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STEELE TAKES TBARA DESOTO RUN
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Dave Steele in the Gary
Green 91 charged to the lead mid
point in the 30 lap contest at
Desoto Superspeedway and was
never headed. This is Steele’s
third victory in the 2008
season.
A full field of 24 cars took the
green for the main event with
Tommy Nichols jumping out to an
early lead. Michael Smith
brought out the yellow on lap 5
with a spin in turn one due to a
flat right rear. On the restart
lap Brian Gingras spun the 66
car on the front stretch
bringing the yellow out again.
By this time Steele had worked
his way to fourth position from
his ninth starting spot. Troy
DeCaire was also in the hunt
having moved from tenth to
fifth. When the race resumed
Steele continued his charge to
the front, eventually passing
Nichols at mid point for the
lead. Shane Butler and Blaze
Martin also turned in impressive
performances with Butler
crossing the finish in second
and Martin coming home fourth.
At the finish it was Steele,
Butler, DeCaire, Martin and
Nichols in the top five.
In heat race action, Sonny
Hartley picked up his third heat
race win in as many runs at
Desoto this year. Tommy Nichols
and DJ Hoelzle also picked up
heat race wins.
Main Event Result
Steele, Shane Butler,
DeCaire, Martin, Nichols,
Hartley, Larry Brazil, Mark
Gimmler, Dude Teate, Mickey
Kempgins, Joe Ligouri, David
Retzlaff, Wendy Mathis, Dakotah
Stephens, Steve Darvalies, DJ
Hoelzle, Johnny Gilbertson,
Steve Heisler, Brian Gingras,
Nick Manikis, Jim Alvis, Michael
Smith, Ben Fritz, Stan Butler
Heat 1
Hartley, Gimmler, Ligouri,
Martin, Kempgins, Gilbertson,
Mathis, Retzlaff
Heat 2
Nichols, Shane Butler, Steele,
Fritz, Gingras, Teate, Stephens,
Manikis
Heat 3
Hoelzle, DeCaire, Brazil, Alvis,
Smith, Heisler, Darvalies, Stan
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