28th Annual Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury - Night 1

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65 super late models are signed in. Tonight's program will consist of hot laps, time trials, and four 25 lap $2500-to-win qualifying features, with the top 4 finishers locked into tomorrow's 100 lap $30,000-to-win feature.

[kidrock]

Is Bobby Pierce in the house?

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Ryan Unzicker is locked into tomorrow's feature because he is the current Fairbury track points leader.

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Is Bobby Pierce in the house?Yes he is.

[kidrock]

Yes he is.

Ok thanks ss18

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FWIW, Bloomquist was 44th fastest in hot laps. Marlar quickest.

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Track prep happening now, then qualifying.

[klemmabyna]

65 super late models are signed in. Tonight's program will consist of hot laps, time trials, and four 25 lap $2500-to-win qualifying features, with the top 4 finishers locked into tomorrow's 100 lap $30,000-to-win feature.

got to say $2500 to win 25 lap qualifiers is a nice way to up the ante. any invert? not that it should be needed with FALS track prep and 25 laps. race your way in!

to those lucky enough to be in attendance: hope FALS lives up to your expectations. they have set the bar pretty high with what they have pulled off in the past.

[plunks7]

Qualifying order

First group
Chub Frank (1*), Bear Lake, Pa.,
McKay Wenger (42), Fairbury, Ill.,
Steve Thorsten (7T), Woodworth, Ill.,
Jake O'Neil (2T), Tucson, Ariz.,
Kolby Vandenbergh (15), Ashland, Ill.
Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill.
Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark.,
Don Hammer (45), Clinton, Ill.,
Tyler Erb (91), New Waverly, Texas,
Shane Clanton (25), Zebulon, Ga.,
Kody Evans (4e), Camden, Ohio,
Brent Larson (B1), Lake Elmo, Minn.
Michael Kloos (6k), Trenton, Ill.,
Scott Bull (83), Fairbury, Ill.,
Earl Pearson Jr. (1P), Jacksonville, Fla.,
Spencer Diercks (29D), Davenport, Iowa
Cody Mahoney (4), Hanover, Ind.,
Darrell Lanigan (14), Union, Ky.,
Daniel Flessner (9D), Roberts, Ill.,
Devin Moran (9), Dresden, Ohio,
Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill.,
Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill.,
Dustin Nobbe (5N), Batesville, Ind.,
Eric Wells (18), Hazard, Ky.,
Derrick Ramey (F18), Huntersville, N.C.,
Mike Glass(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) (30), LeRoy, Ill.,
Kyle Bronson (40b), Brandon, Fla.,
Ryan Unzicker (24), El Paso, Ill.,
Derek Chandler (35), Pontiac, Ill.,
Derek Doll (87), Greenwood, W.Va.,
Justin Duty (15), Portland, Ore.,
Mike Spatola (89), Manhattan, Ill.,
Shannon Babb (18), Moweaqua, Ill.,
Second group
Mike Marlar (157), Winfield, Tenn.
Timothy Culp (c8), Prattsville, Ark.,
Brandon Sheppard (1), New Berlin, Ill.,
Chris Madden (44), Gray Court, S.C.,
Chris Simpson (32), Oxford, Iowa
Frank Heckenast Jr. (99jr), Frankfort, Ill.,
Blake Spencer (6), St. Augustine, Fla.,
Matt Shannon (15), Peoria, Ill.,
Glen Thompson (14T), Buckingham, Ill.,
Jason Jameson (12), Lawrenceburg, Ind.,
Jay Sparks (7s), Metamora, Ill.,
Gregg Satterlee (22), Indiana, Pa.,
Bobby Pierce (32), Oakwood, Ill.,
Mike Mataragas (1m), DeKalb, Ill.,
Billy Drake (75), Bloomington, Ill.,
Joey Moriarty (51), Phoenix, Ariz.,
Tim McCreadie (39), Watertown, N.Y.
Gordy Gundaker (11), St. Charles, Mo.,
Snooky Dehm (D2), Chatsworth, Ill.,
Kevin Weaver (B12), Gibson City, Ill.
Don O'Neal (5), Martinsville, Ind.,
Jimmy Owens (20), Newport, Tenn.
Bob Gardner (4G), East Peoria, Ill.,
Scott Schmitt (10), Tonica, Ill.,
Chase Junghans (18c), Manhattan, Kan.,
Scott Bloomquist (0), Mooresburg, Tenn.,
Dustin Griffin (20G), Camp Point, Ill.,
Doug Hammer (45H), LeRoy, Ill.,
Rick Eckert (7), York, Pa.,
Chris Ferguson (22), Mount Holly, N.C.,
Morgan Bagley (14M), Tyler, Texas,
Jeremy Conaway (F15), Rochester, Ill.,

