American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 8 | Page 42

that when he and Jason went
to 16th Street Speedway, they
crashed every time or
something broke every time
they went there. But, when it
paid $20,000 to win the
"Summer Sizzle" at 16th Street
(in 1999), they won. That's
cool that it kind of happened
the same way tonight at the
'Jason Leffler Memorial.'"
At the start, recent USAC
Indiana Midget Kokomo
Speedway feature winner
Chris Windom got the jump
from the pole position as
Bacon settled into second
from the outside of the front
row.
Bacon didn't spend too much
time doddling in second as he
challenged and, eventually,
overtook Windom with an
outside pass at the exit of turn
four on the fifth lap to propel
him into the lead.

However, with the stoppage of
Rico Abreu's machine in
between turns three and four,
the pass was negated and the
running order would revert to
the previous lap.
On the ensuing restart, Bacon
continued to do his work a
lane higher than Windom who
stayed glued to the bottom
and, on lap 8, beat Windom on
the outside into turn one to
grab the lead.
With a clear track in front of
him, Bacon shot away to a
half-straightaway advantage
over Windom on the following
laps.
With the tight confines of the
one-eighth-mile circuit and 28
feature starters, space was a
limited quantity, which, in
most cases, would mean that
Bacon would have to contend
with lapped traffic throughout
the event.