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Welcome to Speed51.com’s Trackside Now coverage of the 2010 SpeedFest at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, Georgia. Follow along all day as we bring you all the action from the track on race day. Also, later today we will also have the call on RaceTalkRadio.com of the Pro Late Model and Super Late Model races, a production of Speed 51 Radio.

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Here is today’s schedule of events:Sunday, January 31 Pit Gates Open 8:00 am CRA Super Series Drivers Meeting 8:30 Pro Drivers Meeting 9:00 Haulers Out of Infield 9:00 Practice Starts 9:30 (Each Car on Track One Time) Modifieds CRA Super Late Models Pro-Late Models Qualifying Begins (CARS IMPOUNDED in Infield) Modified Qualifying (by group) 10:30 Pro-Late Model Qualifying 10:45 CRA Late Model Qualifying 11:15 Grid Cars on Front-Stretch 12:00 Autograph Session Begins Pre-Race Ceremony Begins (introduce ALL drivers) 1:15 Command to Start 1:45 ALL Cars fired from front-stretch Pros to Infield Supers to Back Pits/Mods on Track Modified Feature Pro Late Model Feature CRA Super Series SpeedFest 250

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Due to the weather in the area over this weekend, everything on-track has been moved to today. However the track is still a bit damp this morning, as well as cold, so track drying is happening now.

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Even though we are waiting out some on-track action, we still have some news and information we will bring you throughout the AM.

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Comment From John from Indiana How does the weather for the day look? It is great that you guys cover these events. Keep up the great work!

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It is very cold, but according to the forcasts, everything should be good to go all day today.

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Comment From Boo Has Modified Laps been cut or is it still 75 laps?

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We are hearing that the Modified race has been cut laps, but we haven’t confirmed that. We will have that information later.

9:24

Comment From DD FL Hi when does radio coverage begin?

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Radio coverage will begin about 30 minutes prior to the Pro Late Model race, during the Modified feature.

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Chase Elliott’s car is on the track currently with the safety trucks. It appears he is trying to help get the track warm.

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PHOTO: Track drying is happening now.  (51 Sports Photo)

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PHOTO: Chase Elliott on the track, helping to dry it out.  (51 Sports Photo)

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Chase Elliott is no longer on the track, but Johanna Long has come on to the track surface to assist with the drying.

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PHOTO: Johanna Long out helping to dry the track.  (51 Sports Photo)

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Ryan Blaney has worked his way onto the track surface now to help out the process as a few racers are pitching in to help here at the track.

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PHOTO: Ryan Blaney on the track helping the drying process.  (51 Sports Photo)

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Jeff Fultz is now on the track as well as Chris Whorton.

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Russell Fleeman is now on the track too.

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Bobby Gill is now on the race track.

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Jimmy Weller is on the track now as well.

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Chase Oliver has joined the track.

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Justin Wakefield in the pits earlier said the track will be good to go later, after a dethaw.

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Donnie Wilson has made it on the track too.

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Mike Stacy has worked his way on the track with his Modified.

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Drew Brannon and Eddie Hoffman are now on the track.

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Darrel Bryson has his modified on the track now.

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TJ Reaid is on the track as a few pull off.

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Tom Schuette and Johnny VanDoorn are on the track now.

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Jason Bates (Modified) and Nick LAy made it out on the track as well as Jeff Fultz now in his Pro Late Model (he was out in his Super earlier).

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We are printing the names of these drivers as we appreciate them coming out on the track to help out the drying process.  For some though, this is a good way to get the car all warmed up before practice.

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Brian Campbell is now on the track as a few have pulled off.

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Rodney Benefield is on the track.

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Brad Springer (Modified) is on the track.

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If we miss someone, we apologize, but it has been a whirlwind of drivers that have made it to the track.

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Bubba Pollard is on the track now.

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Jimmy Garmon is on the track now.

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PHOTOS: Track drying continues with a bunch of cars on the track.  (51 Sports Photos)

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Comment From Chap Have you seen the 61 Car of Johnny VanDoorn on the track yet, if so how does it look.

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He looks slow, but so does everyone else.  Everyone is only going a slow pace speed to help dry the track.  This is not a practice yet and they are not at full speed.

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Andy Brittian (Modified), David Stremme, Kyle Sirizzotti, Eddie Hoffman, Will Prance and others are on the track.

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Bubba Gale (Modified) is on the track.

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There are only race cars on the track at the moment, but some of them are going a bit fast, prompting the flagman to try and slow them down a bit.

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They look like they are now letting the drivers pick up the speed a bit as a few drivers are going fairly fast to see what grip is out there.

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They are waving the cars off the track, so it is possible practice will start shortly.

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The Modifieds have been called to the track.  The Super Late Models will follow.

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Comment From Brad So race will start around 1 hour late you think?May leave from NC in the next hour.

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We haven’t heard any time updates from the officials.

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Comment From james will there be a live feed for the race?

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We are planning on having live Pro and Super Late Model features on RaceTalkRadio.com later this afternoon.

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Comment From Harold Fixin to leave.. gonna be sunny. See ya there!

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The Modifieds are now hitting the track for their practice session.

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Comment From james is there any live vedio coverage for the race? if so where?

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I am not aware of any live video feeds.

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We are hearing that while some of the drivers were helping drying the track, others were on the track to help themselves.  The Pros and Supers are impounding the cars after qualifying, and being that they will only have one time on the track during the practice sessions, drivers were using the “drying” time to scuff their race tires in.

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The Modifieds are at speed during their session, so everything looks fine for at-speed racing action.

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The Modified practice has been completed.  We were told that the plan is for the Modified feature to be 75 laps still.

