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Hodges Motorsports Update - Hutchinson Nationals

We have finished up the first night of the Hutchinson Nationals here at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. It was our first night away from ASCS this year, running with the NCRA Sprints after seeing bad weather for the ASCS Gulf South in the Houston area. I pulled pill number 49 to start 4th in the 3rd heat. After a couple of hot lap sessions and getting a good feel for the car, we started the heat and it started taking rubber through turns 1 and 2. I finished 4th and nobody really made many moves. I ended up 12th in points and started 12th in the A Feature. By that time, the track was rubber down almost all the way around the 1/2 mile. I took off, and hung in the slick through 1 and 2 the first lap and fell in line around 12th. After a couple cautions, mid-race, I finally got comfortable and figured out how to run the car with about 5 laps to go and finished the race 9th, making a late race charge. There are definitely some things I can change driving the car and we'll look to improve tomorrow. We want to thank John and Ian Stroud again, along with Mark for their great help. Look for an update on Sunday.

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