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BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 6) – A
pair of two-time race winners head the expanded field of 12 drivers elected
to start the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Jay Noteboom of Hinton and
David Murray Jr. of Oberlin, Kan., will both look for their third All-Star
victory on Friday night, Sept. 10 at Boone Speedway, during the IMCA
Speedway Motors Super Nationals. They’ll be joined by Todd
Dart of Algoma, Wis., making his career second All-Star appearance, and
first-time starters Matt and Will Brack of Mead, Colo., Keith White of
Little River Academy, Texas, Kevin Sustaire of Emory, Texas, Dave Hardesty
of Minneapolis, Kan., Chad Wernette of Sheridan, Mich., Mike Smith of
Arkport, N.Y., Paul Stone of Winton, Calif., and Brad Pounds of Bakersfield,
Calif. Two drivers were elected
from each of the five ButlerBuilt Modified regions, in electronic balloting
conducted through the IMCA website from June 1 through the end of July. The more than 70 All-Star
candidates included 2009 regional and state champions, and the winners of
weekly races, specials and series events paying $1,000 or more held from
June of 2009 through May of 2010. While Colorado tracks are
in the Western or Central regions, all candidates from that state were
inadvertently put on the ballot as being from the West, leaving that region
without All-Star representation when the votes were tallied. Stone and
Pounds were the top vote recipients from the Western Region. “Expanding the field to 12
cars this year is the right thing to do,” IMCA Vice President of Operations
Brett Root said. “If anything, it promises to make this an even better
race.” Noteboom has been elected
to start the race the last five years, winning in 2005 and 2008. He set the
gold standard by topping seven qualifying events, most notably the Harris
Auto Racing Race of Champions, this time around. Three times an All-Star
and winner of the 2004 and 2007 races, Murray topped a quartet of qualifying
events, among them the Flatlander at Sherman County Speedway and RPM
Speedway’s Fall Nationals. Four years removed from
his first All-Star outing, Dart took the checkers at Thunderhill Raceway’s
Nathan Bouche Memorial. The top vote getter
overall, White was a regional and state champion, as well as winner of the
Showdown special at Kennedale Speedway Park. Sustaire’s resume included the
win at Abilene Speedway’s Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge. Smith paced Five Mile
Point Speedway’s inaugural Little Mike’s Race To Win. Will Brack was a winner
during the Big Dog Chassis Dakota Classic Tour and at Eagle Raceway’s Ice
Breaker Challenge. His brother Matt took top honors at Beatrice Speedway’s
October Fest and also in Larry Shaw Racing Blood, Sweat and Tears Series
action. Hardesty and Wernette were
state champions, in Kansas and Michigan, respectively. Stone won the Western
Region Nationals at Ocean Speedway and a Winter Challenge Series feature at
Canyon Speedway Park. Pounds topped the Five Star Grafix Clash at Santa
Maria Speedway. The All-Star race pays
$1,000 to win plus lap money for each of the 10 circuits. The winner becomes
a candidate for the 2011 Invitational. Super Nationals runs from
Sept. 6-11.
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