Watson shines in Hardee’s Street Stock Shootout

Another great Saturday night of racing action is in the books at 411 Motor Speedway, and the cool temps and an open tire rule equaled a blazing fast qualifying session! In Limited Late Model qualifying, Brad Hall would set a mark nobody could beat by laying down a very respectable lap time of 13.915, besting the track record of 13.926 set by David Crabtree on July 14th, 2011. Due to the tire rule being changed, we’ll keep up with 2 track records, one with an open tire and one with regular rules! In the other features, Josh Henry would cruise to the checkers in Crate Late Model, but was discovered to have a non-factory sealed engine, resulting in his disqualification from the Crate feature. It would not affect his Limited Late Model status. In Topless Modified, Mike Lewis decided to drive his brother’s car..to victory lane! Dale Watson would claim the win in the Hardee’s Street Stock Shootout. Robbie Comer claimed another win in Super Truck+Mod Street, while Tim Ladd held off a valiant effort from Chuck McMahan and performed his patented celebratory donuts on the frontstretch to the fan’s enjoyment! Shawn Henry claimed the win in Mini-Stock, while Jason Cardwell made quick work of Brad Hall, only to suffer mechanical failure on lap 5. Hall would maintain the lead through several cautions to claim the win.

Next up on the schedule is our Friday Night Special! $2,000 to win in Modified Street, $2,000 to win in Late Model! Pits open at 3:00p, grandstands at 5:00p, with the drivers meeting getting underway at 5:45p and hotlaps promptly at 6;00p! Adult grandstand tickets will be $15, tier will be $20, with pit passes being $30. Kids in the grandstand will be the usual $5. See you under the lights on Friday night!


Crate Late Model – A-Main
Green flag in the air, Josh Henry off with the early lead, checking out here very quickly. Trevor Sise in 2nd, John Cobb in 3rd, with Marty Calloway and Layne Clifton in tow. Now some cars get sideways in 4, and caution will fly here on lap 2.
Green flag back in the air, Henry hard on the gas off 4. Sise and Cobb trying to stay close, but Henry is too much as he begins to power away yet again. 4 laps are in the books, Henry your leader, Sise in 2nd, Cobb in 3rd, Calloway in 4th and 5th is Clifton. Clifton now powers inside Calloway, falls back in line off 2. Clifton and Calloway still battling for position but Henry now closing in on a couple slower cars. He makes quick work of Von Smith, now sets his sights on Justin Beeler. Now Sise works around that lapped traffic as he pulls away from Cobb in 3rd. Lapped cars doing a fine job of staying high, now Beeler has a bobble off 4, he’ll pull in off 2, well he actually drives on. Henry working more lapped traffic as he continues to pull away. Checkers in the air, Henry with the win, Sise claims 2nd, and 3rd goes to Cobb. On the scales, techman Joey Clark inspected the engine for the presence of engine seals. It was determined that the engine had no seals and Henry was declared illegal. This handed the win to Sise, who claimed his first career win in a stock car. 2nd was Cobb and 3rd went to Clifton.

Fast Qualifier: #B00-Josh Henry – 14.429

Cautions: 1
Leaders: #B00-Henry (1-20)

Topless Modified
Green flag in the air for the topless division. Mike Lewis off with the early lead over Jerry Hux, Johnny Ridings, and Paul Johnson with Tony Grooms rounding out the field. Johnson is closing in on Ridings for the spot as Hux begins to drive away. Johnson gets way sideways off turn 4, as Hux is beginning to close in on Lewis. Hux on the inside battle for the lead into turn 1. Now Hux almost makes contact with Lewis, now Ridings makes contact with Hux in turn 3, Johnson also around and caution flies here on lap 9.

Green flag back in the air, Lewis needed that caution to help cool his tires. 10 laps are in the books, Lewis the leader, Hux in 2nd, Johnson 3rd, 4th is Ridings and rounding the field out is Grooms. Lewis pulling away as Hux is appearing to hold up Johnson as they work here on lap 13. Now 16 laps are complete, Lewis has stretched out his lead. Hux in 2nd, Johnson now inside but falls in line off 4. Ridings trying to close in on both of them. Now Lewis looking to put a lap on Grooms, Grooms sounds like his morning is down a cylinder. Now Johnson around in turn 3 coming to the white flag. We’ll stay green. Checkers in the air, Lewis your winner, Hux in 2nd and 3rd goes to Ridings.

