, 11 top fives, 28 top 10s, 43 top 15s, 46 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, Friday and Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for the Summer Nationals and Sunday at Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y., with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.SidesMotorsports.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SidesMotorsport
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sides-Motorsports/283833970847?ref=br_tf
LIVE AUDIO –
Keep up with Sides Motorsports via free, live audio from DIRTVision at every World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event throughout the season. Select events also include live Pay-Per-View video. For more information, click http://www.DIRTVision.com.
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“Shawn Dancer of Dancer Logistics has been with us for many years and he’s helped us a ton,” Sides said. “It’s grown to be more of a friendship than a partnership.”
Sides would also like to thank Wetherington Tractor Service, Inc., King Racing Products, Clean Seal, Inc., R.E. Enterprises, BR Motorsports, VRP Shocks, FSR Radiators, East Coast Logistics, Jim Schuhknecht, Driven Racing Oil, Ingles Racing Engines, Wings Unlimited and All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads for their continued support.
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Article Credit: Inside Line Promotions
Submitted By: Shawn Miller