October 13th Race Discussion

I apologize for the slow update... work has been hectic! Just for the record, I'm pulling all of this from memory.

Fall Classic Highlights:

Pure Stock: They were really racing neck and neck the entire feature. Lee Mclain and Lesa Vaughan duked it out up front for a good part of the feature with Lee coming out victorious. There was a... how shall I say this... 'interesting' restart. Through the chaos, somebody decided that a few people jumped the start... so they moved Seth Anderson to 3rd in front of Russell Mclain and one other driver (I think it was Ricky Allen but it may have been #7 Muhlhauser). I personally think the restart in question should have been declared null and void (false start) due to general chaos, but that's just me! Again, I need to congratulate Lee Mclain on an awesome way to cap a points championship. Nice job!

Factory Stock: I really don't remember much here other than about 23 cars on the track all going about the same speed and banging into each other. I had my eye on local hero Jerry Wagner. I knew that if any children or old ladies got into harms way during the race that he would jump out of his car to save the day... but everybody stayed safely seated. I honestly don't remember who won... I'm pretty sure he wasn't a local though.

E-Mod: I was extremely pleased to see two of my favorite drivers take first and second in this feature. There was a hot rod from some other track... I dont' remember the guys' name, but he has a bounty on him at his home track for about $500 bucks. He was agressive as hell on the track. I don't mind drivers who drive like this guy does actually... he didn't do anything that Allen Frailey wouldn't have done. If you block a faster car enough times, you're going to get run into. That's what happened as Ross got into him about 5 times. Finally Ross got by and #67 Northrup soon followed. Those three finished 1,2,3. Congratulations to Ross especially on a great way to cap a points championship! I should also say this about Northrup - Do you realize he's running those heavy hoosiers? I challenge you to find another E-Mod feature that pays $500 where a guy in the top 3 is running hoosiers given the chance to run IMCA tires. Nice job Mike!

Modified Feature: My wife is very, very sad. I told her when we got married that I would be honest with her at all times. I refused to change that when I got home from the races.

I got home and I said, "Baby, I have very bad news about us. I've found a new love."

She says, "Oh really? Who is that?"

I said, "You know Randy Frailey right? That crazy guy I always talk about?"

She says, "Yea..."

I said, "Well... I saw a guy race who blew him away. I fell in love. His name is Terry Beckham."

Well, she isn't really sad because she knows I'm full of crap, but WOW - That guy is awesome! I can't wait to see him hit the highbanks again. I've never seen anybody shred the highbanks like Terry. I think he may have some kind of brain damage that causes him to think driving 90 MPH 6 inches from the wall is OK! My kinda guy!

haha... anyway... They had a LONG green stretch to the checkered flag. I think all but 5 or 6 cars were lapped by Beckham. Randy Frailey took 4th, Chad Wheeler took 3rd, Dustin Boney took 2nd, and Beckham took an easy victory. Oh yea, Holzkemper took 5th. Nice racing!

http://www.dustinboneyracing.com/

October 6th Race Discussion

Pure Stock Heat 1 - Dale Hancock jumped out to a sizeable lead early on and held onto it. His car was working flawlessly right from the start. Meanwhile, Vaughan moved up to third behind the 32 car and they stayed that way to the finish. Fastest car on the track: Salina Racing Blog's sponsor Dale Hancock!

Pure Stock Heat 2 - They went 3 wide through turns 1 and 2.... then did it again in turns 3 and 4. Lee Mclain took the lead coming out of turn 1 on the second lap, but Tulley Braden quickly took over. They battled for another lap with Lee on the inside, and he took the spot on the back straight. Tulley Tailed him the rest of the way and they finished; Lee, Tulley, Emily Jackson.

Factory Heat 1 - Billy Frohnapfel jumped into first on the first lap and drove away from the field. Meanwhile, Steve Smith moved into second and tried to track him down. Mark Garman wasn't too far behind in third. The 541 car was turning some serious RPM's... He's mean to an engine but fast on the track!

Factory Heat 2 - Mike Badley (#89) was up front along side the #11. BJ Frohnapfel decided 2-wide wasn't exciting enough on the first lap, so they went 3 wide in the first turn. Badley jumped out to the lead followed by BJ and Cantwell. Cantwell took 2nd from BJ and tried to track down Badley up front. A lap later, he began challenging Badley on the inside, but kept getting a bit loose in turn 1. Badley took the win followed by Cantwell and BJ Frohnapfel.

