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Wampler Battles Carburetor Issues on Championship Night at Lawton

8/31/2014
Wampler Battles Carburetor Issues on Championship Night at Lawton

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Inside Line Promotions – LAWTON, Okla. (Aug. 31, 2014) – Things didn’t go as planned for Cody Wampler on Saturday.

Wampler had high expectations entering the championship night at Lawton Speedway.

“I thought we were getting things lined out,” he said. “On the two-barrel sprint car we had borrowed a carburetor earlier this season. It didn’t work very well so we borrowed another one. A couple of weeks ago we got our new one back and tried it, but it didn’t work. We had sent this carburetor back and they found some things to fix. We got it back this week and thought it was going to be ready to go.”

Unfortunately, it still gave Wampler and his race team a few issues throughout the night.

“It kind of had a flutter to it in hot laps,” he said. “It wasn’t quite crisp. The track was still greasy and it wasn’t putting any kind of load on the car. I went out for the heat race and it wasn’t running clean off the bottom. The track had slicked off and we were a little loose, too.”

Wampler dropped from the pole position to a fourth-place result in his heat race.

“We made some adjustments on it for the feature,” he said. “We were on the side of being tight. When the carburetor was loading up I couldn’t drive myself out of being tight. We fell back a few spots. We were just in the way. When I’d go to get back on the gas it wouldn’t take off.”

After having to restart last following a caution, Wampler rebounded to post an 11th-place result.

“I think the jetting is a little off,” he said. “We’re going to change a couple of things on it and go from there. Everything else with the car is good. It just didn’t run clean.”

QUICK RESULTS –

Aug. 30 – Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla. – Heat race: 4 (1); Feature: 11 (4).

SEASON STATS –

10 races, 0 wins, 3 top fives, 5 top 10s, 6 top 15s, 8 top 20s

UP NEXT –

TBD

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.WamplerMotorsports.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WamplerMotorsports

APPAREL –

Wampler has t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts and hoodies available for sale at each race and online at http://www.WamplerMotorsports.com.

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“I’ve grateful that Indian Territory Durable Medical Equipment has partnered with us this season and I’m looking forward to the success we will have together,” Wampler said.

Wampler would also like to thank Cotton County Drug, Powers Heating and Air Conditioning, Wampler Transmission, Lawton Auto Parts, Eagle Creek Escape, Shur Shot Guns, Cotton Ag Inc., Farm Bureau (Jeff Baumann Insurance), Thriller Productions, Aspire Home Care & Hospice, Al’s Pump, Walters Well Service, Parks Land & Cattle, Walters Hometown Grocery and On Another Level Designs for their continued support.

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