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2012NRHA OPEN FUTURITY CHAMPIONS<br />
Americasnextgunmodel<br />
Casey<br />
<strong>Deary</strong><br />
NRHA PROFESSIONAL CASEY<br />
DEARY HAD THE RIDE OF HIS<br />
LIFE ON AMERICASNEXTGUN-<br />
MODEL.<br />
BY GAVIN EHRINGER<br />
ON THE MORNING OF THE 2012<br />
NRHA Futurity Open finals<br />
Casey <strong>Deary</strong> passed by fivetime<br />
Futurity champion<br />
Shawn Flarida. <strong>Deary</strong>’s mare,<br />
Americasnextgunmodel,<br />
and Flarida’s stallion, Yankee<br />
Gun, were tied for the highest composite<br />
score—447 points—after two qualifying gorounds,<br />
making them favorites going in<strong>to</strong> the<br />
clean-slate finals later in the day.<br />
“What do you think about scratching your<br />
horse?” <strong>Deary</strong> jokingly said <strong>to</strong> Flarida.<br />
“You don’t need me <strong>to</strong> scratch,” said Flarida<br />
earnestly.<br />
Boy was Flarida ever right. That evening during<br />
the second section of the open finals,<br />
<strong>Deary</strong>, an NRHA Professional from Weatherford,<br />
Texas, made the ride of his career on Americasnextgunmodel<br />
(Gunner x Cee Dun It Do It<br />
by Hollywood Dun It). From the first big sliding<br />
s<strong>to</strong>p <strong>to</strong> the break-neck speed of their large<br />
circles <strong>to</strong> the perfectly timed lead changes at center<br />
<strong>to</strong> the even bigger slides <strong>to</strong> end their run, the<br />
two gave a textbook demonstration of flawless<br />
execution. Their efforts drew thunderous