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Steve Torrence has won this race in two of the last three years. He has only lost 3 times this year in the first round but two of those losses have come in the Countdown. This is just the second race for Scott Palmer in the Countdown. In his other start (St. Louis) he qualified 12th and lost to Steve Torrence in round one. Torrence is 11 - 0 against Palmer in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs the second quickest pass of the race day. He will have lane choice over Salinas in the next round. Palmer was up in smoke early and clicked it off. |