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MODIFIED DRIVER ROSTER Car # Driver 0 1 Darrell Bryson 4 Mike Stacy 11 Brian Nester 22 Jason Bates 61 Brad Springer 83 Bubba Gale 117 Andy Brittain 145 Billy Melvin

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The Super Late Models are on the track for their practice session.  The track is hot.

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TJ Reaid has spun his car in turn three, but didn’t hit anything.

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Shane Sawyer just spun his car entering turn three, but didn’t hit anything.  He has turned his car around and is back going the right direction.

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The first group of Super Late Model practice has completed.  Cars are split into groups, and each driver only gets to go into one session on the track.

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The second group is on the track for the SLMs.

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The second group has completed their session and the third group of SLMs are on the track now.We will have practice times from the SLM practice session once all groups complete.

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PHOTO: Kyle Busch, Jeff Fultz and Bobby Gill on the track during practice.  (51 Sports Photo)

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The Super Late Models have completed their session.  We will have times soon.The Pro Late Models will be up next.

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Chase Oliver spun in turn three, but his car appears to be ok.

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Tyler Speer spun entering turn three as well, but he didn’t hit anything.

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We are hearing that the asphalt might be coming up a bit in turn three where everyone has spun during the practice sessions.  We will check on that and report back soon.

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SUPER LATE MODEL PRACTICE TIMES Pos Car # Driver Name Best Time 1 51 Kyle Busch 13.69 2 18 Bubba Pollard 13.762 3 9 Chase Elliott 13.779 4 35 David Stremme 13.803 5 14 Cale Gale 13.814 6 11 Russell Fleeman 13.816 7 91 Heath Hindman 13.878 8 20 Brian Campbell 13.885 9 10 Johanna Long 13.914 10 12 Joey Senter 13.915 11 82 Donnie Wilson 13.93 12 5 Steven Wallace 13.93 13 98s Justin Wakefield 13.953 14 97 Jimmy Garmon 13.959 15 45 DeWayne Buggay 13.993 16 09 Randy Gentry 14.005 17 92 Jason Hogan 14.058 18 08 Drew Brannon 14.06 19 39 Ryan Sieg 14.061 20 23 Jeremy Rice 14.08 21 61 Johnny VanDoorn 14.094 22 110 Ryan Blaney 14.102 23 67 Jeff Fultz 14.122 24 41 T.J. Reaid 14.164 25 8 Eddie Hoffman 14.181 26 151 Bobby Gill 14.182 27 98 Nick Lay 14.232 28 7 Jason Dietsch 14.259 29 38 Shane Sawyer 16.629

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Allen Karnes was also on the track, but his transponder wasn’t working.

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The Pro Late Models have completed their session.Modifieds are on the track for their group qualifying.

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Comment From loosewheel Is it just me, or does Heath Hindman do alot with inferior equipment? Impressive.

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The group qualifying has completed for the Modifieds.  The Pro Late Models are being called to tech to get ready for qualifying.

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MODIFIED PRACTICE TIMES Place No. Name Fast Time 1 4 Mike Stacy 14.492 2 83 Bubba Gale 14.628 3 11 Brian Nester 14.654 4 145 Billy Melvin 14.679 5 22 Jason Bates 14.766 6 61 Brad Springer 15.336 7 1 Darrell Bryson 15.343 8 117 Andy Brittain 16.371

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PRO LATE MODEL PRACTICE TIMES Place No. Name Fast Time 1 18 Bubba Pollard 13.905 2 51 Kyle Busch 13.924 3 19 Casey Roderick 13.926 4 6 David Ragan 13.966 5 38 Shane Sawyer 13.971 6 1 Shawn Simpson 14.013 7 45 Dwayne Buggay 14.07 8 45 Dwayne Buggay 14.073 9 8 Eddie Hoffman 14.089 10 52 Kevin Stephens 14.097 11 10 Greg Simpson 14.113 12 6 Chris Whorton 14.131 13 24 Austin Hill 14.134 14 8 Drew Brannon 14.187 15 3 Shane Chastain 14.207 16 93 Kyle Sirizzotti 14.212 17 33 Will Prance 14.315 18 14.32 19 61 Shane Nalley 14.321 20 66 Jeff Fultz 14.371 21 61 TW Fisher 14.374 22 5 Chase Oliver 14.445 23 23 Dalton Grindle 14.527 24 36 Rodney Benefield 14.631 25 28 Tom Schuette 14.683 26 32 Jacob Wallace 15.182 27 60 Tyler Speer 16.278

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MODIFIED GROUP QUAL RESULTS Place No. Name Fast Time 1 61 Brad Springer 14.259 2 4 Mike Stacy 14.347 3 11 Brian Nester 14.37 4 145 Billy Melvin 14.41 5 83 Bubba Gale 14.497 6 22 Jason Bates 14.611 7 1 Darrell Bryson 14.742 8 117 Andy Brittain 15.163

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Comment From leadfoot i think hindman is in a new car this weekend

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Comment From Guest no it isnt just you he has driven for years with a 14 year old car and has kept up with the best in it and yes he is impressive and a great driver

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Comment From shayne russell is speed51 over at new smyrna speedway

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No, but if we hear anything from the action at New Smyrna, we will post it on Speed 51.

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Comment From Curt Are the Pro’s and Supers qualifing one at a time or by the group??

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Standard qualifying (single-car qualifying).

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Comment From David Give’em Hell Bubba & Cale Gale

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Current temperature here in Braselton, Georgia, is 32 degrees.  It is supposed to warm up to 46 degrees a bit later today.

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Comment From Les is paul kelley racing

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He is here, but not racing.  He said it is too cold to race and laughed.

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Steve Wallace is on the track.  He is doing two laps since he had an oil pump issue.

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The Pro Late Models are getting through tech and lining up for qualifying, which should happen soon.

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Qualifying for the Pro Late Models is up first.  We will be posting real-time qualifying as it happens.

