sunshine... you've got to be kidding! McKnight goes out for early warmups.
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Doug Heveron timed in 22nd with the "old one" after trashing his new super during testing. Clyde Booth was said to say,"it's like bringing a donkey to the Kentucky Derby "... well Doug charged up to 3rd at the finish with the old mule!
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Mike Ordway in the foreground, Danny K in the background
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Tom Bliss and the 65 are gridded behind the 13th case of Budweiser
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Pat Lavery lined up alongside in 14th and brought it home in 7th
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Bentley lined up 6th but would eventually drop out on lap 68
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Tim Gareau's Kerfein #5 and Gary Morton, 9th and 10th on the grid respectively, check out the crowd
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almost time to go racing...
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...and Danny K is ready
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"Bubblegum" Joe Marotta and Roy Sova are set to go in the tower too
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Brandon Bellinger wasted little time, charging from his 12th starting spot into the lead by lap 23. Dave McKnight took over the top spot from the 02 on lap 33
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Steve Gioia III parlayed a fourth place finish in the "B" main into an 11th place finish... running all 200 laps. Good seat time for sure!
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McKnight led 129 laps (33-162) and was really hooked up...
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Bobby Santos came from 23rd to challenge the 08 for the lead by lap 44. Lou Cicconi grabbed 2nd on lap 69. Santos fell from 3rd with 8 laps to go, out of fuel.
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Keith Shampine qualified a solid 7th in the #85 but his day ended against the backstretch wall on lap 86
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Otto Sitterly did multiple 360's in the first turn while apparently unconscious after slamming the frontstretch hubrail.
photos courtesy of Paul Murphy
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fortunately the left rear was disabled from the initial impact, which helped keep the #79, which was now a "stuck throttle missile", off the first turn wall.
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heavy left side damage
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McKnight and Cicconi ran many laps nose to tail 'till they tangled in turn 4 on lap 163 ending the day for both
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fastest lap of the race, 17.261 0n lap 160 helped put Didero right on the 72's bumper. A broken driveshaft on lap 175 ended his spectacular run. Ordway could not muster a challenge and Greg Furlong nailed down his 5th Classic!
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Danny Kapuscinski enjoys a fine top 5 run with the team at the scales...
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Danny had just enough fuel to get the job done, the car had to be pushed in from the backstretch after the checkers... out of fuel!
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Danny K and the Tom Bliss racing team
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Lap 44, Ordway, Gosek and Furlong, running 5th, 6th, and 7th, lap past the #7 of Charlie Schultz
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