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Inside Line Promotions – SALINA, Okla. (April 14, 2025) – Jordon Mallett gained a half-dozen positions during his season opener last Saturday at Salina Highbanks Speedway.
“I felt good,” he said. “We prepared a lot during the offseason. We had changed some stuff and I felt like it was in the right direction. Unfortunately, I got us behind in qualifying. I just threw my first lap away basically. I turned a better lap the second lap, but I wish I would have done what I did on that second lap both laps. We were a touch off on gearing as well so it was a combination of those couple of things. That really hurt us and we had to dig ourselves out of a hole.”
Mallett timed in sixth quickest in his group. A run from sixth to fourth place in a heat race locked him into the 13th starting position in the ASCS National Tour main event.
“We made some changes and were able to make gains in the heat race,” he said. “I knew how critical it was going to be to get a great start because the heat races would get strung out. I snuck in and got a transfer. Then I tried to move around on the track to try to make gains for later in the night.
“The track wasn’t conducive to passing in the feature. We went the right direction with our adjustments and probably went too far. I expected the track to take rubber the last half of the race, but it started four or five laps into the race. Hindsight is always 20-20 and I didn’t predict the rubber coming in that quick so we were a little snug. We were still able to claw our way through there. I felt we had a really good race car if the track had not taken rubber.”
Mallett’s six positions gained were the fifth most of any driver in the feature.
He plans to compete this Saturday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints.
QUICK RESULTS –
April 12 – Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, Okla. – Qualifying: 6; Heat race: 4 (6); Feature: 7 (13).
SEASON STATS –
1 race, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 1 top 10, 1 top 15, 1 top 20
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://jordonmallett.myracepass.com
X: https://twitter.com/jmmotorsports14
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordonmallettmotorsports
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“Water for Christ goes to Africa and other third-world countries to drill fresh-water wells where there is no access to fresh or clean water,” Mallett said. “We’re trying to raise awareness so they can continue to do what they do and hopefully on a larger scale.”
Mallett would like to thank Awakening Events, Awakening Foundation, Water for Christ, Porter Commercial Refrigeration, Red River Rack Co., D&K Farms, DHR Suspension, Racing Optics, Triple X Race Co., T&A, KSE Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Sinco, Inc., Autometer, Callies Performance Products, ISC Racers Tape, Lone Star Super Gas (Sunoco), KR Performance Fuels, HRP Wings, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Smiley’s Racing Products, MotorState Distributing, DMI, Superior Bearing and Supply, Moss Racing Engines, Twin S Tool Corp., JET Graphics and AR Dyno Specialty for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Apr 14, 2025
- Article Date: 4/14/2025 by Inside Line Promotions