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CAR # DRIVER LAP 1 LAP 2 BEST

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61 TW Fisher 18.249 no time 18.249

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Shane Nalley hit the track for his qualifying run and after his warm up laps, chose not to qualify and took a spot in the back.TW Fisher’s lap does not count, as it was a dead lap and he pulled in.

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01 Shawn Simpson 14.182 14.087 14.087

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60 Tyler Speer 15.991 15.336 15.336

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38 Shane Sawyer 14.265 14.132 14.132

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33 Will Prance 14.367 14.102 14.102

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18 Bubba Pollard 14.426 14.075 14.075

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19 Casey Roderick 14.239 14.012 14.012

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24 Austin Hill 14.337 14.141 14.141

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08 Drew Brannon 14.625 14.516 14.516

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28 Tom Schuette 14.568 14.481 14.481

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51 Kyle Busch 14.143 13.948 13.948

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Rodney Benefield has spun on the front stretch after taking the green flag.  He will head back around the track for another shot.

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36 Rodney Benefield 14.997 14.567 14.567

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6 Chris Whorton 14.476 14.071 14.071

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66 Jeff Fultz 14.273 14.179 14.179

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8 Eddie Hoffman 14.569 14.403 14.403

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Kyle Sirizzotti has spun during his warm up laps and backed his #93 machine into the turn three wall hard.

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During this break several drivers and crews have taken the opportunity to cross from the inside pits out to where the Super Late Models are staged. We spotted many of the double duty drivers including Kyle Busch, Jeff Fultz, Drew Brannon, and Bubba Pollard made their way across.

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10 Greg Simpson 14.249 14.020 14.020

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3 Shane Chastain 14.486 14.096 14.096

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5 Chase Oliver 15.167 14.802 14.802

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45 Dwayne Buggay 14.253 13.918 13.918

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52 Kevin Stephens 14.436 14.369 14.369

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6 David Ragan 14.352 14.142 14.142

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After exiting the pits, Dalton Grindle went for a spin in turn three but has since gotten back under control and his beginning his qualifying run.

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23 Dalton Grindle 14.482 14.399 14.399

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32 Jacob Wallace 15.503 17.002 15.503

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Shane Nalley took back to the track for a second try at his qualifying lap and went for a loop in turn four. He’s now back righted and underway.

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61 Shane Nalley 14.585 14.959 14.585

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TW Fisher had the same fate as Shane Nalley as he spun in turn three after re-entering the track as well.

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61 TW Fisher 14.884 14.625 14.625

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That completes Pro Late Model qualifying.  Dwayne Buggay has set fast time.  We will have a full list in order shortly.

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Pro Late Model Qualifying Results Place No. Name Fast Time 1 45 Dwayne Buggay 13.918 2 51 Kyle Busch 13.948 3 19 Casey Roderick 14.012 4 10 Greg Simpson 14.02 5 6 Chris Whorton 14.071 6 18 Bubba Pollard 14.075 7 1 Shawn Simpson 14.087 8 3 Shane Chastain 14.096 9 33 Will Prance 14.102 10 38 Shane Sawyer 14.132 11 24 Austin Hill 14.141 12 6 David Ragan 14.142 13 66 Jeff Fultz 14.179 14 52 Kevin Stephens 14.369 15 23 Dalton Grindle 14.399 16 8 Eddie Hoffman 14.403 17 28 Tom Schuette 14.481 18 8 Drew Brannon 14.516 19 36 Rodney Benefield 14.567 20 61 Shane Nalley 14.585 21 61 TW Fisher 14.625 22 5 Chase Oliver 14.802 23 60 Tyler Speer 15.336 24 32 Jacob Wallace 15.503

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The Super Late Model qualifying is up next.  We will have real-time qualifying as it happens again.

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CAR # DRIVER LAP 1 LAP 2 BEST

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82 Donnie Wilson 14.277 13.861 13.861

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23 Jeremy Rice 14.558 14.274 14.274

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61 Johnny VanDoorn 14.160 13.827 13.827

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18 Bubba Pollard 14.040 13.630 13.630

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38 Shane Sawyer 14.260 13.949 13.949

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35 David Stremme 13.867 13.778 13.778

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97 Jimmy Garmon 14.852 14.089 14.089

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51 Kyle Busch 14.028 13.717 13.717

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98 Nick Lay 14.257 14.244 14.244

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123 Jimmy Weller 14.868 14.132 14.132

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91 Heath Hindman 14.167 13.935 13.935

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20 Brian Campbell 14.093 13.725 13.725

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7 Jason Dietsch 14.347 14.179 14.179

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08 Drew Brannon 14.207 13.936 13.936

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51 Bobby Gill 14.026 14.022 14.022

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11 Russell Fleeman 14.110 13.894 13.894

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10 Johanna Long 14.664 14.208 14.208

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12 Joey Senter 14.408 14.074 14.074

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110 Ryan Blaney 14.386 13.796 13.796

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41 TJ Reaid 14.485 14.345 14.345

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98 Justin Wakefield 14.292 13.906 13.906

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39 Ryan Sieg 14.310 13.999 13.999

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67 Jeff Fultz 14.305 13.879 13.879

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5 Steven Wallace 13.801 13.629 13.629

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14 Cale Gale 14.016 13.699 13.699

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09 Randy Gentry 14.674 14.159 14.159

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9 Chase Elliott 14.017 13.725 13.725

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92 Jason Hogan 14.048 13.717 13.717

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45 Dwayne Buggay 14.154 13.967 13.967

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29 Allen Karnes 15.663 15.302 15.302

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That completes Super Late Model qualifying.  Steve Wallace has set fast time.  We will have the complete results in order shortly.Also of note, the official times might be about a thousandth or so off from the times we have as they are run off two different systems.

