Ben Schmidt Awangula Obuwanguzi Bwe Obwa 30 mu Plymouth — Ekibiina Ekikuŋŋaana Mu Mulamwa Gwa Myaka 76 Ekyabuulibwa Ekiro

Emirimo gy'okwegendeza ku ttaka gy'omu nsalo z'e America gayisa nga tegyakanyonya ng'engeri y'okwegendeza emodoka mu nsalo za buli kibiina nga gyeetekawo omulembe ggwe, nga bwekyama okuyimba n'ebyama bya World of Outlaws ebiyisibwa mu nsi yonna. Plymouth Dirt Track ye kibiina ky'emyaka 76 mu Wisconsin — ekifo ekikwatagana ennyo n'omulimu gw'ebibiina, n'ebiyitirirwa by'okuyingira ebisisi n'amaama agagobola entebe mu bwengula ng'abakola okumala emyaka.

Ekiyaliwo ekya mpangalo ku June 6 yali okukuŋŋaana kw'ekibiina ky'emivunuke ebibiri mu kiro kimu. Sheldon Haudenschild yawangula omulembe gwa WoO 410 Sprint Car ogwa 35 amazeero ng'omwegendeza wa MSA 360 main event Schmidt yawanguliwa. Emodoka 54 ng'omukimu — WoO 410 33 na PDTR 360 21 — zaatandika okuva mu kifo kimu ky'ebyokukola. Enjawulo ya maanyi wakati wa WoO 410 ey'okusukka 900 hp na MSA 360 n'ennene, era okulaba bibiina byombi nga biruka ku ttaka erimu obuggwanvu bw'ekiro kyawaayo abalaba ekintu ekyeru: okwolesebwa kw'omugumu mu bukuumirira bwa musisi okuva ku nsalo ez'omutindo ogwa sooka okutuuka ku mpagi.

Ku Schmidt, obuwanguzi bw'ekyasa ky'30 mu ssale lino lyennyini lwanaabikala eky'obusinga ebirowoozo. Obuwanguzi 30 mu kifo kimu mu mulamuwa gukola akakasa k'emyaka egy'emibunduko n'abakuumi ab'omugunda. «Buli lwandisinga okusiba mu ssale lino, nsiimula okujja mu kifo kino ng'omwana», yagamba mu Victory Lane. Ng'abajibwa ku buwanguzi bwe obwokusatu bwokuddamu, yayanukula omulimu: «Emodoka eri mu ndagaano. Naye ttaka ntongoola — ndirayo mu kiwumbi kyonna nga ndanda obutandika bwokubiri.»

Ekibiina ekikuŋŋaana eky'obwesifu kiwolereza ng'emirimo gy'okwegendeza ku ttaka tegi nsi ya kuzikira. Omulembe ogw'ensi yonna n'omulembe gw'ekibiina bw'abagabana ekiro, ekintu kikoleka ekiteekwa ne buli kimu ekisinga okukola kyokka.

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