We will have updates as best we can on the Robert Ballou Motorsports facebook page - I will try to copy and paste here
31 cars signed in - heat race line ups posted
Format will follow the ASCS TNT format with heat races then qualifying races
7:06 PM CST - they are just getting ready to hot lap
7:35 PM CST - Wow, race track is very dry, wind blowing into stands. Crowd is restless and hollering after first set of hot laps for the water truck. (courtesy of Knoxville raceway twitter which is commenting on Osky)
7:49 PM Hot laps complete. Water truck is coming thankfully. - knoxville raceway twitter
8:07 PM - still track prepping......
8:10 PM CST - first heat pushing
9:02 PM CST - 2nd set of heats pushing now
Heat 1
40 Justin Grant 1 Mitch Wismiller
21 Hud Cone 71p Mike Spencer
4 Tracy Hines 7 Bryan Clauson
1x Don Droud Jr 14 Coleman Gulick
Finish: dust coming up on pace laps.....oh boy.....Clauson wins heat 1 with last lap pass of spencer - rest of finish coming shortly
Clauson wins Heat 1 over Spencer Cone Gulick Hines Grant Droud. Wissmiller DNF
Heat 2
37 Casey Riggs 7k Gary Taylor
35 Hunter Schuerenberg 81 Robert Ballou
11 Shane Cottle 10t Bill Rose
2b Jerry Coons Jr 3* Joey Moughan
Finish: BALLOU wins - over Riggs - Schuerenberg - Coons - Cottle - Taylor - Moughan - Rose
Heat 3
53 Jon Stanbrough 99 Brady Bacon
20 Levi Jones 23s Stu Snyder
2x Dustin Morgan 2 Darron Clayton
71 Damion Gardner 83 Wes McIntyre
Finish Heat 3 - Bacon - Stanbrough - Jones - Morgan - Gardner - Snyder - Clayton - McIntyre
Heat 4
10 Blake Fitzpatrick 69 Kyle Larson
27 Keith Bloom Jr 5x Chris Windom
21x Dave Darland 55 Tony Everhart
29 Bud Kaeding
Finish: Heat 4 - Larson wins over Bloom - Kaeding - Darland - Fitzpatrick - Windom - Everhart
Qualifying races up next (basically another set of heats)
All heat race winners receive a new Hoosier tire - after next set of heat races all 8 will compete in a foot race for a new rear end!
1st Qualifier
3* Joey Moughan 71 Damion Gardner
35 Hunter Schuerenberg 2b Jerry Coons Jr
69 Kyle Larson 7 Bryan Clauson
1x Don Droud Jr 83 Wes McIntyre
Finish: Larson wins over Schuerenberg - Coons - Clauson - Gardner - Moughan - Droud - McIntyre DNF
Qualifier 2
23s Stu Snyder 4 Tracy Hines
20 Levi Jones 37 Casey Riggs
71p Mike Spencer 81 Robert Ballou
40 Justin Grant 10t Bill Rose
Finish: Jones wins over Ballou - Hines - Grant - Riggs - Rose - Snyder - Spencer *it is a rubber down race track for those of you that like that sort of thing
Qualifier 3
5x Chris Windom 11 Shane Cottle
2x Dustin Morgan 53 Jon Stanbrough
14 Coleman Gulick 29 Bud Kaeding
2 Daron Clayton 1 Mitch Wismiller
Finish: Windom - Morgan - Cottle - Kaeding - Stanbrough - Gulick - Wissmiller & Clayton DNF
Qualifier 4
7k Gary Taylor 10 Blake Fitzpatrick
21x Dave Darland 21 Hud Cone
27 Keith Bloom Jr 99 Brady Bacon
55 Tony Everhart
Finish: Darland - Fitzpatrick - Bacon - Bloom - Taylor - Cone - Everhart
Intermission time for a bit......talked to Robert during Q4 - he said track is super slick, rubber down - going to come down to tires....they've gone through 2 sets already.....
Brady Bacon takes the foot race win & Clauson will go to the tail for a $5,000 bonus to win, $1,000 for a top 3 and $100 for every car he passes!
B Main Line Up:
B Main
4 Hines 11 Cottle
40 Grant 71Gardner
71p Spencer 21 Cone
7k Taylor 10t Rose
3* Moughan 1x Droud
55 Everhart 23s Snyder
2 Clayton 1 Wissmiller
83 McIntyre
Finish: Cottle - Grant - Hines - Cone - Spencer - Gardner - Rose & Taylor transfer followed by Droud - Snyder - Moughan - McIntyre - Everhart - Wissmiller DNF
FEATURE LINE UP:
81 Robert Ballou 69 Kyle Larson
99 Brady Bacon 20 Levi Jones
29 Bud Kaeding 21x Dave Darland
2b Jerry Coons Jr 35 Hunter Schuerenberg
2x Dustin Morgan 27 Keith Bloom Jr
14 Coleman Gulick 37 Casey Riggs
5x Chris Windom 53 Jon Stanbrough
10 Blake Fitzpatrick 11 Shane Cottle
40 Justin Grant 4 Tracy Hines
21 Hud Cone 71p Mike Spencer
71 Damion Gardner 10t Bill Rose
7k Gary Taylor 7 Bryan Clauson
Clauson went to the rear and gets $22,300 if he wins
An extra $5000 plus $100 a car.
Feature comments: Red Flag lap 2 for Justin Grant in turn 2 -Larson leads Ballou, Bacon, Darland, Jones, Coons, Kaeding, Schuerenberg, Morgan, Bloom, Windom, Gulick
Red flag - lap 16 - Dustin Morgan - upside down but ok - Bacon - Larson - Ballou - Darland - Coons - Jones - Windom - Cottle - Gulick - Cone - Gardner - Stanbrough - Hines Riggs
Tire Managment coming into play.....Knoxivlle Raceway twitter comment on Osky
2 to go - Larson leads - Bacon - Darland - Cottle - Schuerenberg - Coons - Guilick - Hines - Cone - Gardner - Ballou - Windom - Riggs - Jones - Stanbrough - Rose Taylor
FINISH:LARSON WINS - over Bacon - Darland - Cottle - Coons - Schuerneberg - Gulick - Hines - Cone - Gardner - Ballou
10:28 PM CST - Parade lap underway