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Plenty to celebrate as POWERade Series turns to Route 66 Raceway

By Ron Capps
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Capps This weekend we return to Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., just outside of Chicago. It is an awesome and very fast facility. Records can easily be broken there. Last year my teammate Gary Scelzi beat me in the Funny Car final round after I beat my other teammate, Jack Beckman, in the semifinal. Also, Tony Schumacher won the Top Fuel event. So, as you can tell, Don Schumacher Racing loves this track. The Joliet race is somewhat of a home race for Don Schumacher, who lives in the Chic ...

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