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Bill W's Notes for 5/3

Welcome to another Knoxville Championship Series Night! 82 cars total are entered tonight, and it promises to be another great night of racing here at the Knoxville Raceway! The sun is finally out! Let's go racing!

Stay tuned here for notes as the night goes on. You can find lineups, results and live timing on MyRacePass. If you're interested in the PPV broadcast, visit DirtVision.com.

Hot laps are scheduled for 6:15 p.m.

Kade Higday gets upside down in 410 hot laps, he is out of the car and o.k.

Pro Sprints Qualifying is up next....3 laps on the clock...

Brett Moffitt enters the Pro ranks for the first time and sets quick time at 17.440 seconds.

Josh Jones fails to get a time in...

410 Qualifying is next...

Watt slows on his second lap...

Problems for Pulkrabek on his attempt...1 lap at the end...

Brian Brown is your quick timer tonight at 15.055 seconds, receiving $100 from OpenWheel101.com.

No time for Pulkrabek, Scotty Johnson or Higday, who got upside down in practice...

360 Qualifying rounds out the preliminaries...

Tyler Groenendyk is your quick timer for the 360's at 16.267 seconds, followed by Alex Hill, Clint Garner, Cam Martin and Timothy Smith...

Pro Sprint Heats lead us off...6 laps, 100 pts for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on added to Qualifying points...

Heat one...

Kubli is leaving early over Moffitt, Kinder, Thompson and Wilke...Wilke working on Thompson for 4th...Kubli wins this one...

Heat two

K Hildreth caught jumping on our first start and is penalized a row...Mayberry leads Lane, Mosher, K Hildreth and Stezler early...now Stelzer is around the outside of K Hildreth for 4th...Young working over K Hildreth for 5th...Mosher reeling in Lane for 2nd...Mayberry is pulling away....Mayberry runs away with this one...

Feature Invert for the Pros is 0...

360 Heat one, 7 laps, 100 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for the win, 97 for 2nd, 94 for 3rd and so on...

TMAC to the lead over Bown, Covington, Ball and Winters...Covington by Brown for 2nd...Covington catching TMAC....Groenendyk all over Winters for 5th...Covington on the cushion and leads lap 5...TMAC back by on lap 7...great race up front...TMAC holds him off...

Heat two...

Selvage leads Rost, Tasker, Sawyer and Hill...Selvage will win it on a fast track...

Heat three...

One of the most amazing starts we've seen, Potter gets under the turn one berm does a 360 spin, somehow everyone misses him, and he keeps it running! He will restart at the tail. He did all but get upside down! Higday gets the early lead over Leavitt, TMEZ, Giles and Garner...Garner by Giles for 4th...Garner reeling in TMEZ....back and forth they trade passes...Higday will win it....

Feature invert for the 360's is 4...

410 heats, 8 laps, 100 pts for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd toward tonight's feature lineup...

Heat one...

Chain reaction at the start sees C McCarl tip over, and Brian Brown come to a stop...C McCarl got over Mincer's rear tire and collected Brown...Anderson is penalized a row for a bad start...C McCarl and Brown both in work area...Brown is attempting a front axle change...C McCarl will rejoin the field, as will Brown...several crews helping both teams get back out! Mincer leads early over Bellm, Ben Brown, Paulus and Timms...now Timms by Paulus for 4th...Bellms working on Mincer for the lead....Timms passes Ben Brown for 3rd...Mincer wins it...Ben Brown up in smoke before the checkers...

Heat two...

Hickle leads early over Juhl, K Johnson, A McCarl and Schneiderman...Hickle wins this one going away...

Heat three...

Jeffrey leads Watt, Bogucki, C Martin and Eliason...Bogucki is inside Watt and takes the 2nd spot with 5 to go...Ch Martin reeling in Watt now...Ch Martin into 3rd....Eliason 5o 4th with to to go...Jeffrey wins it...Key to 5th...

Heat four...

