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  1.   MSportRev posted:
  12.29.2019 - 9:31 am
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Jeff Kendall earned $5,725


  2.   rm posted:
  09.08.2020 - 6:45 pm
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Attendance - 3,800
Pole speed - 102.406 mph by Travis Kvapil (12 car invert)

First caution - laps 189-190 - rain

Margin of victory - under caution

Apparently this was a wacky one at the end when the rains arrived at the
track and unleashed a deluge of conclusion. The race was run under green
flag conditions almost all the way through as the teams knew that a
mighty storm was advancing towards the track. Eventually, the race got
to the point where drivers needed to come make green-flag pit stops to
avoid running out of gas - not something you'd usually expect to see
from a late model division. Nathan Haseleu was the last of the leaders
to pit, having a gap of nearly 2 full laps on the field by virtue of
being the lone driver staying out so long. When Haseleu pit, he took off
with the catch can still attached, drawing a black flag and he had to
return to pit road to have it removed. As he rolled down pit road to
serve out his penalty, the rain finally arrived and soaked the speedway
at about the most inconvenient time possible for drivers and series
officials alike. The red flag was thrown and Jon Lemke was declared to
be the leader as the officials were ready to call the race early and
name a winner. Half an hour passed after the red and checkered flags
were waved, yet nobody had actually won the race at that moment in time.
Finally, after 35 minutes, officials rolled back some scorecards and
ruled that Jeff Kendall had won instead of Lemke. Haseleu was
disappointed that the rain couldn't have arrived just minutes sooner so
that he would have won in undisputed fashion. Neither Lemke or Kendall
were particularly certain about the outcome that the officials doled
out, but Kendall wasn't going to ask questions and celebrated with his
trophy in front of a grandstand that had long since emptied.


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