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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Brett Shields of Mount Ayr is shown with his race car
and some of his trophies for his
Figure 8 race driving.
Shields has championship Figure 8 racing season
A Ringgold county driver claimed the open division crown for the 2008 season in the GP Figure 8 national championship
series of figure 8 racing and another local driver placed fourth. Brett SHIELDS of Mount Ayr claimed the open
division title with eight race wins and 19 top five finishes during the season while Justin FROST of Mount Ayr placed
fourth. Along with claiming the national championship, SHIELDS also won the Indianola and Adel track championships
along with the 50-lap fall nationals held in Barnes City. Also in the open class, Justin FROST of Mount Ayr
brought home a fourth place finish for the year. He had three wins and 15 top five finishes for the year.
In figure 8 racing, drivers drive around a track shped like an eight and have to try to avoid collusions as the
cars flash through the center of the track. Iowa has the largest dirt figure 8 racing series in the nation with
almost 300 drivers competing in three classes. Races held at Indianola, Adel, Barnes City and Fort Dodge earn points
for the racers over the course of the year. Joseph PARMER of Humeston won the stock crown and Wade KING of
Pleasantville won the four wheel drive class.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2012
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