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LEWISBURG, Tenn. (May 3, 2016) – Derek Hagar capitalized on a late decision to race last weekend by scoring his fourth win of the season.
Hagar tackled the ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints event on Saturday at Duck River Raceway Park, where he took advantage of a good pill draw by winning his heat race from the pole position.
“It rained almost from the time we left the house until we got there,” he said. “It was a muddy mess. I can’t believe they got it in. Normally it blows off, but we got so much rain the track stayed heavy the whole night. We went out with 35 tear offs and we came back in with three and that’s with me wiping off some.”
Hagar’s heat race performance earned him a spot in the feature redraw, where he pulled the No. 5 during the random draw to line up on the inside of the third row for the main event.
“We had a couple of issues on the start,” he said. “On the initial start we had a red flag when guys in front of us got together and flipped. We ended up restarting third. We finally got going and got up to second. I was maneuvering around trying to figure out where I could get by the car in front of me. About Lap 9 was the time I figured it out and went to take the lead. Some cars in front of us got squirrely and came down the track. I got into (the leader) and it ended his night and it about ended mine. I hated that it happened, but it was a racing incident.”
Hagar survived the incident and restarted with the lead.
“We had a good car in clean air,” he said. “It was the best car I’ve ever had on a heavy race track. We had a caution with four laps to go and on the restart my car started sputtering. We were running out of fuel. I’d go in the corner and it’d cut out and then going down the straightway it was fine. Luckily we had enough fumes to make it to the end.”
Hagar lapped up to fifth place during his win, which boosted his lead in the ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints championship standings to 49 points approximately a quarter of the way through the season.
Hagar will return to action this Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., with the ASCS Red River Region and ASCS Warrior Region. He will also pilot a non-wing sprint car for J.D. Black during the event.
QUICK RESULTS –
April 30 – Duck River Raceway Park in Lewisburg, Tenn. – Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 1 (5).
SEASON STATS –
14 races, 4 wins, 10 top fives, 11 top 10s, 11 top 15s, 12 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., with the ASCS Red River Region and ASCS Warrior Region
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – J&J Auto Racing
Located in McKenzie, Tenn., J&J Auto Racing has manufactured sprint car chassis and racing parts for more than 40 years. For more information, visit http://www.JandJAutoRacing.com.
“They’ve been in the family since J&J Auto Racing started building cars,” Hagar said. “My stepdad’s dad owned race cars back in the Riverside days. They are good, safe, dependable race cars and great people to deal with.”
Hagar would also like to thank B&D Towing, Dynotech Performance, DHR Suspension, Xtreme Race Graphics, FSR Radiators, Fragola Performance Systems, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Hinchman Racewear, Wings Unlimited, FK Rod Ends and Ti64 for their continued support.
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