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VanDoorn Conquers Toledo; Stops Fair JR.'s Win
Streak at Three
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TOLEDO, OH
(7-20-2007)--John
VanDoorn, piloting Tim Steele’s #16, wheeled his way to victory in
the Faygo 100 for the ARCA Royal Truck and Trailer/Allegiant Air
Gold Cup Outlaw Late Model feature Friday night at Toledo
Speedway, putting a halt to Harold Fair Jr.’s 3 consecutive wins
this season. Al Chittaro of Faygo presented VanDoorn, the current
leader in Rookie Of The Year points with the CRA Super Series,
with the Gold Cup in the Glass Bowl Lanes Winner’s Circle.
A pair of quick yellow flags slowed the field in the first 50 laps
as Dave Kuhlman jumped into the lead at the green flag. With an
inversion of the top 11 cars, Kuhlman darted away as the pack
battled with lapped traffic through much of the contest. At the
half-way mark, Kevin Stahl had an engine let go in turn 3 and Brad
Birr got caught up in the oil, sending him hard into the turn 3
wall. Both drivers were ok. While Dave sailed out
front,
Jay Sommers with battled with Steve Sauve, VanDoorn and a host of
others for the second spot. The red flag came out on lap 63 when
Kuhlman had the plug pop out of the rear end of his machine,
coating the track. Sommers, behind Dave by about a ¼ of a lap,
found the oil and slammed the turn 2 wall, stopping the action as
the track was cleared and Jay’s car removed. Kuhlman ducked down
pit road, as did Sauve. This found VanDoorn on the point at the
re-start on lap 64, and the youngster sped away. Harold Fair Sr.
tried to track down John and came home with a great second place
run, Fair Jr. was third after dropping back just past lap 50 when
he tagged the front straight wall. He was able to continue and
followed his father at the finish, with Sauve fourth and fast
qualifier Scott Hantz (15:287) fifth after a pit stop on a yellow
flag. Kuhlman got back out and took sixth, with Jack Landis, Eric
Lee, Justin Schroeder and Dr. Bob DuCharme completing the top
ten. John Rowloff took 11th spot, netting him the
Burge Wrecking Hard Charger Award.
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