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Open Wheel Modifieds Back in Action at Citrus
County
Speedway
8/8/09 By: Phil Schryver Inverness, FL It was a
very hot and sticky night, but thankfully also rain free at Citrus County
Speedway.
The first feature
event of the night was the 4 Cylinder Stocks. The #47 of Richard Kuhn started on
the pole and never looked back. Finishing 2nd was the #13 of Mike
Ogren, and 3rd was the #21 of Phil Edwards.
The
Pure Stocks rolled out next with lots of action and tons of passing for all 20
laps. The #51 of Curtis Flannagan, who started 10th, was on fire and
shot to the front like a bullet to win the feature. At the end of the race he
had at least a 3 ½ second lead on the rest of the field.
Third
up was the Sportsman class. 19 cars were on hand to race for the checkered flag.
At the drop of the initial green flag, the #57 of TJ Chambers got real loose
coming off of turn 4 and caused a 3 car pile up. There was a ton of 3 wide
racing, especially in the corners throughout the race. On lap 7, the #57 was
running 2nd and turned the leader, the #1 car of Matt Blum around
going into turn 1 and the #57 of Chambers ended up on top of the #1 car up
against the wall in turn 1. Both cars had to retire early due to heavy damage.
The #725 of John Grimm and the #5 of Mike Veltman battled door to door for the
win after that, but ended up turning each other around, and had to both go to
the rear of the field. The feature was won by the #15 of Joey Catarelli.
The
Ministocks were next and were all very competitive. The #20 of Travis Hoefler
had a great night especially. He started 5th, and finished 2nd,
but had to fight off a lot of other cars to hold onto that spot. The winner
tonight was the #62 Jesse Henley.
The
Open Wheel Modifieds were up next, with 16 cars on hand. This was a 40 lap
feature. Mark Nelson in the #11 started on the pole and held onto the lead for
the 1st 24 laps. The #98 of Robbie Cooper battled door to door with
Nelson for most of those laps. Finally, by lap 20, Nelson’s handling seemed to
start going away and his car was getting loose. The #98 of Cooper was able to
slip by on the outside, bringing the #19 of Tommy Schnader with him. The #98 of
Cooper would go on to win the race.
The
Figure 8’s were as wild and crazy as ever. The #8 of Darryl Hage was on the
pole, and this was his first start of the 2009 season. The #83 of Charles Herne
seemed to have some handling issues and actually brought out the 1st
caution on the initial start. On the 2nd try for the start, the #29
of Neil Herne took a wild ride hitting and actually going over the wall in turn
2. He was reported to be ok. A lot more mayhem occurred on the 3rd
and 4th starts, but finally the 5th start was the charm
after the field started single file. The #8 of Darryl Hage came home first after
threading the needle with ease through the x many times. The #89 of Rodney Davis
did a great job holding off some tough competition to come home 2nd,
and the #39 of Robbie Hage finished 3rd.
The last race of the night was the V* Thunder
Stocks. These guys and gals always put on a great show. The #31 of Austin
Roberts, who started almost dead last, ended up the winner after making his way
up front and then leaving the rest of the field in the dust.
Next week, August
15th, The Mini Cups will be back, also the Desoto Champ Karts will be
on hand, plus all the regulars including mini stocks, street stocks, pure
stocks, thunder stocks, and the Mike Scott Plumbing 4 cylinder stocks.
Results for 8/8/09
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4
Cyl Stocks
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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3
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Roland Price
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12
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13
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4
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Bryson Ward
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13
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17
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13
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Mike Ogren
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15
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2
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15
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Anthony Lapoint
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10
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7
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19
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John Gula
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17
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8
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21
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Phil Edwards
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3
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13
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24
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Tim Scalise
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1
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15
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26
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Nathan Florian
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2
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6
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29
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Chris Snow
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4
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16
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41
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Thomas Abbott
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14
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14
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47
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Richard Kuhn
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5
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1
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60
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Greg Valdes
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6
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4
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65
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Happy Florian
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8
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10
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69
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Shaun Cater
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16
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5
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89
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Shawn Jenkins
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9
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9
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98
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Kevin Stone
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11
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11
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199
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Robert Carter
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7
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12
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Pure Stocks
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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0
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Steve Stineduf
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5
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2
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1
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Ricky Shahid
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14
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8
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3
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Rick Shahid
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4
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6
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6
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Eddie Hudak
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15
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11
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8
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Patric Conner
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1
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10
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14
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Alex Wilder
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12
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16
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24
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Tommy Smith
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18
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3
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39
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Sport Wilson
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19
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1
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44
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Glen Colyer
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13
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9
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45
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Randy Werstein
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8
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17
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51
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Curtis Flanagan
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10
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20
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58
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Larry Welter Jr.