Cautions: 1
Leaders: #51-Lewis (1-20)

Street Stock
Green flag in the air! Bradly Lewelling and Dale Watson lead the field into turn 1. Cars all over the place, it’s hard to keep up! Stone Fuller dropping like a rock from the start, cars all through the field slicing and dicing. Watson your leader, now Bryan McDaniel gets around in 4, gets up on his side, doesn’t roll! Now Scott Atkins smoking. Caution will fly.

Green flag in the air, now into turn 1 looks like Josh Loveday makes hard contact with the wall.

Green flag one more time! Watson, Lewelling, Jason Ogle your top 3! Lewelling dives inside off turn 2 for the race lead, stays inside through 3 and falls in line off 4. He’ll look again off 2, but caution flies as Daniel Lawson goes around in turn 4. 3 laps in the books.

Green flag returns to the air! Watson your leader, now Drew Kennedy gets sideways, hangs onto his machine in 2. Jeff McLemore now closing in on Ogle for 3rd with Travis Reno closing in on both. Watson your leader, Lewelling in 2nd, Ogle in 3rd, McLemore in 4th as he gets sideways off 4. Lewelling looking inside on the lead as they work around lapped traffic. Lewelling all over the rear bumper of Watson, they may touch off 4. Now Lewelling tries to close in off 2, looks inside off 4 but falls back in line. Meanwhile, Ogle holding off McLemore as Reno seems to have slowed dramatically now. Watson your leader, halfway in the books, Lewelling in 2nd, Ogle in 3rd with McLemore in 4th. Lewelling looking inside for the lead once again off 4, can’t make it stick as Watson drives away. A great battle for the win that this is shaping up to be right here. Now McLemore looks inside on Ogle as they close in on Junior Merriman to put him a lap down. Watson has pulled away from Lewelling here with 4 laps remaining. Ogle still holding off McLemore, but McLemore looks inside down the backstretch. McLemore looks inside off turn 4 as they race into turn 1. Top 2 is long gone as there’s now 2 laps to go. McLemore gets the advantage in 3, Ogle looks to crossover, can’t make it happen. Checkers in the air, Watson your winner, Lewelling in 2nd and 3rd goes to McLemore!

Cautions: 3
Leaders: #11-Watson (1-20)
Fast Qualifier: #10B-Bradly Lewelling – 16.804

Modified Street / Super Truck
Green flag in the air, Robert Martin and Rocky Ogle make hard contact off turn 4 coming to the green, Comer takes advantage and the race lead off turn 2! Now Ogle gets sideways in turn 3, and now Ogle and Martin and beating and banging here as Comer drives away. Gary Blanken looking for a way around Ogle as they sail into turn 3. Comer your leader, Martin in 2nd, Ogle 3rd with Blanken 4th. Mitchell Childress under pressure from Steve Hillard as Freddy Hillard is a short way behind. 5 laps are now complete, now Scott Johnson spins in turn 1 and 2, he’ll get back going and we’ll stay green, but now F. Hillard slows in turn 3, gets his machine back underway now. Comer driving away now as Lamar Hughes spins in turn 4, now Childress around in 2 and caution will fly here on lap 7.

Green flag in the air, now Johnson goes around in turn 2, caution will fly here once more on lap 8.

Green flag back in the air, Comer your leader, Blanken now in the 2nd spot, Martin in 3rd. S. Hillard now in 4th with Childress in 5th. Now Johnson around in 4, and caution will fly once more on lap 10.

Green flag back in the air, Comer picks up where he left off. Blanken in tow with Martin in 3rd, Steve in 4th, Childress in 5th. F. Hillard 6th with Hughes 7th, and Johnson and Barry Duncan rounding out the field. Comer whipping up on the competition as he’s driving away from Blanken, but Johnson goes around in turn 4 here on lap 13. Caution flies again.

Green flag in the air one more time, they’ll make a lap, and Blanken breaks something on the left rear, slams left-rear first into the turn 1 wall. Time is up, so we’ll go G/W/C!

