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10/3/20 8:00 PM Hafertepe Reaches STN Pinnacle with $10,041 Score!

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 3, 2020) – Sam Hafertepe, Jr., is now offi...

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[Tim]

You know,

While it was a good victory and a good race, Hafertepe left me with a sour taste in my mouth when his first comments in the victory interview were to disparage another driver which, admittedly, he was attempting to lap. The track was rubbered down and a narrow groove. The car he was attempting to lap was just as fast as he was so he couldn't make the pass. Hefertepe's comments implied that, after showing his nose to the car to be lapped, that driver should have just pulled over to give him the line. While we can debate this it was my impression that, as a car being lapped, you were to hold your line and the leader/faster car would find a way around you. This lapped car held his line just fine and a few laps later pulled away. It seems to me that all Hafertepe had to do was drive around him if he was that much faster.

In conclusion, I wish Hafertepe would have just been gracious in victory lane and accepted the win with more class.

Just my impressions.

Tim Simmons