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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
May 31, 2018
Riley Hickman Returns to Action with Pair of Top-5 Finishes
Cleveland, Tennessee (05/31/18) – Wet weather and a new focus have kept Riley Hickman away from the track for much of the past month, but over the weekend he resumed his 2018 season in his Billy Franklin Enterprises #R1 Tucker’s Mobile Home Services/ American Billet/ Black Diamond Race Car Super Late Model.
The Tennessee racer scored a pair of Top-5 finishes, while competing in Alabama and Tennessee.
“I made a decision about a month or so ago to scale back my racing for a while because I just wasn’t having fun anymore,†Hickman recounted. “So, I hadn’t raced in about a month, but this past weekend I was in action in one of Billy Franklin’s cars. I was a little rusty, but we still had a solid weekend. My schedule for the rest of this year will probably just be hit and miss. I want to get back to having fun with racing, while also spending more time with my family.â€
Saturday night brought Riley Hickman to North Alabama Speedway (Tuscumbia, Alabama) for a Southern All Star (SAS) Dirt Racing Series sanctioned contest.
With 23 cars on hand for the Memorial Day Classic, Riley locked his spot into the $4,000-to-win A-Main by registering the sixth-fastest qualifying lap in time trials.
Rolling off sixth for the feature, Hickman overtook race leader John Owenby on lap-11 and held the top spot for the next 21 circuits. With eight laps remaining, Owenby used lap traffic to his advantage and snuck past Hickman, ultimately dropping Riley to a runner-up finish when the checkered flag flew.
Jay Scott, Rick Rickman, and Eric Hickerson completed the Top-5 finishers in the 40-lap affair.
The following night at Duck River Raceway Park (Wheel, Tennessee) Hickman landed a fifth-place finish in the unsanctioned, $3,000-to-win feature trailing David Brannon, Jadon Frame, Daniel Miller, and Brad Skinner across the finish line.
Complete results from these events can be found at www.SASDirt.com and www.DuckRiverRacewayPark.com .
Point your browser to www.RileyHickman.com to find the latest schedule and news updates as Riley lays out the remainder of his 2018 plans
Riley Hickman would like to thank all of his sponsors including Hickman Manufacturing Company, American Billet, RH Designs, Tucker’s Mobile Home Service, Black Diamond Race Cars, CVR Race Cars, Austin Trucking, Franklin Enterprises, Boyd’s Speedway, GW Performance, A-1 Towing and Recovery, Competition Racing Equipment, MRC Racing Components, Performance Masters Inc., All-Star Graphix, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Hoosier Racing Tires, JRI Shocks, VP Race Fuels, COMP Cams, Weld Wheels, FSR Racing Products, Design 500, Fel-Pro, KRC Power Steering, Wiles Racing Drive Shafts, Old Man’s Garage, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.
For the latest information on Riley Hickman, please visit www.RileyHickman.com .
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
May 31, 2018
Riley Hickman Returns to Action with Pair of Top-5 Finishes
Cleveland, Tennessee (05/31/18) – Wet weather and a new focus have kept Riley Hickman away from the track for much of the past month, but over the weekend he resumed his 2018 season in his Billy Franklin Enterprises #R1 Tucker’s Mobile Home Services/ American Billet/ Black Diamond Race Car Super Late Model.
The Tennessee racer scored a pair of Top-5 finishes, while competing in Alabama and Tennessee.
“I made a decision about a month or so ago to scale back my racing for a while because I just wasn’t having fun anymore,†Hickman recounted. “So, I hadn’t raced in about a month, but this past weekend I was in action in one of Billy Franklin’s cars. I was a little rusty, but we still had a solid weekend. My schedule for the rest of this year will probably just be hit and miss. I want to get back to having fun with racing, while also spending more time with my family.â€
Saturday night brought Riley Hickman to North Alabama Speedway (Tuscumbia, Alabama) for a Southern All Star (SAS) Dirt Racing Series sanctioned contest.
With 23 cars on hand for the Memorial Day Classic, Riley locked his spot into the $4,000-to-win A-Main by registering the sixth-fastest qualifying lap in time trials.
Rolling off sixth for the feature, Hickman overtook race leader John Owenby on lap-11 and held the top spot for the next 21 circuits. With eight laps remaining, Owenby used lap traffic to his advantage and snuck past Hickman, ultimately dropping Riley to a runner-up finish when the checkered flag flew.
Jay Scott, Rick Rickman, and Eric Hickerson completed the Top-5 finishers in the 40-lap affair.
The following night at Duck River Raceway Park (Wheel, Tennessee) Hickman landed a fifth-place finish in the unsanctioned, $3,000-to-win feature trailing David Brannon, Jadon Frame, Daniel Miller, and Brad Skinner across the finish line.
Complete results from these events can be found at www.SASDirt.com and www.DuckRiverRacewayPark.com .
Point your browser to www.RileyHickman.com to find the latest schedule and news updates as Riley lays out the remainder of his 2018 plans
Riley Hickman would like to thank all of his sponsors including Hickman Manufacturing Company, American Billet, RH Designs, Tucker’s Mobile Home Service, Black Diamond Race Cars, CVR Race Cars, Austin Trucking, Franklin Enterprises, Boyd’s Speedway, GW Performance, A-1 Towing and Recovery, Competition Racing Equipment, MRC Racing Components, Performance Masters Inc., All-Star Graphix, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Hoosier Racing Tires, JRI Shocks, VP Race Fuels, COMP Cams, Weld Wheels, FSR Racing Products, Design 500, Fel-Pro, KRC Power Steering, Wiles Racing Drive Shafts, Old Man’s Garage, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.
For the latest information on Riley Hickman, please visit www.RileyHickman.com .