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Just finished qualifying 71 modifieds. LM qualifying up now.

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Group A quick time: Devin Moran 12.627

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Group B quick time: Chris Simpson 12.686. Bloomquist doesn't come out on time and got only one lap. Bloomquist 17th in group B.

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More track work, then racing.

[plunks7]

Qualifying results

First group
Devin Moran (9), Dresden, Ohio, 12.627
Shannon Babb (18), Moweaqua, Ill., 12.629
Kody Evans (4e), Camden, Ohio, 12.766
Shane Clanton (25), Zebulon, Ga., 12.801
Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 12.869
Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill., 12.893
McKay Wenger (42), Fairbury, Ill., 12.896
Justin Duty (15), Portland, Ore., 12.972
Michael Kloos (6k), Trenton, Ill., 12.984
Tyler Erb (91), New Waverly, Texas, 13.022
Mike Spatola (89), Manhattan, Ill., 13.03
Kolby Vandenbergh (15), Ashland, Ill., 13.062
Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 13.063
Ryan Unzicker (24), El Paso, Ill., 13.094
Steve Thorsten (7T), Woodworth, Ill., 13.170
Scott Bull (83), Fairbury, Ill., 13.208
Spencer Diercks (29D), Davenport, Iowa, 13.268
Darrell Lanigan (14), Union, Ky., 13.331
Dustin Nobbe (5N), Batesville, Ind., 13.362
Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 13.498
Eric Wells (18), Hazard, Ky., 13.510
Chub Frank (1*), Bear Lake, Pa., 13.511
Earl Pearson Jr. (1P), Jacksonville, Fla., 13.536
Cody Mahoney (4), Hanover, Ind., 13.540
Mike Glass(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) (30), LeRoy, Ill., 13.566
Derek Doll (87), Greenwood, W.Va., 13.689
Daniel Flessner (9D), Roberts, Ill., 13.766
Jake O'Neil (2T), Tucson, Ariz., 13.865
Kyle Bronson (40b), Brandon, Fla., 13.907
Don Hammer (45), Clinton, Ill., 13.910
Brent Larson (B1), Lake Elmo, Minn., 13.928
Derek Chandler (35), Pontiac, Ill., 14.005
Derrick Ramey (F18), Huntersville, N.C., no time

