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Las Vegas, Nevada
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The 1967 Ford Cortina of Monica Escandon. Photo: David Yoshimura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The 1967 BMW 2002 Trans-Am (#25) of Jeff Gerken fights its way through the B Production field.<\/p>\n

Photo: David Yoshimura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Porsche 356 of Craig Stevenson fights off an advancing BMWs 2002. Photo: David Yoshimura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The 1962 MGB of Bonnie LeLesch tries an outside move into turn 2. Photo: David Yoshimura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Doug Turner in his 1969 Brabham BT29 looks for a way around the 1972 Chevron B27 of Richard Wesselink.<\/p>\n

Photo: David Yoshimura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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