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Bill W's Notes for 5/31

Welcome to tonight's finale of the Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash! 31 USAC drivers will vie for the $15,000 top prize. The 410's will be running as well, and there are 38 cars entered in that class racing for $6,000 to win.

It's a beautiful night in Knoxville, and plenty of seats are available, so come on out. If you're too far away to join us, you can find my notes on tonight's races here. For liineups and results, you can find them under "Events" on the website, or on the MyRacePass App. If you're interested in the PPV Broadcast, visit FloRacing.com!

With several national races in the next couple weeks in the area, we're seeing visitors here like Anthony Macri, Lucas Wolfe and TJ Stutts from PA, and Parker Price-Miller, Emerson Axsom, and others. Kevin Thomas Jr. and Brady Bacon will both be doing double duty tonight as well...

Hot laps are scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

UsAC Qualifying is up next, 2 laps on the clock...

Roell pulls off before taking the green...

Mitchel Moles is your quickest qualifier at 18.868 seconds, followed by Justin Grant, Brady Bacon, Kevin Thomas Jr. and CJ Leary...

410 Hot laps are next...

410 Qualifying is up (two groups), 2 laps on the clock, 200 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for quick time, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...

Price-Miller sets a quick time, but loses power on lap two...

Emerson Axsom sets quick time in group one at 15.406 seconds, followed by Carson McCarl, Parker Price-Miller, Cam Martin and Terry McCarl...

Austin McCarl is quickest in the 2nd group at 15.499 seconds, followed by Scott Bogucki, Brian Brown, Kerry Madsen and Ryan Timms...Axsom receives $100 from OpenWheel101.com for the quickest time overall...

USAC Heats are up next, 8 laps in distance, with the top 5 going to the feature...

Heat one

Sussex leads Davis Leary, Danner and RJ Johnson....Leary now jets from third to 1st, RJ Johnson is up to 2nd...6 to go, Graves spins in turn two...Leary is your leader, RJ Johnson's pass is negated to put Sussex back in 2nd, Davis is 4th, then Burks, Danner, Moles and Graves....RJ Johnson to 2nd on the restart, then Sussex, Bruks and Danner....Burks to 3rd, good drive from seventh, Danner is 4th and Moles has taken over the final trnasfer...Moles and Danner battle for fourth right behind Burks....give the spot to Moles....Leary will win this one...

Heat two

Saville did not start...Cromwell leadas Burnal, Simpson, Grant and Calderwood...Burnal to the lead on lap two, Grant to 2nd, then Swanson, Cromwell and Calderwood....Simpson is 6th and Woods 7th...Swanson reeling in your leader as he has gotten by Grant...Grant and Swanson duke it out for 2nd...They are on your leader Bergnal...Calderwood trying to hold off Simpson for the final transfer...Bernall will hold them off to win...

Heat three

Darke leads W Smith, Ballou, AJ Johnson and Rogers....Ballou up to 2nd, Rogers is 3rd, Bacon from 6th to 4th, then AJ Johnson...Drake will win it...

Heat four

Garrett leads lap one over Setser, Cummins, KTJ and Seavey....Setser to the front now, KTJ to 3rd, Cummins fourth and Seavey 5th...KTJ back by Cummins for 3rd...Throw a blanket over the top five! Seavey makes a move on the bottom, getting by KTJ and Cummins for 3rd...now he has 2nd and KTJ is following him....Cummins to 4th...Setser will win it....Stockon making a late charge for the transfer...Setser wins it....

410 heats are 8 laps, 100 points towards tonight's feature lineup for the win, 97 points for 2nd, 94 points for 3rd and so on...

Heat one

K Johnson leads Tasker, Sawyer, TMAC and Axsom....Juhl uses the low side to challenge Axsom and passes him for 5th...K Johnson will win it...Axsom back by for 5th...

Heat two

Droud leads early over Watt, Goodno, C McCarl and KTJ...Goodno now under Watt for third....Crawley is working on KTJ for 5th...Cam Martin now up to 6th....Droud will win it...

