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OPEN WHEEL: Al Boenker Racing Wins at Sunburn National; Preps for California

5 May 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Abilene, Texas: Quad Boenker, Al Boenker Racing's lead driver, once again took first place in the regional/national Sunburn Race in Abilene, Texas last weekend. Boenker won both the Saturday regional race and Sunday national race. Team owner and driver Al Boenker placed third in Saturday's race.

"The cars are performing extremely well," said Quad Boenker. "We are at the top of our game. We owe a lot of thanks to an incredible crew and engineer Rich Thorner from Phoenix."

"The fans were incredible this year," said owner Al Boenker. "We had a great time on and off the track signing posters and meeting fans."

Al Boenker Racing is now preparing the next West Coast Pro Formula race in Sacramento, California on May 20th at Thunder The team is spending the next two weeks visiting Wal-Mart Stores as a part of their "2000 Tour of Texas".

Text provided by Don Owens

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