Factory Heat 3 - Mike Sweet started up front with Campbell on his outside and Morgan right behind. Wagner started back in 5th. Sweet maintained the lead on the first lap as Wagner tried to weave through traffic. The Wagner took the lead coming out of 4 on the 2nd to last lap and held on for the victory. Sweet took 2nd followed by Morgan.

E-Mod Heat 1 - Ross started on the back and quickly got stuck in traffic. Meanwhile, Northrup jumped out to a commanding lead with a 3-way battle raging behind him. Ross was ticking off some very fast laps (Low 17's). The racing in back was brutal and Ross had to settle for 5th.

E-Mod Heat 2 - Gary Dilbeck started up front with Carl Conley on his outside. Montgomery started on the inside of the 2nd row followed by Davin Blake on the inside of the 3rd row. On the first lap, Conley jumped into the lead, but was fighting a tight condition. Dilbeck took over when Conley pushed up high in turn 4. Conley retook the lead back in turns 1 and 2. Once again, Gary stuck his nose in front, but Conley held on. Montgomery was just waiting on a chance to get by both of them. Turn 4 was tough for Conley, that's where he was losing time. Dilbeck was fast! Dilbeck took the heat victory, his second of the season, followed by Conley and Montgomery. It was awesome to watch Conley work that E-Mod... The only driver I've seen do so well with such a tight car is Mike Collins earlier in the season.

Modified Heat 1 - Campbell started on the pole with Duval on his outside. Crowe started 3rd, Jeran 5th, Wilhite 6th, and Morton 7th. On the first lap, Duval took the top spot coming around the high side of turns 3 and 4. Morton had his machine hooked up but was stuck in traffic. About midway through the heat, Duval nearly got into the back wall and had to get off the gas allowing Campbell to close in, but he held onto the lead. Duval held on for the win followed by Campbell, Crowe, and Jeran Frailey.

Modified Heat 2 - Corky Ramm started on the pole with Cates in 2nd, Griggs in 3rd, Barbee 4th, 1/2 5th, Skaggs 6th, and Randy Frailey 7th. On the first lap, Cates spun on the high side of turn 4. Corky got sideways when he hit his breaks and got slammed pretty good by Randy Frailey who was also hard on his breaks. Unfortunately, Corky made his way to the pits. Cates and Randy stayed out on the track. The #8 was also involved and had an interesting sheet-metal situation on his left side. It looked like he sprouted a big wing. On the restart, Randy was stuck behind traffic as Griggs tried to hold off Barbee for the lead. The 8 car spun & stalled coming out of 2 which brought out the caution. By now, his sheet metal was so bent up he had no visibility outside his driver-side window. That's gotta be rough! On the restart, Randy Frailey made a big move on the outside to take third. He took 2nd from Griggs a couple laps later in the same spot. Then he started to reel in Skaggs who had made his way into the lead. Skaggs was took quick forever and Randy had to settle for 2nd. Barbee took third followed by Griggs.

Pure stock Feature - On the first lap, things got a little crazy as the faster cars tried to work their way forwards from the rear. On the 2nd or 3rd lap, Russell Mclain was still fighting his car after last Saturday's wreck. He went off the end in turn 3 about the same time there was a 2 car pileup in turns 1 and 2. On the restart, Hancock was out front followed by the 32. When they went green, Hancock took off and Vernon Vale moved into 3rd. Lee began picking his way throughout he field passing one car after another. After a few laps, Hancock was way out front. Lee moved into 4th with Lesa Vaughan not far behind. By this point, Hancock had a straight-a-way lead over the #32. Lee took 3rd from Vail and 2nd from the #32. He set his sites on Hancock, but had a long ways to go. Meanwhile, Vaughan was working on Vail for 3rd. Several laps later, Hancock began working his way through lap-traffic, but a caution came out as Vernon got spun in 4. The bad news for Hancock was that his huge lead was erased and he had one very fast car with Lee Mclain behind the wheel on his rear. On the restart, Dale took a while to get up to speed as Lee and Vaughan went around either side of him. Vaughan moved to the lead with Lee close behind. Vaughan took the win followed by Lee and Hancock.

