UPDATES FROM YAKIMA SPEEDWAY

97 JASON JEFFERSON, 69 BRANDON RHIEL, 64 GARRETT EVANS, 16 TROY CONRAD, 7 RON EATON, 18 JOHN BENDER, 00 BRAD RHOADS, 5 CHRIS HART, 51 JZ, 99 SHANE MITCHELL, 72 BJ TIDRICK, 112 RICK THOMPSON, 65 TED MIKELSON, 70 TROY TREMMEL, 11 KEVIN QUESNELL, 139 SHANE HARDING, 6 TOM SWEATMAN, 39 PETE HARDING, 38 WILBUR BRUCE, 9 DAVE MANTHEI, 10 MIKE OLSON, 81 KIRKE LEDGERWOOD, 84 CHRISTIAN ROEDER, 26 MIKE LONGTON, 42 JEFF JEFFERSON, 19 ZIMMERMAN, 36 JODY TANNER, 27 JEFF BAILEY........STARTING FIELD. MOVING FROM THE B MAIN IS TRAVIS BENNETT 53, AND JEFF FORD 45.

JASON JEFFERSON WAS FAST TIME, STRAIGHT UP START.......1 AND 2 FAST TIME CAN OPT FOR THE REAR OF FIELD. IF THESE 2 WIN THERE IS A BONUS OF 5000.00

DURING SUPER STOCK A-MAIN BRANDON RHIEL CRASHED OUT, SO HE CAME INTO THE PITS AND STARTING WORKING ON HIS UNCLES CAR GETTING IT READY TO RUN IN THE A-TOUR MAIN.....HE WILL HAVE TO START IN THE BACK OF THE FIELD MOVING GARRETT EVANS UP INTO THE POSITION BRANDON RHIEL HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD.....ITS NOW 7:15 AND THE A-TOUR MAIN IS GETTING READY TO START

JASON JEFFERSON WON THE SUPER STOCK A-MAIN

THEY ARE RESTARTING TO WARM THERE TIRES, THE 97 IS GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DROP TO THE REAR OF THE FIELD ............THE 97 OF JEFFERSON IS DROPPING TO THE REAL OF THE FIELD....2 LAPS UNTIL GREEN....THE CROWD IS STANDING AS THE FIELD IS GETTING READY TO GREEN NEXT TIME BY ........THE FIELD IS ON THE BACKSTRETCH...... THEY ARE COMING DOWN TO TAKE THE GREEN FLAG AND ITS JOHN BENDER IN THE 18 ON THE OUTSIDE OF GARRETT EVANS IN THE 64...GARRETT HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND EATON IS WORKING THE INSIDE OF THE 18 CAR...EVANS IS OUT TO A 15 CAR LENGTH LEAD EATON IN THE 7 IS IN SECOND AND THE 99 OF SHANE MITCHELL IS IN 4TH AND JOHN BENDER IS IN 3.....

LAP 5 RUNNING ORDER: 64 7 18 99 5 51 00 112 72 65 11 72 65

LAP 9 AND NO CAUTIONS YET AND THE FIELD IS SPREADING OUT

LAP 10 AND THE YELLOW IS OUT BRANDON RHIEL IS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT

THE 51 IS IN THE PITS ON LAP 11 STILL YELLOW CHANGED HIS TIRE. THE PA IS SAYING RHIEL IS DONE

LAP 18 JZ IS IN THE PITS SOMETHING IS BROKEN ON HIS CAR THE FIELD IS ABOUT TO RESTART ;

GARRETT IS TAKING THE GREEN FLAG ITS STILL 64 7 18 99 5 11272 IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE 00 AND THE CARS OF HARDING IN THE 39 AND BAILEY IN THE 27 ARE MOVING THROUGH THE FIELD WITH SWEATMAN TRYING TO FOLLOW....THE 97 OF JEFFERSON IS MOVING THROUGH THE FIELD ....EATON WAS IN TO CHANGE A TIRE AND NOW IS AT THE REAR OF THE FIELD....TRAVIS BENNETT IN THE 53 HAS MOVED UP THROUGH THE FIELD ALSO LAP 29 RUNNING ORDER 64 18 5 99 112 72 39 27 6 97 00 139 65 38

ALL THE CARS ROTORS ARE GLOWING AND THE LEADERS ARE SPREAD OUT

LAP 40 RUNNING ORDER 64 18 5 99 112 39 27 6 139

THE LEADERS ARE GETTING INTO LAP TRAFFIC

MY VANTAGE POINT ISNT THAT GOOD......

