3/17/2016
Bryan Clauson
Circular Insanity Nets a Pair of Tulare Top Tens
Lonnie Wheatley, TULARE, Cal. (March 17, 2016) – Bryan Clauson’s “Circular Insanity Tour” was a little less insane this past weekend.
But, after a Friday night rainout, Clauson made the best of it by bagging a pair of top ten feature finishes at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway on Saturday night as his 2016 race count climbed to 29 in the chase for 200 races.
On a heavy racing surface after an abundance of rain in previous days, Clauson claimed an eighth-place USAC West Coast Sprint Car finish aboard Mike Martin’s Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s Restaurant and Hospitality Group No. 16b before racing to a sixth-place World of Outlaws finish in Matt Wood’s Elk Grove Ford/Cancer Treatment Centers of America No. 17w Sprint Car.
“It was a good night overall, on the wing side especially,” Clauson commented. “It was one of the best overall nights we’ve had in the winged car.”
This weekend, Clauson pulls a different type of double-duty. Clauson puts on the promoter hat for the first time by presenting Saturday’s season-opening USAC Midget “Shamrock Classic” at Du Quoin’s Southern Illinois Center while also competing in the event aboard the Dooling Machine/Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s Restaurant and Hospitality Group No. 63 Midget.
“We’re doing some different things with prizes and the crowd and stuff,” Clauson explained. “A lot of cars are entered and ticket sales look good. I’m excited, it’ll be fun.”
Race 28
After Friday’s rainout, double-duty awaited on Saturday night at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway. It began with USAC West Coast Sprint Car action in Mike Martin’s Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s No. 16b. After winning his heat, Clauson started ninth in the feature before finishing eighth.
“After the heat we drew a nine for the feature and that was pretty much it,” Clauson commented. “The way the track was, you were really hard pressed to go anywhere. We just kinda got what we could and called it good.”
Race 29
The World of Outlaws portion of Thunderbowl Saturday started strong with Clauson quickest among his qualifying group aboard the Elk Grove Ford/Cancer Treatment Centers of America No. 17w before ultimately finishing sixth on the night. It was Clauson’s fourth WoO top-ten finish of the season.
“We started good, that was our first quick time. We did our job in the heat by winning that. The invert for the Dash was four so we started fourth, we got a good start to get into third and rode there the rest of the way. In the feature, it was so important to get the best starts and restarts that you can and we were just always on the wrong side of the double-file restarts and that shuffled us back a couple of spots. Overall, we were right there in the thick of things. It was a solid finish and indicative of how we’ve been running the last month or so."
Twenty-nine races down, just 171 to go.
2016 Circular Insanity Tour Quick Stats: 29 races, 7 wins, 14 top-fives, 22 top-tens.
Up Next:
Saturday – USAC Midgets at Du Quoin’s Southern Illinois Center (Dooling Machine/Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s No. 63 Midget)
Keep Track: Keep track of Bryan Clauson’s 2016 Circular Insanity Tour at www.bryanclauson.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bryanclausonracing/?fref=ts and on Twitter at @bryanclausoninc.
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Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events. For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.
Article Credit: Lonnie Wheatley
