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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.14.2015 - 9:45 am
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John Zaretzke's final Southwest Tour start, and only one of 2001, sees
the Yakima racer score his only victory in the series during one of its
biggest events.


  2.   MSportRev posted:
  01.02.2020 - 9:24 pm
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Adam Andretti (DNQ) was in the #86 Chevrolet


  3.   MSportRev posted:
  01.03.2020 - 11:35 am
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John Zaretzke earned $11,750

Ken Schrader earned $4,270, owner: Ken Schrader

Burney Lamar earned $2,700

Kevin Hamlin and Doug McCoy earned $2,100

Auggie Vidovich earned $2,500

Brandon Whitt and Zach Niessner earned $1,575

Scott Lynch earned $1,800

Matt Crafton earned $2,000

Jim Pettit II, Ben Walker, 26th through 30th, Greg Pursley, Scott
Brandt, and Troy Adams earned $1,600


  4.   rm posted:
  07.04.2020 - 10:53 pm
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Race name: Albertson's/OSCO Drug 125

DNQ info:
Monroe - #16 Stagg Chili Chevrolet
Little - #75 David Sunflower Seeds Chevrolet
Dillon - #25 Frontier Equipment Chevrolet
Baker - #18 Mid-States Truck & Rigging Chevrolet
Yackey - #12 General Air Chevrolet
Clark - #82 Colorado State Bank/McDonald's Chevrolet
Andretti - #86 Countryman Motorsports Chevrolet

None of the drivers below Andretti in the DNQ order posted a qualifying
time, they might have been withdrawn instead.

Other select notable winnings:
Jeff Jefferson - $3,200
Souza - $2,150
Eaton - $1,200
Brandon Miller - $1,200

Crafton, Benedetti and Pursley's DNF reason should be "rear end" while
Raudman's should be "fuel pump"

First caution - 06 spun turn 4 (apparently, when refiring, Belec then
hit the inside wall on the frontstretch, finally making contact and
causing terminal damage. Oops.)
Second caution - 61 accident turn 1 ("resulted in a huge fire" that sent
Ledbetter to the hospital with burns, but he insisted on leaving without
spending the night and was in the field for the following week's finale
at Tucson)
Third caution - 0 stalled on track
Sixth caution - 73 spun
Seventh caution -
Eighth caution -

To the rear - 52 - late to drivers meeting

Relatively unknown northwesterner John Zaretzke pulled off an upset when
he came from shotgun on the field to beat a 42-car-strong grid; the
field was featuring some of the west coast's strongest late model
drivers of the era, future top-three series winners Matt Crafton &
Brandon Whitt, and of course the one and only Ken Schrader (an 8-time
winner at Phoenix alone!). Zaretzke was well aware that he probably
wouldn't have won if the last fifth of the race didn't feature more
caution laps than green flag laps, acknowledging that his strong suit
had not been long runs at all during the day. Zaretzke missed the start
of the drivers meeting because he was late to the track, having spent
extended time around Las Vegas when his hauler broke down during the
long haul between Washington and Arizona. Zaretzke never made another
start in the Southwest tour and only made 5 more in the Northwest ranks,
though the series dissolved just a few years after this race.


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