Factory Feature - Badley started on the pole. On the start, The 11 car got into the #99 hard in turn 1... it looked like the 11 lost his breaks. After the restart, they ran a couple of laps until a caution came out for some reason unknown to me. On the restart, Garman got spun in 4 but they stayed green. BJ Frohnapfel was out front followed by Sweet and Badley. They stayed green for a lot of laps with BJ still the leader. On another caution restart, the 25 battled BJ for the lead on the high side, but BJ held him off for several laps. Finally, The 25 took the lead on the front straight. Meanwhile, Salina Highbank hero Jerry Wagner, battled his way up from the back... he sat in 5th looking underneath Billy Frohnapfel for 4th. I cannot stress this enough how heroic the effort of Jerry Wagner was to move all the way from the rear up to 4th. Unfortunately, his steering wheel popped loose.. and he came to a stop. At the same time, Smith pulled to the infield with a problem. The #25 took the win followed by BJ Frohnapfel, and Sweet. But we should all remember the great feats of local hero Jerry Wagner! What a man!

Oh, I also took a picture of Jerry on his way to the track. I love the new paint scheme on the back Jerry! Very, very nice!



E-Mod Feature - Dilbeck and Allen Steddum were on the front row. On the start, Montgomery got spun on the back straight bringing out a caution. On the restart, Northrup moved into 2nd and tried to reel in the 11 car (not cagle). Allen Steddum got into the back of Northrup in turn 4 spinning him around and the caution flew. On the restart, Ross was in 3rd with Conley in 4th. Ross worked his way around the low side into the lead with the 11 challenging on the outside. The caution flew when a few cars got into it in turn 1. Mike Northrup was one that got sideways and a car got into him when it couldn't slow down. On the restart, Ross held onto the lead while the 11 and 98 battled for 2nd. Ross searched the track for a fast line... going high and low and everywhere in between. Another caution came out as contact was made in turn 2 sending several cars spinning. On the restart, Ross got out to another good lead as Conley got by the 11 for 2nd. Ross opened up a commanding lead with Conley maintaining 2nd. After another caution, Ross took off again with the 11 and 2 behind him. Ross took his 14th victory followed by the 11 and 2.


My laptop battery crapped out before the start of the Modified feature, so I'm going by memory.

Modified Feature: Randy Frailey started in 6th. Greg Skaggs started in 8th or so with Jeran somewhere in there too. Brandon Morton was starting towards the rear, but it was clear early on that he was fast. Randy moved his way into the lead without too much delay and opened up a big lead fast. Meanwhile, Skaggs moved up into 3rd or 4th, but got spun out sending him back or out of the race (sorry bad memory). Morton was workin the low side tonight and he worked his way into 3rd with about 5 laps to go. Finally, he slipped into second but couldn't reel in Randy who had an eighth of a mile lead. Morton took 2nd with Randy taking the victory. Barbee and Cates took 3rd and 4th. I also heard that all 4 cars barely passed tech inspection... the tech inspector was particularly detailed in his analysis of the cars tonight... or was he?

Race Pictures

Good News / Bad News.

Bad News First: All of my night pictures are crap. Apparently I had the wrong setting on the camera. Sorry guys, I'm no photographer!

Good News: I got some awesome pictures during the day (about 80). I'll post them periodically.

Here's the #12 modified winner from last week: Jason Hughes

September 29th Race Discussion

Before I continue, I took a lot of good pics yesterday at the track. I'll be posting them bit by bit over the next few weeks.

I spent my time taking pics last night, so I didn't take notes. I'm going by memory here!

Pure Stock Heats - Dale Hancock fought to hold off Lesa Vaughan... on the last lap Lesa tried to dive down low but Dale shut the door and took the win.

Pure Stock Feature - Team F4 Phantom (Lee, Russell, Ricky Allen, and Jessie Muhlhauser) finished 2nd through 5th. Russell was the fastest driver on the track, but was unable to get past Lesa Vaughan who was taking advantage of the fast lane up top. Nice racing!

Factory Feature - I believe it was Darrell Sweet who took the victory here. He ran up front most of the feature. He consistently knocked down fast laps. If he made one mistake, he'd have been passed. Several guys were right behind him, but again... there was only 1 fast groove last night and he never faultered. Nice race!

E-Mod Heats - The first E-Mod heat was crazy enough. There were several intentional spin-outs... and plenty of accidental ones. It was fun to watch! It was very unfortunate in the second heat though... Randy Frailey driving Copple's #66 was on the high side coming out of two when the car underneath him got loose sending Frailey up into the wall on the back straight. It was a HARD hit! It shoved the engine compartment all the way to the right side of the car. When he came off the wall, Mike Collins had no place to go and smacked into the #66 hard. It ended both cars for the night, and probably the season.

