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decided to
cannibalize it. The rear axle assembly
got put into Nan's car, the radiator was
put into Mike Robison's car, as he had
had radiator trouble all day, and the
coils went into Rob Flesner's car, as he
had had coil trouble.
Day two saw the
next catastrophe. Nan Robison's car lost
a magnet, which seized up the motor, just
as she was attempting to pass a truck.
Josh Billmayer was right on her tail, but
managed to somehow avoid hitting her as
she skidded to a stop along side of the
road. Nan was in sixth place at the time.
About noon, the crew from ESPN showed up
and began to record the action. They
stayed and taped until the end of day
three. At the end of day two, Ron Miller
was out in front followed by Doug Langel,
then Steve Coniff.
Day three saw the last break down. Mike
Robison's borrowed radiator couldn't take
the stress, and blew up. Mike had to quit
with just two legs of the run left to go.
Mike was in tenth place at the time. Also
on the third day, Harold Mann withdrew to
tour Glacier Park. Harold was in
fourteenth place at the time. During the
course of day three, Steve Coniff and
Doug Langel swapped places. After
all the times were compiled, we had a
driver's meeting where we decided against
having a post-race tear down. President
Sam Nickol presented Ron Miller with the
first place trophy. Dave Huson
generously donated a trophy for the best
place finish by a female. It was awarded
to Anna Marx. Anna finished tenth
overall.
All in all, it was a great run, with good
weather, a superb route and excellent
timing and flagging. We had more entrants
this year than we've had since the
1980's. Next year we look forward to an
even better Montana 500!
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