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  1.   rm posted:
  09.21.2018 - 5:30 pm
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This race was dedicated to Uncle Bob Harmon, the founder of the series.
He was battling cancer at the time and died just a few weeks later. This
was the final race he ever got to attend, and he couldn't have picked a
better race to be his last.

At .002 seconds, this was the closest finish in Southeast Series history
and one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history. From the official
race report:

"When the white flag was displayed, Bradberry had his Bradberry Racing
Chevrolet on the highside of the track and was racing Bigley for the
lead with Porter tight behind Bigley's Chevrolet. Bradberry's car inched
ahead of Bigley's car as the two drivers came off of turn two with
Bradberry still on the highside and Porter on the lowside of the
backstretch.. When the three Chevrolet's were between turns three and
four Bigley's car pushed up in front of Bradberry trying to get a run
off of the corner for the checkered flag. That allowed Porter to take
his car low in turn four and race door handle to door handle with Bigley
to the line."

David Reutimann and Eddie Mercer had identical qualifying times, but
Reutimann got the pole nod due to being higher in points.

Wayne Bowen in the #23 was a DNS. He collected a whole $300 after
crashing on his second qualifying lap.

Fifth caution - 40 accident turn 1

Porter's winnings - $7,125
Reutimann's winnings - $2,650


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