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CRA will start all cars and they will start straight up from qualifying.

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Comment From big scotty i wish ryan lawler could have made it this week, maybe he will be at opp

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Ryan Lawler is here with the Kyle Busch team, helping out.

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Eddie Hoffman’s times (we had an issue with the system): 8 Eddie Hoffman 14.319 14.030 14.030

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Comment From whellin00 is gabehart crew chief for kyle busch

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Yes.  Bond Suss is here, but in his role overseeing the operation.

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Super Late Model Qualifying Results Pos Car # Driver Name Time 1 5 Steven Wallace 13.629 2 18 Bubba Pollard 13.630 3 14 Cale Gale 13.699 4 51 Kyle Busch 13.717 5 92 Jason Hogan 13.717 6 20 Brian Campbell 13.725 7 9 Chase Elliott 13.725 8 35 David Stremme 13.778 9 110 Ryan Blaney 13.796 10 61 Johnny VanDoorn 13.826 11 82 Donnie Wilson 13.861 12 67 Jeff Fultz 13.879 13 11 Russell Fleeman 13.894 14 98s Justin Wakefield 13.906 15 91 Heath Hindman 13.935 16 08 Drew Brannon 13.936 17 38 Shane Sawyer 13.948 18 45 DeWayne Buggay 13.967 19 39 Ryan Sieg 13.999 20 151 Bobby Gill 14.022 21 8 Eddie Hoffman 14.030 22 12 Joey Senter 14.074 23 97 Jimmy Garmon 14.089 24 123 Jimmy Weller 14.132 25 09 Randy Gentry 14.159 26 7 Jason Dietsch 14.179 27 10 Johanna Long 14.208 28 98 Nick Lay 14.244 29 23 Jeremy Rice 14.274 30 41 T.J. Reaid 14.345 31 29 Allen Karnes 15.302

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The cars are lining up on the track for the autograph session.

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We are unsure of how long this autograph session will be.  However, keep your browser open and your sound up on this page and we will update prior to the start of the Modified event.We are going to take a break from the keys and head trackside to chat with some drivers.  We will be back for the start of the feature action.

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Stay tuned for live Trackside Now action of the races as well as radio broadcast of the Pro and Super Late Model events on RaceTalkRadio.com.

2:41

We are back on the keys.  The autograph session has ended and we are getting ready to race.

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The Modifieds are on the track for their race.  It is going to be a 40-lap race.

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MODIFIED STARTING LINE-UP: Place No. Name 1 61 Brad Springer 2 4 Mike Stacy 3 11 Brian Nester 4 145 Billy Melvin 5 83 Bubba Gale 6 22 Jason Bates 7 1 Darrell Bryson 8 117 Andy Brittain

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The Modified race is green.  We will have periodic updates if something happens during this event as well as who won.

2:53

At the halfway mark of the Modified race (20 laps), Brad Springer leads Brian Nester.

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There are six laps left in the Modified race as we are under yellow for a spin.  Brad Springer leads Mike Stacy and Brian Nester as the three drivers have had a big battle.  We will update with who wins in six laps.

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For lap-by-lap coverage of the Pro and Super Late Model races, stay put here on Trackside Now and tune in the internet radio on another browser for complete coverage of the action here.

3:02

Brad Springer has won the Modified portion of SpeefFest.  Unofficially Brian Nester finished second, followed by Billy Melvin, Darrell Bryson and Bubba Gale.

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MODIFIED RESULTS (UNOFFICIAL) Place No. Name 1 61 Brad Springer 2 11 Brian Nester 3 145 Billy Melvin 4 1 Darrell Bryson 5 83 Bubba Gale 6 22 Jason Bates 7 4 Mike Stacy 8 117 Andy Brittain

3:04

Next up is the Pro Late Model feature.

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PRO LATE MODEL STARTING LINE-UP Place No. Name 1 45 Dwayne Buggay 2 51 Kyle Busch 3 19 Casey Roderick 4 10 Greg Simpson 5 6 Chris Whorton 6 18 Bubba Pollard 7 1 Shawn Simpson 8 3 Shane Chastain 9 33 Will Prance 10 38 Shane Sawyer 11 24 Austin Hill 12 6 David Ragan 13 66 Jeff Fultz 14 52 Kevin Stephens 15 23 Dalton Grindle 16 8 Eddie Hoffman 17 28 Tom Schuette 18 8 Drew Brannon 19 36 Rodney Benefield 20 61 Shane Nalley 21 61 TW Fisher 22 5 Chase Oliver 23 60 Tyler Speer 24 32 Jacob Wallace

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3:13

We are one lap to green.

3:13

GREEN FLAG

3:14

Kyle Busch has jumped out and taken the lead with Casey Roderick and Dwayne Buggay side by side for second.

3:15

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 3 Shane Chastaine and Shane Nalley had trouble in turn two to bring out the yellow.

3:16

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Chris Whorton.

3:16

Caution flags do not count in this race and the drivers will go double-file on the restarts.

3:17

GREEN FLAG

3:18

Kyle Busch still leads with Casey Roderick following in second.We spoke to Bond Suss, General Manager for Kyle Busch’s team, and he said before the race that Roderick was the driver they were worried about for this Pro race.

3:19

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 11 Shane Sawyer has spun in turn two.

3:21

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Chris Whorton

3:22

GREEN FLAG

3:23

Kyle Busch still leads with Casey Roderick following him in second.

3:23

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 12 Chase Oliver and Shane Nalley went around in turn two, but are going in the right direction now.

3:24

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Chris Whorton

3:25

GREEN FLAG

3:25

Kyle Busch still leads with Casey Roderick second.  Dwayne Buggay is third by Greg Simpson.

