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Braddy, McCoy split
Ardmore Short Tracks
By Nlcalee Sowders
ARDMORE, OK, FEB 24-25
Bret Braddy won the Open Pro ma in event Frida y, while Willie McCoy won on Saturday during Ed Beckley's Motor Sports of America show
at the Ha rdy Murphy Coliseum.
In the first heat race, Braddy got the holeshot
from the start and had McCoy and Scott Scherb
chasing him down. In the end, Braddy pla ced
first, McCoy second, and Scherb third . In the
second heat race, Charlie Orr got the holeshot,
lea ving Greg Teague and Joey Duvall battling it
out for seco nd an d third p lace. The end res ult
was Orr, Teague, and Duv all.
When the main event rolled around, everybod y was ready. Brad d y gol the holesh ot with
Orr rig ht behind him, leaving Teague, Du vall,
and McCoy to battl e it out for third . The first red
flag ca me ou t after Tea gu e and McCoy we n t
down. The sing le-file restart pu t Braddy in first
a nd Orr in second . Duva ll was th ird wi th
Teague and McCoy at the back of the line.
On the sixth lap , Orr went down, brin ging
out the yellow flag . From there. the remaining
2(}'lap main finished wi thout a hitch. as Bradd y
came home first followed by McCoy and Scherb.
On the second da y of racing. Scherb won the
first heat race ahea d of Teague and Orr. McCoy
got the holes hot in heat two and led from wire
to wire over DUvall and Bill Hoffmiester.
The track appeared to be faster durin g the
main event, an d McCoy and Teague had a race
going until th e red flag came ou t o n lap si x
when Casey Burton went down. On the singleme res tart , Teague remained in first followed by
McCoy, Ho ffmiester Du vall and Orr .
On the 10th lap, Teagu e and Bret Braddy got
tangled up , leaving Teagu e on the gro und and
cau sing an other restart.
When the 2S-lap ma in was fina lly complete,
McCoy led Teague an d Orr ac ross th e line to
make it a Texas swee p.
Results
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