5/10/2016
Inside Line Promotions
Sides Fights Loose Car throughout Busy Week with World of Outlaws
(Photo by Collin Markle Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 10, 2016) – Jason Sides recorded a trio of top-15 finishes last week with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series.
“That’d be good if we were in NASCAR,” he joked.
The action began last Wednesday at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., where Sides qualified 13th quickest in his group before he advanced from seventh to fourth place during a heat race. That lined him up on the inside of the seventh row for the main event.
“Myself and Jamie Veal went back and forth for 10th,” he said. “We passed each other about a dozen times. On the last lap I ran in behind the ninth-place car trying to protect the bottom. I got slowed down a little and Jamie got a run on the outside and just got by me going into turn three. I missed the bottom and he got that spot.”
Sides ended with an 11th-place result.
The competition shifted to Eldora Speedway for a doubleheader beginning on Friday. Sides timed in 11th quickest in his group and placed fifth in a heat race to lock himself into the 18th starting position for the main event.
“I’ve never seen it that slick,” he said. “It was gut slick. We tightened up, but not quite enough. I thought we were going to be a little better than that. I tried following a couple of cars that run well there around the bottom. It was good until about halfway through. It might have sealed the tires off because we couldn’t get by anybody after that.”
Sides scored a 13th-place finish.
He returned to the half-mile oval on Saturday, when he qualified third quickest in his group before ending third in a heat race – only one spot out of making the dash. That lined Sides up on the inside of the fifth row for the feature.
“The track was slick and had a curb, but it wasn’t as slick as the night before,” he said. “We didn’t tighten up as much thinking it might lay a little rubber where the left rears were dragging through the black. We started off really good and it seemed like we got to eighth and ran there for a while. After a red the car got really loose. The left rear shrunk so we lost about two and a half inches of stagger. That was probably our fault. We had left the air down a bit trying to get some traction on the bottom.
“I feel like we know what we need to do as far as next time. There’s a place we can go tighter and make the car feel like it’s stuck more. What we did was good and it worked, but we need to go further.”
Sides finished 15th.
He will return to action with the World of Outlaws this Friday at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth, Ind., and Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
QUICK RESULTS –
May 4 – Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill. – Qualifying: 13; Heat race: 4 (7); Feature: 11 (13).
May 6 – Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 11; Heat race: 5 (6); Feature: 13 (18).
May 7 – Eldora Speedway near Rossburg, Ohio – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 3 (2); Feature: 15 (9).
SEASON STATS –
26 races, 1 win, 1 top five, 10 top 10s, 19 top 15s, 24 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth, Ind., and Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.SidesMotorsports.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SidesMotorsport
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sides-Motorsports/283833970847?ref=br_tf
LIVE AUDIO –
Keep up with Sides Motorsports via free, live audio from DIRTVision at every World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event throughout the season. Select events also include live Pay-Per-View video. For more information, click http://www.DIRTVision.com.
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“King Racing Products has been a big supporter of Sides Motorsports and we wouldn’t be able to travel up and down the road with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series without their partnership,” Sides said. “King Racing Products builds a great selection of parts for racers so I would encourage every driver to give them a shot.”
Sides would also like to thank Wetherington Tractor Service, Inc., Clean Seal, Inc., VRP Shocks, BR Motorsports, FSR Radiators, Dancer Logistics, Inc., R.E. Enterprises, Jim Schuhknecht, East Coast Logistics, Driven Racing Oil, Ingles Racing Engines, Wings Unlimited and All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads for their continued support.
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