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KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 23, 2015) – White Lightning Motorsports found Victory Lane for the fourth total time this season last Saturday at Knoxville Raceway, where Devin Kline powered to his third 305ci win of the year.
“The longer we get in the season things keep clicking,” he said. “The team is working real well. Everything is falling into place at about the right time. Here on out is where we want to make a name for ourselves and continue to do well.”
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Kline, who ranks second in the championship standings, opened the event by qualifying third quickest. He then advanced from sixth to third place during a heat race to lock himself into the feature redraw, which resulted in Kline starting on the inside of the third row for the main event.
“We threw a few changes at the car and the car felt better than ever in the feature,” he said. “I was sitting in third when Matthew Stelzer blew up and then McKenna (Hasse) had her problems. I think we would have had a chance to win anyway. If you look at times we beat the track record by two tenths. We were coming there at the end. I think once the fuel load burned off we were a rocket.”
Kline inherited the lead at the midpoint of the race and he cruised to his fifth career victory at Knoxville Raceway.
Teammate Jamie Ball had a great start to the night in the 360ci class by qualifying third quickest. He then maneuvered from sixth to fourth place during a heat race to earn a spot in the feature redraw, which resulted in Ball starting fifth in the main event.
“I had a really good qualifying effort and made it through our heat race,” he said. “I got a bad start to the feature and was running sixth on a restart with a couple laps in. Then I lost my brakes and fell back to seventh. Coming out of turn four I hit the choppy part of the track and it snapped off part of our power steering pump. I did all I could do to keep it out of the wall and not get run over by the 15 guys behind me.”
Ball was unable to finish the event and he was credited with an 18th-place result.
“When we’ve had tough times we’ve been able to look at things positively,” he said. “I think we finally sorted out some of the issues and got a base setup at the start of the night. I think we’re heading in the right direction. We went back to basics and found a better balance for the car. It gives us a better starting point. We’re keeping it simple.”
White Lightning Motorsports will return to Knoxville Raceway this Saturday.
QUICK RESULTS –
JAMIE BALL:
June 20 – Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 4 (6); Feature: 18 (5).
DEVIN KLINE:
June 20 – Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 3 (6); Feature: 1 (5).
SEASON STATS –
JAMIE BALL – 12 races, 1 win, 2 top fives, 2 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 11 top 20s
DEVIN KLINE – 6 races, 3 wins, 3 top fives, 4 top 10s, 5 top 15s, 6 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa
MEDIA LINKS –
Jamie Ball Website: http://www.JamieBall.com
Devin Kline Website: http://www.DevinKline.com
Jamie Ball Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JamieBall5j
Devin Kline Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DevinKline5j
VIDEO –
Here is a link to highlights of Kline’s first win of the season at Knoxville Raceway on May 9: https://youtu.be/ErMdMcbuxjQ
Here is a link to highlights of Kline’s second win of the season at Knoxville Raceway on May 23: https://youtu.be/3BbJfIPVbqc
APPAREL –
White Lightning Motorsports has t-shirts and hoodies available for purchase at their race trailers in the infield of each sprint car event at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Sweet Manufacturing
Sweet Manufacturing was incorporated in 1978 with the basic concept of providing racers with steering products that would offer a competitive advantage. All of it products have been designed and built using the experience and knowledge gained from Randy Sweet’s 46 years of racing competition, plus continuous input from the nation’s top drivers, engineers, and chassis builders. For more information, visit http://www.SweetMFG.biz.
“Since I started racing sprint cars we choose to have Sweet Manufacturing ‘turn our wheels,'” Jamie Ball said. “Their products are the most durable products on the market. Their craftsmanship and customer service is also top notch. It has been a privilege to put Sweet Manufacturing in Victory Lane multiple times at Knoxville Raceway.”
White Lightning Motorsports would also like to thank Matt Jones Trucking, Jerry & Kelly Johnston, Housby, JJ Kane Auctioneers, Ostrich Racing Engines, BCP Weddings, Timber Line Tree Service, The Hearing Clinic, Iowa State Savings Bank, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, FK Rod Ends, Fragola Performance Systems, King Racing Products, BR Motorsports, Hoosier Tire, Bell Helmets, MPD Racing, Driver Websites, Champion Oil, Wingdance Graphics, Shell Shock and Hooker Harness for their continued support.
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