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Wing Round 7 - Buena Park Raceway, CA.  July 12th 2003  

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Monty Ohren arrived to support his BOW drivers
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Rick Elting busy preparing cars before racing
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Pat Ularte has now joined Team Koford, and has the shirt to prove it !
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Jeremy Marquette runs a few hot laps while Paul Sterrett watches
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It's official, it's a race, Paul "Mr Glueman" Sterrett was there
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David Aikens practices his growling before racing gets underway
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Sprayglue 12 podium. L to R Eric Hahan (2nd) was visiting from Australia and almost won the Sprayglue race with a Bill Taylor car, Bill Taylor (1st), Evan McKee (3rd)
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Bill Taylors Sprayglue winner
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The Group 12 field in tech, complete with Paul Sterrett's entry
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Something looks out of place here ....
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Hey guys, the racing is on the other track ...
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Phil Larcom gets his braids ready for racing
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Visiting American turned Australian Eric Hahan shows us some of that laid back Australian lifestyle, while Rick Elting catches on quick.
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New Team Koford racer Pat Ularte shows us his cars.
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Pat's great looking new paint scheme really looks impressive
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Yet another car that slipped through the Group 12 tech inspection
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The Group 12 lineup waiting for qualifying to begin
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David Aikens literally steps up to qualify his Group 12, while Rich Curnutte watches
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That will do it !
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As the crowd erupts (well sort of)
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Rich Curnutte steps up and looks for that perfect lap
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That thing is sill there !
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Jeremy Marquette thought he had what it would take to TQ
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But Gil Rivera took the TQ honors in Group 12
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Sam Rackham offers Gil a few tips on lowering his TQ time
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The Group 12 podium L to R, David Aikens is happy with his 2nd place, Dale Garcia takes a well deserved win, and Gil Rivera survived for 3rd.
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Careful David, no biting allowed (didn't you see the sign ?)
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1 Motor is certinly SoCal's growing class.
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1 Motor Cars lined up waiting for the start
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It seems to race group 7, the first thing you must have is at least 10 pounds of controller and choke
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The Buena Park King, one of the fastest tracks in the world.
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Al Chuck made the trip down from NorCal
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Robert Park at speed. He also ran his first ever 1.9 second lap after racing. Get that 1 motor car ready Robert.
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Again, the crowd goes wild
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Mickey J surveys the situation
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SoCal's finest start another 1 Motor G7 heat
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The sitout in the 1 motor race got the deadman
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Action shot during a heat of the 1 motor G7 race.
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9 entries for Big Dog Group 7. An excellent turnout
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Pat Ularte lines up for his first qualifying run as a Team Koford member
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The Big Dog field ready to go
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Hey guys, look at the camera. The Big Dog lineup before we set them loose for a few seconds.
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Bill Taylor shows us how to glue without gluezones
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Forest Watchers was there, but did not race
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Rich Curnutte works hard during a G7 lane change
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Phil Larcom and Pat Ularte and Scott Salzberg during a lane change in the G7 race
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The "Pre" Big Dog podium shot
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The Big Dog Group 7 podium. L to R Gil Gundersen took 2nd, Mike Graverson was the winner of the race long battle, and "Travelling" Al Chuck survived the crashes and track calls for 3rd.