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Bobby Gerhart was closing in on his ninth ARCA Series victory at Daytona International Speedway when his car slowed.
The numbers that stand out on the ARCA starting grid aren't the ones on the side of the stock cars.
"Tough, tough, tough," said Gerhart, who also won at Daytona in 1999, 2002 and 2005-07. "Wow. That was one that got away, no question."
"It was a fuel issue of some sort," Gerhart said. "I'm not sure if had a pump or a pickup problem or we lost a cable. We went to a new system this year where it was a cable-driven deal. It shut off, but I came down pit road and it started running again, just kept right on trucking. A couple laps later, it was out completely. I don't know what to say."