LAP 55 IS YELLOW....JZ HAS BEEN IN AND OUT AND IS IN NOW AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT...EATON HAS PARKED AND THE #9 HAS PULLED IN ....LONGTON HAS COME IN

JEFFERSON IN THE 42 IS PULLING BEHIND THE WALL, MIKE OLSON IN THE 10 AND THE 19 ZIMMERMAN IS IN..... MIKE OLSON IS PARKING IT 42 BROKE SOMETHING WHEN IT WAS DROPPED OFF THE JACK AND WAS SMOKING WHEN IT REENTERED THE PITS......

THE ZIMMERMAN CAR OILED THE TRACK AND THE RACE HAS GONE RED ON LAP 58

THE ORDER 64 18 5 99 39 27 6 97 139 72 00 38 65 53 84 01

KEVIN QUESNELL WAS SPUN AND WILL ATTEMPT REPAIRS ....AND TRY TO RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

LAP 58 THEY ARE GOING TO RUN THE CARS THROUGH THE SPEEDY DRY USED TO CLEAN UP THE OIL FROM THE 19 CAR.....AND THEN THEY WILL STOP THE FIELD ON THE FRONT STRETCH AND THEN WILL WASH THE WINDOWS.........

LAP 59 RUNNING ORDER 64 18 5 99 39 27 6 97 139 00 38 65 53 84 112

TRAVIS BENNETT NEEDED TO GET MOVING UNDER RED WAS OVER HEATING

THEY WILL BE GOING GREEN INTO TURN ONE THE 97 WAS TRYING THE OUTSIDE OF THE 6

THE 64 CAR HAS A 20 CAR LENGTH LEAD ....BENDER IN THE 18 FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY THE 5

BAILEY IN THE 27 WAS PASSING UNDERNEATH HARDING IN THE 39 IN TURN 1

LAP 64 RUNNING ORDER 64 18 5 27 39 6 97 99 00 53 38 84 65

LAP 73 AND THE 72 OF BJ TIDRICK HAS PULLED INTO THE PITS

THE RUN DOWN IS THE 64 5 27 39 6 97 139 99 53 00

I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IS THE 18 CAR WENT

AND THE 139 IS HAVING TROUBLE SMOKING AND GOT WOBBLY ON THE TRACK

INTERVIEW WITH BENDER AND HE IS OUT

LAP 83 IS YELLOW AND 1 TO GO NEXT TIME BY

LAP 100 WILL BE A BREAK AND THE CARS WILL COME IN AND HAVE A 10 MINUTE BREAK

GREEN ......THE 97 IS TRYING THE 6 ON THE OUTSIDE.....HART IS 4 CAR LENGTHS FROM 64 AND THE 6 OF SWEATMAN IS TRYING JEFFERSON 97 ON THE INSIDE ....THEY ARE SIDE BY SIDE STILL THIS MAKES 4 LAPS

LAP 88......THE 97 AND THE 6 ARE STILL SIDE BY SIDE NOW THE 97 IS IN FRONT OF THE 6

LAP 89 64 HAS WIDENED HIS LEAD .....20 CAR LENGTHS AND THE 5 AND THE 27 ARE RACING THE 97 HAS JUST PASSED THE 39 AND NOW IS WORKING HIS WAY TO BAILEY IN THE 27

LAP 93 AND ITS 64 5 27 97 39 6 99 00 53 84 38 65 LAP 100 AND ITS YELLOW THE 139 OF HARDING PULLED IN ON LAP 98

100 LAP BREAK.......2 TIRE ONLY DURING THIS BREAK...10 MINUTES ONLY BEHIND PIT WALL....THE CARS WILL RETURN TO THEIR PIT STALLS.....

SHANE HARDING HEADED TO THE WATER AS HIS CAR WAS OVERHEATING AND THAT IS WHAT FORCED HIM IN EARLY

ITS 8:42 AND ITS RATHER WARM HERE COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT WHEN THE WIND BLEW HARD.....

DRIVER HEADING TO FIND WATER AND INTO THE PORTA POTTIES

SOME CARS ARE KEEPING THEIR PLANS SECRET NOT WANTING TO ADMIT THEIR PLANS.....

MANY DRIVERS JOGGING BY.....

DRIVERS ARE BEING INTERVIEWED, SOME ARE MAKING BIG CHANGES AND OTHERS JUST CHANGING THEIR TIRES.......

WELL THE SWEATMAN CAR ROLLED BY TO THE PAD HERE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALMOST RAN ME OVER

THE 39 IS CHANGING CARBURETOR

3 MINUTE WARNING

SWEATMAN IS THRASHING OVER HERE AND STARTED HIS MOTOR AND IS HEADING OUT ON THE TRACK

THE 53 IS HEADING OUT, THE 97 IS MOVING ONTO THE TRACK.....THE 36 CAR OF JODY TANNER IS HEADING BY ME ONTO THE TRACK.......

