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Larry Callahan
09-04-2023, 05:18 PM
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What an intense finish to UMI's biggest event of the year to close out this year’s event season!

A big congratulations goes to the new King of the Mountain Sam Strano of track sponsor Strano Performance Parts (https://www.stranoparts.com/).

Sam Strano - King of the Mountain!

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Sam won the Turn One (https://turnonesteering.com/) Shootout to become KOTM 5.0.

Big thanks to Turn One for sponsoring the shootout and to AFR - Air Flow Research (https://www.airflowresearch.com/) for the title sponsorship.

There was a new lineup of class kings for the final round, minus the returning king, Shawn Krebsbach, in the super late class, sponsored by Trackspec Motorsports (https://trackspecmotorsports.com/).

Shawn Krebsbach - Super Late Class King

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The new Class Kings for this year are Jared Leisinger in the Early Class, sponsored by Summit Racing Equipment (https://www.summitracing.com/).

Jared Leisinger - Early Class King

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Chris Wheatcraft, in the Mid Class, sponsored by Smitty's Custom Automotive, Ltd (https://smittyscustomauto.com/).

Chris Wheatcraft - Mid Class King

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And finally, Sam Strano, in the Late Class, sponsored by Gordon Automotive Specialties (https://www.facebook.com/GordonAutomotiveSpecialties). (Here's another pic since he's also the KOTM!)

Sam Strano (Again!) - Late Class King

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The 2nd place class drivers were:

Nathan Johnson - Early Class 2nd

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Chris Jensen - Mid Class 2nd

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John Vitamvas - Late Class 2nd

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Eric Peachey - Super Late Class 2nd

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Congrats to all the drivers that made it to this year's exciting shootout!

And thank you to all the track sponsors that made it all possible!

Want to watch a full live stream recording? Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dsWCVVh_GE

cornfedbill
09-05-2023, 11:51 AM
Congratulations everyone.