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Starks Improves Throughout World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

(Photo by DB3 Imaging)

Inside Line Promotions – CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 31, 2016) – Trey Starks showed improvement throughout the Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals last weekend.

Starks and car owner Jeff McCall opened the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at The Dirt Track at Charlotte last Thursday by qualifying 18th quickest in their group for Friday’s program and 13th quickest for Saturday’s event.

“We didn’t have a good qualifying effort,” Starks said. “We knew we’d have to do some work. The first night we put ourselves pretty far back and we didn’t get a good start in the heat. We fell back to last and ended up working our way up to fifth. We were working on fourth at the line. That was a good step for the team.”

Starks rebounded from the slow start to place fifth in a heat race on Friday. That relegated him to the C Main, where he charged from sixth to second place to transfer into the back of the Last Chance Showdown.

“We ran really well in the C Main to get us into the B Main,” he said. “We didn’t have a whole lot of time and we knew we were starting pretty far back. We made some aggressive adjustments and it wasn’t the ones to make.”

Starks advanced to place 12th in the consolation race.

He returned to the track on Saturday for the event finale.

“The track wasn’t very conducive to passing in the heat race,” he said. “We didn’t get a good start and there wasn’t a ton we could do. The track was wet and one lane.”

Starks finished ninth in the heat race before he advanced to place fourth in the Last Chance Showdown to capture a transfer into the main event.

“There was a pretty big cushion on both ends, which doesn’t normally happen there,” he said. “I couldn’t really run where I wanted to run so I had to improvise and run on some of the parts of the track that wasn’t preferred. We passed a few cars so it was a good end to the weekend.”

Starks capped the event with a 19th-place result. He is set to make his debut at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., this Thursday through Saturday for the 29th annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires.

“Jeff has won it with Jason Meyers and ran third with Tim Shaffer so there will be some high expectations this weekend,” he said. “I’m excited to get to race at I-30 and during the Short Track Nationals for the first time in my career.”

QUICK RESULTS –

Oct. 28 – The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. – Qualifying: 18; Heat race: 5 (6); C Main: 2 (6); B Main: 12 (15).

Oct. 29 – The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C. – Qualifying: 13; Heat race: 9 (7); B Main: 4 (5); Feature: 19 (24).

SEASON STATS –

59 races, 11 wins, 18 top fives, 21 top 10s, 33 top 15s, 40 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Thursday through Saturday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., for the 29th annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Starks55Trey

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreyStarksRacing?fref=ts

APPAREL –

Starks has t-shirts and hoodies for sale at http://www.TreyStarksRacing.com.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Blue Dot Fabrications

Blue Dot Fabrications is owned by Trey’s uncle, Dean Starks, who fabricates various types of vehicles, including vintage cars and road race cars. Blue Dot Fabrications even built quarter midgets when Trey began racing. For more information, visit http://www.BlueDotFab.com.

“Blue Dot Fabrications is another business that has been around my family my entire life,” Starks said. “My uncle, Dean, has always been around ready to fix anything that gets dinged up at the track.”

Starks would also like to thank Starks Timber Processing, SpeedMart, Security Race Products, King Racing Products and Masco Petroleum for their continued support.

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