3:28

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 18 Kevin Stephens slowed in turn one and stopped in turn two to bring out the yellow.  Stephens did get going after the yellow came out.  Officials said he is going to lose a lap due to possibly bringing out the yellow on purpose.

3:28

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Chris Whorton

3:28

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3:28

GREEN FLAG

3:30

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 20 Chris Whorton went sideways after contact with Will Prance, hitting the water barrel at the entrance to pit road.  It has damaged his car and watered down pit road as well.

3:31

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Bubba Pollard

3:33

GREEN FLAG

3:36

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 19 Shawn Simpson went around in turn one on the restart with three or four cars going up into the wall in turn one.

3:36

Everyone has pulled away except for Shane Nalley, who is actually pulling away now.

3:37

Earlier, the lap count got knocked back a lap, so the prior yellow flag happened on lap 19.

3:37

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Bubba Pollard

3:38

GREEN FLAG

3:39

Kyle Busch has the lead on the restart with Casey Roderick dropping in behind him in second.

3:39

Austin Hill has worked his way to fifth with David Ragan to sixth, moving Bubba Pollard back a few spots.

3:42

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 29 Rodney Benefield slowed to a stop in turn two, bringing out the yellow.  He went a lap down on the track and currently sits motionless while we are under yellow.

3:42

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Austin Hill

3:43

Sixth through 10th: David Ragan, Jeff Fultz, Bubba Pollard, Tom Schuette, Drew Brannon

3:44

GREEN FLAG

3:45

Once again, Kyle Busch got out to a lead on the field with Casey Roderick in second.

3:46

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 30 Austin Hill spun in turn two up into traffic after appearing to hook the inside.  Bubba Pollard and Tom Schuette also got damage to their cars.

3:47

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, David Ragan

3:47

Bubba Pollard is back on the track after hitting pit road.  Same with Austin Hill.

3:47

GREEN FLAG

3:48

A few cars wrecked in turn two, but we are still green as all the cars have pulled away.

3:48

Meanwhile, Kyle Busch still leads Casey Roderick and now Greg Simpson.

3:48

Bubba Pollard has stopped on the track at the front stretch, but they are not throwing the yellow.

3:49

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 34 Finally the officials throw the yellow flag for Bubba Pollard stopped on the front stretch.

3:50

There have been a few of these yellows that haven’t been thrown for a lap or so with a car stopped on the track.  We assume it could be the officials trying to make sure drivers aren’t stopping to draw a yellow and not lose a lap, however in a few cases, it has caused a possible safety issue on the track.

3:50

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Greg Simpson, Dwayne Buggay, Jeff Fultz

3:50

GREEN FLAG

3:51

Kyle Busch is still out front, but Greg Simpson has worked his way to second around Casey Roderick.

3:51

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 36 Shane Nalley has spun on the front stretch, bringing out the yellow flag.

3:52

Top five: Kyle Busch, Greg Simpson, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Jeff Fultz

3:53

GREEN FLAG

3:53

Different restart, same result as Kyle Busch still leads the event.  Greg Simpson is second, followed by Casey Roderick.

3:55

The entire field is single file, so we might be able to get some laps on the board.

3:56

Casey Roderick has worked his way back to second around Greg Simpson at lap 49.

3:56

Dwayne Buggay is now third, knocking Greg Simpson back to fourth now.

3:57

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 53 Shane Chastain and Will Prance had issues in turn two, wrecking on the track.

3:58

Both cars have pulled away, but each appears to have at least some damage.

3:58

We are at lap 52, not 53, as they have rolled the scoreboard back a lap.

3:59

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Jeff Fultz

3:59

GREEN FLAG

4:00

Kyle Busch still leads with Casey Roderick second.

4:01

Jeff Fultz has put the bumper to Greg Simpson for the fourth position, but so far both drivers remain in their positions.

4:01

Chase Olliver is smoking on the track, but is still up to speed.

4:02

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 60 Tyler Speer has spun his car on the back stretch.

4:04

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, Jeff Fultz

4:04

GREEN FLAG (LAP 61)

4:05

Kyle Busch still leads, but Casey Roderick is trying to stay with Busch on this restart.

4:07

Kyle Busch has pulled away from Casey Roderick with Roderick feeling the pressure from Dwayne Buggay.

4:07

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 70 Chase Oliver has stopped in turn one to bring out the yellow.

4:08

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, David Ragan

4:09

GREEN FLAG

4:10

There was a lot of bumping and banging back in the pack, but everyone is still going straight.  Kyle Busch still leads up front.

4:12

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 79 Jacob Wallace has spun and possibly hitting the wall over at the turn three entrance, right in front of the leaders.  Dwayne Buggay went sideways, but was able to save it.

4:14

Top five: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, David Ragan

4:17

GREEN FLAG

4:17

Casey Roderick had the advantage on the restart, but couldn’t clear Kyle Busch and has dropped back to second once again.

4:19

The track is currently all single file once again.

4:21

The leaders are into lapped traffic, which could get a bit crazy.

4:22

100 laps are down with 50 laps to go.  Kyle Busch leads Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, David Ragan

4:23

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 100 This yellow is the planned yellow for a tire change.

4:24

The field is now making their way down the pits for their tire changes and adjustments.  They will not lose spots on the track during this time frame.

4:25

Top 10: Kyle Busch, Casey Roderick, Dwayne Buggay, Greg Simpson, David Ragan, Shane Sawyer, Jeff Fultz, Shane Chastain, Drew Brannon, Will Prance

4:29

Comment From Mike Ray Update;Joao Barbosa and Action Express race team win Rolex 24 at Daytona overall.Jonathan Bomarito and Speedsource team win GT class

4:30

The cars are slowly making their way back on the track to get lined up for the last 50 laps.

4:32

Comment From MD from Speed51.com I’ve covered the 24 Hours at Daytona. It was strange to leave the track and hit the hotel to sleep and then return and the race was still going on.

