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Add Another to the List: Steve Kinser Wins for First time at Fulton Speedway
Fulton, NY-August 3, 2010-
There are not too many tracks on the World of Outlaws circuit that Steve Kinser
has not won at, but Fulton Speedway in New York happened to be one of those
facilities. Kinser had competed at the high-banked 3/8-mile just once in his
career prior to this season, finishing second in 2005. He bettered that one
spot in the World of Outlaws return to Fulton Speedway on Tuesday night,
picking up the win, which was his seventh of the season.
Kinser started second and
chased early leader Doug Esh for the first dozen laps, diving under him coming
off turn four on the 13th circuit in lapped traffic. He would lead
the remainder of the 30-lap contesting to score the 559th A-Feature
win of his illustrious career. Fulton Speedway became the seventh track in the
state of New York that Kinser has won at.
"It's great to win
anywhere, let alone a place you have never won at," said Kinser.
"We had a good car all
night. We felt good hot lapping and just every time we hit the race track and
that's the kind of car you want."
Kinser withstood a couple of
restarts with three laps to go. First a double file one in which he chose the
low side of the track with Jason Sides lining up to his outside. Sides got
around him to take the lead on the restart, but before that lap was complete,
the caution flew again for a hard crash by Doug Esh in turn one. By way of World
of Outlaws rules, the ensuing restart was single file, with Kinser lining up on
the pole with Sides second.
"We didn't need that
last restart with three to go," explained Kinser. "I went up and
jumped the cushion and then Jason (Sides) missed the bottom and gave it back to
me and the yellow came out anyway. Then I was still having trouble getting heat
in the motor up top, so I came to the bottom on the last lap. I never did
really hit a good corner the last two or three laps, but we got the win and that's
the main thing."
Kinser started second on
Tuesday night and had his son Kraig battling him for that spot in the early
going before setting his sights on Doug Esh, who had led from the pole. In
lapped traffic Kinser tracked down Esh pretty quick and used a strong run off
turn four to take the lead and quickly open a sizeable lead aboard the Bass Pro
Shops Maxim.
"I knew the (No.) R19
(Esh) was going to set a good pace and then he got loose pretty quick, and I
could work other parts of the track, where he could only run around the
top," stated Kinser. "It got quicker on the bottom of (turns) three
and four and he never did move down there. The car was pretty good the whole
race."
Sides started seventh and
ended up second in the Wetherington Tractor Service to earn his 17th
Top-Five finish of the season. Sides fell back to eighth at the start and began
his march to the front on the eighth lap, first getting around Joey Saldana,
before taking sixth two laps later from Paul McMahan. He worked his way into the
Top-Five at the halfway point of the 30-lapper.
"We really didn't need
that last yellow flag," said Sides. "That last double file restart
was going to be good and then we had that crash. Steve (Kinser) kind of slid up
and we got by him and I might have been running too hard. He says he could have
gotten back by me, but you never know. The car was really good. It was a little
tight early, but Doug (Rankin) and Shane (Finch) had the car really good and it
came to us there at the end."
Craig Dollansky finished
third to earn his second straight podium finish at Fulton Speedway. He has
finished fourth or better in all three of his career starts at the high-banked
3/8-mile.
"The track was in pretty
good shape given the rain they had," Dollansky noted. "It was pretty
racy and we got to pass some cars early. Steve (Kinser) was definitely good and
we were trying to battle there for second."
Sides dove under Dollansky
with six laps remaining to take the third spot. He moved up to second on the
next lap on a double file restart. He lined up behind Kinser on the final
restart of the night which was single file and tried everything he could
entering turns one and two, but could not get enough of a run to make a bid for
the top spot.
"The top was the place
to be, kind of screaming around on it," Sides noted. "It was a little
greasy, but the more we ran on it, the better it got. We had to kind of took
our time and paced ourselves. Overall it was a pretty good night."
Dollansky lined up on the
inside of the second row on the final double file restart with three laps
remaining and then in the third spot on the single filer that followed.
