The afternoon practice session was shortened by an accident in turn four involving car No. 35 and car No. 40. In a single car incident the No. 15 car driven by Ben Walker, suffered serious damage that destroyed the rear clip. Rick Suran driver of the #40 Eastside paving Pontiac, was taken to the infield care center for further evaluation. Car No. 83 driven by Jim Sikes Jr. spun in turn four with no contact. That spin ended the afternoon. Random practice times are as follows:
#25 John Dillon 28.14
#34 Doug McCoun 28.28
#46 Matt Crafton 28.37
#53 Scott Hansen 28.44
#99 Ken Schrader 28.46
#6 Rick Carelli 28.49
#87 MK Kanke 28.55
#20 Jim Inglebright 28.55
#11 Ron Eaton 28.70
#44 Bob Lyon 28.72
#96 Zachary Niessner 28.79
#17 Darrell LaMoure 28.81
#38 Kevin Hamlin 28.81
#36 Bruce Bechtel 28.82
#89 Burney Lamar 28.89
#12 Bruce Yackey 28.90
#88 Rocky Nash 28.97
# 2Craig Raudman 29.06
#57 Mike Pratt 29.11
#7 Frank Maronski Jr. 29.13
#24 Jim Waters 29.22
#18 John Baker 29.28
#35 Mike Snow 29.42
#83 Jim Sikes Jr 29.46
#81 Scott Lynch 29.57
#48 Steve Smith 29.63
Injury Update: Andy Michner, driver of the No. 66 Brayton/Hawk MCI World COm Midget Series Racer that crashed in practice Friday morning, returned to the track this afternoon. He had a noticeable limp as he moved around his pit area. Michner said "they say I've got a slight fracture just below the knew. The crew is working on the car right now and we'll see how everything goes in practice tomorrow. It (the left left) hurts, but we'll see tomorrow morning."
