6/1/2017
Inside Line Promotions
Dancer’s Packed Weekend Yields Two Strong Finishes With NRA Sprint Invaders
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Inside Line Promotions – LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (June 1, 2017) – Shawn Dancer doubled this season’s top-10 total last weekend when he posted a pair of top 10s while competing in a busy three-race weekend.
The action began on Friday at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio, which hosted an NRA Sprint Invaders event.
“We went out pretty late for qualifying, but we cut a good lap and timed third,” he said. “In the heat race we started fourth and finished second, so that was a decent run.”
The No. 5 was drawn for Dancer in the A Main redraw and by the first corner of the race he was passing for the lead. Unfortunately, that didn’t last long as he lost some ground and dropped to the ninth position.
“Thankfully I was able to gain a couple spots and finish sixth in the A Main,” he said. “The driver made a decision that didn’t align with the crew and it was a mistake that cost us.”
Dancer qualified well again on Saturday at Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio, during only the second time this year that the NRA Sprint Invaders has qualified instead of using a pill draw format.
“We qualified second and that started us fourth in the heat race,” he said. “The car needed to be tightened up a bit more, but I still finished third.”
Dancer started eighth in the A Main and fell back a couple positions before he worked his way up to third just as a caution came out. That sent him back to fifth place.
“The track started to take rubber and we finished fifth,” he said. “Overall, it was a good weekend for the 360. We’re definitely improving, but we still want a win.”
The fifth-place result was Dancer’s first top five of the season and his two top 10s on the weekend give him four this season.
The competition wrapped up on Monday at Lawrenceburg Speedway, where Dancer qualified 30th quickest during the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series event.
“Our qualifying effort basically messed up our whole night,” he said. “We had to start eighth in the heat race and only finished seventh as there wasn’t a whole lot of passing.”
That relegated him to start on the inside of the fifth row in the Last Chance Showdown. The team made some changes to the car prior to the race and Dancer gained a trio of positions to place sixth, which was only two spots shy of transferring into the main event.
“The car felt really good and there was more passing in the LCS,” he said. “We made it up to sixth, but just didn’t get good enough restarts after the cautions and couldn’t make anything of it.”
QUICK RESULTS –
May 26 – Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 2 (4); Feature: 6 (5).
May 27 – Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio – Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 3 (4); Feature: 5 (8).
May 29 – Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, Ind. – Qualifying: 30; Heat race: 7 (8); B Main: 6 (9).
SEASON STATS –
14 races, 0 wins, 1 top five, 4 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 6 top 20s
UP NEXT –
TBD
MEDIA LINKS –
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawn_dancer49
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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT –
Dancer thanks the loyal fans, push truck drivers and officials at all of the different tracks across the country.
“Without you guys, we couldn’t be doing this,” he said. “We can’t thank you all enough.”
Dancer would also like to thank Dancer Logistics, Inc., Amshaw Service Center, Global Warehousing, King Racing Products, Pitsenbarger Supply, Mox Nursery, Friedrich Lawn Care and FSR Radiators for their continued support.
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Submitted By: Shawn Miller