Track: Fast & Tacky - 21 cars signed in - #55 Brandon Carey did not make the call for mud pack as a terminal valve problem was found after unloading and they had no spare. The #3 of Aussie Clem Hoffman grenaded a motor in hot laps (car looks like a previously owned Harley Davidson #1 car). He did not return.
Weather Cool, high fog, breezy - high tide 9 PM
Tyler Walker set a new 1 lap standard and became the 1st sprint car driver to break the 12 second barrier setting a NTR in qualifying with a blistering 1st lap of 11.990. 7 other cars were under 12.300 on an wicked quick race surface.
2. #77, Mike Benson, 12.135 3. #69, Brent Kaeding, 12.136 4. #0, Jon Allard, 12.139 5. #88, Brad Baumgarner, 12.176 6. #83v, Kyle Larsen, 12.216 7. #94, Zack Zimmerly, 12.276 8. #33e, Evan Suggs, 12.297
Heat 1 - 10 laps, 7 cars, 4 invert, 5 transfer to A Feature - finish, car #, name (started)
1. #7b, Brent Bjork(1) 2. #24, Walker (4) 3. #94, Zimmerly (2) 4. #0, Allard(3) 5. #50, Jeff Griffin(6) 6. #35, Rickey Wright, Jr.(5) 7. #32, Norm Johns(7) * Johns in a 360 ci
Heat 2 - 10 laps, 6 cars, 4 invert, 5 transfer to A Feature - finish, car #, anme (started)
1. #33e, Suggs (2) 2. #77, Benson (4) 3. #43, Bradley Terrell (6) 4. #88, Baumgarner(3) 5. #7A, Nick Speed (1) 6. #05, Eric Trask (5-DNF) - * Terrell in a 360ci
*only yellow for the 05 of Trask who stopped lap 8 just on front stretch infield as smoke appeared from under the hood. Race was yellow checkered as leader Suggs had taken the checkered flag.
* Suggs fastest among the group with a lap of 11.902 (fatser than NTR)
Heat 3 - 10 laps, 6 cars, 4 invert, 5 transfer to A Feature - finish, car #, name (started)
1. #00, Statler(1) 2. #83v, Larsen(3) 3. #KR14, Magaruh(2) 4. #69, Kaeding(4) 5. #M5, Stuart Krum(5) 6. #15, Pat Harvey(6) * Harvey in a 360ci?
No B-Main was run
Dash - 8 cars, 6 laps, Dash Finish sets 1st 4 rows of A-Feature - finish, car#, name (started)
1. #33e, Suggs(1) 2. #69, Kaeding(2) 3. #24, Walker(3) 4. #0, Allard(5) 5. #77, Benson(7) 6. #94, Zimmerly(8) 7. #83v, Larsen(6) 8. #88, Baumgarner(4) * Suggs loses motor end of the dash and replaces with new one for A.
A-Feature - 18 cars, 30 laps (finish, car#, name (started)
1. #24, Walker(3) 2. #69, Kaeding(2) 3. #83v, Larsen(7) 4. #33e, Suggs(1) 5. #0, Allard(4) 6. #00, Statler(10) 7. #77, Benson(5) 8. #7b, Bjork(8) 9. #43. Terrel(17) 10. #KR14, Magurah(9) 11. #35, Wright, Jr. (13) 12. #32, Johns(17) 13. #M5, Krum (15) 14. #15, Harvey (18) 15. #05, Trask (14-DNF) 16. #94, Zimmerly (6-DNF) 17. #50, Griffin(16-DNF) 18. #7A, Speed(11)
*#88 of Baungarner pulled off while staging for the A and did not take the intial green. When he appeared after lap 1 red flag for Speed he was black flagged. He did not take initial green flag. 1 lap had been scored as leaders had crossed start line prior to Speed's flip.
*#7A, Speed - flipped frontstretch - laps 2
* #50, Griffin flipped lap 5, turn 4 after wild bicycle
* #94, Zimmerly flipped restart lap 5, turn 2
All drivers were reported to be OK
* Magurah subbed for Tyler Spath in the #KR14
* Hard Charger - #43 of Terrel in a 360 ci advancing 8 spots to finish 9th from 17th starting
* Kaeding led intial 14-15 laps until Walker passed him in traffic and never looked back. Only yellow was for a spin at the bottom or turns 3&4 by the #M5 of Krum on lap 29 which erased Walker's big lead. 2 lapped cars between Walker and 2nd running Kaeding on the restart- Walker was never challenged over final 2 circuits.
* fastest lap during A-Feature was a 12.529 of Walker
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