Inside Line Promotions – PARK CITY, Kan. (March 28, 2016) – Tony Bruce Jr. pieced together a solid season debut in a winged sprint car last weekend during the 6th annual Park City Cup/Air Capital Shootout at 81 Speedway.
Bruce Jr., who drove for Danny King during the inaugural GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 Sprint Car Series event, kicked off the weekend last Friday by advancing from fifth to third place in a heat race. He then finished where he started – third – in a qualifier to garner the 10th most points out of 45 competitors, which locked Bruce Jr. into the 10th starting position for the main event.
“The track was rubber down on Friday night on the first lap of the main event,” he said. “After everybody got single file that was pretty much it. We got a couple of positions early and then ran there.”
Bruce Jr. maintained a top 10 throughout the feature and he finished with an eighth-place result.
The weekend concluded on Saturday at the 3/8-mile oval, where Bruce Jr. finished where he started in both the heat race – second – and qualifier – third. That put him 15th in overall points to garner the second-to-last lock-in spot into the 35-lap, $10,000-to-win main event.
“The track started taking rubber about eight laps in,” he said. “We gained the positions we could early and then rode around just outside the top 10 for most of the race.”
Bruce Jr. battled for his second straight top 10 for most of the main event before ending 11th.
“I felt like we had pretty good speed in the car and some solid finishes,” he said. “Track position hurt us more than anything. For my first race of the year and not working together with Danny and the whole team that much, what we accomplished this weekend was pretty good. We never went backward in any race. All in all, it was a good experience and a fun time.”
Bruce Jr. said he will likely return to action driving for King on April 16 at 81 Speedway with the GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 NCRA/NSL Region.
QUICK RESULTS –
March 25 – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. – Heat race: 3 (5); Qualifier: 3 (3); Feature: 8 (10).
March 26 – 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. – Heat race: 2 (2); Qualifier: 3 (3); Feature: 11 (15).
SEASON STATS –
4 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 1 top 10, 3 top 15s, 3 top 20s
UP NEXT –
April 16 at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., with the GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 NCRA/NSL Region
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.TonyBruceJr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyBruceJr
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