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5:45 - sprints are now going thru their tech and being pushed around the track to go back to the upper pits. Hot laps and qualifying will start in about 15 minutes.
6:10 - first two heats of mods have now qualified except our speaker is not working. Kent Corbin and Larry
Burkins were in the second group but don't know if they made it or not or whether they have to race the B-Mains. Wayne Hammond is in the third group on the track now. Hammond has second fastest time in his heat. Heat 4 is now on the track with Rob Underwood in that heat along with Kyle Bronson. Bronson has slowed now and taken his ride off the track and into the pits. Both Ty and Austin Dillon are in this heat also and both are looking good. Underwood and Bronson were not in the top 3. The driver of the #91 Sprint normally driven by Cody Darrah has been in a car crash on the way to the track and has broken his leg. Brad Sweet will replace him tonight in the #91 Sprint . A number of mods seem to be missing especially the ones belonging to NASCAR drivers Kenny Wallace, Kenny Schrader, Clint Bowyer, and the #00 of the Reutimanns. Also quite a few of the UNOH Mod drivers are not here so they must be at Daytona tonight.
6:20 - Sprints are now taking the track for their qualifying. Steve Kinser has set fast time in group 1, group 2 is coming around now. 6:20 - Sprints are now taking the track for their hot laps. Steve Kinser has set fast time in group 1, group 2 is coming around now. Cale Conley is fastest in group 2 and so far fastest over all both group 1 and 2. Group 3 is now on the track. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. is fastest in group 3. Group 4 is coming up next. Conley has overall fast time tonight out of the 4 groups with a 13.898. Qualifying next for the sprints. Track record, set in 2007, for the sprints is a flyin 12.948 - can they break it tonight????
The answer is no, he couldn't. Jason Sides in the #7S has set fast time for the Sprints.
6:30 - prayer and national anthem are done. Mods are up next for their heat races for Gator qualifying for next week's races. Here goes heat 1 - 10 cars, 8 laps top five go to A-Main, rest will have to race in B-Main to get in. Heat #1 - 44, 28, 41, 89, and 25. Heat 2 up now - it is the 4, 36, 75, 54 Larry Burkins, and `18 McWilliams. Kent Corbin finished 8th in the heat. Heat 3 - 13, 26, 11, 48 Wayne Hammond, and 61. So far Burkins and Hammond are in the A-Main.
Last heat is now up. Rob Underwood has walked the turns 1 and 2 wall and now is slowing on the track and going in. Rob evidentally still has that monkey on his shoulder. 3, 9M, 53, 3K, and 40 Kyle Bronson in heat 4. Now 3 Florida drivers are set to be in the A-Main.
7:55 sprints up now for their heat races. 8 laps, top 5 go into A-Main. Kraig Kinser has won heat 1 - 11, 7, 24, 7 and 22. Heat 2 up now. Joey Saldana has won heat 2 followed by 83, B19, 3, 30C. Heat 3 is up now. Fred Rahmer has won heat 3 followed by 14, 15, 7 and 1. Heat 4 is up next. Sam Hafertepe, Jr has won followed by Kinser #11, 83, 6, and 5w.
B-Main for Mods has just run. Top 2 will go into A-Main. Winning was the 24, 91, 7, 12, and 07. Kent Corbin finished 8th and did not make it tonight into the A-Main. Sprints are now on the track for their dash race. Tim Shaffer has won followed by 14, 15, 11, and 7.
8:50 pm - Sprints are on the track now for their B-Main. 4 should transfer to the A-Main. Dale Blaney has won the B-Main followed by Brad Sweet sitting in for Cody Darrah in the 91. 39, 22 and 13 finished out the top 10.
9:30 final B-Main Mod race is now on the track. Race is green. Rob Underwood has started in the rear. Is the monkey gone? Can he make the a-main??? The answer is no, he did not make it. The 77 won, 1, 2, 7, and 21.
9:35 - Sprints are coming up for their A-Main now. Donny Schatz has won the A-Main followed by Joey Saldana, Steve Kinser, Jason Meyers, and Tim Shaffer.
10:07 - Last feature of the night is now on the track with the DIRTcar Mods. Caution is out before lap 1 is even down in the books from Florida's Wayne Hammond who has spun in turn 2. Hammond tried to refire but the tow truck has now be sent out for him. Complete restart with 21 cars now left in the file. Now only one Florida modified is left in the field and that being Kyle Bronson #40. Kyle is running 21st at the moment with the #4 car in the lead. It is 4, 44, 13, 3, and 28.
Lap 4 and the 44 is all over the back end of the 4. Somehow 4 holds on and keeps 44 second. Bronson continues to run 21st and seems to have a handling problem with his car sliding back in the corners. Sorry, forgot about Larry Burkins in the #54. He is running 18th. Caution is out on lap 8 and 40 has gone into the pits for his crew to look at his car.
Bronson is waiting to re-enter the track for the restart on lap 8. Bronson seems to be faster now and has worked his way to 17th with Burkins still in 18th. Dave Hess, Jr. leads the way. It is 44, 4, 3, 13, and 11. Two laps to go.
Dave Hess, Jr. has won the 20 lap DIRTcar Modified feature. Tomorrow night racing returns at 7:30 for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and the DIRTcar UMP Open Wheel Modifieds. See ya then.
