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Hagar Nets Second-Place Finish During ASCS National Tour Season Debut

(Photo by Jones Sports Media)

Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2017) – Derek Hagar earned a runner-up result last Thursday during his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour season debut.

Hagar opened the event at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., by advancing from sixth to third place in a heat race. That earned enough points to lock into the feature redraw, in which he pulled the No. 4 to start the main event on the outside of the second row.

“On the first start Giovanni Scelzi, who started in front of me, spun to the right just in front of me,” he said. “I don’t know how we weren’t caught up in it. We were able to make it through that and restarted on the front row. We got the jump on (Aaron) Reutzel and led the first two laps. Then Tim (Crawley) got by me and drove off. His car was working nice. We were conservative with our setup because there was moisture in the middle of the track. We left it on the free side and I started losing drive. Reutzel and myself had a good race in traffic doing slide jobs though.”

Hagar claimed the battle for second to garner his 15th podium finish of the season.

“The whole Midsouth area represented,” he said. “I think there was only one national guy in the top five. It shows the strength of our area. We can compete with the best of them.”

The weekend concluded on Saturday at Lexington 104 Speedway, where Hagar placed second in the dash before he won a USCS Series heat race. That lined him up on the outside of the front row for the A Main.

“I fell back to third and got back up to second,” he said. “We went to lap a car and they went from the bottom to the top. He went to the bottom going in and had been running the bottom. I went in on the cushion and went to drive around him. He hit the bottom and let it slide up. I slid over the cushion and hit the wall, which broke the driveline. It bent the right rear wheel and pulled the torque tube and driveshaft out.”

Hagar was unable to continue and was credited with an 18th-place finish.

He is slated to compete this Saturday and Sunday at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo., with the ASCS Warrior Region. Hagar placed fourth during his debut at the track last month.

QUICK RESULTS –

Aug. 24 – Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. – Heat race: 3 (6); Feature: 2 (4).

Aug. 26 – Lexington 104 Speedway in Lexington, Tenn. – Dash: 2 (2); Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 18 (2).

SEASON STATS –

30 races, 8 wins, 22 top fives, 23 top 10s, 24 top 15s, 26 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Saturday and Sunday at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo., with the ASCS Warrior Region

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek

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Hagar would also like to thank Dynotech Performance, DHR Suspension, B&D Towing, J&J Auto Racing, Fragola Performance Systems, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Weld Wheels, Hinchman Racewear, Wix Filters, Wings Unlimited, FK Rod Ends, Valvoline and Ti64 for their continued support.

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