4:33

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4:33

The yellow flag is back on the track and the cars are rolling.  We should be back to green shortly.

4:34

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4:37

One lap to green.

4:37

GREEN FLAG

4:38

Casey Roderick has worked his way to the lead from the outside.

4:39

Casey Roderick has pulled out a few car lengths from Kyle Busch with Greg Simpson, Dwayne Buggay and Shane Sawyer in tow.

4:41

110 laps are down with Casey Roderick still leading Kyle Busch by a few car lengths.  Greg Simpson is third.

4:41

Kyle Busch is trying to reel Casey Roderick in for the lead, but he gains a bit and loses a bit each corner.

4:42

Kyle Busch is all over the back bumper of Casey Roderick for the lead at lap 120.

4:43

Kyle Busch has poked his nose to the inside of Casey Roderick a few times, but has backed out to not wreck both of the cars.

4:44

25 laps remain.  Greg Simpson has worked his way to the back bumper of Kyle Busch.

4:44

Kyle Busch has backed off a bit from Casey Roderick, possibly trying to cool his tires for another run at Casey Roderick.

4:45

Dwayne Buggay and Shane Sawyer run fourth and fifth, a bit back from the top three.

4:46

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4:47

Kyle Busch slammed the back of Casey Roderick, but they all saved it and kept going.

4:47

There are just 10 laps remaining in the Pro Late Model portion of SpeedFest.  Casey Roderick is trying to hold off Kyle Busch and Greg Simpson.

4:48

Kyle Busch is looking inside and outside of Casey Roderick for the lead.

4:49

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 143 Casey Roderick has gone around in turn one, appearing to be after contact from Kyle Busch.

4:50

Kyle Busch is being put to the back of the pack with Casey Roderick.

4:51

Top five: Greg Simpson, Dwayne Buggay, Shane Sawyer, David Ragan, Shane Chastain

4:52

Casey Roderick and Kyle Busch are ninth and 10th.

4:52

GREEN FLAG

4:53

Greg Simpson has the lead with Dwayne Buggay dropping into second.

4:53

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 145 Shane Chastain went around in turn one.

4:54

Top five: Greg Simpson, Dwayne Buggay, Shane Sawyer, David Ragan, Jeff Fultz

4:54

Casey Roderick and Kyle Busch are currently seventh and eighth on the track.

4:56

GREEN FLAG

4:56

Greg Simpson is leading a gaggle of cars trying to jockey for position.

4:57

Two laps to go for Greg Simpson.

4:57

White flag is out.

4:57

CHECKERED FLAGGreg Simpson has won the Pro Late Model portion of SpeedFest.   We are heading trackside to talk with the drivers.  Stay put as we will have the Trackside Now coverage of the Super Late Model race next.   LISTEN LIVE AT RACETALKRADIO.COM (454.5000 at the track)

5:24

Unofficial Pro Late Model 150 Results Place No. Name 1 10 Greg Simpson 2 45 Dwayne Buggay 3 38 Shane Sawyer 4 6 David Ragan 5 66 Jeff Fultz 6 51 Kyle Busch 7 19 Casey Roderick 8 8 Drew Brannon 9 33 Will Prance 10 52 Kevin Stephens 11 60 Tyler Speer 12 1 Shawn Simpson 13 3 Shane Chastain 14 23 Dalton Grindle 15 6 Chris Whorton 16 24 Austin Hill 17 28 Tom Schuette 18 32 Jacob Wallace 19 5 Chase Oliver 20 18 Bubba Pollard 21 61 TW Fisher 22 61 Shane Nalley 23 36 Rodney Benefield 24 8 Eddie Hoffman

5:25

We have a lot of video interviews with drivers from the PLM race that you will see later in the week on Speed51.com.

5:26

Next up is the Super Late Model 250-lap SpeedFest event.  Cautions will count, there will be breaks at lap 100 and lap 200.

5:27

We are hearing that David Ragan got disqualified from the Pro Late Model event.  We will see if we can find out before the end of today’s coverage.

5:27

Super Late Model Starting Grid Pos Car # Driver Name 1 5 Steven Wallace 2 18 Bubba Pollard 3 14 Cale Gale 4 51 Kyle Busch 5 92 Jason Hogan 6 20 Brian Campbell 7 9 Chase Elliott 8 35 David Stremme 9 110 Ryan Blaney 10 61 Johnny VanDoorn 11 82 Donnie Wilson 12 67 Jeff Fultz 13 11 Russell Fleeman 14 98s Justin Wakefield 15 91 Heath Hindman 16 8 Drew Brannon 17 38 Shane Sawyer 18 45 DeWayne Buggay 19 39 Ryan Sieg 20 151 Bobby Gill 21 8 Eddie Hoffman 22 12 Joey Senter 23 97 Jimmy Garmon 24 123 Jimmy Weller 25 9 Randy Gentry 26 7 Jason Dietsch 27 10 Johanna Long 28 98 Nick Lay 29 23 Jeremy Rice 30 41 T.J. Reaid 31 29 Allen Karnes

5:30

GREEN FLAG

5:30

Steve Wallace has the advantage on lap one and leads the event.

5:32

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 3Brain Campbell spun in turn one to bring out the yellow.  Jeremy Rice and Justin Wakefield had to make evasive moves to avoid wrecking big on the track.

5:33

Top five: Steve Wallace, Bubba Pollard, Kyle Busch, Cale Gale, Chase Elliott

5:35

GREEN FLAG LAP 10

5:36

Steven Wallace continues to lead with Kyle Busch challenging for the top spot.

5:36

Kyle Busch has worked his way by Steve Wallace for the lead at lap 16.  Bubba Pollard is third.