Green flag in the air one more time. Comer with the jump off 4, Martin all over his back door into 1. Comer opens up the advantage off turn 2 as Martin tries to close in. S. Hillard in 3rd with Childress closing in as the white flies. Checkers in the air, Comer with the win, Martin comes home 2nd and S. Hillard in 3rd as Childress spins around off turn 4 and out of the way!

Cautions: 5
Leaders: #42-Comer (1-17)

Mod-Mini
Chuck McMahan and Tim Ladd ready to rock and roll, off turn 4, green flag in the air! Jason Carter makes it 3 wide into turn 1, they’ll sort out off 2. Ladd your leader, McMahan in 2nd, Carter in 3rd as Brian Dinkins gets sideways off 4. Jeff Copeland is closing in on Dinkins as he has a mirror full of Wayne Hopson. Ladd your leader, McMahan in 2nd, Carter in 3rd. Now they complete 5 laps and Ladd has a mirror full of McMahan. Carter is about a half straightaway behind and go another half straightaway back to Dinkins. Ladd your leader, McMahan in 2nd, Carter in 3rd. Now Copeland loses an engine in turn 3, and caution flies here on lap 9.

Green flag back in the air! Ladd begins to pull away slightly but now off turn 4 here come McMahan. Ladd though mounts the charge into turn 1 and pulls away. Now McMahan looks inside once more off 4, but again falls in line into 1. Ladd running up high in 3 and 4 with McMahan down low. McMahan tried it again but nearly loses it off 4, and now Carter pulls off the speedway after losing power. Ladd your leader, McMahan 2nd, Dinkins 3rd with Hopson rounding out the field. McMahan pulls inside once more off 4 and falls in line into 1. Is McMahan playing with Ladd or is Ladd playing with McMahan? McMahan looks down low again in 4 but falls back in line on the frontstretch. Now McMahan gets tight and almost washes up into Ladd off 4, now 2 laps remain. McMahan getting a run through 3 and 4. McMahan not falling far behind through the corners now, white flag in the air. Ladd trying to hang on, McMahan has one more chance into turn 3. Dives inside, Side by side off turn 4, McMahan gets sideways and it’s Ladd by a tire! McMahan in 2nd and Dinkins 3rd!

Cautions: 1
Leaders: #39-Ladd (1-20)

Mini-Stock
Ready to rock and roll, Brandon Johnson, Anthony Singleton is your front row, ready to go, Green Flag! A. Singleton out with the early lead as he’s driven away from Johnson. Tommy Metler slicing his way up through the field now, but now here on lap 5, Metler goes around in turn 4 to bring out caution.

Green flag back in the air one more time, A. Singleton powers away off 4, as Johnson tries to keep up. Now Shawn Henry looks inside as smoke begins to show from Johnson’s machine. Jeff Thatcher in the 4th spot, trying to hold off Keith Sands, Josh Ellis, and now Ellis slows off 4 here on lap 7. Now Ellis pulls into the infield off 2. Meanwhile, Henry has powered into the race lead as A. Singleton begins to show smoke here on lap 8. Henry your leader here on lap 10, A. Singleton in 2nd, Johnson 3rd, Thatcher 4th, K. Sands 5th. 6th is Sam Burgess, 7th is Steve Owens Jr., with Metler in 8th and D. Singleton 9th. A. Singleton now breaks something in the right front, small fire on the machine and caution will fly here on lap 13.

Green flag in the air one more time, 13 in the books. Henry and Johnson stand on it off 4. Henry pulls away slightly off turn 2 as the battle heats up for 2nd. Thatcher closing in on Johnson for the 2nd spot as Burgess now closes in on K. Sands, as Metler moves around Owens off 4. 5 laps remain in this one as Burgess looks inside K. Sands off turn 4 and he’ll bring Metler with him. Metler now sets his sights on Burgess into turn 3, looks inside, falls in line off 4. Now Owens looking inside Keith as K. Sands opens a cushion up in 1. Metler makes his move around Burgess, now Burgess gives the punt to Metler in turn 4 and caution flies here on lap 18.

Green flag back in the air, it’ll be a 2 lap shootout to the finish. Henry on the gas out of 4, Johnson trying to stay glued to the bumper, now Thatcher looks inside Johnson as they head into turn 3. White flag in the air for Henry. Metler now looks inside Thatcher as they sail into turn 3, and takes the spot! Henry your winner, Johnson in 2nd and Metler comes home 3rd!