"I thought I had
something on the very last one and we lost some air pressure and it was making
it too tight," he said. "We had a real good race car and I was happy
with it. In the middle of the race I really thought it was coming to me and
then we lost some air pressure. All in all it was a good run for the
team."
Kraig Kinser finished fourth
on Tuesday night at Fulton Speedway, which was the fourth time in 2010 he has
finished in that position aboard the Quaker State Maxim.
Sam Hafertepe Jr., who began
the night by setting a new track record in time trials, finished fifth in the
Lone Star Speedway Maxim to earn his fifth Top-Five of the season.
Joey Saldana, the current
World of Outlaws point leader, finished sixth in the Budweiser Maxim and holds
a slim 15-point leader over Steve Kinser in the series championship standings.
Paul McMahan came home seventh in the Great Clips Maxim. Jason Meyers came all
the way from the 24th starting spot after having to start the back
of the field due to switching cars after time trials, to finish eighth to earn
the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award in the GLR Investments KPC. Donny
Schatz was ninth in the Armor All/STP J&J with Lucas Wolfe rounding out the
Top-10 in the Allebach Racing Maxim.
The World of Outlaws return
to action on Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7 in the Second Annual
Ironman 55 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Missouri.
FULTON SPEEDWAY NOTES
•FAST QUALIFIER: Sam
Hafertepe Jr. paced the 28 cars that took time with a record setting AMB i.t.
timed lap around the high-banked 3/8-mile oval at 13.240 seconds at 101.964
mph. For his qualifying effort, Hafertepe earned five bonus points. The next
four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Paul McMahan (4),
Steve Kinser (3), Craig Dollansky (2) and Doug Esh (1).
•FULTON SPEEDWAY QUALIFYING
WINNERS: Jason Sides, Joey Saldana, Danny Lasoski and Doug Esh won heat races.
Doug Esh won the dash. Toni Lutar won the Last Chance Showdown.
• FEATURE WINNERS: There have
been 47 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events held in 2010. The
winners include: Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer Speedway, I-55
Raceway, Eldora Speedway-twice, Dodge City Raceway Park, River Cities Speedway,
LaSalle Speedway, Beaver Dam Raceway and Lernerville Speedway), Virginia Motor
Speedway, I-96 Speedway and North Central Speedway), Steve Kinser (Volusia
Speedway Park, Jackson Speedway, River Cities Speedway, Lakeside Speedway,
Eldora Speedway, Autodrome Drummond and Fulton Speedway), Jason Meyers (The
Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway, Volunteer
Speedway, Tri-State (Okla.) Speedway, Jason Sides (Houston Raceway Park ,
Tri-City Speedway, Missouri State Fair Speedway and Ohsweken Speedway), Donny
Schatz (Volusia Speedway Park, The Dirt Track at Charlotte and Ohsweken
Speedway), Lance Dewease (Lernerville Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway),
Craig Dollansky (Lone Star Speedway and Cedar Lake Speedway), Jac Haudenschild
(Paducah International Raceway and Knoxville Raceway), Sammy Swindell (Dodge
City Raceway and Huset's Speedway), Brooke Tatnell (Knoxville Raceway and
Junction Motor Speedway), Dale Blaney (Limaland Motorsports Park), Doug Esh
(Lebanon Valley Speedway), Greg Hodnett (Williams Grove Speedway), Chad Layton
(Williams Grove Speedway), Paul McMahan (Eldora Speedway) and Fred Rahmer
(Williams Grove Speedway).
•3/8-MILE-WINNERS: Fulton
Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced 10
times on a track that size this season. The winners include: Sammy Swindell
(Dodge City Raceway Park and Huset's Speedway), Craig Dollansky (Cedar Lake
Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (Paducah International Raceway), Steve Kinser
(Fulton Speedway), Jason Meyers (Tri-State-Okla. Speedway), Joey Saldana (Dodge
City Raceway Park), Donny Schatz (Ohsweken Speedway), Jason Sides (Ohsweken
Speedway) and Brooke Tatnell (Junction Motor Speedway).