Heat three

Chris Marti leads Anderson, Timms, A McCarl and Br Brown...Timms now gets by J Anderson for the 2nd spot....Br Brown slides by A McCarl momentarily, But Austin gets back by with a Brown bobble...Brown nails the bottom and is fighting with A McCarl for 4th...Chris Martin will win it...

Heat four

Macri leads Gennetten, Hickle, Bogucki and Bacon....caution one lap in for Gennetten who spins over the infield berm...Macri leads Hickle, Bogucki, Bacon, Wolfe, Madsen, Mincer, Goldesberry, Gennetten...Madsen slips by Wolfe for 5th...Macri will win it...

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

Stockon leads Reinbold, Wimpson and Woods on lap one...a big jumble fourth through seenth for the final trnasfer...Here comes chargin' Charles Davis running in 5th...Davis has the final trnasfer spot with 7 to go...Woods is battling back under Davis...STockon, Simipson, Reinbold and Davis move on...

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

Ball is sent back a row for jumping the initial start...Jeffrey leads KTJ, Juhl, Crawly and Bacon...now Bacon makes a move on the low side for 4th to complete lap two....Bacon now gets by Juhl for 3rd...Gennetten passes Crawley for 5th and has momentum on the top...he's reelin in Juhl and he's got the final trnasfer with 3 to go...Jeffrey, Bacon, KTJ and Gennetten will move on...

USAC Main event is next, 30 laps, $15,000 to win...

We have a red flag in turn two as we try to get started...AJ Johnson and Jadon Rogers are upside down, both are climbing out...complete restart...Simpson heads to the work area with brake issues...Swanson leads Leary, Bacon, Grant and KTJ...Grant goes from 4th to 2nd on lap two...2 laps in, Bacon tries to thread the needle under Leary and wheels catch, both snap upside down hard...both drivers are out of their cars...28 to go, Swanson leads Grant, KTJ, Bernal, Setser, Moles, Stockon, Danner, Seavey, Ballou, Cummins, Calderwood, Drake, Cromwell, Davis Jr., Burks, Reinbold, Simpson, RJ Johnson, Garrett...Yellow 7 laps in negates a Grant pass for the lead...Ballou and Drake in an incident, both are in the work area....Drake is back out, so is Ballou...23 to go, Swanson leads Grant, KTJ, Bernal, Setser, Seavey, Stockon, Danner, Moles, Cummins....Thomas Jr. jets to the front on the restart, in front of Swanson, Bernal, Grant and Setser....Bernal and Grant into second and third...Grant is up to 2nd, getting by Bernal on lap 10...Setser to 4th...Bernal is low in getting by Grant to retake second on lap 13...Cummins is into the top 5...Cummins on a roll on the low side and is by Setser for 4th on lap 17....Cummins to third and by Grant with 10 to go...KTJ into lapped traffic and pulling away! Kevin Thomas Jr. is your winner!

410 A main is up next, 20 laps, $6,000 to win...point invert is 0...

Axsom leads C McCarl by a slim margin, ahead of Bogucki, A McCalr and Timms...C McCarl shoots by Axsom to lead lap 2...A McCarl is by Bogucki for 3rd...Bogucki back by A McCarl in a good battle...A McCarl shoots from 4th to 2nd on lap four...caution for Tasker Phillips, who gets sideways and collects Macri...both are done...A McCarl shoots low to lead on the restart, Timms jets on the cushion to 3rd...Bogucki low by Axsom for 4th on lap 6...Timms flying on top and by C McCarl for 2nd on lap 7...Timms blows by A McCarl on the cushion to lead lap 9....Axsom to 4th...J Anderson spins to bring caution...11 to go, Timms leads A McCarl, C McCarl, Axsom, Bogucki, Brown, Madsen, Goodno, T McCarl, Hickle, K Johnson, Watt, Gennetten, Sawyer, Bacon, Cam Martin, Chris Martin...Bogucki by Axsom for 4th on lap 11...Brown into the top 5 on lap 12....Bogucki high around C McCarl for 3rd on lap 14...Timms into traffic on lap 17....Madsen by Brown for 5th on lap 18...Madsen by C McCarl for 4th...Timms wins his third of the season here!

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