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Becca Anderson T-shirts Available ...Click Here Welcome to the 2008 Edition of Becca-Anderson.com! June 28th 2008 - Delaware International Speedway BECCA ANDERSON TAKES BAR'S LEAKS SPRINTER TO URC VICTORY LANE SATURDAY NIGHT AT DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL DELMAR, DE Becca Anderson of Houston, DE scored a popular victory winning the 25 lap Rislone URC Sprint Car Series feature event on Saturday night at the Delaware International Speedway. Becca is no stranger to the URC victory lane as this win bumps her career total to nine. After touring with the nationally known World of Outlaws sprint series, Anderson returned to URC in 2007 to drive the Jimmy Martin owned #17. This is their first career win as a team the first career URC victory for the Bar's Leaks sponsored sprint car. Anderson took the lead on lap five and for most of the race, was clearly in control. In the closing ten laps, Chris Coyle and point leader Curt Michael were close in the chase. A late race caution brought the powerful Valley Forge Inc 5G to the rear bumper of Anderson. A fast break at the drop of the green flag and Anderson was off and running with Curt Michael in the hunt for the final five laps. Anderson took the win with a comfortable margin and the crowd went wild as Anderson took the checker flag in her home state. This event was also part of the Taylor & Messick Delaware State Sprint Series with twenty-eight cars turning out for the show. Heat race victories went to rookie driver Chuck Palmucci, Mares Stellfox and Becca Anderson as Rory Janne won the Don Ott sponsored "B" Main. A field of twenty-four cars started the Rislone URC sprint feature with rookie driver Chuck Palmucci setting the pace for the first four laps. On lap five, Becca Anderson launched the Bar's Leaks sprinter to the front of the pack and ran to hide from the rest of the field. The first caution was displayed on lap six when Rory Janne spun in turn four. On the restart, Anderson set the pace with Chris Coyle in the BPG sponsored sprinter in second and point leader Curt Michael now racing in third after starting tenth. Palmucci and Ed Aikin made up the top five. The top five remained unchanged until lap sixteen when Davey Sammons powered the Palladino sprinter into the fifth spot. The leaders were now in lapped traffic and Chris Coyle reduced the big lead once held by Anderson. Curt Michael was also on a charge and on lap nineteen he passed Coyle for second. As the field passed on lap twenty, Anderson and Michael were at the front with Coyle third, Davey Sammons now fourth and Palmucci fifth. Just outside the top five was the "Jersey Jet" JJ Grasso, now racing in sixth. Grasso was the URC feature winner the prior week at New Egypt. With just four laps remaining. The green flag fell and Anderson powered away from the rest of the field. Michael continued to look for the fast groove but in the meantime, Anderson was building a comfortable lead. As the checker flag fell, Anderson took the win with Curt Michael second, Chris Coyle third, Davey Sammons fourth and JJ Grasso fifth. Chuck Palmucci delivered an outstanding sixth place finish with Dave Ely, Ed Aikin, Kramer Williamson (driving the Elmer Stoltzfus #00) and Kyle Purks made up the top ten. LikeWise Construction Fast Time Award- - Becca Anderson RISLONE URC SPRINT FEATURE FINISH: Becca Anderson, Curt Michael, Chris Coyle, Davey Sammons, JJ Grasso, Chuck Palmucci, Dave Ely, Ed Aikin, Kramer Williamson, Kyle Purks, Justin Collett, Mark Bitner, Dave Gravel, Joey Biasi, Mares Stellfox, Brett Schoenly, Scott Pursell, Rory Janne, Dennis Garl, Jimmy Reppert, Jim Walters, Mike Kostic, Jason Clauss, Gary Gollub. DNS- - Ken Carberry, DNQ- - Robbie Stillwaggon, Fred Kennedy, Jeff Fithian.
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