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Races end with a bang at Brown County Speedway

Chad Becker, of Aberdeen (12) takes the top groove as Pat Weisgram, of Aberdeen (32) and Thomas Weisgram, of Northville (16) drive on the bottom as they all go through turn two in the third heat of Late Model action Friday night at Brown County Speedway. Becker went on to win the heat and the feature race. Photo by John Davis taken 6/30/2023
There were plenty of fireworks on the track, before the actual fireworks exploded above the track at Brown County Speedway Friday night. Literally minutes before the fireworks were shot off, the Late Model feature came down to the final turn before Chad Becker of Aberdeen edged Huron’s Cole Searing for the checkered flag. Becker appeared to have the race in hand before a yellow flag caused a restart with just two laps remaining. “At the restart with two to go, I knew it was going to be a tough gig there,” Becker said, “who was going to go where and what, you just had a big guessing game.” Becker, who had been running on the low side in turns one and two, and the high side on three and four, actually lost the lead on the final lap when Searing slid past him into the final turn. That lead was very short lived, however, as Becker ducked underneath Searing to beat him to the finish. “I knew there wasn’t much up top there to hold on to,” Becker said, “so I k

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