Cautions: 3
Leaders: #17-A. Singleton (1-6); #0-Henry (7-20)

Limited Late Model – A-Main
Ready to roll, 30 laps on your way! Turn 3, what do you see! Yellow’s gone and the GREEN IS ON! Stand on it! Jason Cardwell and Brad Hall lead the field out of turn 4. Hall set a new track record for Limited Late Model Open Tire with a blazing 13.915 second lap! Cardwell with a quick jump into turn 1, Hall in 2nd, Rusty Ballenger in 3rd as they’re already 3 wide through 1 and 2. Good clean lap as now they almost look 4 wide off turn 4. Cardwell your leader, Hall 2nd, Ballenger 3rd, now Chase King shows smoke in turn 1, he’ll continue on. Now Mark King hard in the turn 4 wall and caution flies here on lap 3.

Green flag back in the air, Cardwell leads Hall off turn 4 with Ballenger in tow. Now Bobby Giffin doesn’t get going as well and Ryan King makes slight contact off 4. Hall now looking inside for the lead off turn 4, falls in line into turn 1. Scott Gardner looking inside R. King as Ruben Mayfield gets sideways, now Cardwell breaks on the frontstretch, and now Mayfield around in turn 2 and caution flies here on lap 5.

Green flag back in the air, Hall powers out of 4 as Ballenger looks inside briefly. Now Josh Collins trying to sneak up and battle for this one, as R. King looks inside Giffin off turn 4. Adam Beeler and Tony Schrimsher make light contact off 4, but back up front, Hall your leader, Ballenger in 2nd, Collins 3rd, Giffin 4th and R. King rounds out the top 5. Gardner looking for room around R. King as Henry begins to put the pressure on him. Meanwhile Mark Rosner looks inside Anthony White off turn 2, now Beeler looks outside Rosner as Dustin Cansler pulls into the infield. So does Trevor Sise. Hall your leader, lapped traffic going to be a factor in this one as 12 laps are complete. White and Rosner make contact of turn 2 but they’ll continue on. Hall still showing the way, Ballenger in 2nd about a half straightaway behind, with Collins in 3rd, Giffin in 4th and R. King 5th. Now Mayfield breaks and stalls in turn 4 to bring out caution here on lap 15.

Green flag back in the air, Hall and Ballenger power off turn 4, Ballenger pulls inside once again but has to fall back in line quickly as Hall powers away. Single file for the most part now as Rosner looks for room around White off turn 4. White on the inside of Henry into turn 1, he’ll wash up and off the gas, Rosner will close in on White. White down low on Henry off 4, snatches the spot off turn 2 and sets his sights on Gardner. Now Rosner looks inside Henry for a moment, falls back in line. Now 10 laps remain, and now Giffin pulls in off turn 2. Hall your leader, Ballenger 2nd, Collins 3rd, Ryan 4th and 5th is Gardner. Lap traffic might be another factor but Ballenger is a long way behind now. 23 laps on the board. Rosner still on the inside Henry, but now caution flies for debris off turn 2 here on lap 24.

A 6 lap shootout to the finish here, 11 cars remain on the track. Hall with the power as Ballenger loses power off turn 2, and caution will fly.

Green flag back in the air, and then there were 10! Hall powers away but now we see Gardner jumps the start and sparks off a 4-car melee. Looks like Gardner gets some damage, as well as Rosner, Henry, and Calloway.

Green flag in the air, we’ll try one more time, still 6 laps to go. Hall on the gas off turn 4. Collins in 2nd, R. King in 3rd, White in 4th and now Rosner rolls to a stop in turn 3.

Green flag in the air, 5 laps and 7 cars remain now. Hall driving away once again, with Collins in tow. Collins almost into the turn 4 wall, as we see White looking inside R. King for the 3rd spot off turn 2. Coming to 2 laps to go. White still working on R. King off turn 4 as the white flag flies. Checkers in the air, Hall with the win, Collins, R. King, White, Calloway, Schrimsher, and Heath Alvey round out the field.

Cautions: 7
Leaders: #07-Cardwell (1-4); #47-Hall (5-30)

Fast Qualifier: #47-Brad Hall – 13.915

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