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Hanks Battles Mechanical Woes throughout Texas World Dirt Track Championships

(Photo by BGH Photos)

Inside Line Promotions – FORT WORTH, Texas (May 17, 2016) – The Texas World Dirt Track Championships was a frustrating experience for Brandon Hanks, who faced mechanical woes throughout the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour event at Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.

“It was a disaster,” he said. “We fought engine issues throughout the whole weekend. We were so distracted with engines we never got to work on the car.”

The doubleheader began on a sour note Friday.

“On Friday we were very lucky,” he said. “I went out and ran hot laps. I was pulling off the race track and up to the trailer and the engine started knocking. I shut it off. It was a little knock. You almost couldn’t even hear it knocking, but you could tell the tone was different.”

Hanks elected to change engines and he missed a heat race, which relegated him to the back of a B Main. He then rallied from 13th to sixth, but missed a transfer by three positions. Hanks used a provisional to start the 20-lap feature at the back.

He ran a few laps before pulling off the track early and ending with a 22nd-place finish.

Things didn’t get any better on Saturday as Hanks placed fifth in a heat race, eighth in a qualifier and fourth in a B Main, which missed a transfer by only one position.

“The engine on the car didn’t blow up, but something is wrong,” he said. “It wasn’t running well at all and kept fouling spark plugs.”

Hanks is hopeful the engine situation will get sorted out prior to this weekend when he is scheduled to compete on Friday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., and Saturday at Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla., with the ASCS Red River Region. Hanks is the current ASCS Red River Region points leader.

QUICK RESULTS –

May 13 – Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track in Fort Worth, Texas – Heat race: DNS (6); B Main: 6 (13); Feature: 22 (23).

May 14 – Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track in Fort Worth, Texas – Heat race: 5 (6); Qualifier: 8 (8); B Main: 4 (6).

SEASON STATS –

18 races, 3 wins, 6 top fives, 10 top 10s, 11 top 15s, 14 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Friday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., and Saturday at Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla., with the ASCS Red River Region

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.HanksMotorsports.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brandon_K_Hanks

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hanks-Motorsports/135263046488177

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Walls Paint and Body Shop

Walls Paint and Body Shop is an auto repair and paint business located in Covington, Tenn.

“They’ve been good friends of ours since I was a kid,” Hanks said. “I want to thank them for everything they have done and for making the cars look incredible every year.”

Hanks would also like to thank Performance Powder Coating, D&B Farms, Wesmar Racing Engines, R.E. Enterprises, Penske Racing Shocks, Acme Graphix, Hinchman Racewear, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems and J-R1 for their continued support.

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