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Straight Line
By Jim Jack
Pro Buggy Unlimited
In the open wheel ranks, pole starter Eliott Watson ran up front after lap one, ahead of Kevin McCullough, Darren
Hardesty Jr., Mike Valentine, and Garret George. On lap two, Valentine lost control going through the whoop
section between turns three and four, and slid off the track coming into turn four, dropping him back to seventh.
George moved up to take over fourth as a result, with Bud Ward moving into the top five.
The top five drivers held their positions through the Competition Yellow at the end of lap five, but on the restart
lap, George got by Hardesty Jr. going into turn one to take over third spot.
George then moved up to challenge for the lead on the next lap, and he made the pass on Watson coming out of
turn four. Hardesty Jr. was next in line, and after coming past the white flag alongside Watson, he moved ahead
and into second place early on the final lap. Ward also got close, but at the stripe, an ecstatic George was the
winner, ahead of Hardesty Jr.
Pro 2 Unlimited
The final race of the afternoon was Pro 2 Unlimited, and in this one, it was Patrick Clark who led the way after
lap one, ahead of Doug Mittag, Jeremy McGrath, Rob MacCachren, and RJ Anderson.
Later, Clark lost his power steering coming into the whoops, ending his charge prematurely, and that handed the
lead to McGrath. At almost the same moment, Anderson picked up a right rear flat tire, which sent him into the
Hot Pits at the end of the lap, and dropped him off of the lead lap in the process.
MacCachren then closed right in on the leader McGrath before the Competition Yellow, which fell at the end of
lap six.
By the final lap, MacCachren gave it his all to try and make something happen, but with the track rutting up
badly, there was simply nowhere for MacCachren to go to try and make a move. McGrath was also driving quite
well, and he crossed the stripe first to pick up his second consecutive win.
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