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Valentino Wins!

Escambia Commissioner Gene Valentino after getting the checkers in the 8 lap annual Celebrity Race declared, "United Cerebral Palsy is the real winner." And UCP did indeed win big. Over $2,000 raised.

$1,250 from Tim Bryant and the fans at the speedway. Commissioner Wilson Robertson, who finished behind Valentino, made good his wager of a $500 donation to UCP if he lost to his fellow commissioner.

Valentino matched the amount.

Lindsay Marie paced several of the late laps, but was involved in a crash on the last turn of the last lap. The field included the sheriffs from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, David Morgan and Wendell Hall; broadcasters Jim Sanborn of WCOA, Kevin Peterson of Soft Rock 94; Renee Andrews from Cat Country, and Lindsey Marie of WXBM; plus the 2 commissioners.

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