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Just a couple of comments on question #2. Chase Stockton won the 12 lap "B" from 13th starting position. He started the "A" in 21st and finished in 9th. Robert Ballou started the "A" in 12th and won it. In his heat, Ballou gave us a preview by starting 9th, making a really hard move into the first turn, bicycled, bounced up and down a bit, lost ground and then charged to 3rd. After the last yellow, the show that Ballou and Jesse Hockett were worth the price of admission, IMHO. In another thread someone reported that Ballou led the last 5 laps, but that was just at the start/finish line. He started by making a banzai slider on Hockett in turn 1 just after the green came out. For the next three laps they traded the lead in almost every corner. I am not sure how many times the lead actually changed those three laps, but it had to be at least 8-9. Perhaps someone was keeping track. There were other good drives, like Damian Gardner from 8th to 2nd in his heat and others.
So, yes, it was an excellent race and I say that even though I hate dust. I thought it was really that good.
Frank Daigh
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