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- 1 2 "New York's Thunder Mountain Speedway Joins DIRTcar Racing". Speedway Digest. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
- ↑ Elkins, Doug (May 20, 2014). "Win follows wreck for Decker". The Post-Standard . Syracuse NY. p. C7. Retrieved January 14, 2025– via NewspaperArchive.
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