The competition began last Friday at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Miss., where Hagar won the USCS Series dash before charging from sixth to second place in a heat race. That lined him up on the inside of the second row for the main event.

“We passed for the lead Friday night and a caution came out, which put us back,” he said. “Once you do that it gets the leader up on the wheel. We made more runs at him, but lapped traffic didn’t play in our favor. He’d get messed up in traffic and I’d get a run on him, then I’d get messed up in traffic.”

Hagar ended with a second-place finish, which was his eighth podium of the season.

The weekend wrapped up on Saturday at Whynot Motorsports Park, where Hagar finished fourth in the dash before he won a heat race. The feature inversion lined him up on the outside of the front row for the main event.

“We were right there contending for the win,” he said. “Me and Jordon Mallett were blasting the cushion, cutting through traffic. I’d make some runs at him and he’d drive around me. Before we knew it we were lapping the fourth-place driver. Both of our cars were on point.”

Hagar said he took the lead briefly once in the race.

“I took the lead going into turn three, but I left just enough room for him to drive around me,” he said. “We were in a thick pack of lapped cars and they were all over the race track. I threw a slider on him and two lapped cars, but I didn’t want to do anything stupid so I left him room.”

Hagar placed second for the second straight night and the fifth time this season.

“It’d have been a lot better to get the wins, but whenever you see one of your (DHR Suspension) customers go out there and put on a show with you it makes it a good night,” he said.

Hagar will return to action this Saturday at Crowley’s Ridge Raceway in Paragould, Ark.

QUICK RESULTS –

July 7 – Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Miss. – Dash: 1 (1); Heat race: 2 (6); Feature: 2 (3).

July 8 – Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Miss. – Dash: 4 (6); Heat race: 1 (2); Feature: 2 (2).

SEASON STATS –

20 races, 4 wins, 14 top fives, 15 top 10s, 16 top 15s, 17 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Crowley’s Ridge Raceway in Paragould, Ark.

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.DerekHagarRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HagarDerek

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