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Second group
Chris Simpson (32), Oxford, Iowa, 12.686
Chris Ferguson (22), Mount Holly, N.C., 12.766
Chris Madden (44), Gray Court, S.C., 12.796
Mike Marlar (157), Winfield, Tenn., 12.805
Brandon Sheppard (1), New Berlin, Ill., 12.885
Billy Drake (75), Bloomington, Ill., 12.92
Gordy Gundaker (11), St. Charles, Mo., 12.945
Rick Eckert (7), York, Pa., 12.964
Bobby Pierce (32), Oakwood, Ill., 12.973
Tim McCreadie (39), Watertown, N.Y., 13.010
Frank Heckenast Jr. (99jr), Frankfort, Ill., 13.052
Timothy Culp (c8), Prattsville, Ark., 13.086
Jason Jameson (12), Lawrenceburg, Ind., 13.142
Jimmy Owens (20), Newport, Tenn., 13.144
Bob Gardner (4G), East Peoria, Ill., 13.173
Jay Sparks (7s), Metamora, Ill., 13.175
Scott Bloomquist (0), Mooresburg, Tenn., 13.229
Kevin Weaver (B12), Gibson City, Ill., 13.231
Joey Moriarty (51), Phoenix, Ariz., 13.286
Don O'Neal (5), Martinsville, Ind., 13.311
Gregg Satterlee (22), Indiana, Pa., 13.335
Chase Junghans (18c), Manhattan, Kan., 13.411
Mike Mataragas (1m), DeKalb, Ill., 13.441
Morgan Bagley (14M), Tyler, Texas, 13.574
Scott Schmitt (10), Tonica, Ill., 13.735
Glen Thompson (14T), Buckingham, Ill., 13.801
Dustin Griffin (20G), Camp Point, Ill., 13.862
Blake Spencer (6), St. Augustine, Fla., 14.475
Jeremy Conaway (F15), Rochester, Ill., 14.576
Doug Hammer (45H), LeRoy, Ill., 17.029
Matt Shannon (15), Peoria, Ill., no time
Snooky Dehm (D2), Chatsworth, Ill., no time

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Qualifying

Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, didn’t take long to find speed in his first appearance at Fairbury as he blazed to the overall fastest time at 12.627 seconds, nipping Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., by the narrowest of margins (0.002 of a second).

Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, was quickest in the second group, turning a lap of 12.686 seconds.

Moran, Babb, Simpson and Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., will start from the pole position in the four 25-lap qualifying features.

Several contenders recorded only one lap in qualifying, including Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. Pearson, McCreadie and Owens slipped high and slowed to fall back on a single lap, while Bloomquist missed his spot in the time-trial order and was thus given just one circuit.

[Cardirt0]

Thanks to all

[plunks7]

Qualifying feature lineups

(25 laps; top 4 transfer)
First feature
Row 1: Devin Moran, Kody Evans
Row 2: Jason Feger, McKay Wenger
Row 3: Michael Kloos, Mike Spatola
Row 4: Billy Moyer, Steve Thorsten
Row 5: Spencer Diercks, Dustin Nobbe
Row 6: Eric Wells, Earl Pearson Jr.
Row 7: Mike Glass(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), Daniel Flessner
Row 8: Kyle Bronson, Brent Larson
Row 9: Derrick Ramey
Second feature
Row 1: Shannon Babb, Shane Clanton
Row 2: Brian Shirley, Justin Duty
Row 3: Tyler Erb, Kolby Vandenbergh
Row 4: Ryan Unzicker, Scott Bull
Row 5: Darrell Lanigan, Dennis Erb Jr.
Row 6: Chub Frank, Cody Mahoney
Row 7: Derek Doll, Jake O’Neil
Row 8: Don Hammer, Derek Chandler
Third feature
Row 1: Chris Simpson, Chris Madden
Row 2: Brandon Sheppard, Gordy Gundaker
Row 3: Bobby Pierce, Frank Heckenast Jr.
Row 4: Jason Jameson, Bob Gardner
Row 5: Scott Bloomquist, Joey Moriarty
Row 6: Gregg Satterlee, Mike Mataragas
Row 7: Scott Schmitt, Dustin Griffin
Row 8: Jeremy Conway, Matt Shannon
Fourth feature
Row 1: Chris Ferguson, Mike Marlar
Row 2: Billy Drake, Rick Eckert
Row 3: Tim McCreadie, Timothy Culp
Row 4: Jimmy Owens, Jay Sparks
Row 5: Kevin Weaver, Don O’Neal
Row 6: Chase Junghans, Morgan Bagley
Row 7: Glen Thompson, Blake Spencer
Row 8: Doug Hammer, Snooky Dehm

[MI Dirt Fan]

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[Shiny Side Up 18]

Modified races are over and late models are on track.

