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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
June 28, 2017

Tony Jackson Jr. Comes Up Just Short in Tri-City Thriller

Lebanon, Missouri (06/28/17) –Tony Jackson Jr. led 39 of the 40 laps on Friday night at Tri-City Speedway in his Odell Trucking LLC #56 CMD Race Shocks/ MB Customs/ Cornett Racing Engine Super Late Model. Unfortunately, he came up just a few feet short of leading the most important one as Dennis Erb Jr. slipped past at the checkered flag.

“I needed to move up,” Jackson said, “but it’s one of them deals when you lead 39 of 40 laps on the bottom, you hate to get out of your groove. Hindsight is always 20/20 in a situation like this. We had an awesome car tonight, but it’s frustrating because it seems like we’ve already had several near misses this year and tonight was just another one. We’ll hold our heads high though and move onto the next one.”

On Friday night Tony Jackson Jr. made his 2017 debut with the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour in the $10,000-to-win event at Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois).

In a field of 33 cars, Jackson Jr. followed up the fourth-fastest time in his qualifying group with a heat race victory. Earning the 2nd-starting positon for the feature, Jackson Jr. fought off challengers for the first 39 circuits but came up short on the final lap. Unable to hold off a hard-charging Dennis Erb Jr. on the final corner, Tony landed a runner-up finish behind Erb with Chris Simpson, Shannon Babb, and Bobby Pierce rounding out the Top 5 finishers.

Full results from the program are available at www.TheHellTour.com .

This weekend, Tony will take the Mid America Racing Series (MARS) DIRTcar point lead into battle in a trio of events. On Friday and Saturday night he will compete in a pair of series events at Salina Highbanks Speedway (Salina, Oklahoma) before moving to Monett Speedway (Monett, Missouri) on Sunday evening.

For more information on the events, please visit www.MARSracingseries.com .
Tony Jackson Jr. would to like to thank all of his marketing partners, which include Odell Trucking LLC, Lindsay Chevrolet, Smith Creek Moonshine, Merrill Bonding, RaceNote, Budweiser, Cornett Race Engines, Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, Hyperco, Longhorn by Weaver, GRT Race Cars, Tony Jackson Jr. Motorsports, Bill Frye Motorsports, R2C Performance, Longacre Racing Products, Champion Oil, Supermoon Graphics, Midwest Sheet Metal, Willard Quarries, Fast Shafts, AFCO Brake Systems, Simpson Race Products, Off Axis Paint, VP Heartland Fuels, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Performance Bodies, Butlerbuilt, KRC Power Steering, Lone Oak Printing, and MSR Mafia Marketing Services.

For more information on Tony Jackson Jr. Motorsports, please visit his official internet home at www.TonyJacksonJr.com as well as the team's Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tony-J...r/497367940564 .