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Chris Clinger Memorial set for August 20 at Raceway 7

Conneaut, OH (July 29, 2010): Chris Clinger will be remembered August 20^th at Raceway 7 as a special 25-lap race will be held in his honor for the Zimmer Service Center E-Mods.  The race will be sponsored by Deuces Wild Motorsports.  First-place pay will be $1000.  There will also be a “Dash” to set the top four starting positions that will pay $200 to win, then $100, $75, $50 to the last place.  The Dash will be composed of the top two finishers from each heat race and the top starting spots will be “Heads up” from the dash.  The heat races will be set from group time-trials with the top four in each heat being inverted by speed.

Grandstand gates will open at 5:30 with racing set to start at 7:30.  Admission is set for $10 for adults, kids 5-14 are $5. 4 and under free.  Pit passes are $25.

Chris was the son of Jim Clinger and the late JoAnne Clinger and was from Waterford, PA.  He was a graduate of General McLane High School and Vo-Tech Mechanics.  His passions included hunting, practical shooting, and refinishing street cars.  For many years he worked with J R Younger on his racecar and had a special fondness for Volkswagens.  He owned a Volkswagen that he had restored. He had also done a “chop-job” on it.  Right after high school he had worked as a garage mechanic for Jim Boozel and later did fabrication work in both Butler, PA and Dewitt, NY.  In 1993 he married but never had children.  His black dog, “Pepper” was his child.

Tragically, in a work-related accident in 1999, at the age of 29, Chris was taken from us.  He is missed every day by his family and friends.  The racing community will take this race to remember Chris Clinger.