(Photo: Brent Marks in action at Knoxville Raceway – Chuck Stowe Images)
Brent Marks ends Knoxville Nationals campaign with B-main appearance; North Dakota next
By Fully Injected Motorsports:
MYERSTOWN, Pa. (August 13, 2018) – Nearly earning another Knoxville Nationals main event start, the “Myerstown Missile” Brent Marks ended his 2018 Knoxville Nationals campaign just four positions shy of sprint car racing’s biggest stage, ultimately concluding his Iowa trip eighth in Saturday’s Knoxville Nationals B-main after starting 16th.
“It wasn’t the Nationals that we wanted, but we made a great effort during Saturday’s B-main,” Brent Marks said, a two-time World of Outlaws winner thus far in 2018. “Our preliminary night hurt us in the long run. We still had an opportunity to qualify for Saturday’s feature on Friday, but we came up a little short. We’ll shake this off and move forward. We still have a lot of racing ahead of us. I’m excited to get back to North Dakota and have some fun at River Cities and Red River Valley.”
Marks, driver of the Brent Marks Racing/M&M Painting & Construction/BAPS Auto Paint & Supply/Eagle Hotel/No. 19 sprint car, kicked-off his Knoxville Nationals weekend with a tenth place finish during preliminary B-main action on Wednesday, August 8. An overall Knoxville Nationals point total equalling outside of the top-26 forced Marks to compete in Friday’s last chance program where he finished tenth during the “Hard Knox” A-main. The top-ten secured Marks’ place in Saturday’s B-main.
Brent Marks and Brent Marks Racing will continue their sophomore campaign with the Greatest Show On Dirt with a doubleheader in North Dakota, set to visit River Cities Speedway and Red River Valley Speedway on Friday and Saturday, August 17 & 18, respectively. The “Myerstown Missile” is currently ninth in the World of Outlaws championship standings padded by two victories and 20 top-ten finishes. Marks owns World of Outlaws victories at Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway and Weedsport (N.Y.) Speedway.
SPECIAL THANKS:
Brent Marks and ‘BMR’ would like to thank all of their marketing partners including – Primary Sponsors: M&M Painting & Construction, BAPS Auto Paint & Supply, A. Murray Family Investments, LLC., Fredericksburg Eagle Hotel, Russell Heller Builders, Memtec Services. Associate Sponsors: Wolfrun Landscapes, Buckwalter Trucking, Cajun Kennels, Road Runner Race Fuels. Product Sponsors: FK Shocks, HP Engines, Kistler Engines, Bruce’s Speed Shop, Maxim Chassis, Wings Unlimited, DMI, Walker Performance Filtration, High Performance Lubricants, Driven Racing Oil, K1 Race Gear, Bell Helmets, CR Graphics, RRi, Fully Injected Motorsports, Stevie Smith Titanium, Wilwood Brakes, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Fans can keep up with Brent Marks during his entire campaign right here at www.fullyinjected.com. Be sure to also visit the official online home of Brent Marks Racing at www.brentmarksracing.com.
Fans are encouraged to ‘follow’ Brent Marks on all of the available social media networks including Twitter: https://twitter.com/brent_marks, https://twitter.com/brentmarks19?lang=en and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brentmarksracing. 2018 Brent Marks Racing apparel is now available and will be available for purchase at each and every World of Outlaws event.
STATS:
| 2018 Brent Marks Racing WoO Statistics: (thru August 13, 2018) |
| WoO Top-5s: 6 |
| WoO Top-10s: 20 |
| WoO Wins: 2 (Wilmot [Wis.] Raceway – 6/2) (Weedsport [N.Y.] Speedway – 7/29) |
| Non-Sanctioned Wins: 0 |
2018 Highlights: Earned one top-ten finish with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, as well as one top-ten finish with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, each during DIRTcar Nationals action at Volusia (Fla.) Speedway Park. Charged from 25th to finish ninth at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas with the World of Outlaws on February 28 – KSE Hard Charger Award. Finished tenth with the World of Outlaws at Arizona (Ariz.) Speedway on April 7. Finished tenth with World of Outlaws at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Saturday, April 21. I-55 finish earned Marks KSE Hard Charger Award (+12 positions). Advanced from 13th to finish ninth during Texas Outlaw Nationals finale at Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Texas). Finished seventh at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, Okla., on Saturday, May 5. Earned KSE Hard Charger Award at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Friday, May 25 – charged from 20th to finish 12th. Earned pair of top-ten finishes (eighth and ninth, respectively) during Weikert Memorial programs at Port Royal Speedway. Earns back-to-back World of Outlaws top-five finishes during action at I-96 (Mich.) Speedway and Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway on June 1-2; won at Wilmot Raceway for first-ever WoO victory. Earned third consecutive WoO top-ten during action at Fairbury (Ill.) American Legion Speedway on Tuesday, June 5. Earned back-to-back eighth place finishes during action at River Cities Speedway and Nodak Speedway in North Dakota on June 15 & 17. Rallied from 17th to ninth during WoO action at Beaver Dam Raceway (Wis.). Charged from 24th to finish ninth at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway on Saturday, June 30. Finished third at Cedar Lake (Wis.) Speedway on Friday, July 6. Hard Charged from 20th to finish fifth at Eldora Speedway during Jokers Wild on Thursday, July 12. Earned back-to-back KSE Hard Charger Awards during World of Outlaws action at Lincoln Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway on Thursday and Friday, July 19 & 20. Earned his second World of Outlaws victory of the season during action at Weedsport (N.Y.) Speedway on Sunday, July 29. Earned back-to-back top-ten finishes during Ironman 55 action in Pevely, Missouri, one also resulting in hard charger honors. Finished tenth during Knoxville Nationals ‘Hard Knocks’ program. Charged from 16th to eighth during Knoxville Nationals B-main on Saturday, August 11. Finished tenth during Knoxville Nationals “Hard Knox” night on Friday, August 10.
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