MARS at Peoria - Friday

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32 Super Late Models signed in. No live timing tonight, unfortunately. I'll do my best.

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Hotlaps on track.

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Hey! We do have live timing! I didn't see it earlier.

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Hotlaps complete.
Fastest: Shannon Babb 11.825

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Timing is up

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Qualifying underway.
Straight up tonight.

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Group 1 fast time:

Garrett Alberson 12.154

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Group 2 fast time:
Shannon Babb 12.488

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Group 3 fast time:
Dennis Erb Jr. 12.340

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Group 4 fast time:
Brian Shirley 12.287

Qualifying complete.

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I haven't seen the lineups posted yet.

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And just as I say that...

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[Rajflyboy]

There is just something you gotta love about Jimmy Mars

[reid boys]

How's the track? What happened to Jason?

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Heat 1 on track.

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Track is good.

Heat 1 green.

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Heat 1 transfers:

Spatola
Weisser
Chasteen
Herzog

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Heat 2 green.

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Caution immediately as Jason Papich spins.
Brayton Wallace also spins.
Complete restart.

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Heat 2 green..

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Caution with 6 to go as Blaze Burwell spins

91
18 99
75 98

Back to green with 4 to go.

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Heat 2 transfers:

Heckenast
Papich
Babb
Drake

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Heat 3 green. Feger had to change engines and makes the call.

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Heat 3 transfers:

Erb Jr
Gustin
Rebholz
Feger

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Heat 4 green.

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Heat 4 transfers:

Hurst
Shirley
Unzicker
Bell

Heats complete.

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B-Main Lineup (My guess, forgot Adams. Sorry)

Bennett Swibold

Gardner Moos

Hess Wallace

Huffman Brauns

Radke Lance Sr

Simpson Burwell

Lance Jr Alberson

Geaschel

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B-Main green.
Top 4 transfer.

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Caution with 7 to go as Russ Adams, Curtis Radke and Tim Lance Jr tangle.

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Back to green with 7 to go.

T2
84 4g
22 98
B6 40
33h 48

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B-Main transfers:

Bennett
Brauns
Moos
Gardner

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50 lap A-Main on track.

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Rolling...

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Green flag.

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Hurst leads the first 2 laps.
Heckenast and Hurst side by side.

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Lap 5

58 99 still side by side.

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Lap 8

Hurst just clears Heckenast.

58
99
19r
28
3s

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Lap 11

Hurst running middle, Heckenast bottom.
Gustin closing in!

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Lap 14

Hurst stuck in traffic on the bottom.

Heckenast is by!

Gustin and Shirley close behind.

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Lap 18

Shirley to the lead in traffic!!!
Heckenast and Gustin aren't letting him get away!

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Lap 22

Shirley over Heckenast by 3.

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Halfway

3s
99
19r
58
28

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Lap 27

Shirley slowly gapping Heckenast on the bottom.
Gustin and Heckenast battle side by side for 2nd.

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19 to go

Shirley by 10 over Gustin.

Gustin banging the boards!

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16 to go

Traffic for Shirley.
Can Gustin catch him?

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14 to go

Shirley slicing his way through traffic!

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11 to go

Here comes Gustin!
Shirley pinned on the bottom!

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8 to go

Gustin reeling Shirley in on the top.

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5 to go


Shirley bottom in traffic.
Gustin on the top trying to catch him!

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2 to go

Gustin is SO CLOSE, yet so far.

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Checker

Shirley beats Gustin at the line by half a car!!!

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Top 10:

Shirley
Gustin
Heckenast
Erb Jr
Unzicker
Hurst
Weisser
Spatola
Chasteen
Feger

[TheJet-09]

Race-Monitor had the gap at 0.114 seconds. Sounds like it was a good one! Awesome updates as usual, SSU18!!!

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11-23

Papich
Bennett
Bell -1
Rebholz -1
Gardner -1
Burwell -1
Moos DNF
Brauns DNF
Babb DNF
Drake DNF
Herzog DNF
Wallace DNF
Radke DNF

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That was probably the best race I've ever seen here.

[TheJet-09]

Anyone know how Burwell got in the feature? Just curious...I saw the line-up was 22 cars, but 23 actually ran the race.

[Barbecueboy]

Shiny man, your updates are as close to being there as you can get.........very well done.

Brings back memories of listening to grand national coverage on the radio as a kid.....can't really see it other than through the announcers words and descriptions.

[Mister Ricochet]

Hats off the the racers, crews, track and flagman on a caution free race.

[ImCryn2]

Hats off the the racers, crews, track and flagman on a caution free race.

Yes, unfortunately we had to sit through a caution ridden B-Mod feature before we could see the caution free Late model feature.