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Ok. To say Sharon has been apart of my family for a long time is an understatement. Been going there and or racing there since the 50’s and 60’s. I went last night, and the track was in very good shape. Good car counts, good racing.
The Outlaws show next week, man, I think it’ll be good. They have the surface figured out. Definitely would go, just gotta redo my deck. And that’s my best chance to do it.
And if this gets moved, oh well.
The headliner last night was a $3k to win, $300 to start, modified race. Over 30 cars, and 4 states. And my brother drove an excellent race and pulled off the win. Started 5th, rode in third, was right with second approaching lapped traffic, and they had a caution. Had another immediate red flag for a pile up going into 1.
All this let Ruhlman be right there in 4th, after starting 10th I think. So me and mostly everyone thought, it’s over. Nope, brother got a fantastic restart to get Lunger for second, stayed right with Watson for a few laps, there was 10 to go. And just kept rolling the center, on the bottom. Passed Joel with 3-4 to go or so, and won. By far his biggest win, most money. Between that night and points stuff and contingencies, around $4k.
And ya had Drake Troutman, Mike Altobelli, Randy Hall, etc. But my younger brother, Joe Gabrielson, drive his butt off and won.
It was a perfect night to win. I was there, I’m usually not. They celebrated old timers, our Dad included, who passed in 2013, our Dad’s birthday was on Friday, he’d have been 77. Quite a few of the old really good drivers were there. Our Dad woulda ate that up. Just very proud of him. He wasn’t handed the win, he didn’t start on the pole. He drove his butt off and won with a clean pass.
The Outlaws show next week, man, I think it’ll be good. They have the surface figured out. Definitely would go, just gotta redo my deck. And that’s my best chance to do it.
And if this gets moved, oh well.
The headliner last night was a $3k to win, $300 to start, modified race. Over 30 cars, and 4 states. And my brother drove an excellent race and pulled off the win. Started 5th, rode in third, was right with second approaching lapped traffic, and they had a caution. Had another immediate red flag for a pile up going into 1.
All this let Ruhlman be right there in 4th, after starting 10th I think. So me and mostly everyone thought, it’s over. Nope, brother got a fantastic restart to get Lunger for second, stayed right with Watson for a few laps, there was 10 to go. And just kept rolling the center, on the bottom. Passed Joel with 3-4 to go or so, and won. By far his biggest win, most money. Between that night and points stuff and contingencies, around $4k.
And ya had Drake Troutman, Mike Altobelli, Randy Hall, etc. But my younger brother, Joe Gabrielson, drive his butt off and won.
It was a perfect night to win. I was there, I’m usually not. They celebrated old timers, our Dad included, who passed in 2013, our Dad’s birthday was on Friday, he’d have been 77. Quite a few of the old really good drivers were there. Our Dad woulda ate that up. Just very proud of him. He wasn’t handed the win, he didn’t start on the pole. He drove his butt off and won with a clean pass.
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