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Just back from Phoenix and an incredible show!!
61 midgets, 49 sprints and 20 champ cars. 130 cars and not a wing in sight!
Started 32 midgets and 29 sprints in their respective mains.
Incredible seeing all of those midgets racing four and five wide in the
early going.
Tough weekend for most with Oklahoma connections.
Brady Bacon never turned a competitive lap with engine trouble both
nights. Cody Branchcomb did his best to try to reach the junkyard
off turn three and did damage the fence when his sprint flipped
Saturday night. Cody Brewer and his teammate Jessica Zemken did
simultaneous flips after hitting the slowing car of Donnie Ray Crawford
in their semi on Saturday. Donnie Ray was leading when he
broke. Zemken did a number on Cody's second car. It looked
like it was junked pretty badly. Matt Sherrell from Tulsa did win
his semi and Colorado's Gary Taylor qualified for the main in the other
car owned by Sherrell's owners.
Midget main was exciting with the Kruser taking it coming through turn four on the last lap.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was absolutely incredible taking the sprint
main in his family's 40R and winning the Silver Crown feature in the
Roger Johnson/Carl Edwards owned 199. Stenhouse drove masterful
races in both features leaving the Manzanita crowd asking "Who is this
guy?" It was great. Bud Kaeding took advantage of a mid
race red during the Silver Crown feature to put a big gumball on the
right rear and then proceeded to make his own groove on the
cushion/fence in one and two to charge all the way to fourth from the
back of the field.
It was good to talk with Jack Claxton in the Phoenix airport as he was on the same flight home. He looks good.
I can't wait for this show next year. This has the potential to be one of the finest programs in the country.
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