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In the early 90's at one of the Race of Champions that was held at the Flemington Speedway, during the running of the companion SK Mod portion of the ROC, water from heavy rains was seeping up out of the track in turn one and the cars were having to straddle it to avoid it every lap. With only maybe a lap or so to go, the first and second place cars came upon a car that had suddenly dropped from contention with a mechanical problem on the bottom going into turn one, and were unable to avoid the "water trap". The leader spun, with the second place car going on to win. Who was the driver that was leading and spun out of contention? Who was the driver that slowed with mechanical problems? And who was the driver that won.???

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A few hints:


The driver that spun from contention is a long time SK competitor who achieved his biggest accomplishment in racing to date in 2005.


The driver who was experiencing mechanical trouble was a long time Mod, SK Mod competitor and I believe is retired? and is a legend in Connecticut auto racing circles.


The winner of the race is a succesful local track Upstate New York competitor who has gone on to compete in the (B Mod/ SK Mod) portion of the ROC now run at the Oswego Speedway again. 



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Driver who spun - Rob Summers


 Mechanical trouble - Bob Potter


Race winner - Rick Zacharias


Just guesses here, although I think I was even at this race.


 



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Two out of three, very good work WMT! Rob Summers, was not the driver that spun from contention however. Another hint on this driver:


He has been a full time SK competitor at all three CT tracks at one time or another, and had a brief foray on the Mod Tour in the late 80's. 


Any other guesses out there?



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Bert Marvin.

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An excellent guess WMT, but not the driver I was looking for. Another hint:


This driver's racing career started in the late 70's, at a now closed CT speedway.



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The final driver is 2005 Stafford Speedway Sk Modified Champion Loyd Agor.


 



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Ding ding ding we have a winner! Good job WMT, Lyold Agor is the final driver I was looking for.



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