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Hofmann Speaks Out
Al Hofmann is looking forward to teaming with Jim Dunn again next year.

"I think when Jim gets a handle on this thing we'll be tough to beat. We just got thrown a curve here a few times and couldn't get the car consistent. We have an excellent team, and great sponsors with Mooneyes, Pontiac, and Red Line Oil-a lot of good backing. We also have some good people coming over from my old crew and I'm pretty excited about next year."

Hofmann did have a few words about the Pomona track surface, which played a big part in the racing.

"We just encountered a bad racetrack. Anybody in the right lane didn't stand much of a chance. They need to do something to make these tracks more even, especially this place. You go out there, you want to be competitive, you lose lane choice and it's over. As soon as you come off the concrete, I mean, this track is old. It's 30 years old; they need to do something with it. We have a lot of good tracks now like Las Vegas, but it's not fair when you're chasing championship points to have to go to a track that's one lane. They really need to get after it and not worry about fining us for oil downs when half the reasons we're having oildowns is because we're spinning the tires so hard on the track. Then you throw the rods out. Improving the tracks would sure help the sport out a whole lot."

Toliver Says 'Wait Till Next Year'
Jerry Toliver and the WWF Racing "Rock" Pontiac Firebird team, who started off the year kicking butt and taking names, managed to hang on to third place in the points despite seeming to run out of steam in the second half of the season.

Toliver was taken out of the action at Pomona in the first round by Bruce Sarver.

"I'm just disappointed," said Toliver. "I'm not upset, but wish we could have finished better than we did. The boys on the WWF crew worked hard - we tried hard, but we got the bad lane and a bad draw.

"I want to tip my hat to Dale Armstrong and the crew guys," Toliver continued. "For our first year together, it was total team effort. They're some tough teams out here in our division. We moved up from eighth last year to third this season. All we need to do now is move up two positions and that will do it. We really wished we could have had second, but we'll be back in the thick of it next year."

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