Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals - Friday

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A black toter with Iowa plates just arrived. I don't know who it is.

[george w]

Anyone sitting on there points from thurs?

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Anyone sitting on there points from thurs?I see one hauler not unloaded with hotlaps in under 20 minutes.

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Brian Harris is driving Jay Johnson's #93 tonight.

[Dlmfan123]

Terbo said if he doesn’t make it out of the a he’s not running a b main

[WildBill32]

Bobby & Bronson go to there back up cars for tonight. Birkhofer first to time trial in group A.

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Joel Callahan is sitting out tonight. Hauler is still packed up.

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Cars are on track for wheel pack. Birkhofer will be first to qualify.

[WildBill32]

It was great to see T-Erb get the win last night! He wassssssss sooooooo happyyyyyyy....

[golddirt]

Shiny before things get really rolling I want to thank you for the fantastic job you do keeping us at
Home up to date. I know it takes a lot of time and not everyone is capable of doing what you do so again a HUGE thank you. Terry Grant

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Shiny before things get really rolling I want to thank you for the fantastic job you do keeping us atHome up to date. I know it takes a lot of time and not everyone is capable of doing what you do so again a HUGE thank you. Terry GrantYou're welcome. I enjoy contributing and keeping everybody up to speed on all the happenings. If only I didn't have to wait 30 seconds between posts! Lol

[WildBill32]

EPJ on top of the points from last night? I Never seen the points run down from last night.

[george w]

Pearson 488
Bloomquist
T.Erb
Chad Simpson
Bshepp
Owen's
Heckanest
Chris simpson
Overton
Clanton 459
There's the top 10 in points from last night

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Points positions 6-16: Owens, Heckenast, Chris Simpson, Overton, Clanton, O'Neal, Babb, Ziegler, Junghans, Birkhofer, Richards.

[MI Dirt Fan]

EPJ has a 1 point lead on Bloomquist

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Mason Zeigler is smoking in hot laps.

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The 25z is still smoking in the pits. There's about six people working in the engine bay.

[Dlmfan123]

Rough weekend for pro powers?

[BILL47A]

Anyone having problems with DOD?

[mcarter815]

Anyone having problems with DOD?

Working fine for me.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Bloomquist puts down fastest lap in hotlaps.

[Clayton_Wetter]

Many sandbaggers tonight???

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Qualifying underway.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Many sandbaggers tonight???

I dunno. As long as the track is racey. Bloomquist started 8th and finished 2nd in what 10-12 laps?

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Perfect night. https://i.imgur.com/8lm2JXE.jpg

[NY DIRT]

Why isn,t qualifying on race monitor???

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Follow Knoxville Raceway on Race Monitor, not Lucas Oil. It was an oil leak on the 25z.

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Group A fast time: Chad Simpson 18.130. Ziegler attempted to qualify, but aborted. Still smoking.

[Dlmfan123]

Hasn’t skipped a beat here

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Ziegler is pulling the back-up car out now.

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Pierce's car pushed like a dump truck on both laps.

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Group B fast time: Scott Bloomquist 17.875

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Heat 1 is staging.

[GrocMax]

Maybe a dump truck engine was all they had left?

[cprince07]

He would blow the engine up in that too!! LOL

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Heat 1 on track.

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Zeigler does not answer the call.

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Start waived off. Junghans pulled off.

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Heat 1 green.

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Birkhofer dropping like a rock. Back to 7th.

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Heat 1 transfers: Furman, Bruening, Chad Simpson. Birkhofer last on track.

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Heat 2 on track. Junghans blew up.

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Heat 2 green.

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Heat 2 transfers: Moyer, Davenport, Shirley.

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Heat 3 on track. Correction: Ziegler is in this heat, not heat 1. He does in fact answer the call.

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Heat 3 green.

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Heat 3 transfers: Ward, Hurst, Stovall.

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Heat 4 on track. Bloomquist starts in the back.

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Heat 4 green.

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Heat 4: caution for Junior Coover stopping with 2 to go. 94 39 0 14m 40b

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Back to green with 2 to go.

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Heat 4 transfers: Bloomquist, Rettig, McCreadie. Bloomquist over Rettig in a photo finish .007 on the transponder.

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Heat 5 on track.

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Heat 5 green.