To all drivers: If somebody is on your high side coming out of turn 1 or 2, you MUST give them racing room... Some of the worst injuries happen when guys get pushed up into the wall coming out of a turn.

E-Mod Feature - Montgomery made his way up front pretty quickly. Ross, meanwhile, had to battle his way through traffic. He did a great job and made his way up to second, but ran out of laps to reel in Montgomery. Congratulations to Montgomery on another victory and Ross on 2nd.

Modified Heats - Randy Frailey came out on a mission in his heat... it's good to see he's back up to speed. I heard through the grapevine that his car has been suffering from a strange fuel delivery problem over the last month or so.. but it was clearly fixed last night. Jason Hughes looked extremely fast as well, but was stuck back in traffic most of the heat.

Modified Feature - Three guys took off from the rest of the field. #52 Long or Kiefer (I'm not sure which), Jason Hughes, and Randy Frailey. Hughes did the better job of squeezing through traffic as he lead after only a few laps. Randy escaped next, followed by #52. #52 put a mean slide job on Frailey in turns 1 and 2 to take over second. I think he was on a softer compound though... he started fading towards the end. However, the track had only one fast groove and that was up top. #52 stuck to his line and despite many fun-to-watch attempts, Frailey was unable to get by underneath. Meanwhile, Hughes ran consistently fast laps up front to take the victory. Hughes isn't afraid to punish his engine - he's consistently running higher RPMs than any other racer out there. Great stuff!

Video

In the near future, I will post some video from last Friday's races.

I'm currently balacing work, school, and buying a car.

Back to work!

Statistics

I've decided not to post anymore statistics for the remainder of this decision.

While they may look pretty, and seem informative... My database is completely lacking approximately 4 or 5 races... and 3 or 4 more are only partially added... due mainly in part to my inability to obtain a complete result listing from the track.

I will see about a way to guarantee a stream of race results for good stats next season.

September 22nd Race Discussion

Pure Stock Heat 1 - Hancock started on the pole with Lesa Vaughan on the outside.... They went 3 wide into turn 1. Randi Goins got spun in turn 2 but she kept it under speed. Lesa Vaughan got out to a sizeable lead on the first lap with Ricky Allen and Dale Hancock 10 car lengths behind. Meanwhile, Randi Goins ran some pretty fast laps off by herself after her spin-out recovery. On Lap 5, Ricky moved into 4th and battled his way past Hancock for 3rd. On the last lap Lee looked to the inside of Ricky Allen, but Allen had the momentum coming off the high side of turn and held on to the second spot. They finished: Vaughan, Allen, Mclain, Hancock.

Pure Stock Heat 2 - Jimmy Kirby and JD Jackson got together in turns 1 and 2 on the first lap which resulted in Kirby limping down the back straight. Before the yellow was thrown, the 7B got into the back of JD... but they avoided the wreck. (Video speaks volumes on this little sequence of events ...) On the restart, JD Jackson and the 7B made a little contact, but they stayed going forwards. Meanwhile, Russell Mclain worked his way through the field passing about a car every lap. On the 5th lap, he battled Emily Jackson for the lead and took it coming into turn 3. Russell took the win followed by Emily Jackson and Tulley Braden.

Factory Heat 1 - They were lined up: Gillian, Billy F, Badley, BJ F, Garman, Sugarbear, #56 (not Wagner), Morgan, and 1 other car. It looked like Gillian had trouble getting up to speed. That allowed Billy Frohnapfel to open up a big lead. Garman got spun in turn 3 on the first lap and the caution was thrown. On the restart, The flagman didn't like what he saw... though the fans sitting around me did. Either way, they had another restart. They got strung out after a lap... not much action. The black 56 had a hell of a time battling Sugarbear... he even smacked the wall pretty hard on the back straight. He didn't retaliate though and took third. Sugarbear took the 2nd spot and Billy took the commanding victory.

Factory Heat 2 - Morgan started on the pole followed by Campbell, Jerry Wagner, and Tommy Cantwell. Tommy Cantwell was on a mission as he got around Morgan for 3rd and tried to reel in Wagner in the lead. Meanwhile, the #92 made a double pass to take 4th and started working on Morgan for 3rd. He got around him after a couple laps and took a solid 3rd with Cantwell in 2nd and Wagner in 1st.

