LIGHTS OUT 9
Swanstroms Bring
No-Time Hype
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ne of the biggest draws at
Lights Out 9 was a class that
didn’t have any qualifying
orders or really even times
shown on the scoreboards.
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It was the N/T 29/315 Shootout
put on by Justin “Lil Country”
Swanstrom and his father, Corey
“Big Country” Swanstrom. The two
got together with Donald Long
to put together a 16-car shootout
open to the first 16 drivers who
sent in a $2,000 buy-in.
“We have 16 cars that put up
two grand, so we’re at $32,000,”
Justin said before the race. “RPM
Transmissions and Donald put
up $5,000, so it’s a $37,000
pot — winner takes all. There’s
no second place, we don’t pay
back, nothing like that. Now if
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