Happy, Texas (01/31/14) – Rodney Sanders bagged his second win of the season on Saturday night at El Paso Speedway Park (El Paso, Texas) in the Championship Dirt Motorsports (CDM) sanctioned event in his #20 Swan Energy/Kimrad Transport/Witchita Tank Racing/MB Customs/Geddes Racing Engine Open Wheel Modified.
The inaugural Battle at the Border opened on Friday night at El Paso Speedway Park (El Paso, Texas) as 18 entries entered the Championship Dirt Motorsports (CDM) event at the 3/8 mile oval. Heat race action found Sanders racing from the 6th starting spot to a 3rd place finish, which positioned him starting on the front row alongside pole sitter, Jimmy Ray. Sanders had high hopes for the feature, but an ill-handling car forced him to retire from the event just past the halfway point.
Rodney would get sweet redemption on Saturday night as he would score his second win of the 2014 season. He started his night by charging from the 6th starting spot to claim his heat race win, which locked him into the pole position on the 18 car grid for the 20 lap feature. As the main event went green Sanders grabbed the lead, and despite several challenges from Fito Gallardo and Jacob Gallardo he would lead every lap to register the $1,000 win. He was followed across the finish line by Fito Gallardo, Jacob Gallardo, Royal Jones, and Christy Georges.
The weekend drew to a close on Sunday night with a final $1,000-to-win event. Rodney’s night started with him charging to the win in his heat race to lock into the 3rd starting spot for the feature. In the opening laps of the feature he jumped to the lead and paced the field for the first ten laps before Jacob Gallardo slipped past for the lead. Sanders would go on to finish in the 2nd position.
“It was good to get that win on Saturday night at El Paso. We had a shot at two more victories, but we just spent a lot of that weekend trying to find the handle,” said Sanders.
Full results from the event are available at www.ChampionshipDirtMotorsports.com .
Sanders will now turn his attention to the 2nd Annual Sparkling City Nationals, which will be held at South Texas Speedway (Corpus Christi, Texas) on February 6th-8th. The trio of events will pay $2,000-to-win, $3,000-to-win, and $4,000-to-win in succession, and will award points for the Mesilla Valley Transportation Gulf Coast Border Region. For more information on the USMTS sanctioned events please visit www.USMTS.com .
Rodney Sanders would like to thank all of his sponsors including Swan Energy, Kimrad Transport, Special Care, Outreachers Sustainable Solutions, Swan Racing, Geddes Race Engines, MB Customs, Alaron Energy, B&L Satellite Rental, STSI, Integra Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, C&R Radiators, Eibach Springs, All Star Custom Graphics, Charter Oak Production Company, Palmer Painting, D&G Contracting, FK Rod Ends, Fike’s Transmissions, Krohn Farms, Mars Race Cars, K&N Filters, Real Racing Wheels, 87 Automotive, Wichita Tank Racing, Hooker Harness, CMD Race Shocks, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.
For more information on Rodney Sanders, please visit www.RodneySandersRacing.net .
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