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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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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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