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Feature 1. Lap 12, caution as Kyle Bronson and Kody Evans tangle in turn 3. Bronson heavily damaged and out. Top 5: Moran, Feger, Kloos, Moyer, Wenger. 13 to go. Top 4 transfer.

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Feature 1: Caution on lap 13 as Dan Flessner spins on the frontstretch. Moran, Feger, Kloos, Wenger, Moyer. 12 to go.

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Feature 1 finish: Moran, Feger, Wenger, Kloos are in the PDC.

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Scratching the track now before feature number 2.

[plunks7]

Finish: Devin Moran, Jason Feger, McKay Wenger, Michael Kloos, Billy Moyer, Mike Spatola, Mike Glass(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), Kody Evans, Earl Pearson Jr., Eric Wells, Derrick Ramey, Brent Larson, Dustin Nobbe, Spencer Diercks, Daniel Flessner, Kyle Bronson, Steve Thorsten.

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Feature 2 on track.

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Feature 2: Caution lap 2. Race leader Shannon Babb jumps the turn 2 cushion and pounds the wall. Babb is out. Clanton, Shirley, T. Erb, Duty, Unzicker.

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Feature 2: Caution lap 5. Tyler Erb breaks in turn 2. Clanton, Shirley, Unzicker, Erb Jr., Duty.

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Feature 2: Caution on lap 5 again as Chub Frank breaks.

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Feature 2: Chub Frank returns to the track.

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Feature 2: 10 to go. Clanton, Unzicker, Shirley, Erb Jr., Mahoney.

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Feature 2 finish: Clanton, Unzicker, Shirley, Erb Jr., are in the PDC.

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Finish: Shane Clanton, Ryan Unzicker, Brian Shirley, Dennis Erb Jr., Cody Mahoney, Kolby Vandenbergh, Darrell Lanigan, Jake O’Neil, Scott Bull, Don Hammer, Chub Frank, Derek Chandler, Derek Doll, Justin Duty, Tyler Erb, Shannon Babb.

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Feature 3 is green.

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Feature 3: 10 to go: Madden, Simpson, Sheppard, Pierce, Heckenast.

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6 to go. Top 4 under a blanket.

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Feature 3 finish: Sheppard, Pierce, Madden, Simpson are in the PDC. That one was nuts.

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Feature 4 is on track.

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Feature 4: Billy Drake breaks on lap 1. Still green.

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Finish: Brandon Sheppard, Bobby Pierce, Chris Madden, Chris Simpson, Frank Heckenast Jr., Scott Bloomquist, Gordy Gundaker, Mike Mataragas, Dustin Griffin, Jason Jameson, Bob Gardner, Scott Schmitt, Joey Moriarty, Gregg Satterlee, Jeremy Conaway, Matt Shannon.

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Feature 4: Caution for debris with 13 to go. Ferguson and Culp were getting very physical for the final transfer position, and Owens passed them both! Marlar, Eckert, McCreadie, Owens, Ferguson.

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Feature 4: Caution with 8 to go as 5th place Don O'Neal jumps the cushion in turn 2 and pounds the wall. O'Neal is out.

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Feature 4 finish: Marlar, McCreadie, Owens, Ferguson are in the PDC.

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Night 1 complete.

[george w]

Man my hats off to you on the updates, makes a 12 hour shift on fri night a lil easier to handle..... thank you!

[mccreadiefan39]

Good job T-Mac into the redraw!!!

[IL LM Fan]

Thanks for posting. Bobby and Erb Jr. are in. And Unzicker raced his way in. All good.

[plunks7]

Finish: Mike Marlar, Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Chris Ferguson, Rick Eckert, Kevin Weaver, Timothy Culp, Chase Junghans, Blake Spencer, Doug Hammer, Glen Thompson, Don O’Neal, Morgan Bagley, Snooky Dehm, Jay Sparks, Billy Drake.

