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Adkinson wins stock car race in Atlanta Jeff Adkinson of Damascus won the sixth NHRA Lucas Oil Division Series victory of his career, and first in nearly 19, at the Atlanta Dragway Sept. 30 when he earned the stock eliminator victory in his C/SA '69 Camaro. "That sounds so horrible," laughed Adkinson, a peanut farmer. "Yea, I haven't won one of these since 1988, but I was out of racing for awhile, and I bracket raced exclusively for nearly a decade. So it's really just been a three or four year dry spell - I haven't been getting my butt kicked for two decades!" Class racing enthusiasts remember Adkinson and his father Fred with their two-car Super Stock team in the 1980s. The Georgia duo combined to form a prolific team, with several division victories, top points finishes and national records. Fred Adkinson was killed in a freak racing accident at a local facility in 1999. "In '99 when Dad was killed, I took a step back from the sport completely and weighed my priorities," Jeff stated. A few years later Jeff got into big money bracket racing, and had some success, including a $15,000 triumph at Atlanta in 2003.
"I've always loved class racing, and got the itch to do it again," he stated. "We debuted this Camaro at the beginning of last season and have been tinkering in stock since."
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