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Bill W's Notes for 7/26

Welcome to Weiler Night here at the Knoxville Raceway! It is Border Battle #2 for the 410's and will pay $7,000 to win. They drew 42 competitors tonight. There are many who are doing double duty with the 360's, and 37 cars are in that class for their last tune-up before the 360 Nationals. This is arguably the toughest weekly show of the year here, and the weather looks great, so come on out as tickets still remain.

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Hot laps are scheduled for 6:15 p.m.

Hot laps are up first...

360 Qualifying is up first, two laps on the clock...200 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for quick time, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...

Aidan Zoutte is a scratch for the night...

Brian Brown (8th car out to time) is your quick timer at 16.073 seconds, ahead of Clint Garner, Justin Peck, JJ Hickle and Tasker Phillips....

410 Qualifying is next, two laps on the clock...200 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for quick time, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...

The cars are split into two groups, with the first making up heats one and two, and the second comprising heats three and four...

Group 1

Swindell has issues and does not get a time in...he'll get one lap, if he can get it in at the end of this group...he will not get a lap in...

Rico Abreu (1st car out) is quick time in the first group at 15.420 seconds. Ryan Timms is second quick, followed by Kerry Madsen, Carson McCarl and James McFadden...

Group 2

Austin McCarl (3rd car out) is quickest in the second group at 15.530 seconds, followed by Brian Brown, Sye Lynch, Justin Peck and Jamie Ball...

Four 360 Heats are up Next...7 laps, 100 points towards tonight's feature lineup for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on...

Heat one

Brian Brown is a scratch for the night in the 360...Brown and Aidan Zoutte will not start heat one...Ball leads Zimmerman, Tasker, Leavitt and Bryson early...Vande Voort trying to reel in Bryson for 5th...Ball will win this one...Tasker to 2nd, Leavitt to 3rd...

Heat two

Groenendyk leads early over Cam Martin, Davis, Garner and Giles....now Garner gets a run and gets by Davis into 3rd...Giles follows in 4th and is all lover Garner now on the cushion...Davis slowing and pulls off...T Smith is 5th...Giles now by Garner for 3rd with three to go...Garner battling back on the low side....Groenendyk wins it....

Heat three

Copeland edges Selvage at the line early ahead of McCarl, Randall and Peck....Selvage leads lap 2...Randall is under McCarl for 3rd now...Selvage will win it...

Heat four

Higday leasd Goodno, Rost, Hickle and McFadden...yellow 1 lap in for Alexander who stopped in turn two...Higday leads Goodno, Rost, Hickle, McFadden, Danley, Alexander, Moffitt and Richards..Higday wins this one...

Zero is the invert for the 360 feature...

Four 410 Heats are next, 8 laps, 100 points towards tonight's feature lineup for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on...

Sammy Swindell and Chase Randall are scratches for the night in the 410s...

Heat one

J Anderson leads early over Crawley, McFadden, K Madsen and Abreu....J Anderson will win it...McFaden takes 2nd on the last lap...

Heat two

TMAC leads PPM, Timms, Martin and C McCarl...PPM takes the lead on lap 2....TMAC with a slider retakes the point...here comes Timms....he and PPM are trading 2nd...Timms has it with 3 to go...C McCarl takes 4th from Martin...TMAC will hold them off...

Heat three

Pulkrabek leads Bayston, A McCarl, Hagar and Ball...now Lynch is by Ball and into 5th...Mincer is off...Bayston all over Pulkrabek for the lead with two to go...Ball back by Lynch for 5th...Bayston to the lead on the white flag and he will win it...A McCarl to 2nd...

Heat four

Brown is penalized a row for jumping...Holmes leads early over Garner, Bubak, Goodno and Peck, Brown up to 5th now as he gets by Peck...Brown slides by Goodno for 4th...Garner reeling in the leader....Garner leads with 3 to go...Garner will win it...

410 feature invert is 6...

Candy Dash is up with a skillion kids participating on the track!

360 B is up next, 10 laps, top four to the feature...

Alexander will not start....Davis comes to a stop on the frontstretch and will start at the tail...Mueller leads Leavitt, Danley, Ben Brown adn Lee...Davis exits..Vande Voort by Lee for 5th...Brown by Danley for 3rd...Vande Voort performsa slider on Danley in a battle for the last transfer...back and forth they go! Leavitt working on Mueeller for the lead...Mueller, Leavitt, Brown adn Vande Voort move on...

410 B is next, 12 laps, top four to the feature...

Bogucki will not start...Tasker Phillips pulls in before we start...Martin leads Goodno, K Johnson, Jeffrey and Hagar...1 down, big wreck in turn one...Myers Jr., Sawyer Phillips, Werkmeister, Hickle and I Madsen involved...Sawyer, Hickle, Werkmeister and Hickle have walked away...I Madsen is helped on his feet and to the ambulance...Martin leads Goodno, K Johnson, Jeffrey, hagar...RJ Jonson exits...Drueke up to 5th....now Drueke cruises under Jeffrey into 4th...Hughes is off...Hagar up to 5th...K Johnson is challenging Goodno for 2nd...Martin, Goodno, K Johnson and Drueke move on...

360 A main is up next, 18 laps, $2,000 to win...

Tasker leads Hickle, Garner, Randall and Giles...Peck by Giles for 5th, Garner back into 2nd...lap 3, Hickle back by Garner for 2nd...Peck by Randall for 4th...McFadden takes 5th from Randall on lap 5...McFadden by Peck on the low side for 4th on lap 7...Tasker in lapped traffic...caution for Copeland with 8 to go...Rasker leads Hickle, Garner, McFadden, ..Garner to 2nd on the restart...Ball backs into the turn one wall with 5 to go...caution...Tasker leads Garner, Hickle, Peck, McFadden, Giles, Randall, Cam Martin, Selvage, Groenendyk, Ball, Goodno, Higday, Leavitt, TMAC, Rost, Vande Voort, Brown, Bryson, Mueller, Potter, Zmmerman...four cars in an incident on the restart, Muller gets upside down, Byson, Zimmeran an dPotter also involved...drivers are ok...5 to go, Tasker leads Garner, Hickle, Peck, McFadden, Giles, Randall, Cam martin, Selvage, Groenendyk, Goodno, Higday, Leavitt, TMAC, Rost, Vande Voort, Brown...Peck takes 3rd from Hickle with two to go...Tasker pulls away to win it and clinch a 360 championship!

410 A main winds things up, 20 laps, $7,000 to win...

Abreu leads lap one over Brown, Bayston, McFadden and Timms...McFadden by Bayston for 2nd, A McCarl to 5th...Brown shoots by Abreu to lead lap 4...Brown bobbles on lap 5, Abreu bakc to the lead...15 to go, caution for PPM who slows on the backstretch...Abreu leads Brown, McFadden, Bayston and A McCarl...A McCarl to 4th...Timms by Bayston for 5th on lap 7...Timms on the low side by A McCarl for 4th on lap 8...Abreu in traffic on lap 12...Timms slides by McFadden for 3rd at the white flag lap...Abreu wins it!

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