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MARSHFIELD, Wis. (August 28, 2010) – One quote summed up the past month for Brian Back and his hunger to visit victory lane. “This one’s for you Grandpa Jim.”

Carrying the number 61 to honor his late grandfather, the third-generation Back bested Mid-American Stock Car Series action Saturday at Marshfield Motor Speedway.

“By the time I pulled into victory lane thoughts of my grandfather came to my mind,” Back said. “He meant a lot to me and my family. It was definitely a tribute to him tonight.”

The win was Back’s second straight at his home venue where he has claimed several track championships in the super stock division. Just as it was in July of 2008, the checkered flag was accompanied by fast time. Back has now set fast time in all six MASCS events that have awarded points for qualifying.

“I really don’t have a good explanation other than we’ve had a lot of success with qualifying through my whole career,” Back explained. “It’s just carrying on in the Mid-American Stock Car Series fortunately.”

While qualifying has been his strong suit in 2010, quick times have also acted as an Achilles Heel for Back. Inverts have placed Back in the middle of strong feature fields all season long. An invert of the top 11 qualifiers again put Back behind some strong machines in the 40-lap main event.

Two of Back’s strongest competitors tore through the 25-car starting field in the early portions of the feature event. With plenty of side-by-side racing through the pack, Lyle Nowak and Bill Prietzel picked through the top ten utilizing the inside line through the first five laps. Nowak found his way into the third spot, with Prietzel right behind in fifth.

By lap seven Nowak and Prietzel were racing side by side behind the leaders. Gregg Haese and Max Schultz, who had been locked in battle since carrying the field to green, immediately felt pressure from the veteran duo. Only two laps later Prietzel and Nowak began to search for ways past the frantic battle for the lead.

Prietzel found his break exiting turn four on the ninth lap. Haese pushed up exiting the final turn and made contact with Schultz. As the two scrambled to save their racers from certain disaster Prietzel seized the inside line and motored to the lead at the start/finish line.

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