Castrol at Spoon River

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Probably not much point in doing update threads this week, but I'll give it a go anyway. If nothing else, we can discuss tonight's event here.

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Qualifying Order

Group A

Winger
Bruening
G Gundaker
Vandenbergh
Adams
Gustin
Pierce
Chris Simpson
Burwell
Putnam
English
Swibold
Sidener
Nickerson
B Carpenter
Marlar
Herzog
Sheppard
D Carpenter
Finley
Spatola
Maguire
Frankel
Moran
Wenger
Feger
Gardner
Chasteen



Group B

S Scott
Moos
Thornton Jr
Erb Jr
Rosevear
Erb
Moyer Jr
Babb
O'Neal
T Lance
Heckenast
Bell
Martin
Shirley
Conley
Alberson
Unzicker
Timm
Dillard
Hughes
Weaver
Bagley
T Sheppard Jr
Hilsabeck
T Gundaker
Furman
Jackson
Miller

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Hotlaps underway.

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Hotlaps complete.

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Qualifying underway.

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Group A fast time: Ashton Winger 13.270

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Group B fast time: Stormy Scott 13.607

Qualifying complete

[TerryM]

I’m watching. And I always enjoy serious dirt late model discussion. Bring it, Shiny.

[TerryM]

Is this typical Spoon River? It seems brown and dusty, compared to other Illinois tracks.

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Heat Race Lineups
Top 3 transfer


Heat 1

Row 1. Winger Pierce
Row 2. English Gustin
Row 3. Finley Moran
Row 4. Frankel Spatola
Row 5. Adams Maguire


Heat 2

Row 1. Sheppard Vandenbergh
Row 2. Gardner Chasteen
Row 3. Bruening Simpson
Row 4. Burwell Feger
Row 5. Sidener


Heat 3

Row 1. G Gundaker Marlar
Row 2. Nickerson Wenger
Row 3. D Carpenter Putnam
Row 4. Herzog B Carpenter
Row 5. Swibold


Heat 4

Row 1. Scott Erb Jr
Row 2. Shirley Lance
Row 3. Alberson Furman
Row 4. Moos T Gundaker
Row 4. Milller Rosevear


Heat 5

Row 1. Heckenast Erb
Row 2. Unzicker Thornton
Row 3. Moyer Jr Babb
Row 4. Hughes T Sheppard Jr
Row 5. Hilsabeck


Heat 6

Row 1. O'Neal Bell
Row 2. Dillard Conley
Row 3. Jackson Weaver
Row 4. Timm Bagley
Row 5. Martin

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Is this typical Spoon River? It seems brown and dusty, compared to other Illinois tracks.

No. I've not personally seen it this dusty.

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Heat 1 rolling.
8 laps.

[Dirt Clod]

Thanks so much Shiny for your updates! Good to have you back again! Let's hope the heat does not dry the track out too bad.

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Heat 1 green.

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Very messy opening lap.
Caution as Gustin stops.
Pierce and English made contact.
1 lap complete.
Back to green with 7 to go.

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Caution at lap 2 as Chad Finley spins. The lap counted.

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Back to green.

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Heat 1 transfers:

Winger
Pierce
English

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Heat 2 green.

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Heat 2 transfers:

Sheppard
Vandenbergh
Gardner

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Heat 3 green.

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Heat 3 transfers:

Marlar
G Gundaker
Herzog

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Heat 4 green.

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Heat 4 transfers:

Scott
Erb Jr
Thornton

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Heat 5 green.

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Heat 5 transfers:

Heckenast
Unzicker
Hughes

There appears to be a fire in the pits.

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Heat 6 green.

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Heat 6 transfers:

O'Neal
Bell
Dillard

Heats complete.

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B-Main Lineups
12 laps
Top 3 transfer


B-Main 1

Row 1. Spatola Bruening
Row 2. Nickerson Moran
Row 3. Feger Wenger
Row 4. Frankel Burwell
Row 5. Putnam Gustin
Row 6. Simpson D Carpenter
Row 7. Finley Chasteen
Row 8. Swibold Adams
Row 9. Sidener B Carpenter
Row 10. Maguire


B-Main 2

Row 1. Shirley Erb
Row 2. Jackson Alberson
Row 3. Lance Martin
Row 4. T Gundaker T Sheppard Jr
Row 5. Conley Moos
Row 6. Moyer Jr Timm
Row 7. Miller Babb
Row 8. Bagley Furman
Row 9. Hilsabeck Weaver
Row 10. Rosevear

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There are 3 firetrucks in the pits. A larger one came in a few minutes ago. Hopefully everyone is alright.

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B-Main 1 on track.

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B-Main 1 green.

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Caution immediately as Wenger spins and is collected by Chasteen. Complete restart.

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Wenger needs the hook.

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Back to green.

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B-Main 1 transfers:

Spatola
Nickerson
Moran

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B-Main 2 green.

