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  1.   mcmurrayfan posted:
  06.14.2006 - 4:27 am
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Jamie McMurray's first NASCAR race of any kind.


  2.   Darrell posted:
  12.16.2006 - 12:00 pm
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Last race at I-70. That was a cool track.


  3.   McMurrayFan26 posted:
  04.08.2007 - 3:27 am
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Jamie's first race in NASCAR in a truck number 26,In 2006 started
driving for Jack Roush car number 26, In Atlanta in 2007,first race in
the Busch series for Jack Roush number 26.


  4.   FHgrad99 posted:
  09.13.2007 - 7:37 am
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Tim Steele suffered a broken leg in a crash in turn 1.


  5.   Haywood posted:
  07.26.2008 - 2:06 pm
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i skipped the 98 truck event here but this event i did attend. they had
just erected a new temporary grandstand just outside turn 1 this year.
the same place where a dude fell and died in 97 from a tree house. weird.

anyway, hensley lead the first part of this race and seemed to have the
best truck before sprague took the lead. other than some late cautions i
don't remember anyone else really challenging him for the win.


  6.   Matt posted:
  02.13.2013 - 4:57 pm
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Lonnie Rush, Jr. started this race 21st instead of the 14th listed here.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.13.2017 - 2:35 pm
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Bookends for the Bow Ties:
This was Jack Sprague's only Truck win at I-70 with this win in the
series' last race here being the first win for a Chevrolet truck racer
on the Missouri short track since Mike Skinner's victory in the
inaugural one here back in 1995. Sprague's victory vaulted him past Ron
Hornaday, Jr. into the points lead for the first time in the season.


  8.   ol hank posted:
  09.01.2017 - 10:43 am
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Tim Steele nearly launched his truck put of the track in turn 1, he had
to be extracted by the crew and taken to a local hospital to tend to a
broken leg. The incident dashed the ARCA star's bid at a full Truck season.


  9.   Bramblegrunt posted:
  01.23.2018 - 3:42 pm
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Steele's crash didnt seem too bad at first but the banks at this track
and the way the walls were angled made it a devilish hit for him. Replay
showed that he basically climbed the wall on 2 impacts and nearly
flipped on both as he hugged the wall. I-70 was a heck of a fun track
and very high speed short track but its small pit road and angles of
impact to these walls clearly show it was getting outdated to the speeds
NASCAR was bringing.

As stated, the race itself was dominated early by Dodges of Jimmy
Hensley and Dennis Setzer. Tolsma and Compton also had great Dodge runs
but once Sprague got out front, he was not to be denied, seeking
redemption after so heartbreakingly losing the prior race at Pikes Peak.
Even a late race crash by Randy Tolsma trying to pass teammate Compton
for 6th, setting up a G-W-C, wasnt enough to phase Sprague as Setzer
offered no real threat after the restart and Sprague claimed a relieving
victory for his team


  10.   SweetRich posted:
  03.13.2020 - 3:49 pm
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The commentators for the race were Marty Reid and Benny Parsons. The pit
road reporters were Dave Burns and Amy East.


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