5:37

YELLOW FLAG LAP 17 Jason Dietch and Johanna Long had some issues in turn four, bringing out the yellow.

5:38

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5:39

Brian Campbell is pitting during this yellow, but he is still on the lead lap.

5:39

Top five: Kyle Busch, Steve Wallace, Bubba Pollard, Cale Gale, Chase Elliott

5:40

GREEN FLAG LAP 26

5:40

Kyle Busch shot out ahead of the field, seeming to catch the Steve Wallace sleeping on the restart.

5:42

Eddie Hoffman is going the wrong way as he is dropping back through the field.  Also, Allen Karnes has pulled into the pits.

5:43

We failed to mention that Dwayne Buggay pulled off the track early on and is in the pits.

5:43

There are cars all the way around the track now with Kyle Busch lapping traffic.

5:44

Kyle Busch still leads at lap 40 by a large margin with Bubba Pollard in second.  Steve Wallace is third with Cale Gale fourth and Chase Elliott fifth.

5:44

The entire track now is in shade as the sun has gone behind the trees and will be completely gone from view soon.

5:46

There are position changes throughout the field, but not a lot of sideways action, so it looks like the SLM drivers learned from the PLM guys to keep it clean and calm.

5:47

YELLOW FLAG LAP 52 Shane Sawyer, TJ Reaid and Jimmy Weller all had issues in turn three to bring out the yellow.

5:49

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5:49

Top five: Kyle Busch, Bubba Pollard, Steve Wallace, Cale Gale, Chase Elliott

5:50

A few drivers, including Drew Brannon and Justin Wakefield.

5:52

GREEN FLAG LAP 64

5:52

Kyle Busch still leads Bubba Pollard.

5:54

Ryan Blaney is trying to work over Chase Elliott for the fifth position, but for now they are single file while Kyle Busch, Bubba Pollard, Steve Wallace and Cale Gale drive away from the field.

5:56

80 laps are on the board.  There have been close calls all over the track, but we stay green with Kyle Busch still leading Bubba Pollard and Steve Wallace.

5:57

Kyle Busch has caught the back of the pack and is trying to work around the traffic.  Up ahead is a hardcore battle for position, side by side, so it could get interesting in about five laps.

5:59

YELLOW FLAG LAP 88 Nick Lay has stopped on the backstretch, bringing out the yellow at a good time for Kyle Busch, who was behind about six to eight cars that were beating and banging for position.

6:00

Top five: Kyle Busch, Bubba Pollard, Steve Wallace, Cale Gale, Ryan Blaney

6:01

GREEN FLAG LAP 96

6:02

Kyle Busch still leads Bubba Pollard after the restart.  All restarts are single file with lapped cars on the inside.

6:02

Earlier, Jason Hogan pulled into the pits.  We are not sure why.

6:03

YELLOW FLAG LAP 101 TJ Reaid went around on the backstretch as they were going to come to the break in the action.

6:05

Top five: Kyle Busch, Bubba Pollard, Steve Wallace, Cale Gale, Ryan Blaney

6:06

For those that might just be joining our coverage, make sure to scroll down through the day’s events for all the information since this AM.

6:07

None of the leaders have pitted during this yellow.

6:08

We have a clarification.  The break is at 125 with a draw by the leader for an invert for the second half of the race.

6:08

GREEN FLAG LAP 110

6:09

Kyle Busch, Bubba Pollard and Steve Wallace still run in the top-three spots after the restart.

6:10

Ryan Blaney has worked his way by Cale Gale for the fourth spot.

6:10

There is a lot of contact between cars about 10th on back.

6:12

YELLOW FLAG LAP 121 Jason Dietch has went around in turn four after contact with another car.

6:12

We are going into the halfway break.

6:13

Kyle Busch leads Bubba Pollard, Steve Wallace, Ryan Blaney and Cale Gale.

6:14

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6:15

GREEN FLAG: LAP 125

6:15

We are a bit confused, but now the white flag is out for the halfway break.

6:16

CHECKERED FOR HALFWAY BREAK: LAP 126

6:17

Kyle Busch and Bubba Pollard have lead the field down pit road to the break.

6:18

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6:19

Top five: Kyle Busch, Bubba Pollard, Steve Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Cale Gale

6:21

The leader picked a five for the invert, so the top five will invert for the restart.

6:22

Here is a list of drivers on the lead lap for the restart:Cale Gale, Ryan Blaney, Steve Wallace, Bubba Pollard, Kyle Busch, Joey Senter, Russell Fleeman, David Stemme, Chas Elliott, Jeff Fultz, Bobby Gill, Donnie Wilson, John VanDoorn, Johanna Long, Ryan Sieg, Drew Branon, Randy Gentry

6:24

Four minutes left during the halfway break.

6:30

The cars are back rolling, so we should be back to green shortly for the second half of the race.

6:34

Jeff Fultz has been black-flagged and is on pit road.  Also, the track crew has placed speedy dry on the track,

6:35

Jeff Fultz has rejoined the field after being on pit road.  He lost all his power steering fluid.

6:36

GREEN FLAG LAP 126

6:36

Cale Gale about lost it in front of the entire field on the restart.

6:38

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 126

6:38

Complete restart.  Cale Gale wasn’t in the right line on the start, so they are doing it over.

6:38

GREEN FLAG LAP 126

6:38

Cale Gale still leads with Steve Wallace in second.

6:39

Kyle Busch is up to fourth and all over the back of Bubba Pollard.

6:40

YELLOW FLAG 129 A bunch of cars stacked up on the backstretch.  Russell Fleeman has stopped after hitting the wall.  David Stremme is on pit road with a ton of front end damage.

6:40

It appears it was just body damage on the front hood of David Stremme’s car.  He is back on the track without losing a lap without his hood now.