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Red immediately as Conley goes over.

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Conley caught the turn 4 tire and did one completely roll.

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Back to green. Complete restart.

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Caution with 6 to go as Logan Martin stops.

3s
1T
56
48
58

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Back to green..
Single file

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B-Main 2 transfers:

Shirley
Erb
Jackson


Preliminary action complete.

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A-Main Lineup
50 Laps

Row 1. Winger Scott
Row 2. Sheppard Heckenast
Row 3. Marlar O'Neal
Row 4. Pierce Erb Jr
Row 5. Vandenbergh Unzicker
Row 6. G Gundaker Bell
Row 7. English Thornton
Row 8. Gardner Hughes
Row 9. Herzog Dillard
Row 10. Spatola Shirley
Row 11. Nickerson Erb
Row 12. Moran Jackson

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There's a big hole at the bottom of turn 3. They've moved the tires out a bit.

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The grader is working the bottom of turn 3.

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A-Main on track.

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Green flag!

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Scott and Winger side by side after 1.

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Winger prevails over Scott at lap 2.

46 to go

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43 to go

89
2s
1
99jr
71

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40 to go

Traffic soon

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38 to go

Winger in heavy traffic.
Hudson spins! Still green.

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35 to go

Winger picking through traffic.

89
1
2s
99jr
32p

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31 to go

Sheppard has caught Winger.
89 top
1 bottom

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28 to go

Side by side!

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26 to go.

Sheppard to the lead.

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23 to go

1
89
2s
32
99jr

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22 to go

Scott by Winger for second.

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19 to go

Winger fading.
Pierce gets by now.

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16 to go

Pierce is by Scott!

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14 to go

Pierce ripping the lip!!!
He's catching Sheppard!

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Caution for ???

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Back to green with 14 to go.

1
2s 32
99jr 89
28 157
71 81
11g 9
24 1T
97 3s
21b

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Bobby gets into Winger and spins him!
Caution

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Unzicker and Gordy with damage.

1
32
2s
99jr
157

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Back to green with 14 to go.

1
32 2s
99jr 157
28 81
71 20rt
11g 9
1T 97
3s 89
21b 24

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13 to go

Pierce on the lip.
He slips!
Scott side by side with Pierce for second.

11 to go

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9 to go

Sheppard by 5

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7 to go

Sheppard slipping away for now.

1
32
2s

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Caution with 6 to go as Pierce goes over the lip and spins.

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Back to green.

1
157 2s
81 99jr
28 20rt

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5 to go

Sheppard scoots away

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3 to go

Sheppard is gone

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White flag

Sheppard by a straightaway.

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Checker

Sheppard
Marlar
English
Scott
Thornton
Erb Jr
Moran
Heckenast
O'Neal
G Gundaker
Unzicker
Winger
Dillard
Erb
Pierce
Shirley DNF
Bell DNF
Vandenbergh DNF
Herzog DNF
Spatola DNF
Hughes DNF
Nickerson DNF
Gardner DNF
Jackson DNF

[obamaracing#1]

Disappointed in the car turn out. Darn XR series took too many good drivers away. Prob 10ish legit drivers to win

[BirkyTime15B]

Very, very hot day today at the track. Awesome field of cars. Pretty big crowd from what I saw. Really, really good field of modified cars as well. Only thing is that wasn’t the best I’ve seen spoon. However with all the rainouts I’ll take it. Walked into the hole in turn 3 and it was almost knee deep and quite loneg. Cars were getting all 4 tires off ground when you’d hit it. BShepp looks like he could win all 4.

[Minny Lakes]

It's 2022 and I can't find a darn thing on the modified race. Like who won and how many mods? I've spent 10 minutes looking and found nothing.

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Nick Hoffman won by a country mile over Tyler Nicely.

[HoosierDirtFan]

It's 2022 and I can't find a darn thing on the modified race. Like who won and how many mods? I've spent 10 minutes looking and found nothing.

47 Modifieds at Spoon River. Nick Hoffman walk the dog in the feature over Tyler Nicley.

[Pennsboro32]

Disappointed in the car turn out. Darn XR series took too many good drivers away. Prob 10ish legit drivers to win

I think it was an excellent field.

[Jim11h]

It was sarcasm

[fryefan]

It's 2022 and I can't find a darn thing on the modified race. Like who won and how many mods? I've spent 10 minutes looking and found nothing.

Here you go:

https://www.stlracing.com/2022/05/12/nick-hoffman-takes-dirtcar-ump-modified-win-at-spoon-river-speedway/

[Highside Hustler25]

Race monitor is a quick and easy tool for getting race results. That is as long as the track is using it.

[flagone]

The caution that you weren't sure about was for Shirley who went out of turn 4. I couldn't see where he was or if he was still moving / coming back. I waited as long as I felt I could and then put it out. And he immediately rolled back on the track. Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes you are the bug.