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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 452
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WHEREAS, Steve Torrence of Kilgore reached the pinnacle of |
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drag racing success when he won the Mello Yello National Hot Rod |
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Association top fuel world championship on October 28, 2018; and |
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WHEREAS, The title victory was the highlight of an |
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exceptional season in which Mr. Torrence won 11 races and made |
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NHRA history as the only driver in any discipline to sweep the |
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Countdown to Championship playoffs; he also became the first |
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competitor ever to win NHRA series titles in both the top fuel and |
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top alcohol dragster divisions, having claimed the latter title |
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in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Mr. Torrence has |
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racked up more than 25 NHRA tour victories, including 19 races |
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over the past two years; in fact, he entered the 2019 campaign |
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having won 12 straight final round matches; most remarkably, he |
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has achieved all of this after overcoming cancer in the early |
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2000s and recovering from a heart attack in 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Torrence is a graduate of Kilgore College and |
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works for Capco Contractors, a family business founded by his |
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father; an East Texas native, he continues to call Kilgore home, |
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flying to race locations around the country each weekend during |
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the season; and |
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WHEREAS, Demonstrating a combination of exceptional talent |
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and fierce determination, Steve Torrence has become a premier |
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figure in the sport of drag racing, and his success is a source of |
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great pride to his many fans in the Lone Star State and beyond; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Steve Torrence on winning the |
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2018 Mello Yello National Hot Rod Association top fuel world |
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championship and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Torrence as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 20, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |