Chris Eggleston is Back on Championship Track in the K&N Pro Series West
- May 2, 2017
Eggleston said he wasn’t sure if he was returning to his Bill McAnally Racing team for 2017. He didn’t have a deal until the middle of February. The first race of the season was on March 18 at Tucson Speedway in Arizona. Eggleston had success in the K&N Pro Series West. He won the championship in 2015 in one of the tightest races in recent memory. He won by seven points over Noah Gragson after winning two races early in the season. Eggleston and McAnally made the right decision to team up again in 2017. Eggleston won the K&N Pro Series West season opener in Tucson and put himself in contention for another series championship after the first four races.
The road back to contention was bumpy. Even with wins at the Orange Show Speedway in California and Colorado National Speedway, he was not much of a factor in the championship in 2016. Winning at Tucson to open the 2017 K&N Pro Series West season did wonders for Eggleston’s confidence. “It’s a little shot in the arm obviously,” Eggleston said. “Going into the offseason you want to get a win or two going into the season. To get the first one out of the way for the first one is huge for us. Hopefully we can start clicking them off, make sure we get good, solid points day and keep going.” He followed his win in Tucson with a pair of runner-up finishes at Irwindale Speedway. After four races, Eggleston is in second place in the K&N Pro Series West standings, 13 points behind teammate Todd Gilliland.
Gilliland won three races in a row, both Irwindale Speedway races and at Kern County Raceway Park in California. The next K&N Pro Series West race is at Spokane County Raceway in Washington. | |||
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