After a couple weeks away it was back to business at The 4-1-1 with the 2019 Crate Nationals.
A strong filed of Classic Car drivers were on hand to battle. Shaun Sise has had a great 2019 and once again put his #16 on point as the green flag waved to start the 20 lap feature. Will Carey, Lee Merritt, Shane Taylor and Hayston Collett made up your top five on the start. Trouble for the #26 of Adam Ogle as he had two spins bringing out the caution twice so he was done for the night. Back under green and Collett was on go as he moved his #3 up into the fourth position. Carey had a strong start but slipped back through the pack throughout the feature. The caution would wave late in the race as Josh Chesney and Tim Bounds would get together in turn three. Shaun Sise had hit his setup just right as he held on to pick up another win.
1: #J16 Shaun Sise
2: #14 Lee Merritt
3: #42 Shane Taylor
4: #3 Hayston Collett
5: #113 Chris McKinney
6: #515 Michael Millsap
7: 327 Charlie Bates
8: #16 Will Carey
9: #XXX Josh Chesney
10: 311 Tim Bounds
11: #59 Mark Sise
12: #26 Adam Ogle
Next up was the debut of the 602 Crate Late Models. Matt Tharp would take the lead on the start ahead of Jeremy Broome, Austin Atkins, Taylor Cole and Darren Deverell. Atkins would get into one of the tires on the inside of the track but continued on despite heavy front end damage. Tharp would run away to a big lead and pick up the first ever 602 Late Model win.
1: #71 Matt Tharp
2: #12 Jeremy Broome
3: #D7 Darren Deverell
4: #14 Austin Atkins
5: #66 Taylor Cole
Next up was the 20 lap B-Hobby/Super Street feature. Josh Henry would put the familiar #25 into the lead as the green waved ahead of McKenlee Hall, Duke Lowe, Bobbie Petty and Michael Millsap. Petty would try to work over Lowe in the opening laps for the third spot. The #88 of Sam Burgess was also trying to move forward as he turned up the pressure on Millsap for the fourth spot. The caution would wave late slowing the pace erasing the lead Henry had built up. Lowe hadn’t shown his usual speed but took off on the restart getting past Hall to move into the second spot. He made one last run at Henry but would come up short at the finish.
1: #25 Josh Henry
2: #55 Duke Lowe
3: #44 McKenlee Hall
4: #P21 Bobbie Petty
5: #88 Sam Burgess
6: #7 Michael Millsap
7: #51 Josh Beal
8: #B01 Brandon Johnson
The $3,000 to win 2019 Crate Nationals were up next. Pierce McCarter set a blistering lap in qualifying to earn the pole for the 51 lap feature. The green waved and it was Riley Hickman who took the lead with McCarter, Cory Hedgecock, and Jensen Ford in chase. Hedgecock wasn’t in his usual #23 but was still a serious threat as always. A great battle between Jason Welshan and Blake Craft early on for position. Track Champion Trevor Sise didn’t have a great start as he had to race his way in through the B main but was picking them off as the early laps ticked away. He and Ross White had their own battle going on for position. Hedgecock had now worked his way up on the back of McCarter for the second spot. The two would get together sending Hedgecock bouncing off the front stretch wall bringing out the caution. Hedgecock would exit the track and retire for the rest of the event. Hickman was setting a furious pace and found himself in lap traffic. Welshan was having a great run but almost looped his #2 in turn four but kept going only losing one spot to Jesse Lowe. Trouble for the #29 of Rusty Ballenger who slowed and pulled off track. Out front it was all Riley Hickman who made it look easy as he ran way to a big lead picking up the win.
1: #D2 Riley Hickman
2: #83 Jensen Ford
3: #51 Pierce McCarter
4: #5J Jesse Lowe
5: #2 Jason Welshan
6: #J0 John Owenby
7: #9 Zach Sise
8: #0 Ross White
9: #01 Blake Craft
10: #17 Chip Brindle
11: #89 Brandon Miller
12: #73 Trevor Sise
13: #91 Jason Trammell
14: #7 Adam Ahl
15: #002 Tyler Arrington
16: #6 Clay Coghlan
17: #109 Eli Beets
18: #23 Layne Clifton
19: #2 John Lewellyn
20: #15 Michael Smith
21: #22 Rusty Webb
22: #29 Rusty Ballenger
23: #83 Cory Hedgecock
24: #4 Michael Smith
DNS: #52 Shannon Emery
DNS: #k15 Kevin Lewis
DNS: #5 Travis Steele
DNS: #89 Pat Lindsay
DNS: #59 Brian Wooldridge
DNS: #87 Rusty Carey
DNS: #52 Troy Eads
DNS: #6 Sonny Husky
DNS: #61 Kenny Ford
DNS: #11 Dalton Cochran
DNS: #88 Jake Whitehead
DNS: #3 Steve Smith
DNS: #40 Jeff Neubert
DNS: #201 Glen Vanover
DNS: #32 Tyler Smith
DNS: #C11 Clyde Stanton
DNS: #989 Jeremy Holtzclaw
Eric Wells would set fast time in Open Wheel qualifying as he was making his first Modified start at 411 in 2019. It would be Wells who got the lead on the start with Jimmy Dalton, Wayne James, Brian Nantz and Billy Palmer rounding out the top five. James and Nantz had a great fight for the third spot in the opening laps as James seemed to be one of the few who wanted to work the high line. Palmer and Tyler James also had a good battle just behind the two. Trouble for the #99 of Jerry Pyles as he would bring out the caution with a spin. Nantz had a great run as he moved up into the second spot behind Wells. The top three put some distance on the rest of the pack as we moved into the runner up spot. Wells would pull out to a big lead and pick up his first Modified win at 411.
1: #18 Eric Wells
2: #22 Brian Nantz
3: #2 Jimmy Dalton
4: #36 Billy Palmer
5: #4 Wayne James
6: #43K Kevin Hall
7: #H14 Brandon James
8: #J4 Tyler James
9: #22 Tony Howell
10: #1 Terry James
11: #47 Larry James
12: #50 Amos Bunch
13: #99 Jerry Pyles
DNS: #21 Dusty Branscum
The Front Wheel Drive feature would get off to a rocky start as a multi car crash on the start involving Bryan Williams, and Jeremy Wyatt among others would red flag the feature. After a lengthy cleanup it was back to racing with Jeremy McCloud out front over Mitchell Coggins, Jordan West and Jacob Sharp. Jonathan Purkey would slow with problems bringing out the caution setting up a restart. Trouble would also find the #7 of Mike Jones who found himself pointing the wrong way down the backstretch. Sharp had another strong run as he worked his way up into the second spot. Several cautions would wave in the second half of the feature. McCould would hold off a late charge from Sharp to pick up his first win at 411.
1: #19 James McCloud
2: #1 Jacob Sharp
3: #25 Jordan West
4: #2 Brian Lindsey
5: #T2 Mitchell Coggins
6: #22 Tim Morgan
7: #7 Mike Jones
8: #72 Daryl Teffeteller
9: #7W Ray Wyatt
10: #09 Andy Williams
11: #212 Tanner Coggins
12: #13 Jonathan Purkey
13: #N90 Nick Adams
14: #25 Josh Ramsey
15: #45 Chris Lowe
16: #4 Dakota King
17: #1w Jeremy Wyatt
18: #38 Bryan Williams
19: #1 James Bugg