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April 7th, 2010, the day started at 1 p.m. as the drivers begin preparing for today. Today was the first round of Pro Am at Evergreen Speedway. The day looked very promising with no clouds insight. The day before there were over 16 drivers registered for the event. Everything was going fine and things were great. As the day progressed, we learn that more than half the drivers that were currently registered could not make it due to car troubles, the usual. But the people at Evergreen did not look at this at a negative aspect. Instead they did what they could to make the day enjoyable and presentable to the crowd. Around 2:30 p.m. the drivers that were there began practicing the 5/8ths part of the track. This was new to most of them because it is much longer and requires much more speed than the usual 3/8ths that they do. Everyone was prepared to what they had to do later that day. They were practicing over and over to get that 5/8ths down, if anyone knows the track they would think it is scary just by glancing at the length of the track. Everything had to be perfect. Things were going great until the problems started to appear. Cars were just not able to withstand the intense runs that the drivers had to perform. Clutches, motors, turbo leaks, anything you can imagine happened. By the end of the night only about 4 drivers were able to continue to the actual qualifying rounds. In the end, there were three that stood at the top. Those three were Ian Fournier, Peter Funatake, and Mike Phillips, all great drivers who had the endurance to make through the long 9 hour day.
Photos & Story BY: Brandon Thai
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That information is incorrect. The final three drivers were Ian Fournier, Mike Phillips, and Peter Funatake
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