(Photo: Brent Marks during prior start – Jason Brown Motorsports Credit)
Brent Marks earns back-to-back Hard Charger Awards, finishes eighth during Gettysburg Clash
By Fully Injected Motorsports:
MYERSTOWN, Pa. (July 23, 2018) – If one thing is for certain, Brent Marks knows how to pass race cars.
The Myerstown, Pa., native continued his 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series campaign with a trio of starts during the recent week, two of which resulting in KSE Hard Charger Awards for advancing the most positions during main event competition.
Brent Marks kicked-off his recent week of World of Outlaws competition with the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway on Tuesday, July 17. After a fourth place finish during heat race action to solidify his spot in the main event, Marks drove on to score a 13th place finish during the 40-lap A-main, advancing two spots after starting 15th on the grid.
Marks’ first KSE Hard Charger Award of the weekend was accomplished at the “Fabulous” Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown on Thursday, July 19. Forced to compete the evening’s Last Chance Showdown after missing a transfer position in the heat race, Marks went on to win the consolation event, padding that performance with a hard charge from 21st to finish eighth.
In almost identical fashion, Marks was forced to take a similar route during Summer Nationals preliminary/Morgan Cup action at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, July 20. The “Myerstown Missile” transferred through the evening’s Last Chance Showdown after missing a transfer spot in his heat race, only to rebound with a massive move from 24th to finish 14th.
The Summer Nationals finale at Williams Grove Speedway was cancelled due to wet weather.
“We pride in our ability to pass that many race cars, but I think we’d rather take the easy way out; start up front and finish up front,” Brent Marks said, driver of the Brent Marks Racing/M&M Painting & Construction/BAPS Auto Paint & Supply/Eagle Hotel/No. 19 sprint car. “We’ve been trying to nail down our qualifying effort. It takes time and laps. We’ll get there soon enough. For now, we’ll just keep working hard.”
Up next on the schedule, Brent Marks Racing will continue their second-ever season with the Greatest Show On Dirt with a trip to the Empire State, ready to make three starts in four days beginning with a midweek program at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Wednesday, July 25. The New York road trip will continue on Friday and Sunday, July 27 & 29, with starts at Ransomville Speedway and Weedsport Speedway, respectively.
Marks will enter the New York road trip currently ninth in the World of Outlaws championship standings, now with 16 top-ten finishes on the season and one victory; his first-ever Series victory was accomplished at Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway in early June.
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 July 23, 2018) |
| WoO Top-5s: 5 |
| WoO Top-10s: 16 |
| WoO Wins: 1 (Wilmot [Wis.] Raceway – 6/2) |
| 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.
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