Thram leads Hughes, Saweyer, Madsen and Tasker...caution with 6 to go, Debris, Thram leads Hughes, Saweyer, Madsen, Tasker, Peterson, Norris and RJ Johnson...Sawyer up to 2nd...Madsen by Hughes for 3rd now...Sawyer works th low side and takes the lead from Thram...Madsen almost gets into Thram's tail...Madsen to 2nd on the white flag lap...Sawyer wins it...

410 feature invert is 6...

360 B main, 8 laps, top 4 to the A main...

Potter leads early over Alan Zoutte, Bickett, Mueller and Aid Zoutte...Your leader is off the pace, and so is 2nd! Potter and Al Zoutte going pitside...Bickett now leads Mueller, Ai zoutte, J Anderson and Richards...J Anderson up to 3rd...Bickett, Mueller, Anderson and Aid Zoutte move on...

Pro Sprints Feature, 15 laps, $800 to win...

Moffitt leads Kinder, Stelzer, Mayberry and Thompson...Kubli by Thompson for 5th...Kubli by Mayberry for 4th on lap 3...Moffitt and Kinder separating from the pack and into lappers on lap 7...close call for Moffitt who had a car slow in front of him, but he maintains the lead...Mosher upside down with 4 to go, he is ok...Mosher got over the right rear of a lapped car and went straight into the wall...4 to go, Moffitt led Kinder, Stelzer, Kubli, Mayberry, Thompson, Wilke, Young, Wignall, Lane, Hetrick, Jones, K Hildreth, B Johnson...Kinder challenges after the green, but former NASCAR Truck Champion Moffitt wins his first feature here in his first start!

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

Anderson leadas Hughes, Watt, Norris, Goodno and acharging Drueke...Goodno trying to reel in Norris for the transfer spot...Goodno around Norris now for the final transfer with 7 to go....Anderson cruising out front an dinto traffic with two to go...Anderson, Hughes, Watt and Goodno are moving on to the A main...

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

incident on lap one involves four cars at least...Hill got sideways, gets upside down, C Brown and Mueller also involved...everyone is ok...Selvage is in the work area...severe front end damage...Hill and Mueller will restart at the tail...Selvage rejoins the field...On the restart, inside cars are slow to go, Sawyer Phillips is upside down, and Goodno blows a right rear...everyone is ok...Hill to the work area...Selvage is back in the work area...Hill, Selvage and Goodno all rejoin the field...complete restart...Aidan Zoutte is upside down on the third try...he is ok...Groenendyk leads Leavitt, Garner, Covington and Higday...Covington by both Garner and Leavitt on the low side into 2nd...Garner slides between Leavitt and Covington to take over 3rd...6 down, Higday stops with a flat left front tire, Groenendyk leads Covington, Garner, Leavitt, Ball, Giles, T Smith, TMEZ, Rost, Winters, Cam Martin, Selvage, TMAC, Goodno, Bickett, Hill, J Anderson and Mueller....Garner around Covington for 2nd...Ball is into 4th...Garner reeling in Groenendyk up front...T Smith now into the top five...Garner passes for the lead on lap 12 on the low side of turn 4....Garner into lappers with 5 to go...Garner wins it! 48 wins here!

A main next, 20 laps, $6,000 to win...

Timms leads from row two ahead of Brown, A McCarl, Madsen and Bogucki...Brown is by Timms to lead lap 2...Timms shoots back around Brown to lead lap three in a good battle...Madsen by A McCarl for 3rd...Madsen spins, backs into the wall and tips over...he is ok...17 to go, Timms leads Brown, A McCarl, Bogucki, Eliason, K Johnson, Tasker, Hickle, Jeffrey, Sawyer, C Martin, Bellm, Schneiderman, Gennetten, C McCarl, Key, Hughes, Mincer, Anderson, Watt, Juhl, Goodno, Thram...Timms setting a good pace, into lapped traffic on lap 9...Brown is closing on the leader...Brown tries a slider with four to go, close call, but Timms hangs on...good moves in traffic....first ever win for Timms here!

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