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October 2015

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October 2015 | Overdrive | 65 I n the seventh race of the Meritor ChampTruck World Series' inaugural season, Hungarian racer Krisztian Szabo took home his second first- place trophy, this time at the Sept. 11-13 event at Motorsports Park Hastings in Nebraska. The Podium Race produced six lead changes, four major spins that altered the finish and a contested contact in the last corner on the last lap that resulted in a penalty being assessed, again changing the finishing order of the race. After all the dust settled, Szabo came out on top, with Mack tech Mike Morgan being awarded a contested second-place finish. Former Indianapolis 500 competitor Davey Hamilton, who drove the No. 11 Optima Batteries Freightliner Columbia, took a hard-fought third place. The next race was set for Oct. 2-4 at Portland International Raceway. 251 Central Park Drive Sanford, Florida 32771 Sales 888 320 5644 Tech 407 321 5644 DPF, EGR and Urea off-road tuning available Increases horsepower & torque (up to 35% gain) Improves fuel mileage (up to 18% gain) Simple plug-in modules* Adjustable* Hungarian racer Krisztian Szabo drove to victory in ChampTruck's seventh race of the season at Motorsports Park Hastings in Nebraska. Krisztian Szabo The Podium Race pro- duced six lead changes, four major spins that altered the finish and a contested con- tact in the last corner on the last lap.

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