World of Outlaws Sprint Car
Series Statistical Report; Fulton Speedway; Fulton, NY; August 3, 2010
Qualifying
1) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.
13.240
2) 91-Paul McMahan 13.285
3) 11-Steve Kinser 13.321
4) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.345
5) R19-Doug Esh 13.388
6) 11K-Kraig Kinser 13.401
7) 7S-Jason Sides 13.458
8) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.524
9) 6-Danny Lasoski 13.534
10) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.598
11) 9-Joey Saldana 13.601
12) 15-Donny Schatz 13.604
13) 55-Dave Blaney 13.608
14) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.612
15) 87-George Supick III
13.670
16) 21-Trevor Lewis 13.700
17) 4X-Toni Lutar 13.777
18) 22-Brian Ellenberger
13.826
19) 20-Tony Stewart 13.924
20) O-Glenn Styres 14.242
21) 1K-Ryan Smith 14.245
22) 79-Davey Sammons 14.370
23) 17T-Jeff Taylor 14.561
24) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 14.609
25) 42-John Smith 14.624
26) 42W-Rick Wilson 14.811
27) 214-Steve Wilson 15.259
28) 15AW-April Wilson 15.348
29) 14-Jason Meyers -.---
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 6
finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#]
1) 7S-Jason Sides[2]
2) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4]
3) 7-Craig Dollansky[3]
4) 20-Tony Stewart[7]
5) 2B-Ben Gregg[1]
6) 55-Dave Blaney[5]
7) 21-Trevor Lewis[6]
8) 42-John Smith[9]
9) 15AW-April Wilson[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 6
finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#]
1) 9-Joey Saldana[1]
2) 91-Paul McMahan[4]
3) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[2]
4) R19-Doug Esh[3]
5) 63-Chad Kemenah[5]
6) 14-Jason Meyers[10]
7) 4X-Toni Lutar[6]
8) 42W-Rick Wilson[9]
9) O-Glenn Styres[7]
10) 17T-Jeff Taylor[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 6
finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#]
1) 6-Danny Lasoski[2]
2) 15-Donny Schatz[1]
3) 11-Steve Kinser[4]
4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]
5) 22-Brian Ellenberger[6]
6) 87-George Supick III[5]
7) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[8]
8) 1K-Ryan Smith[7]
9) 214-Steve Wilson[9]
Dash (6 laps, finishing order
determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) - Starting Position [#]
1) R19-Doug Esh[2]
2) 11-Steve Kinser[4]
3) 11K-Kraig Kinser[1]
4) 91-Paul McMahan[5]
5) 7-Craig Dollansky[3]
6) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[6]
7) 7S-Jason Sides[7]
8) 6-Danny Lasoski[8]
9) 9-Joey Saldana[9]
10) 15-Donny Schatz[10]
B-main (10 laps, top 6
finishers transferred to A-feature) - Starting Position [#]
1) 4X-Toni Lutar[2]
2) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[7]
3) O-Glenn Styres[3]
4) 1K-Ryan Smith[4]
5) 21-Trevor Lewis[1]
6) 42-John Smith[8]
7) 42W-Rick Wilson[9] [$200]
8) 15AW-April Wilson[11]
[$180]
9) 17T-Jeff Taylor[6] [$175]
10) 214-Steve Wilson[10]
[$160]
11) 79-Davey Sammons[5]
[$150]
A-main (30 laps) - Starting
Position [#]
1) 11-Steve Kinser[2]
[$10,000]
2) 7S-Jason Sides[7] [$5,500]
3) 7-Craig Dollansky[5]
[$3,200]
4) 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]
[$2,800]
5) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[6] [$2,500]
6) 9-Joey Saldana[9] [$2,300]
7) 91-Paul McMahan[4]
[$2,200]
8) 14-Jason Meyers[24]
[$2,100]
9) 15-Donny Schatz[10]
[$2,050]
10) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[11]
[$2,000]
11) 6-Danny Lasoski[8]
[$1,500]
12) 63-Chad Kemenah[14]
[$1,200]
13) 42-John Smith[23]
[$1,100]
14) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[21]
[$1,050]
15) 22-Brian Ellenberger[17]
[$1,000]
16) 4X-Toni Lutar[16] [$900]
17) 2B-Ben Gregg[12] [$800]
