| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 452 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Steve Torrence of Kilgore reached the pinnacle of |
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| 3 | 3 | | drag racing success when he won the Mello Yello National Hot Rod |
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| 4 | 4 | | Association top fuel world championship on October 28, 2018; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The title victory was the highlight of an |
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| 6 | 6 | | exceptional season in which Mr. Torrence won 11 races and made |
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| 7 | 7 | | NHRA history as the only driver in any discipline to sweep the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Countdown to Championship playoffs; he also became the first |
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| 9 | 9 | | competitor ever to win NHRA series titles in both the top fuel and |
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| 10 | 10 | | top alcohol dragster divisions, having claimed the latter title |
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| 11 | 11 | | in 2005; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Mr. Torrence has |
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| 13 | 13 | | racked up more than 25 NHRA tour victories, including 19 races |
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| 14 | 14 | | over the past two years; in fact, he entered the 2019 campaign |
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| 15 | 15 | | having won 12 straight final round matches; most remarkably, he |
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| 16 | 16 | | has achieved all of this after overcoming cancer in the early |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2000s and recovering from a heart attack in 2016; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Torrence is a graduate of Kilgore College and |
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| 19 | 19 | | works for Capco Contractors, a family business founded by his |
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| 20 | 20 | | father; an East Texas native, he continues to call Kilgore home, |
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| 21 | 21 | | flying to race locations around the country each weekend during |
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| 22 | 22 | | the season; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Demonstrating a combination of exceptional talent |
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| 24 | 24 | | and fierce determination, Steve Torrence has become a premier |
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| 25 | 25 | | figure in the sport of drag racing, and his success is a source of |
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| 26 | 26 | | great pride to his many fans in the Lone Star State and beyond; |
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| 27 | 27 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate Steve Torrence on winning the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2018 Mello Yello National Hot Rod Association top fuel world |
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| 31 | 31 | | championship and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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| 32 | 32 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 34 | 34 | | prepared for Mr. Torrence as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | Texas Senate. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Hughes |
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| 37 | 37 | | ________________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | President of the Senate |
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| 39 | 39 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 40 | 40 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Senate on March 20, 2019. |
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| 42 | 42 | | ________________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | 44 | | ________________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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