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Starks Powers to Pair of Top Fives During Championship Night at Skagit

(Photo by Malcolm White Photography)

Inside Line Promotions – ALGER, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2014) – Trey Starks earned a pair of top fives last Saturday during championship night at Skagit Speedway.

Starks drove for Doug Rutz in both the 360ci and sportsman classes, which marked his first-ever race in that division.

“Being in a new car it was a little different, but I adapted fairly quickly,” he said. “I went quick time in both of them.”

Starks set quick time in both classes. Since it was championship night, the top eight drivers in points for each class were involved in a scramble to line up the first four rows of the features. Qualifying results determined the rest of the lineups.

“It was kind of tough going out there for the features because you didn’t get to race any racing laps,” Starks said. “The only time we got to race with other cars was in hot laps.”

Starks lined up on the outside of the fourth row in both features since a car dropped out from each of the scrambles.

“The 360 main was the first one on the track,” he said. “It took us a couple of laps to get going. We picked them off one by one. Skagit is always a tough track to race on. We passed as many cars as we could. The top four were all within a half a straightaway coming to the finish line. There was no move to be made on a track like that.”

Starks finished with a fourth-place result.

He capped the night with the sportsman main event.

“On the first lap we went from eighth to third and a red came out,” he said. “On the restart we were passing for third going into turn three and I got into the infield a little bit. It was still a little wet. I did a half spin and lost six or seven spots. From the rest of the race it was fighting to battle from there. It was a bummer. I think we definitely could have won it if I didn’t make that mistake.”

Starks ended with a fifth-place finish, which marked his 10th top five of the season.

He will drive for Rutz this Friday and Saturday at Central Washington State Fair Raceway in Yakima, Wash., for the ASCS Northwest Region season finale.

“We’ve run really well there,” Starks said. “The last time we raced there we ran second and third. We’re still looking for a win there. It’d mean a lot to me to win in Yakima since we don’t run there very often.”

QUICK RESULTS –

Sept. 13 – Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. (360 sprint) – Qualifying: 1; Feature: 4 (8).

Sept. 13 – Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. (Sportsman sprint) – Qualifying: 1; Feature: 5 (8).

SEASON STATS –

58 races, 1 win, 10 top fives, 22 top 10s, 34 top 15s, 38 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Friday and Saturday at Central Washington State Fair Raceway in Yakima, Wash., with the ASCS Northwest Region

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 any race he attends as well as on 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 Southstar Equipment, Starks Timber Processing, SpeedMart, King Racing Products, Masco Petroleum, RCC Powder Coating and Emory Transmission for their continued support.

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