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Though he failed to finish his run, Kelly MacDonald had an exciting start in his V8 Sportsman attempt. The buggy is called Lilbitmo.

Photo by MICHEL FORTIER, Tom Rife

Though he failed to finish his run, Kelly MacDonald had an exciting start in his V8 Sportsman attempt. The buggy is called Lilbitmo.

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  • Though he failed to finish his run, Kelly MacDonald had an exciting start in his V8 Sportsman attempt. The buggy is called Lilbitmo.
  • Driver Nikki Johnson's buggy has quite an appropriate name for a motorsport that occurs in the south. She says GRITS is an acronym that stands for Girls Race in the South.
  • In the shady confines of the pits, crews gather around the new Mud Bones 6-cylinder buggy owned by Bobby Williams. A burned piston will likely keep the machine out of today's Budweiser Fall Classic at the Florida Sports Park.
  • Under the hood of Dan Greenling's Pro Mod called Roll On is a big-block Chevy that Greenling and his crew assembled.
  • Jeremy White's General Lee battles Steve Armstrong's Evil & Wicked in Saturday's Jeep final. The General took the checkered flag.
  • Tyler Johns drives his Pro Mod called Patriot to a lap of 54.50 seconds during Saturday's Pro Modified Challenge at the Florida Sports Park. Johns was fastest among the eight unlimited buggies that posted times and he'll be among the favorites in Sunday's Budweiser Fall Classic that will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Florida Sports Park.
  • Swamp Buggy Queen Jennifer Federico, left, and second runner-up Ashley Belanger enjoy a moment with racing mascot Swampy during Saturday's Budweiser Fall Classic preliminaries at the Florida Sports Park.
  • Racing buggies come in a variety of shapes and sizes and of course, some creative names. Kryptonite is one of the deadly forces in the Jeep division.
  • V8 Sportsman class driver Lorrie Johns rolls her Lady Liberty machine out of the pits Saturday. She had the fastest time in her class when drivers raced against the clock.

Action from the first day of competition at the Fall Classic Swamp Buggy races

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