EMod Heat 1 - Womack started on the pole with Dilbeck on his outside. Ross started in the 4th spot. Womack took a 5 car-length lead by the 2nd lap. Womack developed a mechanical issue and dropped off the pace. Dilbeck took the lead as the #97 worked his inside. Dilbeck took the win followed closely by the #97.

EMod Heat 2 - Conley was in the #18 E-Mod giving it a test drive. With Wagner on the pole, they went green. The orange #8 took a sizeable lead followed by Northrup. They were pretty strung out most of the heat as the #8 took the win followed by Northrup.


EMod Heat 3 - Rodney Steddum started in the 3rd spot. After the first caution due to a slowed driver not getting off the track, they went green. The 17 got out front and stayed there to the finish. Steddum took 5th.

Modified Heat 1 - On the last turn of the last lap, one of the #91 black car got turned around. Meanwhile, the #91c Mike Mac was out front fending off one of the #4's and Brandon Morton in the #11. On the restart, Morton got a great jump and took the high side in turns 1 and 2, but Mac shut the door. They went 3 wide into turns 3 and 4, and the #1X moved into the lead. Morton worked his inside, and took the lead on the next lap. Meanwhile, Mac was looking strong in second looking to take 2nd back. A few laps later, Mac got turned around in 4, but they stayed green. By this time, Morton had a huge lead. Morton took the win.

Modified Heat 2 - Corky was on the pole with Crowe on his outside. On the start, Crowe got out to an early lead followed by Barbee and Wheeler. Barbee came up on his inside and took the position away as Crowe got a little high in 3. Wheeler squeezed by Crowe a lap or two later and started reeling in Barbee. Barbee broke down in turn 1 and came to a stop in turn 2. Crowe got high in 2 and got tapped one of the big tires as he went off the end.

Modified Heat 3 - Randy Frailey started on the outside of the front row with Jeran Frailey right behind him. Tate Cole started back in the 5th spot. Randy Frailey came out smoking and opened up a sizeable lead. Jeran quickly moved into 3rd. There was a small wreck involving Tate Cole, the 17, and one other driver. After a rain delay, Randy took the win followed by Jeran.

Modified Heat 4 - Allen Frailey was out front after a few laps. A caution came out when a car spun in turn 3. Right after the caution, Cates got high-centered in turn 4... the jeep Cherokee pushed him over though. He headed to the pits. On the restart, Allen Frailey got stranded on the high side as a car with illegible numbers and Greg Skaggs got underneath. (The number maybe have been 88, but it wasn't Wheeler). Skaggs tried to take the lead coming out of 4, but the 88? took 1st.


E-Mod Feature - Northrup started on the outside of the front row with the Orange #8 starting third. Ross started in 10th with Womack starting approximately 15th. They got the first lap in cleanly, though Womack pulled to the infield. Early on, Ross was stranded in traffic, but he starting making moves and moved up through the field. The #7 spun coming out of 2 and almost collided with Womack sitting on the infield... that brought out a caution. When they went green, The Orange #8 took the lead followed by the white #97. The 7 got hooked up on the back left corner of Dilbeck's machine and they went around in turn 1. Ross got jacked by the black #17 car as he had to slam his breaks resulting in several lost positions. And there was little surprise as that same car was involved in another wreck in turn 4 resulting in several cars getting together - including Ross who was knocked around. There was another black seventeen... I'll refer to him as the 'fast 17'... he's not the one wrecking cars back in the field. The #8 took the win by about 6 inches.

Modified B Feature - Allen Frailey took the win followed by #17 and Tate Cole.

Pure Stock Feature - Lesa Vaughan started up front along side Dale Hancock. Jessie Muhlhauser was on the 2nd row with the Mclains starting back in the 5th row. By the 2nd lap, Lesa Vaughan had around a straightaway lead followed by Vernon in 2nd, Muhlhauser in 3rd, and Hancock in 4th. Lee was stuck in traffic in 10th for a while, but quickly started moving his way forward once things thinned out. At lap 5, Vaughan was still out front and Ricky Allen battled Dale Hancock for 4th. Meanwhile, Jessie M. battled Vernon for 2nd. Jessie was showing great patience as Vernon was taking up the whole track. While I was watching the battle for 2nd, Lee had moved up into 4th. Jessie finally got his nose out front of Vernon which allowed him to take & hold the high line. Limited to the inside lane, Vernon fell back into 3rd... where he fond himself battling Lee Mclain. While all this way happening, Lesa was out front with an 1/8th mile lead. Lee got around Jessie and started working his way through Lap Traffic that Lesa had already made her way around. Lesa took the win followed by Lee & Muhlhauser.

