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MITCHELL FINISHES 11TH IN POCONO DEBUT |
LONG POND, PA (June 16) … Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA)
RE/MAX
driver Richard Mitchell finished a strong 11th Saturday
afternoon following
200 torrid miles around the 2.5 mile Pocono tri-oval.
But you can't fault the Bruceton Mills, West Virginia driver for
what might
have been had mechanical gremlins not invaded the electrical
system of his
Coach USA/ Forest River Motorhomes, Pontiac Grand Prix.
“That makes two races in a row that mechanical problems robbed
us of top-ten
finishes,” Mitchell lamented following the Pocono event.“ At
Michigan, we
lost third gear in the transmission. Today, something
malfunctioned in the
electrical system."
“I could go into the turns hard,” said Mitchell, a two-time
NASCAR Northeast
Regional champion, but when I got on the gas in the middle of
the corners,
the motor would lose power…if felt like it was running on seven
cylinders at
times. The problem started on the 20th lap and became worse as
the afternoon
wore on."
Mitchell's next ARCA RE/MAX race will take place at the Michigan
International Speedway on July 22nd.
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