6:10 - first two heats of mods have now qualified except our speaker is not working. Kent Corbin and Larry
Burkins were in the second group but don't know if they made it or not or whether they have to race the B-Mains. Wayne Hammond is in the third group on the track now. Hammond has second fastest time in his heat. Heat 4 is now on the track with Rob Underwood in that heat along with Kyle Bronson. Bronson has slowed now and taken his ride off the track and into the pits. Both Ty and Austin Dillon are in this heat also and both are looking good. Underwood and Bronson were not in the top 3. The driver of the #91 Sprint normally driven by Cody Darrah has been in a car crash on the way to the track and has broken his leg. Brad Sweet will replace him tonight in the #91 Sprint . A number of mods seem to be missing especially the ones belonging to NASCAR drivers Kenny Wallace, Kenny Schrader, Clint Bowyer, and the #00 of the Reutimanns. Also quite a few of the UNOH Mod drivers are not here so they must be at Daytona tonight.
6:20 - Sprints are now taking the track for their qualifying. Steve Kinser has set fast time in group 1, group 2 is coming around now. 6:20 - Sprints are now taking the track for their hot laps. Steve Kinser has set fast time in group 1, group 2 is coming around now. Cale Conley is fastest in group 2 and so far fastest over all both group 1 and 2. Group 3 is now on the track. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. is fastest in group 3. Group 4 is coming up next. Conley has overall fast time tonight out of the 4 groups with a 13.898. Qualifying next for the sprints. Track record, set in 2007, for the sprints is a flyin 12.948 - can they break it tonight????
The answer is no, he couldn't. Jason Sides in the #7S has set fast time for the Sprints.
6:30 - prayer and national anthem are done. Mods are up next for their heat races for Gator qualifying for next week's races. Here goes heat 1 - 10 cars, 8 laps top five go to A-Main, rest will have to race in B-Main to get in. Heat #1 - 44, 28, 41, 89, and 25. Heat 2 up now - it is the 4, 36, 75, 54 Larry Burkins, and `18 McWilliams. Kent Corbin finished 8th in the heat. Heat 3 - 13, 26, 11, 48 Wayne Hammond, and 61. So far Burkins and Hammond are in the A-Main.
Last heat is now up. Rob Underwood has walked the turns 1 and 2 wall and now is slowing on the track and going in. Rob evidentally still has that monkey on his shoulder. 3, 9M, 53, 3K, and 40 Kyle Bronson in heat 4. Now 3 Florida drivers are set to be in the A-Main.
7:55 sprints up now for their heat races. 8 laps, top 5 go into A-Main. Kraig Kinser has won heat 1 - 11, 7, 24, 7 and 22. Heat 2 up now. Joey Saldana has won heat 2 followed by 83, B19, 3, 30C. Heat 3 is up now. Fred Rahmer has won heat 3 followed by 14, 15, 7 and 1. Heat 4 is up next. Sam Hafertepe, Jr has won followed by Kinser #11, 83, 6, and 5w.
B-Main for Mods has just run. Top 2 will go into A-Main. Winning was the 24, 91, 7, 12, and 07. Kent Corbin finished 8th and did not make it tonight into the A-Main. Sprints are now on the track for their dash race. Tim Shaffer has won followed by 14, 15, 11, and 7.
8:50 pm - Sprints are on the track now for their B-Main. 4 should transfer to the A-Main. Dale Blaney has won the B-Main followed by Brad Sweet sitting in for Cody Darrah in the 91. 39, 22 and 13 finished out the top 10.
9:30 final B-Main Mod race is now on the track. Race is green. Rob Underwood has started in the rear. Is the monkey gone? Can he make the a-main??? The answer is no, he did not make it. The 77 won, 1, 2, 7, and 21.
9:35 - Sprints are coming up for their A-Main now. Donny Schatz has won the A-Main followed by Joey Saldana, Steve Kinser, Jason Meyers, and Tim Shaffer.
10:07 - Last feature of the night is now on the track with the DIRTcar Mods. Caution is out before lap 1 is even down in the books from Florida's Wayne Hammond who has spun in turn 2. Hammond tried to refire but the tow truck has now be sent out for him. Complete restart with 21 cars now left in the file. Now only one Florida modified is left in the field and that being Kyle Bronson #40. Kyle is running 21st at the moment with the #4 car in the lead. It is 4, 44, 13, 3, and 28.
Lap 4 and the 44 is all over the back end of the 4. Somehow 4 holds on and keeps 44 second. Bronson continues to run 21st and seems to have a handling problem with his car sliding back in the corners. Sorry, forgot about Larry Burkins in the #54. He is running 18th. Caution is out on lap 8 and 40 has gone into the pits for his crew to look at his car.
Bronson is waiting to re-enter the track for the restart on lap 8. Bronson seems to be faster now and has worked his way to 17th with Burkins still in 18th. Dave Hess, Jr. leads the way. It is 44, 4, 3, 13, and 11. Two laps to go.
Dave Hess, Jr. has won the 20 lap DIRTcar Modified feature. Tomorrow night racing returns at 7:30 for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and the DIRTcar UMP Open Wheel Modifieds. See ya then.