Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals - Friday

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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.

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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.