Don Mack
St. Paul,
Minn. (August 29, 2016) – Don Mack, known as the “Flying Dirt Farmer” from East
Grand Forks. Minn., picked up his biggest racing paycheck of his 17 years in
competition as he won the 200-lap Minnesota State Fair sprint car championship
feature race on Sunday afternoon. He collected $4,500 for his win which was
witnessed by 6,256 race fans.
Mack emerged
victorious although Casey Jones of South Bend, Ind., and Marvin Carman of Union
City, Mich., dominated the 100-mile event at the half-mile speedway.
It was not
until after the race had finished and the lap charts double-checked that Mack
was finally declared the winner. Mack piloted a car owned by Doug Howells of
Hunter, N.D.
Jones
appeared headed for the victory until he was forced to make a second fuel stop
on lap 189. Darl Harrison of Tiffin, Ohio, took runner-up honors, 25 seconds
behind Mack.
Mack, who
made a pit stop midway thru the race, said he was sure he won the race when he
was interviewed by the public-address announcer before the order of finish was
determined.
Jones, who
started in the second row, led for the first two laps before yielding to Bobby
Baker of Salt Lake City, who led until lap 23. Marvin Carman would take over
until his first pit stop on lap 127. He would blow his engine five laps later.
Jones would
inherit the top spot on lap 128 and lead until his pit stop on lap 188. Mack
would take over from there.
It was
Mack’s first win at the historic oval since he had won two super-modified races
there years ago.
Ron Larson
of White Bear Lake, Minn., won the 20-lap consolation with Bill Dollansky of
Elk River, Minn., finishing second.
Feature
results –
1. Don Mack, East Grand Forks, Minn.
2. Darl Harrison, Tiffin, Ohio
3. Galen Short, West Unity, Colo.
4. Harold McGilton, Fremont, Ohio
5. Casey Jones, South Bend, Ind.
6. Steve Chassey, Indianapolis
7. Mike Schiesel, Oak Creek, Wis.
8. Fran Wewers, Milwaukee
9. Bill Dollansky, Elk River, Minn.
10. Lynn McIntosh, Thunder Bay, Ont.
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