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- ↑ Motorsports: National Sprint Tour folds at www.dailyitem.com
- ↑ New Promoter More Action as Outlaw Date Set for Grays Harbor Raceway Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine ; February 23, 2007; Retrieved February 24, 2007