[plunks7]

Thanks for the play by play SS18 I appreciate it!!!!

[zyoung25]

Seeing threads like this take me back to how this place used to be, and what it should be used for.

Thanks for the updates shiney!

[MI Dirt Fan]

Couple things. I don't follow Shane Clanton much so I have a few questions. Pardon me if these sound kinda dumb. I see he has a Capital car. How long has he been in one? And why can't Steve Francis find the success Clanton is having? Are they the only 2 in Capital cars on National tours? Why doesn't Clanton run any Lucas shows? Or at least the bigger ones? Has he in the past? Thanks.

[Krooser]

An amazing night of racing...

[cgrace]

An amazing night of racing...i thought a lot of torn up equipment track was pretty dang rough. lucky nobody flipped

[TackyTracker]

track was rough but I think they are aware and they will correct for tomorrow night.. at least I hope because not many will make 100 laps

[KAOS]

Couple things. I don't follow Shane Clanton much so I have a few questions. Pardon me if these sound kinda dumb. I see he has a Capital car. How long has he been in one? And why can't Steve Francis find the success Clanton is having? Are they the only 2 in Capital cars on National tours? Why doesn't Clanton run any Lucas shows? Or at least the bigger ones? Has he in the past? Thanks. Clanton has success because he runs the WoO Tour if was running Lucas like Francis he would be in the same boat, also the Outlaws almost never race off tour look at last week at I80 only Outlaw regular I remember seeing was BShep.

[Bob Hubbard]

What happened to O'neal Looked like he was gonna transfer ? All I heard was he slammed the wall ...

[mskdorf]

From these results he did transfer. Top 4 transfer and he was third.

[Bob Hubbard]

Sorry I meant O'neal ....

[mskdorf]

Not sure but he is having a tough year.

[Highside Hustler25]

Never heard of the young man till last night. Impressive. And only 18? Kid has a bright future ahead of him.

I'm thinkin Sheppy will be hard to beat tonight. When he decided to hit the nitrous button with about 7 to go, he was gone. Mechanical issues or a wreck will be the only reason he doesn't find victory lane.

[zyoung25]

Never heard of the young man till last night. Impressive. And only 18? Kid has a bright future ahead of him.

Kody is from my area, he actually lives up near Eldora. He's got 3 wins tho season, at the 3 different tracks. He's improved a ton in the last year. When I seen he was making the trip, I knew he would do well. FALS suit his style.

[Highside Hustler25]

Kody is from my area, he actually lives up near Eldora. He's got 3 wins tho season, at the 3 different tracks. He's improved a ton in the last year. When I seen he was making the trip, I knew he would do well. FALS suit his style.

He was bad fast. A little wild at times, but so was just about everybody else on a very hooked up track.

[TackyTracker]

I agree Shepp will be tough tonight

[Krooser]

That cushion bit more than one last night... while there were some holes around the track some guys had their shocks working better than others... not everyone was bouncing around as bad as others. Sure was a lot of action in both classes...

[Zonks32x]

MI dirt fan,

Clanton has been in a capital car for about 3 years. Various drivers have jumped in and out of them over the last couple years, but Clanton has enjoyed the most success. Francis hasn't looked good in any car he's driven for 3 years. Hate to say it, but WoO has Chub Frank, Lucas has Steve Francis.

Clanton has never run a ton of Lucas events. When he has, it's been events closer to his home stompin' grounds in GA. Lanigan always received the same criticism when he was on WoO tour. Now that Darrell runs Lucas, he runs very few WoO shows. Bottom line is this...these guys have lives and families too, and committing to either series is 30+ weekends out of the year.