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16
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14
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68
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Drew Matissek
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9
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7
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76
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Michael Martin
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7
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18
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85
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Larry Welter Sr.
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6
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4
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88
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Victor Shahid
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3
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5
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99
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Tim Rushing
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20
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19
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411
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Matthew Harris
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11
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14
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420
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Jay Witfoth
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17
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12
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581
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Morris Richardson
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2
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15
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Sportsman
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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1
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Tom Posavec
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5
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9
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1
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Matt Blum
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8
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18
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5
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Mike Veltman
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9
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14
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6
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David White
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16
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10
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8
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Tim Schull
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15
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7
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15
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Joey Catterli
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14
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1
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17
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Mike Bell
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10
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16
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32
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Charles Bowers
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7
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19
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35
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Rick Kase
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19
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6
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40
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Gary Johnson
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4
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8
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55
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Ernie Reed
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12
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5
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57
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T.J. Chambers
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6
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17
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66
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Mike Watson
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17
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11
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71
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Jesse Veltman
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3
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3
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88
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Bobby Ervien
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11
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2
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98
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Dustin Aaron
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1
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4
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114
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John Buzinec
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18
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12
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725
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L.J. (John) Grimm
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13
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15
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Modifieds
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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1
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Curtis Neumann
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10
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3
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3
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Kyle Bookmiller
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6
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6
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6
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Billy Bechtelheimer
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9
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7
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11
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Mark Nelson
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1
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4
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12
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Jay Coleman
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16
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14
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13
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John Ditges
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14
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13
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19
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Tommy Schnader
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5
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2
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22
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Sammy Coghill
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15
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12
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32
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Alan McCofferty
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3
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8
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42
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Richie Smith
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13
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16
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44
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Graham McCorey
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7
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10
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70
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Jeremy Gerstner
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8
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5
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75
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Bobby Blake
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4
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9
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98
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Robbie Cooper
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2
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1
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121
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John Carter Jr.
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11
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11
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134
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Steven Fuller
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12
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15
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Ministocks
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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1
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George Neumann
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7
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7
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2
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Don Faunce
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6
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3
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7
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Clint Foley
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12
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5
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9
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Mark Powers
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13
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4
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17
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David Mothershed
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10
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9
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19
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Richard Maguire
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11
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12
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20
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Travis Hoefler
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5
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2
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32
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Steven Smith
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2
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8
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31
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Brandon McSwain
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15
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14
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44
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Michael Lawhorn
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3
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6
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51
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Christopher Harvey
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1
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13
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53
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Glen Ervien
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9
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15
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62
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Jesse Henley
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4
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1
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96
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Mickey Wright
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14
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10
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98
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James Ellis
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8
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11
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Figure 8's
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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1
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Larry Triana
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15
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12
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3
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Clifford Rousseau
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13
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5
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6
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Robert Aaron
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10
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6
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8
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Darryl Hage
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1
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1
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14
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Wayne Calkins
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14
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4
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25
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Ronnie Powell
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11
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13
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27
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John Baranauskas
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8
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15
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29
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Neil Herne
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7
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14
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31
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Rick Shahid
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4
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11
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39
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Robbie Hage
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5
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3
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53
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Eric Sharrone
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12
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8
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58
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Larry Welter
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16
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16
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74
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Bob Hage
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2
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9
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83
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Charles Herne
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6
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10
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89
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Rodney Davis
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3
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2
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94
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Charlie Meyer
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9
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7
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V8
Thunder Stocks
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Car #
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Drivers Name
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Start
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Finish
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1
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Lance Shahid
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3
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10-Jan
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3
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Jamie Shahid
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4
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6
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14
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Abe Lord
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6
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2
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20
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Chris Ickes
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5
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7
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31
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Austin Roberts
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14
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1
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39
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Jason Ayers
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13
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11
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41
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Tara Wilder
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2
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4
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42
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Tyler Currier
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11
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5
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45
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Scott Werstein
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12
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12
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51
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Levi Roberts
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15
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15
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70
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Clarence Kyser
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9
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13
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71
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Jason Warsing
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1
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3
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76
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Bret Martin
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10
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9
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99
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Tyler Strickler
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7
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14
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141
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Bruce Pixley
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8
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8
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