Factory Feature - Gillian was on the pole with Billy Frohnapfel on his outside. The 82, who I'm going to code name 'psycho' went underneath in turn one and moved up a couple spots. He did a similar move on lap 3... it seems to be working for him. He goes so low that he actually has to turn right to miss the tire! Jerry Wagner ended up taking the win followed by the #82, Tommy Cantwell, and Billy Frohnapfel.

Modified Feature - Randy Frailey started up on the front row along side the 1x. Behind them were: Orange 54, 1/2, Jeran, Skaggs, Morton, and Wheeler. They didn't make it a lap as several cars got sides in turns 1 and 2. #71 and Tate Cole were involved. Frailey quickly moved into the lead followed by the 1x, Skaggs, and Morton. At about lap 8, Skaggs and Morton battled for 3rd directly behind the 1x. Frailey had a sizeable lead, but it was negated when a caution flew. On the restart, 1x had his hands full with Morton on his outside. Morton took 2nd and battled Randy Frailey for 1st. It was an awesome battle. Morton finally took randy's inside, but randy held his line as Brandon slid back to 2nd. They battled for quite a few laps with Randy maintaining 1st. The battle for 4th raged on between Skaggs and Wheeler. The 1x just kinda sat in third. Skaggs fell back to 5th, but put a great high to low move on Wheeler in turn 2. Wheeler took the spot back in turn 4. Wheeler, having moved back to 5th... put the exact same high-low move back on Skaggs as he retook 4th. On the last lap, Wheeler got around the 1x. Randy Frailey took a 10 car length victory followed by Morton, Wheeler, 1x, Skaggs, and Jeran Frailey.

September 22nd Race Discussion

Though we probably had more caution laps than green flag laps, there was some pretty good racing.

Local Winners were: Vaughan, Wagner, Randy Frailey

I'll post a big article tomorrow.

Took some good video too!

September 15th Race Discussion

What can I say about tonight? It was crazy!

Pure Stock Heat 1 - Lesa Vaughan took the win followed by Lee Mclain.

Pure Stock heat 2 - Russell started in back, but moved up to third quickly. He nearly bit the dust in turn 2 when his hands slipped on the wheel, but he stayed on the gas and held onto it and kept going. On the next lap, he made a double pass to get around Goins & Vail. Russell took the win, Vail took 2nd, Goins took 3rd.

Factory Stock Heat 1 - Wagner started up front. Wagner, Cantwell, and Smith were running 1,2,3 at the first caution just a few laps in. Cantwell made his way around Wagner after the caution and took the win. Wagner took second and Smith took third. Cantwell ran the two fastest laps at 18.3 seconds.

Lap Times:
Cantwell 19.869 18.306 18.687 19.238 18.547 18.386
Steve 20.329 19.268 18.857 19.338 18.747 18.887
Wagner 19.388 18.657 18.707 19.418 18.747 18.426


Factory Heat 2 - Conley was in the #89 in place of Badley tonight. Conley's modified is in some state of repair after last week's racing. He adapted quick to the factory stock - he took the victory followed by Morgan in the 90.

LapTimes:
Scroggins 19.168 19.017 19.077 18.917 18.907 19.138
Conley 19.388 18.687 18.487 18.737 18.807 18.326

E-Mod Heat 1 - 1 False Start. Collins started in 3rd. Rodney got out to a sizeable lead on the first lap as Collins moved into second. Collins caught up to within a few car lengths of Rodney by the third lap, but was unable to reel him all the way in. Rodney took the win followed by Collins. Collins ran the fastest lap at 17.455 seconds.

Now, regarding the E-Mods... I'm just going to apologize to whoever is driving the Yellow #2 car. I don't see who it is on the points listing, so I'm just going to refer to the in this update as "The Yellow #2"... no disrespect meant to the Yellow #2 team.

