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Figure-8 champs wins $20,000

9/13/2017

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SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY AL STILLEY 

Newly crowned World Figure-8 champion Mike Hadley Jr. (right) helps raise the $20,000 winner’s check Saturday at the Indianapolis Speedrome. 
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Greenwood’s Hadley, who led 129 of the 406 laps, became a first-time winner of the three-hour race by holding off three-time winner Ben Tunny during the final 21 minutes in a bumper-to-bumper duel. Tunny’s bold bid ended with a flat tire in the last two minutes. 
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Hadley does a burnout after winning the 41st annual World Figure-8 championship. Hadley, a second-generation driver, is the 20th different winner. He started seventh and led the final 67 laps. There were 19 lead changes among seven drivers. Hadley was among five Southsiders in the top 10: Ben Tunny, third; Chad Sizemore, fifth; Doug Greig, seventh; and Charlie Hargraves, 10th. Two-time winner Greig has a record 18 top-10 finishes.
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Hadley was all smiles in front of the 10-foot tall World Figure-8 endurance race championship trophy. He drove the Superior Finish Lawn & Landscape late model to his first three-hour triumph against a field of 48 drivers. He is the grandson of Speedrome Hall of Fame mechanic/crew chief Bob Clark.
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Robert H Bucholz
9/13/2017 08:43:10 pm

Drove heck of a race in front of a packed house. Which the new owner has turn into a place to enjoy again.

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