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.
Unfortunately, luck was missing and Bruce Jr. was forced to use a pair of provisionals to advance to the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour features on Friday at El Paso Speedway Park in El Paso, Texas, and on Saturday at Southern New Mexico Speedway.
Bruce Jr. claimed the opening night of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial on Friday, which marked the first of his two podiums last weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
He put together one of his most successful weeks of the season with four finishes in the top seven and his first feature victory of the season with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
After his TBJ Promotions’ Hinchman Racewear Eagle Nationals event was postponed on Saturday because the track was flooded, Tony Bruce Jr. led all 25 laps during the ASCS Sooner Region event at Lawton Speedway to garner his second feature victory of the season.
In a trio of Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour events across three states, Bruce Jr. earned a pair of heat race wins and two top fives to advance to fourth in the championship standings.
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