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I was there as well, I was the crew chief on the second place finishing car driven by Lealand McSpadden. After Lealand got by Bub for second and started to catch Steve, I thought to myself this is going to be a Battle Royal between those two but Lealand couldn't quite catch Steve he just seemed to stall out of the charge he was making with about five laps to go and I couldn't figure out why. Well I got my answer when Lealand pulled into our pit, a large piece of dirt had crushed the side arm guard in and had his right arm pinned between it and the seat so he pretty much ran those last five laps with one arm on the steering wheel. We had to bend the panel back out so he could even get out of the car.
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