(Photo by JM/Race Rush 66 Racing Photos)
Inside Line Promotions – DODGE CITY, Kan. (July 10, 2023) – Jordon Mallett capped the Steve King Memorial with a podium performance last Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park.
That result, combined with a sixth-place run on Friday, gives Mallett 10 top 10s in his last 11 ASCS National Tour races.
“I was pleased overall,” he said. “We worked at it pretty hard. We were pretty strong every time we hit the track.”
The doubleheader started on Friday with Mallett qualifying fifth quickest in his group.
“We felt really good in hot laps,” he said. “Then in qualifying we got bunched up and that really killed our qualifying time. We went from quickest in hot laps by a good margin to qualifying fifth in our group. I couldn’t get around the car in front of me and was at their pace. That was disappointing, but we knew we had a better car than that. We were able to pass a couple of cars in the heat race to get to third. However, if you miss the invert in qualifying you’ll likely miss the invert for the feature.”
Mallett’s run from fifth to third place in a heat race placed him ninth in points, starting him ninth on the feature starting grid.
“The track was really hard to pass on,” he said. “We clawed forward to finish sixth. I was really trying to get us into the top five, but couldn’t quite get there in time.”
Saturday started out better as Mallett timed in quickest in his group before advancing from fourth to third place in a heat race.
“Qualifying went as planned,” he said. “We were quick time in our group and then ran third in our heat race. That put us high points and I pulled the No. 4 for the feature invert so we started fourth. The track was really fast and heavy, which made passing tough. Every time we’d get into traffic it’d get good. We needed traffic to start racing because we were too strung out in open air. We had some cautions that plagued that. But I’ll take a podium.”
Mallett’s third-place showing was his third podium and seventh top five of the season.
ASCS National Tour races this Friday at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Okla., and Saturday at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark., are on tap. Friday will mark Mallett’s debut at Thunderbird Speedway. He placed fourth at Batesville Motor Speedway last summer during his most recent visit.
QUICK RESULTS –
July 7 – Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kan. – Qualifying: 5; Heat race: 3 (5); Feature: 6 (9).
July 8 – Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kan. – Qualifying: 1; Heat race: 3 (4); Feature: 3 (4).
SEASON STATS –
27 races, 0 wins, 7 top fives, 18 top 10s, 21 top 15s, 23 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Okla., and Saturday at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark., 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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“Water for Christ goes to Africa and other third-world countries to drill fresh-water wells where there is no access to fresh or clean water,” Mallett said. “We’re trying to raise awareness so they can continue to do what they do and hopefully on a larger scale.”
Mallett would like to thank Awakening Events, Awakening Foundation, Water for Christ, Porter Commercial Refrigeration, Red River Rack Co., D&K Farms, Powers HVAC, DHR Suspension, Racing Optics, Triple X Race Co., KSE Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Sinco, Inc., Autometer, Callies Racing Products, DynoTech Race Engines, Hero Graphics, Hilborn Fuel Injection, ISC Racers Tape, K&N Engineering, Lone Star Super Gas (Sunoco), HRP Wings, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Smiley’s Racing Products, MetTec Titanium, MotorState Distributing, DMI, Fast 5 Solutions and Superior Bearing and Supply for their continued support.
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