18) 87-George Supick III[15]
[$800]
19) 20-Tony Stewart[18]
[$800]
20) O-Glenn Styres[19] [$800]
21) R19-Doug Esh[1] [$800]
22) 21-Trevor Lewis[22]
[$800]
23) 55-Dave Blaney[13] [$800]
24) 1K-Ryan Smith[20] [$800]
Lap Leaders: Doug Esh 1-12,
Steve Kinser 13-30
KSE Hard Charger Award: Jason
Meyers
Penske Power Position Award:
Toni Lutar
World of Outlaws Championship
Standings through August 3
1. Joey Saldana 6333
2. Steve Kinser 6318 -15
3. Jason Meyers 6272 -61
4. Donny Schatz 6166 -167
5. Jason Sides 6119 -214
6. Paul McMahan 6068 -265
7. Lucas Wolfe 5871 -462
8. Craig Dollansky 5842 -491
9. Kraig Kinser 5711 -622
10. Danny Lasoski 5686 -647
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser), VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, KSE Race Products, Penske Shocks , R2C Performance, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
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Tuesday Conversation: Jake Holden
August 03, 2010, 8:07:49 PM | Jesse Cecil
Former Jordan Suzuki and Corona Honda rider Jake Holden campaigned the entire 2009 season out of his own pocket, yet still ended the year tenth in the points. The 2010 season started out much the same, until the M4 Monster Energy Suzuki team gave Holden the opportunity to fill in for John Hopkins, who was recovering from wrist surgery. Holden has made the most of the opportunity since then, steadily increasing his finishing positions from seventh in his first race with the team to fourth at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the best finish yet for the team’s American Superbike effort. But with Hopkins slated to return to the series at Virginia International Raceway, what does the future hold for Jake?
Jake Holden • Photo by
Nelson/Riles
RRX: How did you initially
land the substitute ride with M4?
Well, Hopkins had to get another surgery, and my agent— Murph at Syndicate
Motorsports—called me and asked me if I wanted to ride the M4 bike in place of
Hopkins. I mean, M4 and [John] Ulrich has always had one of the best programs
out there for many years, and has raised a lot of really talented riders out of
that team, so I was really excited. Yeah, it was like a blessing, man, I really
didn’t know what the heck I was going to do for the rest of the season and I
was just trying to go race-by-race with my own money; just trying to find
sponsorship. It was really nice to get that phone call.
How do you feel about how your two most recent
race-weekends, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca, played out?
Mid-Ohio was kind of frustrating because I had the speed to hang with the guys,
but just still kind of getting used to the bike, and then on Sunday we had a
mechanical issue. Kind of a bummed out weekend, so I was looking forward to
Laguna because I’ve always had good success there.
So how did it go at Laguna?
It went really well! I mean, I would have liked to have brought a trophy home.
I felt like I could have had it and I just kind of made a couple of mistakes
and let Tommy [Hayden] go. We’d made a couple of really big changes to the
bike, and I finally got the feeling that I wanted. I was, like, third quickest
in most of the sessions, qualified on the front row, and gave them a run for
their money in the race. Just kind of fell short of a podium finish, and, you
know, fourth place is good for me with a totally new bike at Laguna, and kind
of a short period of time to get it all set up. But we made some good changes
and got really good feel with the bike.
You’ve had three top-five finishes recently, including a
fourth at Laguna Seca. How does it feel to jump on a competitive bike again,
and actually be competitive?
