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Homestead
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Bud Pole
John
Hajek #13
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Race
Winner
Jeffrey
Leung #84
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Halfway
Leader
Bean #41
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Hard
Charger
Jeremy
Wiedeman #03
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Goody's
Headache
John
Hajek #13
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Fastest
Lap
Jeffrey
Leung #84
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John Hajek put himself in the 2005 BUD Shootout by
winning the pole. Jeffrey
Leung barely nipped Jeff Glover for second in qualifying. 12
cars made the trip to Florida to close out the 2004 season.
Championship contenders Ken Leschin and Jeremy Wiedeman started 7th
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Jeff Bratcher (#79)
lost his engine as the field took the green flag. Honorary
flagman Ozzy Osbourne got a covering of oil and smoke as did the
windshield of Opie Laney (#145).
Bratcher finished last, with Laney one spot ahead of him in 11th. |
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Polesitter John Hajek (#13) would lose control off Turn
4 on lap 75. He would collect Ron Henson (#97) forcing both
to retire early. Hajek ran well, leading 22 laps, but finished
9th. Henson said he had a last place car, but finished ahead of
4 drivers in 8th. |
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Jeff Glover (#93)
ran in the Top 5 until the first green flag stop. Glover spins
at the pit entry, serves a black flag, and is then forced to retire
due to handling problems. He would finish 10th. |
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Horace Brooks (#28) was running up
front but his day ended early also. He led one lap but a cut
left front tire from contact with the #41 car put him in the wall.
The damage was terminal, which put him in 7th position after
completing only 85 laps. |
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Bean (#41) leads the
pack after the restart on lap 87. On the outside, Jeff
Christianson (#47) tries to hold off Ken Leschin (#75) for second
place while Jeremy Wiedeman (#03) tries to make up ground. The
47 and 75 raced door to door for many laps. Bean finished 6th,
Ken 5th, Jeff 3rd, and Jeremy 2nd. |
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Mike Horton (#190) ran well early but
faded in the middle portion of the race. Yellow flags allowed
Horton to regain lost time and he eventually fought back to finish
4th. |
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Jeffrey Leung took two tires on the
last stop and made the move for the win. He led 51 laps, the
most, and won by 0.09 seconds. Wiedeman's runner-up finish
secured the 2004 Challenger Championship. |
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