American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 4 | Page 28

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The Expert Singles Class was the
first class to run during Wednesday’s race. Jay Sallstrom and John
Koester were the first two riders
and set the fast pace with 7.611and 7.688-second rides. Sheldon
Farnsworth, Johnny Curry, Devin
Sweitzer and Nick Briggs broke
into the 8.5 - 8.8-second range but
it was Joseph Lowe who took the
third spot in the first round with
his 8.122-second finish. The second run featured faster times,
however, no one would be able to
beat the eventual TiLUBE Top Gun
Award recipient, Sallstrom and his
initial time of 7.611 seconds. Farnsworth stood third on the podium

with 8.042 seconds while Lowe
and Curry rounded out the top 5.
The Xtreme Class also started out
with top runners as Koester and
Phil Libhart were the first two riders. The only four riders who
would break into the 7-second
range during the first run were
Koester, Libhart, Jockamo Baldina
and Sallstrom, as Farnsworth finished just outside the group with
8.112 seconds. Koester's 7.089
seconds was half of a second faster than Libhart's 7.566 and Baldina's 7.592. Koester was able to
better his time the second round
with a 6.682-second run. Sallstrom also broke into the sixes

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with a time of 6.954 seconds.
Strickler was able to take a podium finish in third with his second
run time of 7.481 seconds. Libhart
and Baldina both had 8.5-second
runs to take fourth and fifth.
The Unlimited Class saw reigning
champion Koester take to the hill
first as he blasted the circuit with
a 6.485-second run, while Sallstrom would join him with 6.759
seconds and Libhart followed
close behind with a 7.054 finish.
Koester, Sallstrom and Libhart
held onto the top three positions
while Curry and Lowe followed
with 7.448 and 7.517 finishes to
take fourth and fifth positions.