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Colton Arends competes at Bristol Speedway

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Brennen Rupp

For the first time in 21 years, the Bristol Motor Speedway had dirt on the track for a race.
Luverne’s own Colton Arends was one of the drivers that competed at Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals
“The first two nights we were there we set the quickest lap time in all three sessions of practice,” Arends said. “My heat race I started sixth and finished second. In the qualifying feature I started fifth and we were halfway through and I was battling for second and we had a motor failure. We didn’t get to race after that due to weather so I had to start in the back of a B feature and missed the transfer spot by one position.”
Arends has been racing for six years now. He said that it’s been a thrill ride since he got behind the wheel and that his weekend in Bristol is one that he’ll cherish forever.
“The experience I had was like no other race track I’ve ever raced on,” Arends said. “Between the facility being a Nascar facility and how they prepared and maintained the racing surface, it was an all-around awesome experience. Also, the speeds we raced at were far greater than any dirt race tracks around Rock County so that was also another challenging and exciting experience.”

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