Instead, Tony Bruce Jr. salvaged the first half of the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek by gaining 29 positions in the features to end with a pair of top fives and a 12th-place finish in a trio of events.
First, the USCS race at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Ark., was rained out on Friday. Then, Saturday’s USCS event at Malden Speedway in Malden, Mo., suffered the same fate, which forced Tony Bruce Jr. to hustle for an option to race.
The Liberal, Kan., native was on a hook after nearly flipping with four laps remaining last Saturday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark.
Tony Bruce Jr. has witnessed that firsthand a couple of times this year, including last weekend at the 51st annual Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
The veteran is back in the hot and humid Midwest after a rough July swing through the West Coast with the ASCS National Tour, which dropped him to ninth in the standings.
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