It feels really good, but sixth and fifth is not where I want to be. I want to
be more toward the front, and to fight for a podium finish. I know the bike is
capable, and I know I’m capable of doing it. It’s just trying to get used to a
new team, work with a new crew, because every crew, every crew chief is a
little different. My crew chief Frank is a good guy, and we’re starting to
click. Every time we go out I’m getting quicker on the bike, getting more
comfortable.
Photo by Nelson/Riles
Let’s jump back to last year. You pretty much shouldered all
your racing expenses and finished tenth in the American Superbike standing. Was
it a difficult season for you?
Yeah, it was probably the most difficult season in a long time for me, because
I only had one bike, and when you’ve purchased a bike personally you’re kind of
out there on the track like, “Man, I can’t throw this away otherwise my
weekend’s over.” It just kind of sinks into your head, and all the finances and
stuff make you hold back a little bit on the bike and on the track. So it was
really tough to push it as hard as I wanted to, but still we ended up getting a
couple of good finishes in last part of the year, and it wasn’t too bad. I got
to race the full season, and if I’d been stuck sitting at home like a couple of
other riders, it would have been really frustrating.
Late last year you took part in the Australian Superbike
series for the Phillip Island MotoGP round. How did that experience go?
That was a lot of fun! Phillip Island is one the fastest average-speed tracks
on the MotoGP circuit. I mean, it’s fast! This ESG Honda team from Australia
wanted an American guy to come over and somehow my name got brought up and, I
was like, “Hell yeah I’ll go try it—it’s Phillip Island!” We did okay; I mean,
the bikes are similar to my bike; it’s not a true American Superbike, but it’s
still fairly even to a superstock bike. I ended up learning the track fairly
well and hung with the front guys for a couple of the races, and had some fun.
I think I got fourth or fifth in the last race. It was a pretty fun track, and
it suited my style. We were sliding around, and it was really fast, so it was a
lot of fun.
You started 2010 out funding your own racing again. What
were your feelings at the start of the season?
Well, I had a couple of people from the Northwest that were helping me out, and
I had entered in the AFM series and the local series up here, WMRRA and OMRA.
You know, I had planned on just racing and having fun, and maybe trying to make
a couple of bucks doing it if I could, or break even at worst. Another thing is
that I just want to race motorcycles! I’m twenty-seven years old and I don’t
think my time is over yet for racing motorcycles. I have too much fun doing it,
so it’s hard to give it up.
At Auto Club Speedway, riding your CBR1000 from last year,
you had some promising results in qualifying and early in the race, but your
weekend ended when mechanical issues forced you to retire.
Yeah, we blew a head gasket and it was overheating. but I just kind of showed
what I could do on my own personal bike. I was right up there with the mix of
the guys, and it felt good to get up there and maybe that is what got me
noticed, and that’s why Ulrich wanted to give me shot on his bike
Is it a confidence-boost to take a nearly stock, year-old
motorcycle out and stick it to the big teams?
Oh yeah! It’s just funny, because when I was sitting on the grid and looking at
the bikes next me—Bostrom’s bike, and Zemke’s—I was like, “Man, I wish I had
those brakes, and those wheels.” But you know, the bikes are just so close now,
I mean, you could almost run a good Superstock bike in the superbike class and
run top-ten every race. It’s tough, yeah, but it’s possible.
Photo by Nelson/Riles
Hopkins is slated to return at VIR. Have you had any
indications if that’s still the case?
I haven’t heard anything from them. I think Hopkins tested this past weekend,
but I haven’t heard anything, so maybe he’s doing okay, then. I’ll be at VIR
riding the Harley, and all my gear is still in the trailer, so if they need me
I’ll be there!
While racing as a privateer, you received some nice support
along the way—I heard a fan even bought tires for you at Infineon.
