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The final race of the year turned
into a breakthrough performance for Bobbie. After some near misses and
flirting with finishing in the top half of her field as she suffered through
some mechanical problems, Bobbie laid down some blistering laps in qualifying.
When two competitors times were disallowed for illegal car configurations, that
moved Bobbie up to start second in class and from the outside pole.
Considering her best-ever position was 9th and then didn't get to race, it
represented a pretty substantial leap. The competitors in the paddock were
a little shocked and not sure whether it was a fluke or whether she was real.
For the race, she left no doubt as she ran in the second and third position for
most of the race until a tremendous crash took her out of the race.
Dan wasn't as fortunate as her drove the Daytona coupe. Despite being the fastest car in practice and leading the early laps of the race, the car experienced more fuel problems and just managed to finish half the laps. Harry drove the #66 Cobra to a 7th place finish on Saturday and hard-fought sixth place finish on Sunday.
On Sunday, Dan let Bud drive the Coupe in hopes that he could nurse it around the track. No such luck for poor Bud. Dan drove his CMC Mustang around the track but it had a problem with the axle and he was lucky to finish the race.
The real story of the weekend was Bobbie and it was a nice way to end the season!