3/23/2016
Bryan Clauson
Circular Insanity Picks Up this Week after Promotional Go
Lonnie Wheatley, DU QUOIN, Ill. (March 23, 2016) – The “Circular Insanity Tour” was limited to just one race this past weekend.
That 30th race of the year for Bryan Clauson in his pursuit of 200 race events in 2016 very nearly could have been win number eight on the year if not for unknown engine issues while leading early on in the USAC Midget “Shamrock Classic” at Du Quoin’s Southern Illinois Center.
While the on-track result wasn’t what Clauson and the Dooling Machine/Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s Restaurant and Hospitality Group No. 63 Midget crew had ultimately hoped for, Clauson’s first promotional success of the event was a resounding success.
“Overall it was pretty successful, I think everyone was pretty happy with,” Clauson said of the Shamrock Classic. “There were maybe a few kinks we’d like to iron out next time, but for a first go it went well.”
“Circular Insanity” resumes with four scheduled events this week beginning with double duty tonight at California’s Placerville Speedway in World of Outlaws action aboard Matt Wood’s Elk Grove Ford/Cancer Treatment Centers of America No. 17w Sprint Car as well as USAC Western States Midget competition in the Jerome Rodela-owned machine.
Action continues on Friday night with a Winged 360-ci Civil War Sprint Car outing at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway before jetting back to Indiana for Saturday’s $7,500-to-win “No Way Out 40” at Brownstown Speedway in the Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s Restaurant and Hospitality Group No. 63 non-wing Sprint Car.
Race 30
While Clauson was busy handling the promotional side of Saturday’s season-opening USAC Midget event at the Southern Illinois Speedway, he still had time to mix in some racing in the Dooling Machine/Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s No. 63 Midget.
And it was going pretty well with Clauson winning his heat from third and then rallying from sixth to win his qualifier to earn the pole for the 50-lap main event. He gunned into the early lead only to suffer race-ending mechanical problems just six laps in.
“We missed a lapped car that was spinning right before that, never even touched her though. We’re not exactly sure what happened, just race-ending engine problems.
Clauson looks forward to getting the “Circular Insanity Tour” back on track during Wednesday’s double-dip at Placerville Speedway. “I’m ready to get back to just racing,” Clauson commented.
Wednesday marks Clauson’s first competitive laps at Placerville, a track at which he grew up watching his father race.
Clauson made his first Silver Dollar Speedway appearance during World of Outlaws action last year while has last Brownstown Speedway outing resulted in a victory at the 2014 edition of the “No Way Out 40”.
2016 Circular Insanity Tour Quick Stats: 30 races, 7 wins, 14 top-fives, 22 top-tens.
Up Next:
Wednesday – Placerville (CA) Speedway double-duty with World of Outlaws Sprint Cars (Elk Grove Ford/Cancer Treatment Centers of America No. 17w) and USAC Western States Midgets (Jerome Rodela-owned Midget)
Friday – Civil War Sprint Cars at Chico, California’s Silver Dollar Speedway (Elk Grove Ford/Cancer Treatment Centers of America No. 17w)
Saturday – Non-Wing 410 Sprint Cars “No Way Out 40” at Indiana’s Brownstown Speedway (Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathan Byrd’s No. 63 Sprint Car)
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
