var txt05 = "Greg Furlong, four Classics and counting!
Greg Furlong continued his dream season at Oswego Speedway as he picked up his fourth International Classic victory Sunday afternoon. Furlong started on the pole position, fell back early, then grabbed the lead near the 3/4 mark of the race and lapped everyone in the field except for the top four cars. It was his 12th win of the season.
"I had to keep telling myself not to go until lap 150," the jubilant winner exclaimed after the victory. "Once Doug (Didero) got under me about 150, it was time to go. We've used the same old tried and true plan, and it played out for us again today. This car is a bullet. We win because we have the best car and the best crew." Second place Didero was happy with his run as well. "Second here in the Classic is great. Once Greg got by us, I tried to see what the tires had left, and there was nothing. We had a good run. We were here only a few times this year, we had a win in a big race, and a second in the Classic, and we've had a good year." Randy Ritskes was thrilled with his third place finish. "Not too bad for an ugly car, huh? exclaimed Randy. "Two weeks ago, I didn't have a ride for the race, when Howie called and asked me, I jumped on it. We didn't have brakes for about half the race, I had to roll the car into the corners, and drive in carefully. I think Howie is happy with third."
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var txt06 = "Greg Furlong gets a three-peat and wins his fifth Budweiser Intl. Classic
50th Budweiser Classic week is in the books at the Oswego Speedway. For the first time in twenty five years, the Classic was pushed back until Monday and for the first time ever the Saturday events were rained out. The wait for good weather was well worth it as a sun drenched Monday afternoon greeted the start of the 50th Budweiser International Classic 200.
Front row starters Otto Sitterly and Greg Furlong settled in off the lead pace which was their strategy going into the race, only after Sitterly led the first thirteen laps of the event. Other race leaders included Lou Cicconi, Brandon Bellinger and Dave McKnight. The most bizarre incident of the race occurred to Otto Sitterly when it appeared that something broke sending his car into the inside hubrail and then back out into the groove in turn one. The throttle became stuck as Sitterly began to spin the car in circles. Safety crew members tried to hit the kill switch but to no avail. Finally the engine power was shut off. Sitterly was transported to the Oswego Hospital to be checked out.
Doug Didero appeared to have the fastest car on the track with his brand new Extreme chassis - and in fact ran the fastest single lap of the race around lap 160, but reported fuel pickup problems were his undoing.
As the race started to wear down fuel mileage became an issue with several cars. Joe Gosek was among the lead group when he ran out of fuel as he was positioning himself for a run to the front. Leader Dave McKnight spun into the fourth turn foam while battling with second place runner Lou Cicconi just past the 150 lap mark. McKnight and Cicconi were no longer factors for the win. Greg Furlong was never challenged over the remaining distance as he picked up his third consecutive and fifth overall International Classic win. Second place went to Mike Ordway in the #61. Doug Heveron picked up third place in the #01 as he passed Pat Abold in the #95 at the end of the race. The most amazing ride was turned in by Danny Kapuscinski in the Bliss Brothers #65 as he came home in fifth place.";
var txt07 = "Furlong: a record four Classic wins in a row
and a record tying six Classic victories!
A fuel starved Joe Gosek won the 1992 International Classic at the Oswego Speedway. Fifteen years later with less than fifteen laps to go, Gosek had a lead of over three seconds evaporate with his fuel and he was in the pits when the checkered flag flew for Greg Furlong who collected his record tying sixth Budweiser International Classic victory.
As most fans expected, the race would come down to a battle among the regular season feature winners over the last fifty laps of the 2007 International Classic and that is exactly what happened. The lead through the first half of the race was dominated by front row starters Doug Didero and Ray Graham Jr. capable drivers running in the top ten that were eliminated by mechanical problems or accidents included Michael Barnes, Tim Snyder, Craig Rayvals, Davey Hamilton and Chris Perley.
Didero made his move as the race entered its final quarter by passing Graham. Didero built up a large lead but coasted to a stop in turn three putting and end to his day. With Graham inheriting the lead he had his hands full with Joe Gosek who got by and took off to a comfortable lead of his own. Graham would fall victim to fuel issues and he pitted leaving Furlong now in second place. Gosek built up a lead of over three seconds with less than twenty laps to go before he started to run out of fuel. Furlong now found himself in the lead in the final stages of the race as he was looking at his fourth consecutive victory. Furlong did pick up the win and now has completed 1800 consecutive laps in Classic competition without missing a beat during the last nine events.";
var txt08 = "New Car, Old Shoe - Didero Wins his 2nd International Classic
By - Chris Porter
North Carolina's Doug Didero collected his second International Classic 200 win at the Oswego Speedway Sunday afternoon, taking the lead away from Canadian driver Dave McKnight on the 165th lap. The three-time former Oswego Track Champion raced unchallenged the rest of the way to take the $20,000 first-place prize.
Didero was the last to finish building his car, the last to enter it into competition Classic Weekend, the last driver to take his initial time trial and the even the last pilot to roll his supermodified out onto the starting grid. However, when being first actually mattered, Didero's No. 3 was the quickest to wheel his car to the checkered flag at the completion of the 200th lap.
The win was as refreshing as that new car smell, still lingering in the air surrounding the brand new Xtreme Chassis which was completed at 9am that morning.
"This whole crew just worked their butts off in preparation," Didero said. "That's what won us the race today. The car was loose. I had to figure out a groove that the car could run with out getting loose. I finally found that groove the final 50 laps. It may have looked like we were starting to get faster at that point, but Ray Graham and (Dave) McKnight were starting to back up a little bit. It was experience, I had to figure out the car and find out where it wanted to run. I was able to do that today."
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var txt09 = "Otto Sitterley becomes the 7th different driver to claim the Oswego Classic and track title in the same year
Sitterley and his Hawk stalked Doug Didero's Extreme the entire distance as the two set sail from the front row. Patience was the key for Otto as he was able to slip past Doug and his fading tires on lap 160. This was the crowning jewel Sitterly had long sought, a Classic win. Otto had his third track title as well and had earned it all the hard way.
Otto said, "Not many people may understand where I come from, but the road it took for me to get here is pretty unbelievable. I started out with my girlfriend at the time, who's my wife now, and she was my pit crew when I had my first car. And there were just two of us. It's been 20 years of sleepless nights and a lot of work and most of the money I've ever made to be able to do things like this right here."
Interestingly, Sitterly said he was also determined to preserve Jim Shampine's record of having led all 200 laps of the 1980 Classic. This provided extra motivation to get by Didero for at least one lap.
Didero suvived a last lap tangle with Davey Hamilton as the two battled for second. Davey was credited with tenth at the finish as only ten cars remained on the track at that point. Didero had clocked 16.212 in time trials, a new record, to grab the pole.";
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