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Price Rallies to Earn Two Top 10s During Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals

(Photo by Vince Vellella Photos)

Inside Line Promotions – FORT WORTH, Texas (April 10, 2018) – Robbie Price recorded his career-best Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com feature finish twice last weekend during the Tony Stewart Presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals.

Price guided his BDS Motorsports entry to a ninth-place result both nights at Texas Motor Speedway, which moved him up to 12th in the ASCS National Tour championship standings.

“It gives me a ton of confidence,” he said. “The car was good all weekend and I made some good decisions. I passed cars when I had the opportunity to.”

Price passed a lot of cars all weekend. He advanced from fifth to fourth place in a heat race on Friday before he won a B Main to lock into the main event. Price then rallied from 18th to a ninth-place result to garner his first top 10 with the ASCS National Tour since June 2015.

“It was pretty good,” he said. “I was comfortable. I moved around a little bit and passed cars when I could. I wanted to keep my nose clean and drive it as hard as I could. We had a green-white-checkered restart and I was able to get Travis Rilat and Johnny Herrera on the last lap so that was a great finish.”

Price had a similar outing on Saturday when he finished fifth in a heat race and third in a B Main to advance into the back of the main event. He then maneuvered from 21st to ninth, which was tied for the second-most cars passed.

“I didn’t move around on the track enough early on,” he said. “The car was tight in turn one. I should have trusted the car earlier. I passed a couple of cars on the first couple of laps. Then I buffered there in the middle. Toward the end I moved up top and started moving forward.
Once I moved up the track I got rolling pretty good.”

Price is scheduled to compete at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, this Saturday during the 65th annual Season Opener if the weather cooperates.

QUICK RESULTS –

April 6 – Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas – Heat race: 4 (5); B Main: 1 (1); Feature: 9 (18).

April 7 – Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas – Heat race: 5 (5); B Main: 3 (3); Feature: 9 (21).

SEASON STATS –

3 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 2 top 10s, 2 top 15s, 2 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for the 65th annual Season Opener

MEDIA LINKS –

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RPrice21

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rpracing21/

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Scotty Fishing Products

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“We’re excited to have Scotty Fishing Products as part of our team,” Price said. “It’s great to know a well-known brand like Scotty Fishing Products is willing to team up with an up-and-coming driver such as myself.”

Price would also like to thank BDS Motorsports, CARSTAR Leduc, Millstone Heating & Sheet Metal, Shark Racing Engines, Scotty Fishing Products, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Astro Titanium, AutoMeter, Batts Farms, Birch Corp Financial, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Carlan Services, Champion Brands Racing Oil, Clark Construction, Diversified Machine Inc., Dyer Rods, Eagle Motorsports, FK Rod Ends, Fuel Safe, Gee and Gee Racing, Gillund Enterprises, Global Power Services, Hepfner Racing Products, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Impact Coatings, Joe’s Kleen Products, The Joie of Seating, Justice Brothers, Kinsler Fuel Injection, KSE Racing Products, Kustom Sprintcar Supplies, Lanktree Holdings, Millstone, Moroso Products, NGK Spark Plugs, Outerwears, Over The Top Marketing and Promotions, Pat Beck Motorsports, Pit Stop Liquors, Quick Racing Products, Randy’s Lawncare/Maintenance – Newton, Iowa, Sander Engineering, SCE Gaskets, Schoenfeld Headers, Sebastian Sandblasting and Powdercoating, Shane Liebig, Shaver Specialty Race Engines, Speedway Motors, Strong Crane Service, Super Shox, Total Seal Piston Rings, Ultra-Lite Brakes and Zephyr Pro40 for their continued support.

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