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Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (July 24, 2023) – Wet weather has hampered racing recently for Jordon Mallett, who nearly faced a pair of rainouts for the second straight week last weekend.
The ASCS National Tour event on Friday at Rush County Speedway in La Crosse, Kan., rained out and Saturday’s race at 81 Speedway was delayed several hours by a storm.
“The weather has been kind of iffy the last couple of weeks,” Mallett said. “It was a washout Friday night. On Saturday if it didn’t rain out after Friday we thought it’d be all right. I think there was a 10 percent chance of rain. It quickly turned into a 100 percent chance of rain about 8:40 p.m.”
Mallett had qualified third quickest in his group and placed second in a heat race to garner the fourth starting position in the main event. Then the rain came.
“As soon as the weather started picking up and it looked like heavy rain we were trying to get our stuff loaded before the bottom fell out,” he said. “The pits can be tough there when it’s raining. We loaded up and went outside. Most all of us worked outside of the pit gate. That was a different vibe. As soon as the storm blew through and they went to tilling the track we were unloaded and making big changes to the race cars. We were sitting good, but it was about making the right calls to make sure we were free enough to get around that place.”
Track and series officials worked diligently to get the feature in following the inclement weather.
“We were free enough to move around and run competitive,” Mallett said. “That was about as good as you could get on a deal like that. We had a restart with about five laps to go and I got someone off turn two to get myself to the podium. Up to that point it was a breakaway of the top four.”
Mallett’s third-place result was his fourth podium of the season.
“I was blown away by the staff for working as hard as they did and the fans,” he said. “It was torrential wind along with the rain. We had full stands. The people got in their vehicles and said let us know what you all decide. That was pretty cool to see.”
Mallett will take this weekend off before he tackles the 33rd annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank Aug. 3-5 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
QUICK RESULTS –
July 22 – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 2 (2); Feature: 3 (4).
SEASON STATS –
28 races, 0 wins, 8 top fives, 19 top 10s, 22 top 15s, 24 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Aug. 3-5 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for the 33rd annual Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank with the ASCS National Tour
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://jordonmallett.myracepass.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmmotorsports14
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordonmallettmotorsports
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