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Heat 5 transfers: Pierce, Mars, Heckenast.

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Heat 6 on track.

[george w]

Lil Frankie's kinda just quietly had a pretty solid start to his weekend....

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Heat 6 green.

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Heat 6 transfers: O'Neal, Owens, Duty. Heat of the year. Heats complete.

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Jimmy Owens passed O'Neal and Duty 3 wide on the frontstretch with 2 to go, and O'Neal passed him on the final lap and beat Owens by little more than a nose. That was nuts.

[Mams]

Thanks for the updates!

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C-Main on track. Top 4 transfer to the B-main.

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C-Main green.

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C-Main transfers: Lanigan, Feger, Landers, Neal. Birkhofer fails to transfer.

[mcarter815]

Very racy track tonight. Bobby Pierce bashed the track prep in his heat race winner interview.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Because there is no cushion?

[THE DOORMAN 4STUHLER]

C-Main transfers: Lanigan, Feger, Landers, Neal. Birkhofer fails to transfer.

None of these guys will transfer to the A! Might as well save your equipment

[Highside Hustler25]

None of these guys will transfer to the A! Might as well save your equipment

I can see the winner coming from the B Main. Most of the fastest cars didn't transfer thru the heats. B main is LOADED.

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B-main on track. Top 6 transfer to the A-main.

[mcarter815]

Because there is no cushion?

He says the track was too tacky last night and that cost them the motor.

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B-main is green. 15 laps.

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Caution with 13 to go as Zach McMillan comes to a stop. Shane Clanton clips him. 91 1s 1r 40b 18b 1m

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Back to green with 13 to go.

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10 to go: 91 1s 40b 1r 18b 29

[kidrock]

Very racy track tonight. Bobby Pierce bashed the track prep in his heat race winner interview.

They all at one time or another have complained about track prep. Some like heavy and some like dry slick. Used to hear it all the time.

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5 to go: 91 1s 40b 1r 18 25c

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B-main transfers: Sheppard, T. Erb, Bronson, Richards, Babb, Clanton.

[MI Dirt Fan]

What was the excuse for breaking motors every other time?

[reid boys]

What do you think about the place shiny?

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What do you think about the place shiny?It's a giant Fairbury.

[THE DOORMAN 4STUHLER]

I can see the winner coming from the B Main. Most of the fastest cars didn't transfer thru the heats. B main is LOADED.
I like your way of thinking but I highly doubt that happens

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25 lap A-main is staging.

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A-main on track. Row 1: Bruening, Heckenast.

[highspeeddirt]

Here we go again. Complaining about the track prep. They don't like it race somewhere else. Freaking cry babies.

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Lineup: https://www.facebook.com/352968491487031/posts/1802991886484677/

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Green flag!

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Start waived off. Furman and Rettig wreck in the jam up when the yellow was called.

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Both cars continue. Green again.

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Caution at lap 1 as Rettig spins again. 99jr 16b 49 5 00

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Bloomquist pulls off!

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Back to green with 24 to go. Bloomquist done.

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20 to go: 99jr 49 5 16b 28

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15 to go: Heckenast by a half straightaway. 99jr 49 5 28 16b

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12 to go: Davenport starting to reel in Heckenast.

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10 to go: 99jr 49 5 28 16b

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8 to go. Heckenast's lead stabilized.

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Caution with 7 to go for Rettig blowing up. 99jr 49 5 28 16b

[Dlmfan123]

Stovall not rettig

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Stovall not rettigMy mistake. I saw Rettig in the infield. I didn't see Stovall.

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Back to green with 7 to go.

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Caution with 6 to go as Matt Furman stops. 99jr 49 1s 28 5

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Back to green with 6 to go.

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4 to go: 1s 99jr 5 39 49

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Finish: 1s 99jr 5 49 39 28 16b 20 25s 40b

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Sheppard got a perfect restart and blasted by on the bottom in turn 1. Heartbreaker for Heckenast.

[THE DOORMAN 4STUHLER]

I can see the winner coming from the B Main. Most of the fastest cars didn't transfer thru the heats. B main is LOADED.

Wow!! Good call man!!!👍

[MUD MAESTRO]

Heckenast follows up Thurs top five with another good run.........The car looks real strong. Frankie looks comfortable on this big half mile. Sheppard may be the man to beat Sat. but still dont count out zero, 20 or EPJ.

