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19-year-old rookie Richard Bailey
of Napa scored his second top ten finish in just his third California Civil War
start. Bailey was the top finishing rookie as he went on to finish sixth in the
main event at Placerville Speedway June 23rd.
After being
the third to last qualifier, Bailey went on to qualify 14th in the
39 car field. He went on to finish 4th in his heat race battling a
loose car to make the final transfer. Starting forth in the 30 lap main event
Richard would fall back to eighth in the early going on the very slick surface.
He then changed his line and fought back up to sixth in the final laps.
Richard
commented after the races "I am happy with the 6th place finish, we
were discussing before the race on how much more we wanted to tighten up the
car. We should have gone more but we are all new at this and learning. It was
fun racing with all the veterans I watched growing up and I learned a lot from
them. I am defiantly looking forward to running here next weekend."
Although Richard cannot make all
the Civil War races because he has USAC Western States Sprint Car ride, he is
looking forward to his next Civil War race at Silver Dollar Speedway on July 20th.
Richards racing efforts are
sponsored by car owner Pete Belotti, Bailey Brothers Racing Engines, Johnny
Franklin Muffler, JB Racing Components, Aaron's Signs, M and M Photos. Richard
would also like to thank his dad Dan Bailey, Kirt Organ, Brian Grossenheider,
Doug Pace, Kenny Babcock, Bob Uran and Sam Bailey. With out all of their help
this wouldn't be possible.
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