1/9/2020
Inside Line Promotions
Hagar-Proctor Racing Taking Three-Car Team to Chili Bowl Nationals
(Photo by TeeJay Crawford)
Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Jan. 9, 2020) – Derek Hagar continues to build his confidence each time he enters the River Spirit Expo Center, which hosts the 34th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire next week.
This year he will have teammates as Hagar-Proctor Racing is taking a three-car team to the spectacle. Cody Hays races on Monday, Hagar on Tuesday and Timmy Thrash on Friday prior to the event concluding next Saturday.
“I think it’s going to bring some excitement,” Hagar said. “We’ll be busy with three cars. This is Cody’s first time in a midget and Timmy has raced the Chili Bowl in the past. We know what we did last year that worked and we’re going in the right direction. I think it will help all of us to have three cars racing.”
Hagar has posted his career-best performance during the marquee midget event each of the last two years and he heads into this year’s spectacle looking to continue that trend.
“I feel very confident,” he said. “We have good notes from last year. If we didn’t get lapped early in the prelim night I think we would have had a better result going into Saturday.”
Hagar moved forward all but one time he hit the track during the 2019 edition of the event. He placed 19th in the A Main during preliminary action before hustling from 12th to fourth place in a D Main and from 19th to ninth in a C Main at the finale.
“That’s the key this year; go out and make the show,” he said. “If we can’t lock ourselves into the A Main for Saturday we want to at least get ourselves closer to the front. I don’t think we’re very far off. I’ve been playing with some shocks. I think we have a good baseline and something to work off.”
Hagar wrapped up his 2019 season in a midget, posting a sixth-place result at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., in October.
“That’s a good confidence boost,” he said. “These cars are totally different than anything I drive. We’ve been working hard the last month to get three cars ready and I can’t wait to see how the event goes.”
UP NEXT –
Jan. 13-18 at the River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa, Okla., for the 34th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek
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