[TerryM]

I believe this makes 5 straight Lucas races won by non-Lucas drivers.

[MI Dirt Fan]

19th to 1st in 25 laps...

Sheppard
Heckenast
O'Neal
Davenport
McCreadie
Mars
Bruening
Owens
Simpson
Bronson
Pierce
Erb91
Shirley
Babb
Hurst
Moyer
Furman
Duty
Rettig
Stovall
Clanton
Ward
Richards
Bloomquist

[MI Dirt Fan]

Final standings

[huskerdirt]

19th to 1st in 25 laps...

In 19 laps.......

[Mod Runner]

Why did Bloomquist pull out so soon ?

[Highside Hustler25]

What was the excuse for breaking motors every other time?

Gives you something to flap yer gums about.

[Highside Hustler25]

Wow!! Good call man!!!

Just a guess:)

[kidrock]

What was the excuse for breaking motors every other time?

Could be many reasons why they break.

[kidrock]

Here we go again. Complaining about the track prep. They don't like it race somewhere else. Freaking cry babies.

So, I'm guessing when you go to work at your job you don't complain about nothing.

[Spike 188]

How can you watch the races tonight does any one know how thanks

[golddirt]

I hear there are tickets available

[ZERO25]

Why did Bloomquist pull out so soon ?

He didn't want another son to turn out like SS! :)

[kidrock]

How can you watch the races tonight does any one know how thanks

Lucas oil tv but, you have to have a yearly subscription. If you sign up now you get it for a year so it will end a year from now. In my honest opinion it's worth the money but, some might not feel that way

[Dlmfan123]

B shepp is a bad mo fo!

[Highside Hustler25]

He didn't want another son to turn out like SS! :)

Was waiting for someone to jump on that one 😁

[Zonks32x]

I believe this makes 5 straight Lucas races won by non-Lucas drivers.

Shhhhh....Lucas Oil is the Bret "the Hitman" Hart of the dirt late model world. Best there is, best there was, and best there ever will be.

All those regional guys and drivers from that other national series, should just be honored that they are even allowed to compete at an event put on by Uncle Forrest.

[Zonks32x]

Why did Bloomquist pull out so soon ?

Just a guess...

He figured he already had enough points just by starting the A-main Friday to secure a top starting spot for tonight.

And, he was right.

Why race all 25 laps, risk tearing up a car or blowing up a motor, when you can just ball out for one lap, set quick time on back to back nights, and start 3rd on Saturday??? That's my theory.

Seems a little flawed to me that quick time over shadows winning on Thursday or Friday, but.....Not my monkeys, not my circus.

Can't blame ole Bloomer for using the event format to his advantage.

[drich24]

Looked like he had an engine problem. Looked like they were getting ready to swap motors when I left.

[drich24]

Since Junghans was locked into the feature, they were going to go home and pick up another car because he had an engine problem, too. They didn’t have a backup car with an engine as they brought a chassis to deliver it to Shirley (had bought from them).

[Illtsate32]

B shepp is a bad mo fo!

Hes aighht...Matt Furman can win in the Rocket 1...

[Zonks32x]

Hes aighht...Matt Furman can win in the Rocket 1...

Wow...throwin' shade at Matt Furman. What'd he do to you?

I get what you're saying, rocket 1 is the best ride to have in the business (Bloomer fans may argue), but that said, you still gotta drive it, and coming from 19th to the front in 25 laps, at that track, against thst field of cars,....B-Shepp can wheel & sorry to disagree, but he wheels it better than most.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Wow...throwin' shade at Matt Furman. What'd he do to you?

I get what you're saying, rocket 1 is the best ride to have in the business (Bloomer fans may argue), but that said, you still gotta drive it, and coming from 19th to the front in 25 laps, at that track, against thst field of cars,....B-Shepp can wheel & sorry to disagree, but he wheels it better than most.
This Bloomer fan isnt going to argue. Not sure why you think they would for.

[Dlmfan123]

Sheppard and pierce are in the same category to me as long as there in a 100 lapper there’s a dam good chance there gonna be up front

[MI Dirt Fan]

Bloomquist hurt a motor last night. They've swapped one out.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Where is overton?