Oh, yeah! I had fans come up to me at Fontana and pay for a couple sets of
tires, and I don’t think they actually realize how much that helped. I didn’t
have enough money to pay for the weekend. I was going to have to borrow money
from my dad or my friend, and these guys came out of nowhere. I had tire
warmers burning up, and people coming over with tire warmers, and it’s just so
cool to see true fans trying to help, and it’s great that there are people out
there like that. I think the sport is coming up, and the series is getting
better and better, and there’s tighter racing, I think it’s going to be going
up. I’d just like to thank all the people that stuck behind me, all the
Northwest crew up here—we call them NWA, North West Association [laughs].
They’ve helped me out quite a bit. A bunch of friends up here.
Keep up with Jake via his Facebook page.
VIR Thursday Pre-Race Practice Canceled
August 03, 2010, 2:30:46 PM | admin
The scheduled Thursday race practice prior to the Suzuki AMA White Lightening round at VIR has been cancelled. In lieu of the cancelled practice, racers are invited to register and practice on Monday, August 9th at the Cornerspeed event. Due to the late cancellation of the practice, licensed AMA racers will not be charged a late fee to register for the Cornerspeed event. Online registration is available at http://www.cornerspeed.net/registration.html. For additional information call: 704-332-3147
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Nate Kern, BMW Rider
It is hard to believe that Nate only started his road racing career in 2002.
Since that time he has amassed some incredible results in WERA and CCS racing
on his BMW. He has accomplished the impossible with a motorcycle that many
considered to be underpowered and overweight, earning himself the moniker
“Ambassador for BMW”. Highlights of his accomplishments include: 2003 WERA
Formula 1 Champion, 2005 Overall Champion CCS Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
Region, 2008 ASRA Pro Thunderbike Champion. Kern is preparing himself to enter
into AMA Pro racing in 2011 with the new BMW superbike.
www.natekern.com
Huntley Nash, AMA Supersport Rider – Troy Lee Designs
Huntley Nash is currently in the AMA Supersport class with four podiums and one
victory to his credit this season. His latest podium came at Laguna Seca, where
he finished third. He raced in the 2008 Red Bull Rookies Cup and was selected
to race again in the 2009 Red Bull Series. Nash is from Marietta, Georgia.
www.huntleynash.com
Aaron Stevenson, Owner – Cornerspeed and Cornerspin
Motorcycle Schools
Cornerspeed is entering its 11th season as the official motorcycle school of
VIR. A lifelong athlete and motorcycle racer Stevenson teaches the importance
of fitness as well as the essentials to riding and racing motorcycles. His two
schools offer training in dirt-style or dirt track riding and road riding. On
August 13th he will be offering a track day at VIR, the same weekend as the
Suzuki White Lightning Superbike event, with proceeds to benefit Fischer House
Foundation and Homes For Our Troops charities.
www.cornerspeed.net
Eddie Cole, Owner – Matrix Concepts
Eddie Cole was the founder and President of Answer Products, Protaper, Manitou,
SIXSIXONE, Tag Metals, Sunline and Filtron. A serial entrepreneur, Cole is now
focused on building a company for his boys, Chad and Cameron. Phase 1 for 2010
is focused on off road stands, loading ramps, tie-downs, utility cans and
unique line of work mats. The company has a four part design criteria; 1) Make
the products from high strength ABS plastic that was lightweight and very
strong. 2) Offer new innovative features that improved the product over the
competition. 3) Give the rider the ability to personalize the products with
their name/number giving them the “factory look”. 4) Offer a great retail
value.
www.matrixracingproducts.com
Jamie Lanza, Offroad Racer – Team Precision Concepts/ Pass
Physical Therapy / Northland motorsports Kawasaki
At 22 years old, Jamie is making a great name for himself in the off-road
community. He is once again racing the Geico EnduroCross series and the first
round has already taken place in Las Vegas. Jamie finished a hard fought 8th
place after having to race in the semi. He is currently preparing for the 2nd
round of the series that takes place next weekend at the Lazy E Arena in
Guthrie Oklahoma.
www.jamielanza.com
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