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July 24, 2006- PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Derek posted impressive results during his final weekend with the Welch Racing team keeping the car in podium contention during the entire weekend. With some technical problems during Thursdays practice we still managed to post the fastest times of the day and continued on that pace with the fastest times on Friday as well. An unfortunate incident involving lapped traffic forced Derek off of the track during the Saturday race, but he overcame the hurdle and worked his way back through the field to a 5th place finish. Sundays race in the extreme heat proved to be even better as Derek worked the car on the very greasy track to a 3rd place podium finish. Overall it was a very challenging weekend, but the combined effort from Derek and the entire Welch crew kept the car on pace and ultimately ended with Derek's first podium finish in this very talented field.

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