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2009 Ultimate Speed Pictures and Commentary

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Here are pictures from this year's field. It was a very competitive group. Congratulations to all the teams! From the first to the last, every team put forth their best effort and the fans could see how much time and effort went into the construction and tuning of each car.
 
While the Zero-Error team set the track record on our first joint run down the track, the link on the video below makes it abundantly clear that our car lead the race until the very bottom of the hill. Watch our car in Lane 3 and theirs in Lane 2 and see just how close our team was to the fastest time ever recorded at Akron in this class.
 

Click here for a Flickr video album courtesy of Thomas Troyer which showcases our 2009 Ultimate Speed runs against last year's winner!

Zero-Error and Kevin Frank had zero errors on race
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day. Congratulations on setting a new track record!

Cory and Tom Schurr also posted GREAT times.
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Congratulations on your 2nd place finish!

Laura and Mark Overmyer finished in 3rd place
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just a hair behind the leaders. Congratulations!

Owner, John Wargo with Marcus Boese, driver and
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Crew Chief Mike Boese

Alexandria Terrigno's 5th place car
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Danielle Hughes placed 6th in 2009
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The Jack Barr/Karla Osborne Team placed 7th. No picture was available for posting. Send one and I will post it. Thanks.

Doug Froedge and Casey Pruden placed 8th.
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This was their highest finish. Congratulations!

Here's Katelyn with the WR-Racing Special. We
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placed 9th -- our highest finish ever!

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Chris and Rachael Dyer placed 11th
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Jerry Pearson and Mary Jane Graves finished 12th. In spite of their low finish the design of this car looked awesome! I was very surprised that it did not finish higher. [Please provide a picture and I'll gladly post it.]

Tim and Dan Troyer's car was quick enough
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for 14th place.

Jim Hagan and Courtney Rayle were "Lucky 13th".
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Juliane Engelmann: International German Champ &
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driver of the German 2009 Ultimate Speed Car

Our friends from Germany
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Tuna Murphy & Kelsey Berish had a sleek, well
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streamlined car with great craftsmanship.

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A cam and some turnbuckles provide precise
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cable-less steering.

Kayla Albertoni's car ended up in 17th place.
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Even so it was a great design!