The annual competition for the fastest draw in Amarillo took place Friday afternoon, June 6 at Rex Baxter "corral," with six competitors vying for the title at the TX 66 Celebrity Fast Draw Shoot Out. Two were finalists last year, with Patrick Lee barely whizzing by Mayor Cole Stanley by just milliseconds in a number of rounds.

All that was needed at the Rex Baxter Building at the Tri State Fairgrounds that afternoon was the theme song from “A Fistful of Dollars,” the Western movie starring Clint Eastwood that started a series of spaghetti Western films, low budget movies that topped the box office in the '60s. Six well known contestants, ranging from the Amarillo mayor to an Amarillo police officer, TV newsperson and Big Texan marketer took place in the rigorous competition.

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