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Lucky 7 for Manning at Chicago
Tue September 9 2008
Sportsdrink+ athlete Darren Manning drove the No. 14 to his seventh "Top 10" result of the year as he finished seventh at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday afternoon. In the final points race of the season, Manning moved up to 14th in the overall standings. He missed finishing in 13th by just one point.
"In the first part of the race we were just hanging in the draft because they were driving crazy in front of me", said Manning who started in 23rd after some problems in qualifying. "I wanted to get a good result and I wanted to finish", he continued. "With 50 laps to go, I really started driving my butt off and I had some good racing with Anthony (A J Foyt IV) who towed me up to the top 10". "Actually, it was easier to run with the guys at the front", said Manning. "It was a good race for the ABC Supply Team and we finished the season with another strong result".