— The Lone Star State stood strong in Little Rock on Friday night as Texas natives Aaron Reutzel and Sam Hafertepe Jr. raced to victory lane in the 35th annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires preliminary “Twin 20s” at I-30 Speedway. He never looked back as he raced to first career STN prelim win and locked himself into his fifth career STN championship finale. Martin was up to the task as he held on to the runner-up slot to lock into his second career STN finale. “We finished second last night, which was decent,” Hafertepe, Jr., commented. Hafertepe held steady over the final rounds and took his sixth win of the year ahead of Bergman, who secured a position in his eighth career STN finale. First Feature (20 Laps – Starting position in parentheses):  1. Second Feature (20 Laps – Starting position in parentheses):  1.

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