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full course yellow came out after Eric Barron came to a stop in turn four .
On the restart , it was now Mittag , Menzies , Fortin , Adler , and MacCachren in the top five , with MacCachren getting by Adler coming out of turn one to move into fourth . Late in the lap , Menzies moved right up to Mittag ’ s back bumper , but couldn ’ t quite make a pass . Two laps later , on lap 15 , Fortin biked badly in turn three and dropped back to eighth as he waited for the field to pass and a clean spot to get turned around . Menzies then finally got around Mittag for the lead early on the next lap , as Mittag was now struggling with being unable to shift above third gear .
As Menzies quickly moved clear , MacCachren moved up to pass Mittag early on lap 17 to grab second , but Mittag battled back at turn four to stay a nose ahead at the start / finish line , just ahead of another full course yellow . On the return to green flag racing , MacCachren was way off the pace with an issue . Up front , Menzies was absolutely flying , and really seeming to test the limits of how hard he could throw his truck into the corners . Behind him , Renezeder got Mittag inside at turn one on the final lap , and in the final corner , Fortin tried to get Mittag as well . Unfortunately , Mittag may not have anticipated Fortin diving down so late , and as Mittag dropped down to the inside
line , Fortin had nowhere to go , as he drove into Mittag ’ s door and then spun himself out , dropping back to fifth .
At the finish , it was Menzies who got the big first win for his new Huseman brothers-built # 7 Red Bull / Pennzoil Ford , with Renezeder second , Mittag third in the # 81 Maxxis / Custom Off-Road Design Ford , Barron fourth in the # 32 Icon Vehicle Dynamics / Method Race Wheels Toyota , and Fortin fifth in the # 96 General Tire / E3 Spark Plugs Toyota .
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Largest Turnout of Chevys
JUPITER , FL - Palm Beach International Raceway™ , TEN : The Enthusiast Network , and Publishers of Super Chevy Magazine celebrated the Official Super Chevy Show over the weekend . The racers and car show participants showed up in record numbers for the two-day event . The world ' s largest Chevy automotive event featured drag racing action , a premiere car and truck show , sold out swap meet ,
car corral , vendor midway and much more .
The drag strip competition was highlighted by several different sportsman classes : the Camaro Gen 5 challenge , E . T . Bracket classes , Junior Dragster , Ultra Street , and the X632 / Outlaw 632 , over the weekend . Each class had an opportunity to walk away with a cash prize and bragging rights as the winner of the Super Chevy Show .
On Saturday , the Camaro Gen 5 challenge , Bracket 1 , Bracket 2 , and Jr . Dragster classes competed with Chelsey Martin , Richard Beswick , Troy Stafford , and Jordyn Prince , respectively , taking home the top spots . In addition , the X632 / Outlaw 632 and Ultra Street qualified on Saturday in preparation for eliminations on Sunday .
On the drag strip , Chelsey Martin ( 12.36 dial-in ), from Pembroke Pines , FL , went up against Mikey Tell ( 10.80 dial-in ), from Palm Beach Gardens , FL in the Gen 5 challenge final round and posted a . 099 reaction time with a 12.398 at 82.18 mph against Tells ' . 139 reaction time with a 11.140 at 100.52 mph pass .
Richard Beswick ( 7.17 dial-in ), Lake Worth , FL , went six rounds and landed in the Bracket 1 finals with Andrew Reaves ( 6.09 dial-in ) from Roswell , GA . Reaves fired off a . 027 reaction time to the even fast-
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