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Dunkin’ Donuts at Firefighters and Police Appreciation Night at The Bullring

June 7, 2008

FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE NIGHT AT THE BULLRING

Firefighter and Police Appreciation night was held June 7, 2008 at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dunkin’ Donuts was the premier sponsor for the event. In addition to creating awareness for the current Iced Coffee promotion, Dunkin’ Donuts sponsored a donut giveaway to spectators and a donut eating contest. Other features of the race night included a kids box car race and a parade of fire trucks and police vehicles. Two thousand race fans were expected for the event featuring Super Late Model/Late Model, Legends, Modified, Charger, Thunder Roadster, Bandolero Bandits, and Bandolero Young Guns races.





Fire Truck and Police Vehicle Parade






Kids’ Box Car Race




Donut Eating Contest



Ewing wins on Whelen Police and Firefighter Appreciation Night at the BullringSaturday, June 7, 2008

Robert Ewing won the 35-lap Super Late Model/Late Model Combo class feature on Whelen Police and Firefighter Appreciation Night at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Early-race leader Billy Mitchell was slowed as the first caution flag flew for a crash on lap 2 involving Branden Giannini and Jeff Bargerhuff. Steve Anderson grabbed the lead on the restart and Robert Ewing also passed Mitchell as the caution flag flew again for Joe Deguevara's spin in Turn 4. Matt Fradycaused the third caution period of the race when he spun in Turn 2 on lap 8. Matt Jaskol drove under Anderson on lap 9 to take the lead and Scott Gafforini also made use of the opportunity and grabbed second place. Jaskol and Gafforini led the field until Rich Attisani's car caught fire in Turn 4 on lap 20. Attisani was not injured and was able to activate his fire suppression system and quickly exit the car.

Billy Mitchell spun in Turn 2 on lap 27 to set up a late-race dash between leader Jaskol, Jeff Connors and Gafforini. On lap 33, Connors drove beneath Jaskol for the lead but the pair made contact in Turn 4 and Jaskol spun. With both cars relegated to the rear of the field, Robert Ewing was the new leader with just two laps remaining. Gafforini made a last-lap charge on Ewing and the pair raced out of Turn 4 almost side-by-side on the final lap. With the checkered flag waving, Ewing beat Gafforini by a nose to record his second victory of the 2008 season. Anderson finished third, followed by Chris Birdsong (the first Late Model across the finish line) and Dennis Rock Jr.

The 30-lap Modified feature was won by Dennis Lovelady. Wayne Morris Jr. led the first three laps of the main event for the open-wheeled cars until he made contact with second-place Lovelady and spun. New race leader Dow Woerner had his hands full with Doug "Hound Dog" Hamm. With five laps remaining, Hamm made a move to pass Woerner on the back straightaway and the pair made contact and Woerner spun. Lovelady, who was in third place, inherited the lead with a handful of laps to go. Lovelady went on to win the wild event, followed by Richard Streker and Pat Petrie.

Jeremiah Wagner won the 20-lap Legends Cars feature, followed by Dylan Kwasniewski and Karl Forman.

Phil Goodwin won the 25-lap Charger feature, his fifth of the 2008 season. Utah's Mike Heck led the first 11 laps before Goodwin made the winning pass on the back straightaway. Goodwin held off Heck on a late-race restart and went on to win. Don Sargent finished third. After the race, Heck's car was disqualified when it failed to pass post-race technical inspection.

Patrick O'Hanley won the 12-lap Bandolero Young Guns feature. The race was halted on the first lap for a hard crash in Turn 3 involving Hayley Lager, Amanda Gubler and Kolleen Dresser. Kolleen was transported for evaluation and later released.

Jacob Tilton won the Bandolero Bandits feature. Giles Thornton finished second and Jonathan Eakin was third.

Josh Gross took the lead from Dustin Ash on lap 5 of the Thunder Roadster feature. Justin Johnson moved into second place on the next lap and then passed Gross for the lead in Turn 4. Ash also got past and Gross was dropped back to third. As Johnson pulled away, Gross and Ash put on a show as they battled for second place. Johnson won the 20-lap event, followed by Gross and Ash.

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