THE CARS ARE ASSUMING THEIR POSITIONS.... AND ROLLING AROUND ON THE TRACK...... THE 139 IS NOT GOING TO RETURN TO THE TRACK, HIS MOTOR WAS GETTING HOT AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK HIS MOTOR

50 LAPS REMAINING IN THE RACE....SEEM LIKE THE WEATHER HAS COOLED OFF A LOT ITS 8:55 WHICH IS LATE FOR THIS RACE...... RUNNING ORDER 64 5 27 97 39

KEVIN QUESNELL DIDN'T RETURN IN TIME SO HE IS AT THE BACK OF THE LEAD LAP

6 99 00 53 84 38

TAKING THE GREEN FLAG AND THE 97 IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 27 DOWN THE BACK STRETCH NOW JEFFERSON IS IN THIRD..... 00 IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 65 NOW DROPPING BACK IN THE FIELD

00 IS IN THE PITS AND THE 97 IS TRYING THE 5 CAR ON THE INSIDE AND HAS MADE THE PASS THE 27 CAR IS LOOKING UNDER THE 5 CAR ALSO BUT THE 5 MAINTAINS AND THE 39 IS STARTING TO WORK ON THE 27 CAR OF BAILEY AND THE YELLOW IS OUT

THE 38 OF WILBUR BRUCE IS ON TURN 2

4 97 5 27 39 6 53 99 84 65 AND LAPPED TRAFFIC

GREEN ON LAP 114

THE 97 IS TRYING THE 64 ON THE INSIDE, BUT GARRETT HOLD ON AND PULLS AWAY SOME

LAP 117 .....TRAVIS BENNETT IS WORKING ON THE 6 CAR FOR 6TH

LAP 120....64 IS LEADING AND THE 53 IS SIDE B Y SIDE AND MADE THE PASS AND

NOW IS WORKING ON CATCHING THE 39 CAR OF HARDING.......

LAP 122 EVANS AND JEFFERSON HAVE PULLED AWAY

HART IS SOLO IN THIRD PLACE FOLLOWED BY BAILEY 15 CAR LENGTHS AWAY

THE 53 IS CATCHING THE 39 AND ITS LAP 124

THE 53 IS INSIDE OF PETE HARDING ......STILL SIDE BY SIDE AND THE 53 TAKES THE POSITION

LAP 127 AND TRAVIS BENNETT IS TRYING TO CATCH THE 27 OF BAILEY.... EVERYONE IS PRETTY SPREAD OUT WITH MANY CAR LENGTH

THE 97 HAS PULLED UP ON TO THE REAR OF THE 64 AND THE 97 REALLY CATCHES THE 64 IN THE CORNER BUT GARRETT PULLS AWAY ON THE STRAIGHT-AWAYS

LAP 133 RUNNING ORDER 64 97 5 27 53 39 6 99 65 00 11 72 LAP DOWN

LAP 135 THE 38 HAS BEEN LAPPED AND THE 97 IS ON THE REAR BUMPER OF THE 64

THE 53 IS ON THE REAR OF THE 27 AND THE 39 IS CATCHING THE 53...... THE

JASON IS UNDER GARRETT BUT LAPPED TRAFFIC PREVENTED THE PASS...

12 LAPS TO GO

STILL THE 64

YELLOW IS OUT ON LAP 140

RUNNING ORDER - 64 97 5 53 39 6 99 65 00 11 AND THE 27 HAS SOME TROUBLE AND IS AT THE REAR OF THE FIELD

JEFF'S TRYING TO FALL IN BEHIND THE 00

THE 38 WAS IN THE PITS

JEFF THE 27 CAR IS MOVING TO THE REAR BEHIND 36 BUT SOME POSITIONS ARE STILL TRYING TO GET IN TO PLACE.....THE 27 IS SUPPOSE TO DROP BEHIND THE 70 CAR WHICH IS STILL ON LEAD LAP LAP ON 145 64 97 5 53 39 6 99 65 00 11 36 70 27 AND ITS GOING GREEN

ITS LAP 147 THE 97 IS TRYING THE 64 ON THE INSIDE AND THEY COME OUT OF 4 AND THE 64 IS STILL LEADING AND ITS THE WHITE FLAG AND THE 64 HAS WON AND THE 97

FINISH IS 64 97 5 53 39 6 99 65 00 11 36 27 70 DOWN CAR 38 72 45

THIS IS UNOFFICIAL AND THIS IS HOW THEY CROSSED THE LINE

THE HARDING CAR IS PULLED OVER TO THE BAILEY PIT AND I GUESS THE BAILEY CAR DROVE OVER PETE

NEWS FROM THE PITS

THE 53 WAS HOLDING HIS LINE, THE 27 TRIED TO SQUEEZE UNDERNEATH AND THEN HE SPUN, SO AFTER THE CHECKERED FLAG BAILEY WENT AFTER THE 53 AND MISSED AND GOT THE 39....LEADING TO THE GATHERING OVER IN THE BAILEY PIT

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