LapTimes:
Collins 18.667 17.776 17.465 17.455 17.826 17.675
Rodney 18.066 17.535 17.695 17.555 17.776 17.645
Blake 19.368 19.017 18.166 18.597 18.426 18.416

E-Mot Heat 2 - The Yellow #2 started up front along side Allen Steddum. On the first lap, Cagle made his way from 4th or 5th in to third behind Steddum. Ross got shuffled from 3rd back to 5th. Soon after, Cagle made his way into second, but the #2 was too fast for him. The #2 took the win followed by Cagle. Ross finished in 4th. The fastest car on the track was the #2, but I didn't have him on the program obtaining lap times. The fastest lap among Cagle, Ross, and Steddum was 17.9 by both Ross and Cagle.

LapTimes:
Allen Steddum 18.727 18.777 18.567 18.256 18.587 18.547
Jeremy Ross 19.718 17.966 18.607 18.416 17.946 18.006
Larry Cagle 18.917 17.966 17.886 18.326 18.336 18.036

E-Mod heat 3 - Northrup started on the front row along side Dilbeck.

LapTimes:
Northrup 18.547 17.776 18.406 17.826 17.926 17.856
Dilbeck 18.136 19.839 19.368 18.657 18.737 18.316

Mod Heat 1 - Donnie Crowe made his way around #91 Mike Mac to move into the top spot. After three laps of racing, there was a bit of a pile-up in turns 3/4. After they went green, there was another spin over in 4. Turns 3 and 4 have been giving drivers trouble for a few weeks. On the restart, Crowe was still out front followed by Joey Vaughn and Mark Schaffitzel. Crowe got into turn 3 a little hot and was unable to bring it down as he had to bail out on the top side of the tires in turn 4. Joey Vaughn restarted in the lead. He and Schaffitzel battled for the win with Vaughn coming out victorious.

LapTimes:
Mac 17.996 17.916 18.547
Conley 18.296 18.386 17.075 17.776
Teague 20.099 17.655 17.916

Mod Heat 2 - Brandon Morton Took the win followed by Randy Frailey.

LapTimes:
Randy Frailey 17.575 17.535 18.236
Allen Frailey 18.116 19.067 18.256
Brandon Morton 17.405 17.185 17.675

Modified Heat 3 - Paul Cates started on the front row in a new car. His previous ride was wrecked in the mechanics race last week. Jeran Frailey started in the 2nd row. Wheeler & Cole started from the rear. After a few laps, Jeran made his way into second with Cole right behind. Cates and Jeran battled for the lead the rest of the race with Cates inching him out at the line to take the victory. Cole took 2nd.

LapTimes:
Paul Cates 18.657 17.525 17.926 18.737 17.986 18.497 17.936 18.537
Jeran Frailey 18.707 17.896 18.196 18.457 18.136 18.036 17.936 18.567
Chad Wheeler 19.568 18.787 18.447 18.607 17.986 16.223

Pure Stock Feature - Lesa Vaughan started on the pole. On the start, they were three wide at the line. Russell Mclain quickly got shuffled to the back of the pack when Vernon Vail got a little high in turns 1 and 2. Meanwhile, Lee Mclain worked his way through the field. A caution came as a car spun in turn 4. On the restart, Lee was in second with Lesa up front. They got a couple laps in before the next caution. Russell Mclain managed to work his way into 2nd. On the restart, Lesa had to face the two silver bullets right behind her. Lesa opened up a bit of a lead as Russell and Lee ran side by side for several laps. A caution came out after a spin out on the front straight. On the restart, they were running: Vaughan, Lee, Russell, Tulley Braden, Emily Jackson. On the first or second lap after the restart, Randi Goins went over the edge in turns 3/4. Before the caution flew, Lee made his way into second ahead of Russell. On the last turn of the last lap, Lesa got a little loose and that gave Russell the chance to get around her on the top as he never lost momentum. Between 1st and 3rd, Russell, Lesa, and Lee were separated by about 1 car length at the finish line. Finishing order: Russell Mclain, Lesa Vaughan, Lee Mclain. Nice Racing!

