“It was a long, long night,” he said. “We had a rain delay and the track wasn’t anywhere near raceable. You’d go out there and just try to stay out of trouble. It was sloppy greasy and never really cleaned off until about halfway through the feature. It just made it tough to race.”

Hagar maneuvered from fifth to second place in a heat race to kick off the USCS Series event.

“We got lucky and guys would hit the slop and slide up,” he said. “I got enough momentum built to turn across the track into the grease and momentum by them. We played it out and waited on people to screw up and we got by a few of them.”

The feature inversion lined Hagar up on the inside of the second row.

“We were on the inside in the slop on the start and fell to fourth,” he said. “We rode there for a while. The car got tighter as the race went on. I had to try to be smooth and smart with it. Sammy (Swindell) got by me on a restart toward the end and so did another car. We fell back to sixth, but somebody broke so we ended fifth. It was good considering the circumstances.”

The fifth-place finish was Hagar’s second top five of the season.

QUICK RESULTS –

March 24 – North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Ala. – Heat race: 2 (5); Feature: 5 (3).

SEASON STATS –

6 races, 0 wins, 2 top fives, 2 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 6 top 20s

UP NEXT –

TBD

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek

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“They’ve been in the family since J&J Auto Racing started building cars,” Hagar said. “My stepdad’s dad owned race cars back in the Riverside days. They are good, safe, dependable race cars and great people to deal with.”

Hagar would also like to thank Dynotech Performance, DHR Suspension, B&D Towing, Xtreme Race Graphics, Fragola Performance Systems, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Weld Wheels, Hinchman Racewear, Wix Filters, Wings Unlimited, FK Rod Ends, Valvoline and Ti64 for their continued support.

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