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Ball Rebounds to Finish Fifth at 34 Raceway, Places Third in Sprint Invaders Championship Standings

(Photo by Doug Johnson)

Inside Line Promotions – WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (Sept. 22, 2015) – Jamie Ball wrapped up the Sprint Invaders season with an impressive performance last Saturday at 34 Raceway.

Ball rebounded from the B Main to post a top-five finish during the season finale en route to a third-place result in the championship standings.

“A top three was our goal,” he said. “A championship was the ultimate goal, but for our first full season with the Sprint Invaders it was definitely successful. We look forward to racing with them next year as well.”

The White Lightning Motorsports driver kicked off the event by finishing sixth in a heat race, which missed locking into the main event by only one position.

“We had lots of rain in Iowa on Friday,” he said. “It made for possibly the heaviest track I’ve raced on in my career, at least to start the night. I had a terrible start in the heat and that put us behind the eight ball.”

Ball then won the B Main from the pole position to start the main event on the outside of the eighth row.

“We totally changed the car up for the B Main,” he said. “We loosened it up more than you can imagine. We did really well. I ran a few different lines in the groove and above the groove.”

He continued to march forward throughout the first half of the main event.

“I had an amazing car,” he said. “I drove hard and everything went right. We got through the field pretty quick. We were up to eighth about halfway. Then we were able to avoid a crash with about five laps to go. We probably had a third-place car or so, but under a red flag the tires bled down and it tightened the car up. In the last five laps we weren’t able to make any progress, but we held on for a top five.”

Ball’s fifth-place result marked his seventh top five of the season.

He will take this weekend off before wrapping up the 2015 season on Oct. 2-3 at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., for the Bobby Parker Memorial with the Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprints.

QUICK RESULTS –

JAMIE BALL:

Sept. 19 – 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa – Heat race: 6 (5); B Main: 1 (1); Feature: 5 (16).

SEASON STATS –

JAMIE BALL – 34 races, 2 wins, 7 top fives, 16 top 10s, 26 top 15s, 33 top 20s

DEVIN KLINE – 9 races, 5 wins, 5 top fives, 6 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 9 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Oct. 2-3 at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., for the Bobby Parker Memorial with the Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprints

MEDIA LINKS –

Jamie Ball Website: http://www.JamieBall.com

Devin Kline Website: http://www.DevinKline.com

Jamie Ball Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JamieBall5j

Devin Kline Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DevinKline5j

VIDEO –

Here is a link to highlights of Kline’s first win of the season at Knoxville Raceway on May 9: https://youtu.be/ErMdMcbuxjQ

Here is a link to highlights of Kline’s second win of the season at Knoxville Raceway on May 23: https://youtu.be/3BbJfIPVbqc

APPAREL –

White Lightning Motorsports has t-shirts and hoodies available for purchase at their race trailers in the infield of each sprint car event at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Ostrich Racing Engines

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“We have been utilizing Ostrich power since we started our race team,” Jamie Ball said. “Lee and the crew at Ostrich build a great engine and provide great service. At Knoxville Raceway you must have a great engine and Ostrich has been providing us with some of the fastest engines in the country. All of our cars are consistently top qualifiers and top runners and we credit that to our Ostrich Racing Engines.”

White Lightning Motorsports would also like to thank Matt Jones Trucking, JJ Kane Auctioneers, Jerry & Kelly Johnston, Housby, BCP Weddings, The Hearing Clinic, Timber Line Tree Service, Sweet Manufacturing, Bell Helmets, Driver Websites, Iowa State Savings Bank, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, FK Rod Ends, Fragola Performance Systems, King Racing Products, BR Motorsports, Hoosier Tire, MPD Racing, Champion Oil, Wingdance Graphics, Shell Shock and Hooker Harness for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

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