The Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour’s season-opening event on Friday and Saturday will be the first two of a variety of big races that Wood is ready to tackle during his busy season and it couldn’t start at a better place.
For the first time in nearly a decade Van Dam won’t be chasing points with any sprint car series or track. Instead, Van Dam will be chasing fun and pursuing his passion across the country.
His season-opening, three-week trip to “The Sunshine State” was capped by a frustrating weekend at East Bay Raceway Park for the 38th annual Winter Nationals featuring the 13th annual Ronald Laney Memorial.
“That’s the plan right now,” Hahn said. “We’re going to start it out and I’m pretty positive we’re going to go the whole year. We got our second car built this week.”
At this point last season, Bruce Jr. had a new engine and chassis combination, which took the One 8 Motorsports team longer than they expected to adapt. Once it clicked, Bruce Jr. was a contender on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
“This past offseason we got a chance to sit down with SpeedMart owner Barry Martinez and talk about partnership opportunities for the 2014 season,” Cole Wood said.
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