Tim Estenson produced mixed results last weekend during the Ron Milton Race of Champions at Jacksonville Speedway.
He was tied for the second-most positions gained in the feature on Friday before narrowly missing the A Main on Saturday during the Midwest Open Wheel Association doubleheader.
The weekend began on Friday with Estenson advancing from eighth to sixth place in a heat race.
“It was tough with no qualifying and it rained on Friday so the track was pretty juiced and narrow,” he said. “We had a bad pill draw and we were able to salvage two spots in the heat race. We made the show through finishing second in the B Main and then we moved up eight spots in the A Main. You have to be aggressive and get after it, especially on a short track like that. You don’t have any time to waste.”
The run from 24 th to 16 th in the main event marked Estenson’s 29 th top 20 of the season.
Saturday’s weekend finale featured results of fifth in a heat race and sixth in the B Main.
“We drew a little better,” Estenson said. “In the heat race, we got to second and I made a driver error. I should have stayed on the bottom, but I jumped up top and got passed on the bottom. We started in a decent spot in the B Main. We were holding our own in third or fourth, but I made a mistake going into turn three and got it pitched too sideways and spun around. We got back up to fifth and on a late green-white-checkered restart I picked the wrong real estate and wasn’t able to get into a transfer spot.
“We had a new car for the weekend. The results may not have showed, but the feeling of the car went in a positive direction. I think we have a new baseline to build off.”
Estenson plans on heading south to compete in a Kubota High Limit Racing doubleheader this Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track in Fort Worth, Texas. It will mark his first time at the track.
QUICK RESULTS –
Oct. 4 – Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill. – Heat race: 6 (8); B Main: 2 (1); Feature: 16 (24).
Oct. 5 – Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill. – Heat race: 5 (4); B Main: 6 (3).
SEASON STATS –
39 races, 3 wins, 6 top fives, 15 top 10s, 24 top 15s, 29 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track in Fort Worth, Texas, with the Kubota High Limit Racing series
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