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            Elliott Walks Away with 3^rd Feature Win of 2008

After leaving Flamboro Speedway for two consecutive races with a torn-up race car, the

David Elliott Racing Team was looking to turn their luck around.

An unsettled weather forecast caused the team to opt out of racing at Delaware Speedway

on Friday night. The weather held for the Part Source 141 and David was initially

disappointed the team didn’t attend the race.

That disappointment turned to relief when the #37 Pennzoil Chevrolet sputtered during the

first practice session at Flamboro on Saturday night. The team found a hole in the pick-up

hose in the car’s fuel cell and quickly made the repair.

“Now I’m glad we didn’t go to Delaware ,” said David. “We wouldn’t have found this problem

until the race already started and we would have dropped out within the first 10 laps of the

race.”

With the fuel pick-pickup problem resolved, the car was fast in the final practice session and

David was excited about his chances for a win.

David started the #37 in the fifth spot for his heat race. With six cars from the heat moving

on to the feature race, David decided to take it easy and make sure he finished in a

qualifying spot – which he did, by finishing 5^th.

The Pennzoil Chevrolet was scheduled to start in the third position for the evening’s feature, however, when pole-sitter, Ted Horsfall had mechanical issues and couldn’t start the race,

David was able to take the green from the outside of the front row.

When the green flag flew, new pole-sitter, T.J. Marshall and David raced side-by-side into

turn one. Coming off turn two, David had the slight edge and Marshall tucked in behind

the #37.

Following an early caution, on lap two, the Pennzoil Chevrolet began pulling away from the

field. Marshall, Kenny Forth and Mark Burbridge all took turns running second, but the #37 continued to pull away from them all. When the checkered flag flew, David was a full

straightaway ahead of the second place car.

“I was waiting for something to happen all race long, but I’m glad our luck turned around,”

said an elated Elliott after the race. “T.J. is a good, clean racer, so I knew we could race

hard into turn one and not worry about him pushing into our lane.”

David and the team will be taking next weekend off. The #37 Pennzoil Late Model will be

on display at Skyway Jack’s in Mississauga from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 12^th

before racing in the second leg of the Grisdale Triple Crown at Flamboro Speedway that

evening.

See you then!

      Pictures taken by Carol Snowden and Gordon Nicholson and David Elliott Racing

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