6:41

Top five: Cale Gale, Steve Wallace, Bubba Pollard, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney

6:44

GREEN FLAG LAP 139

6:44

Cale Gale is still leading the event with Steve Wallace in second.

6:45

Kyle Busch is trying to get third from Bubba Pollard.

6:45

Kyle Busch now has third and is going to try and reel in the two leaders.

6:46

Steve Wallace went to second, but Kyle Busch went three wide trying for the lead.

6:46

Kyle Busch, with a bold move, is now the leader over Steve Wallace and Cale Gale.

6:47

David Stremme, meanwhile, is on pit road, appearing to be done for the day.

6:49

Lap 160 is now on the board with Kyle Busch pulling away from Steve Wallace for the lead.  Cale Gale is third with Bubba Pollard fourth.  Ryan Blaney is fifth.

6:50

Bobby Gill and Chase Elliott are battling hard for the seventh and eighth positions.

6:51

Up front, Kyle Busch is battling with lapped traffic, which isn’t making it easy for him on the track.

6:51

Comment From Don Bobby gill is not Black Sunshine..It’s SCOTT BLOOMQUSIT.. Silly announcer

6:51

That is the nickname BDI Racing has given Bobby Gill at the shop.

6:53

Lap 180 of 250 is on the board with Kyle Busch firmly in command of this race.

6:55

Jeff Fultz has moved to sixth with Chase Elliott and Bobby Gill dropping back to seventh and eighth.

6:57

Bubba Pollard has been sliding back a bit.  He currently rides in the sixth position.

6:57

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6:59

YELLOW FLAG LAP 198 Cale Gale has spun from the fifth position over in turn one.

7:00

Top five: Kyle Busch, Steve Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Joey Senter, Bubba Pollard

7:01

Bobby Gill and Johnny Van Doorn have been on and off pit road.

7:01

Cale Gale has also been on pit road.

7:03

GREEN FLAG LAP 207

7:03

Steve Wallace tried to stick with Kyle Busch on the restart, but Busch has pulled out to a decent lead once again.

7:04

Ryan Blaney is third with Joey Senter fourth and Bubba Pollard fifth.

7:05

YELLOW FLAG LAP 214 Joey Senter went high in turn four and stopped before hitting the wall.  It appears he had a flat tire or something break on his car.

7:06

We are hearing a possible broke rear end on Senter’s car.

7:06

Top five: Kyle Busch, Steve Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Pollard, Jeff Fultz

7:07

Chase Elliott is sixth, followed by Drew Brannon.

7:07

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7:07

GREEN FLAG LAP 220

7:07

Kyle Busch is way out after just one lap on the field.

7:09

25 laps remain for Kyle Busch in the Super Late Model SpeedFest race.  Steve Wallace is second, followed by Ryan Blaney, Bubba Pollard and Jeff Fultz.

7:10

Jeff Fultz has worked his way to the inside of Bubba Pollard and is by for the fourth position.

7:13

10 laps remain.  Kyle Busch is out to a comfortable lead in this event as some of the fans are already leaving the track.  Steve Wallace is second, followed by Ryn Blaney.  Jeff Fultz is fourth and Bubba Pollard fifth.

7:15

YELLOW FLAG: LAP 248Ryan Blaney spun trying to pinch his car low as he was under Steve Wallace for the second position.

7:15

Ryan Blaney spun down to pit road and didn’t hit anything, but a tough break for Blaney as he will restart from the back of the pack.

7:16

The lap count is frozen as they will attempt to complete this race under green.

7:16

Top five: Kyle Busch, Steve Wallace, Jeff Fultz, Bubba Pollard, Chase Elliott

7:17

GREEN FLAG LAP 248

7:18

Kyle Busch has checked out again.  White flag is in the air.

7:18

CHECKERED FLAGKyle Busch has won the Super Late Model portion of SpeedFest.   We are heading trackside to talk with the drivers.  Stay put as we will have the more coverage soon on Speed51.com’s Trackside Now.   LISTEN LIVE AT RACETALKRADIO.COM (454.5000 at the track)

8:10

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: SUPER LATE MODEL 250 SPEEDFEST Pos No. Name 1 51 Kyle Busch 2 5 Steven Wallace 3 67 Jeff Fultz 4 18 Bubba Pollard 5 08 Drew Brannon 6 9 Chase Elliott 7 82 Donnie Wilson 8 14 Cale Gale 9 151 Bobby Gill 10 10 Johanna Long 11 110 Ryan Blaney 12 09 Randy Gentry 13 98s Justin Wakefield 14 7 Jason Dietsch 15 23 Jeremy Rice 16 8 Eddie Hoffman 17 97 Jimmy Garmon 18 98 Nick Lay 19 20 Brian Campbell 20 12 Joey Senter 21 123 Jimmy Weller 22 39 Ryan Sieg 23 61 Johnny VanDoorn 24 35 David Stremme 25 11 Russell Fleeman 26 41 T.J. Reaid 27 38 Shane Sawyer 28 29 Allen Karnes 29 45 DeWayne Buggay 30 91 Heath Hindman 31 92 Jason Hogan DNS 32 John Long

8:20

That is it for tonight’s coverage of SpeedFest 2010, but we are not done with this event.  Stay tuned to Speed51.com next week for videos, photos and more from the event that took place at Lanier National Speedway.Make sure to become a fan of Speed 51 on Facebook and check out earlier weekend photo galleries by going to www.facebook.com/speed51 Also, register free and interact in the Speed 51 forum at www.247lounge.com/speed51

8:20

8:20

PHOTO: Greg Simpson, the Pro Late Model feature winner.  (51 Sports Photo)

8:21

8:21

PHOTO: Kyle Busch, the Super Late Model feature winner.  (51 Sports Photo)

Trackside Now: SpeedFest 2010 at Lanier National Speedway – 1/31/10