PETERSEN MEDIA: Heading to Watsonville, CA over the weekend to take part in the Howard Kaeding Classic, Tanner Carrick hard charged to a 13^th place finish on Friday before finishing ninth on Saturday night in NARC action as well as a runner up finish in Western Midget Racing competition.

“Unfortunately, Friday night we lost a motor in time trials and we ended up missing our heat race and tagging the back of the feature,” Carrick said. “Big thanks to my guys for their hard work and still giving me a good car despite not having much track time.”

Getting the weekend underway on Friday night, Carrick timed the CVC/Cemex/TC Guide Service backed No. 83T in 13^thquickest in time trials but had a motor expiring as he ended his qualifying run.

With the team going to work to make the swap, the missed their heat race, but with the car count were still able to start 24^th in the feature event. Making the necessary changes, Carrick and company had their car ready for the feature event.

Taking the green flag from the 24^th starting position, Carrick was able to begin moving forward as soon as the action came to life. Jumping into 22^nd on the opening lap, Carrick was up into 20^th by the 10^th circuit.

Continuing to slowly work his way towards the Top-10, Carrick moved into 18^th on the 13^th lap, and was up into 16^thwhen the race reached the halfway point. Falling back to 17^th on the 20^th lap, Carrick was able to move into 15^th with just five laps to go, and then slipped into 12^th.

In a battle for 12^th and 13^th in the final laps, Carrick settled for 13^th and earned the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger for his performance.

Back in action on Saturday night for the finale, Carrick got the night underway by timing in 13^th in qualifying time trials and then picked up a sixth-place finish in his heat race.

Moving into the 30-lap finale, Carrick took the green flag from the 16^th starting position. Working his way into 10^th on the third lap, issues with the lead duo put him up into eighth on a lap five restart.

Getting as high as sixth as the action resumed, Carrick slipped back to ninth on the 12^th lap, and then found himself back in 10^th at the halfway point. Continuing to battle on the slick Watsonville Speedway surface, Carrick moved back into ninth on the 23^rd lap, and went on to close his weekend out with a ninth-place finish.

Saturday night also saw Carrick pilot a Matt Streeter owned midget in Western Midget Racing action. Timing in second fastest in qualifying, Carrick charged from sixth to second in his heat race and then had a nice run from fifth to second in the feature event.

“Big thanks to my team for their hard work all weekend,” Tanner Carrick added. “I also want to thank the Matt Streeter team for the opportunity to rip a midget on Saturday night as well.”

Tanner Carrick would like to thank CVC, Cemex, Interstate Oil, D.R. Horton, Conti, Harris and Sloan, Hanson Truss, TC Guide Service, Eddie’s Lincoln Auto Body, Simpson Strong-Tie, A&A Concrete Supply, Kaeding Performance, and Arai for their continued support.

BY THE NUMBERS: Starts: 37, Wins: -0, Top 5’s: 9, Top 10’s: 21

ON TAP: Tanner Carrick will be idle this weekend before returning to action on July 31^st at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA.    

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