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Working His Way Up To Stock Eliminator
Thu, 2 Jul 2009, 08:22 PM ~ By Bob Frey

Throughout the history of the sport there have been a lot of drivers who have started at the bottom and worked their way up to the professional ranks. A lot of today’s (and past) Pro Stock drivers began racing in the sportsman ranks and some of the most accomplished fuel drivers (although not all of them) began racing in the alcohol classes. Joe Amato and Gary Scelzi come to mind in that latter group while Bob Glidden and Jeg Coughlin certainly were stars in the sportsman ranks before they ever thought about racing as pros. And there certainly haven’t been a lot of drivers who have finished in the top ten in points in Alcohol Funny Car and Top Fuel before they began a successful stint in the Stock ranks. I guess that puts Jim Bailey in a group of his own, doesn’t it?

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