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Bill W's Notes for 4/26

Welcome to the CraigFord.com Season Opener featuring the 410 sprints, Randall Roofing 360 Sprints and the Pro Sprints! 89 cars have signed in for our opening night for weekly action, and it's going to be a beautiful evening!

You can find my stories here as the night goes along. Lineups, results and live timing on MyRacePass. If you're interested in the PPV Broadcast, you can find that at www.DirtVision.com.

410 Hot laps are up next....

Chase Randall was quickest in 410 hot laps at 15.235 seconds.

Next up, Pro Sprint Hot Laps/Qualifying...

Toby Mosher was your quick qualifier for the Pros at 17.505 seconds...Devin Wignall did not get a lap in...

Evan Jones was DQed at the scales for being light...

410 qualifying is next...

Group 1 of 2 on the track...

Scott Bogucki was quickest inthe first group at 15.463, followed by Abreu, Reutzel, Chris Martin and Sawyer Phillips...

Group 2...

Brian Brown is quickest in the seocnd group at 15.639 seconds, followed by Austin McCarl, Kerry Madsen, Timms and Jeffrey...

360 Hot Laps/Qualifying is next...

Hoover has issues and pulls off before his last lap...

Aaron Reutzel is your quick timer in the 360's at 16.645 seconds. Ball was second quick, followed by T Phillips, Hickle and Higday...

Pro Sprint Heats are up first...

6 laps, qualifying points are added with heat points to determine the feature lineup...

Mayberry gets over the cushion in turn one and comes to a stop at the start...sounds like his arm restraints got caught, he will restart at the rear..Hetrick leads early over Lane, Kline, Stelzer and Kinder...Stelzer passes Kline for 3rd on the low side...Hetrick will win it, Kinder up to 4th...

Pro Heat two...

Thompson leads Young, Kubli, Wilke and Allen early...caution out for Wignall on the low side of turn four and Hansen who spins in turn two...3 to go, Thompson leads Young, Kubli, Wilke, Allen, K Hildreth, B Johnson, L Brown and Hansen...Young and Kubli surge by Thompson into first and second...Hansen is upside down in turn 3....2 to go, Young leads Kubli, Thompson, Wilke, Allen, K Hildreth, B Johnson, Brown...Allen up to 4th...Young will win it...

360 Heat one, 7 laps, qualifying and feature points are added together...

Goodno out front leading Cam Martin, Reuzel, Nellis...Reutzel now by Martin into 2nd...Giles is 4th and Hickle is 5th...Reutzel is strong on the bottom and takes the lead on the white flag lap...Reutzel wins it...

360 Heat two...

Hoover leads TMAC, J Martin, Garner and Ball...now Garner slides around J Martin for 3rd and Ball is following him into 4th...Garner now by TMAC for 2nd and is on the move...Higday trying to reel in J Martin for 5th...Garner takes the lead with 2 to go and looks fast, Fall by TMAC for 3rd...Garner will win this one, good battle for third, fourth and fifth...

360 Heat three...

Groenendyk leads Sawyer, Randall, Tasker and Selvage...Randall gets by Sawyer for 2nd, Groenendyk wins it....

410 heats, 8 laps, qualifying points and heat points are added, top 20 to the feature...

410 heat one...

Holmes is leading Reutzel, Wimmer, Sawyer and Marks...1 lap in and caution, Sawyer gets together with Crawley...Sawyer spins into the infield on the backstretch, Crawley kees rolling...1 lap down, Holmes leadss Reutzel, Wimmer, Marks, Bogucki, Crawley, Goodno, Peterson and Juhl...Sawyer will restart at the tail...Reutzel takes the point on the restart, Juhl spins to a stop in turn four...6 to og, Reutzel leads Holmes, Marks, Wimmer, Bogucki...Crawley from the tail and challenging for 5th...Bogucki works under Wimmer for fourth...Reutzel will win it going away....

410 Heat two...

Pulkrabek leads over Abreu, Watt, Bayston and Key...Abreu take teh lead with 5 to go, Ch Martin running down Key for 5th...Ch Martin to 5th...Abreu wins it...

410 Heat three...

K Johnson leads Eliason, Madsen, C McCarl and Jeffrey...C McCarl and Jeffrey bang wheels on the backstretch, Brown catches them and is into 5th...Eliason takes the lead on the high side with two to go...Eliason will win this one...

410 Heat four...

Timms loses a left rear wheel in turn four...caution...a good job of driving by Timms to keep the car righted...now getting word the axle broke...Hickle leads Tasker, Peck, Randall and A McCarl...Peck by Tasker for 2nd...Randall nowby for 3rd and A McCarl to 4th as Tasker tries to battle back...Hickle will win it...

360 B main, 10 laps, top four to the A...

Smith leads early over Bickett, Leavitt, Morgan and Weldon...Smith, Bickett, Leavitt and Morgan will move on...

410 B main, 12 laps, top four to the A...

Timms will not start...Sawyer has the early lead over brother Tasker, Watt, Goodno and Light...Mincer into 5th and Ben Brown is 6th...Sawyer, Tasker, Watt and Goodno will move on...Watt takes 2nd...

Pro Sprint A main, 15 laps...

Hansen and Mayberry will not start...Mosher needs a second push and will start at the tail...1 lap in, Devin Wignall comes to a stop on the inside of turn one...Kline leads Stelzer, Allen, Wilke, Thompson, Kinder, Jones, Hetrick, Kubli, Young, Lane, E Jones, K Hildreth, B Johnson, L Brown, Mosher, B Hildreth...Thompson up to 4th...Battle for the lead, Stelzer pulls even, but Kline holds on...Kinder is up to 4th on lap three..Kinder by Allen for 3rd on lap four...Thompson up to 4th...Kline in lapped traffic on lap 7...Kubli comes to a stop in turn four...8 to go, Kline leads Stelzer, Kinder, Thomopson, Allen, Young, Jones, Kubli, Wilke, Mosher, Lane, E Jones, K Hildreth...Stelzer shoots to the lead on the restart...J Jones from nowhere to 3rd! Kinder back by J Jones for third on lap 12...Stelzer in lapped traffic on lap 13...Thompson stops with one to go...green, white, checker, Stelzer leads Kline, Kinder, J Jones and Young...It's Kline and Stelzer side by side for the lead at the white flag! Stelzer pulls away and wins his 17th here!

360 A main, 18 laps, $2,000 to win...

Hickle leads Ball, Tasker, Reutzel and Garer, Tasker by Ball for 2nd on lap 2, Reutzel to 3rd...Garner by Ball on the high side for fourth on lap three...Tasker and Reutzel by Hickle for first and second on lap four....Great race for the lead, Reutzel takes it on lap six...Reutzel into traffic on lap 8...Randall by Garner for 4th on lap 12...Ball back into the top 5...Reutzel pulls away to win by 3 seconds...360 win #16 for Reutzel here...

410 A main, 20 laps, $6,000 to win, $1,000 to start...

Jeffrey elects to start at the tail...Bogucki gets sideways in turn three and collects Randall...broken torsion arm for Bogucki, Randall breaks a front end...Bogucki rejoins the field...Abreu leads early over Madsen, Reutzel, Brown and A McCarl...McCarl by Brown for fourth on the low side on lap three...Abreu into lapped traffic on lap 12...Madsen is closing and briefly takes the lead on lap 13! Abreu pulling away again...Reutzel by Madsen for second on lap 12...A McCarl by Madsen for third with five to go....Abreu pullin away...now Reutzel closing late! Abreu holds them off to win for the second week in a row here!

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