KAOS,
If the Lucas tour is so superior, then tell me why Richards is leading points in his 1st go-round?? Don O'Neal is a darn good racecar driver and he finally got his 1st WoO win this year. We're talking a lot of years and a lot of events entered, and it was a race in FL.

The top 5-6 drivers in each series are pretty d@mn good. Maybe WoO drivers don't go to Lucas events and vice versa b/c of how they "tech" or don't tech certain cars.

[huskerdirt]

Couple things. I don't follow Shane Clanton much so I have a few questions. Pardon me if these sound kinda dumb. I see he has a Capital car. How long has he been in one? And why can't Steve Francis find the success Clanton is having? Are they the only 2 in Capital cars on National tours? Why doesn't Clanton run any Lucas shows? Or at least the bigger ones? Has he in the past? Thanks.

He's been in one for awhile. It's his and Marshall Greens creation. At one time last year, Heckenast, Junghans, Marler had Capital cars. Obviously now they don't. Clanton did run I-80 and Knoxville Lucas races last year. That's more the exception than they rule with Clanton. About the only lucas race he runs regularly is that fall race at Dixie.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Thanks. Like I said only select LOLMS events I was referring to like North/South which isn't too far from him or DTWC which is somewhat far but has paid well.

[Bob Hubbard]

Is this race on pay per view ? I dont see it on dod ....

[Cardirt0]

Is this race on pay per view ? I dont see it on dod ....

I just watch them on DoD

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Kody is from my area, he actually lives up near Eldora. He's got 3 wins tho season, at the 3 different tracks. He's improved a ton in the last year. When I seen he was making the trip, I knew he would do well. FALS suit his style.Nobody brought up the fact that Bronson was thinking about the newest Affliction shirt and ran through Kody?

All joking aside, obviously he checked up before Bronson anticipated him checking up. If Bronson can get himself in check, he will be pretty good I think. Sure has the cash behind him to fix all his fuk ups. And Kody was impressive.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Is this race on pay per view ? I dont see it on dod ....All 4 are on DoD.

[ptown]

He's been in one for awhile. It's his and Marshall Greens creation. At one time last year, Heckenast, Junghans, Marler had Capital cars. Obviously now they don't. Clanton did run I-80 and Knoxville Lucas races last year. That's more the exception than they rule with Clanton. About the only lucas race he runs regularly is that fall race at Dixie.

Yup and Marshal Green is here helping.

[bullring]

No live broadcast that I could find. Thought maybe Dirtvision would have it since it's WOO sanctioned but all they have is audio.

[turnleftandgasit]

It is not a PPV. As soon as they get fiber optics ran to the fair grounds, it will be DoD's biggest production, as it is their home track.

[#FALSuperman]

It is not a PPV. As soon as they get fiber optics ran to the fair grounds, it will be DoD's biggest production, as it is their home track.Correct...and trust me it is coming! Perhaps even next year. Expect to see the PDC purse increase next year as well. You guys are going to have no argument over whether or not this is a "Crown Jewel" event soon enough.

[Forward Bite]

I look for Marlar to take home the big money. He is getting faster every week.

[rickybrown1952]

Gotta go with Sheppard

[mccreadiefan39]

Last night was one of the biggest cushions I have ever seen, not sure they can run that for 100 laps tonight

Hopefully the track crew can knock that down somewhat for tonight

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

T-mac is good on longer races. I look for him to bring home the $$.

[turnleftandgasit]

If that is the biggest cushion you have ever seen, you haven't been around FALS much. I wouldn't even put that much above an average cushion here.

[turnleftandgasit]

Hopefully the idea I gave them for getting a fiber to the fairgrounds works out. The old saying about more than one way to skin a cat, could work out in this case.

[Clayton_Wetter]

T-mac is good on longer races. I look for him to bring home the $$.

T-Mac will make some money, they all do.

[DTS86]

Friday night before the PDC started, Mike Norris said "there were 65 cars entered. It would have been 67, but 2 cars failed inspection." Anyone know what or who that was?