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MIKE HACKER AT THE RACE TRACK Not a Great Farley Moment... August 5, 2006: Farley Speedway, Farley, IA Coming off his fourth Grand National win at Mineral Wells, Hacker continues on the circuit One look at the track and I knew this was going to be tough. I was kind of prepared for the poorly prepared track, and at this point there was no looking back. The clay half mile was a place where I could rack up some points and continue my improved race results of the season. We had our work cut out for us. The transponders had some problems and so did we. Qualifying was a mess; first in 19th then to 18th and our best time qualified us for a disappointing 18th. We made several changes throughout the practices, as well as qualifying, but just couldn’t get things to hook up. We finally decided to leave everything alone for the heats in hope that the track would come to us. A mini national was the result of the heat race with talent of Joe Kopp, Murphree, King, and Mees, McCoy and myself. Had a bad start, which didn’t help. Murphree, Kopp and I were all tangled together and when things straightened themselves out, I finished behind Joe Kopp with a bad 6th place finish. Before the semi we made some more changes in hopes that something would work. Sat on the second row of the semi, I had a bad position, yet I came off the line and set my focus on the groove. Halbert jumped in front of me and tried to get between Hart, who shut him out. Hart cut across in front and Halbert got caught and took a fall. He had nowhere to go. My aim was the groove and that is where I was heading, but Halbert and his bike were right there and in a slight second - CRASH. I think I got some air but quickly found the ground. I opted out for the ambulance ride, but had a long trip back home and went for X-rays. A fracture to the wrist. After evaluating the situation with SuperTrapp, we felt it was in our best interest to sit out at Castle Rock (singles race). We’ll be back for Springfield at 100 percent... Mike Hacker #67
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