(St. Augustine, FL; 7/15/2000) On a night marred by the tragic incident involving Shaun Farr on the last lap of the TBARA Winged Sprint race, Chris Manucy won the second annual Alpha Communications Hobby Bowl at Florida Speed Park, beating out rival Jody Stratton to claim the $1,000 winning purse. Rookie Glenn Nedrow posted his second third place finish of the season in the 50-lap event. Results were finalized Sunday afternoon following a post-race tech inspection delayed by the sprint car accident.

Wayne Reutimann was victorious for the second consecutive time at the speedway in the 30-lap TBARA Winged Sprint feature event.

Farr remains in critical, but stable condition at Shands Jacksonville Hospital, following a crash in turn 1 in which the driver impacted the wall and catch fence, injuring several spectators and virtually destroying both the car and a large section of fence. Farr, 17 years old, who was traveling at speeds close to 130 mph at the time of impact, suffered a closed head injury in the incident.

Of the six spectators who were injured, two were treated and released at the scene and four were treated at nearby Flagler Hospital and released shortly afterwards with mostly minor injuries.

Late Model, Sportsman, and Yamaha Kart events scheduled for later in the program were cancelled.

Full race results will be available Monday.

(Postscript: Our thoughts and prayers go out to Shaun, the spectators, and all of their families. We wish them a speedy recovery.)



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