Factory Stock Feature: The lineup: Campbell, Shoemaker, Cantwell, Morgan, Wagner, Garman, Smith, Scroggins, Conley... On the 1st try there was a 4 car pileup in turn 1. Cantwell moved into the lead in turn 1 on the first lap. Quickly, Wagner was challenging him for the lead, but got squeezed down low in turn 4 and was shuffled back to 6th or 7th. Scroggins got spun in turn 3 and had to restart from the rear. Wagner developed a flat somewhere in there, but he got it changed before the green. On the restart, Cantwell was out front followed by Morgan, Campbell, and Garman. They went 4-wide into 1 and everybody came out... don't ask me how! Morgan was challenging for the lead but got clipped which sent him loose... He spun causing a pile-up in turn 4. After a never-ending caution, Cantwell was out front followed by Conley in the 89 and Garman in the 51. A few laps later, Scroggins was all the way up to 3rd. Conley battled Cantwell for the lead for many laps, but Cantwell held on. Conley took 2nd and the #92 took third. It looked like Scroggins came in fourth. Nice Racing! Cantwell and Conley both ran a 19.7 for the fastest laps of the feature.

LapTimes:
Cantwell 20.199 19.708 19.939 20.109 19.909 20.009 19.989 19.979 20.019
Conley 20.239 19.899 20.339 19.949 19.748 19.919 20.179 19.668 20.339
Wagner 20.479 21.070 20.319 20.379 20.229 20.229 20.069 20.279 20.409

EMod Feature - A car with a number I couldn't read was up front... It may have been the #23 Hook. The Yellow #2 was in 2nd followed by Dilbeck, Rodney Steddum, Allen Steddum, #35 Pitts, Davin Blake, Larry Cagle, Montgomery, Northrup, Collins, and a few more. Ross was starting way back in 16th or 17th. Allen Steddum got up into the wall hard on the back straight. Ross spun to avoid him, and another car got into both of them. It was a mess and took a long time to clean up, but Ross stayed out on the track. On the restart, The Yellow #2 was out front followed by Rodney Steddum, Hook, Pitts, Cagle, Montgomery, Northrup, and Collins. They didn't quite get a lap in when Pitts got spun in 3/4. Several laps after the restart, Montgomery moved past the Yellow #2 to take over the lead. Rodney Steddum went high in turn 4 and made contact with a tire. On the restart, Montgomery was out front followed by The Yellow #2, and the white #2 Collins. Montgomery took 1st followed by Collins, the #66, and the #45.

Again, I'm just going to have to apologize to whoever is running that white/black car which I think has a 1X on it. I do have one complaint though - your number is hard as hell to read! All in good fun... Also, Whoever was in the plain #4 car which the #4 painted on the back of the car... I have no idea who was driving. There's a good chance it was Barbee with a new set of body armor... but I'm clueless. It's hard to keep up with so many cars & drivers!

LapTimes:
Collins 21.120 19.528 19.438 19.578 19.518 19.148
Ross 22.633 19.738 18.897 20.650 19.117 19.628
Northrup 21.070 20.700 19.748 19.658 19.438 19.859
Collins 18.837 18.967 18.987 18.827 19.087
Ross 19.368 19.007 19.368 18.787 19.037
Northrup 19.558 19.919 20.299

Modified Feature - Row 1: Joey Vaughn, Brandon Morton. Row 2: Paul Cates, Mark Schaffitzel. Row 3: Randy Frailey, Jeran Frailey. Row 4: Donnie Crowe, #1x. Row 5: Tate Cole, ____, Row 6: #4, Chad Wheeler. Around lap 4, Randy Frailey pulled to the pits. A caution came out as a car was at a stop in turn 4. Morton was in the lead running in the low 18's (shredding the rubbery track). He was followed by Schaffitzel, Vaughn, Jeran Frailey, 1x, Cates, Cole, and Allen Frailey. A Yellow was thrown with Morton up front followed by the 1x and Tate Cole in the #89. Morton was throwing down some serious lap times, gaining about 3 tenths of a second per lap over Tate Cole in third. On the restart, Allen Frailey made a move under the 1x for 3rd, but slid a bit high and the 1x moved back by. On the caution, Allen Frailey hopped out of his car to inspect the damage incurred trying to get by the 1x. Apparently something was wrong with it, he had to be pushed to the pits. Their order: Morton, 1x, Cole, Vaughn, 4. After another neverending caution due to a car having to be towed off of pit road, they went green! They finished: Morton, Cole, 1x, Vaughn, 4, Cole, #54, Jeran Frailey. Nice racing!

LapTimes:
Morton 18.236 18.457 18.356 18.086 18.517 18.396 18.637
Cole 18.737 18.336 18.547 18.497 18.557 18.707