Daymond Long #28 Sportsman Class
Daymond started back racing a couple years ago after being away from the oval track for years. Stock Car racing had advanced ahead of Daymond while being away. When Daymond got back in his car he was way off and had to work very hard to make changes. Now, Daymond has had some seconds that looked like he was about to get his first victory. Let me say this, Daymond won many races back in the day, so he is a winner. Back to the story, as to why I named him the "HARD CHARGER". He ran many number of laps all the way to the end of the race in second. He was chasing down a very good and well known driver, Beau Mitchell of Owensboro, Ky. The thing that impressed me the most with Daymond was how hard he raced. First he sailed his car off into turn three a car and half deeper than anyone else. Then hit wore the rear end of the #1 car out. Daymond did what most driver don't do, He hit Mitchell hard but square. Hitting another car is racing on the short tracks, but there is a good clean way to do it. Coming out of a turn is correct and Daymond do so. Hitting the other cars bumper square and not at an angle, which Daymond did. Hitting another car at an angle causes them to spin and wreck. Beau said in his interview at victory lane, he loved the hard racing and that he thanked the other drivers for racing hard but clean! In closing, a former great driver once told me this, "Sometimes it's more classy for a driver to finish second than to win" the late Wade Johnson. Daymond you was a class act. Your win is coming! Congratulations on your award for "HARD CHARGER"
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