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was a sizeable field, with a total of 27 cars in the pits. meaning the “family” took home
twenty cars in action. two championship trophies.
The final round for 7.5 PRO was
The final round in 7.0 PRO pitted close all the way, with Kelly Freels Congratulations to all of the class
Robbie Freels against Billy Smith. Key turning on the win light. Key winners and the many participants
Freels had the upper hand on this ran a 7.539/172.56 mph over Dan who make this event so popular. The
one, with a 7.015/191.19 mph over McWhirter’s 7.57/175.25 mph pass. broad spectrum of cars representing
Smith’s 7.011/186.38 mph. Key beat him on the tree with a a variety of racing classes provide
0.040 reaction time to McWhirter’s fierce competition over the three
The 7.50 PRO class offered the 0.067. Kelly Freels Key is the sister days leading up to Father’s Day each
largest field this year, with a total of of Robbie Freels (the 7.0 champ), year. We’ll see you all again in 2019!

7.5 PRO CLASS QUALIFYING ORDER

1 Niles Rubar, Cocoa FL 9 Steve Matthews, Marietta OK
‘23 T Altered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.500 ‘69 Woody Gilmore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.529

2 Boom Boom Leonard, Antioch IL 10 Kelly Freels Key, Island KY
FED-360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.505 ‘34 Bantam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.531
3 Kerry Millet, Piqua OH 11 Art Millet, Piqua OH
‘41 Willys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.506 ‘32 Bantam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.540
4 Jarrod Bradshaw, Utica KY 12 Tyler Allen, Manchester KY
‘13 Rooman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.510 ‘63 Corvette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.571

5 Larry Aldrich, Franklin NC 13 Brian Freund, Columbus Grove OH
‘00 Yontz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.513 ‘07 Spitzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.577
6 Dan McWhirter, Brantford Ontario 14 Michael Brown, Utica KY
’32 Bantam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.515 ‘08 S & W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.581
7 Justin Shaffer, Lincoln IL 15 Peter Hedden, Bethel MN
‘32 Bantam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.526 ‘48 Topolino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.595

8 Adam Pyle, Somerset PA
‘12 King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.527 16 Randall Boles, Slaughters KY
‘57 Chevy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.603

Pat Freels with another
launch in his hard-charging
Pontiac.

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