Saturday, 6:35pm ET – Bob Varney led start-to-finish in the caution-free 50-lap USPRO "Sneak Peak 50" at Winchester. Varney got the jump on polesitter Michael Gaier, caught Varney, but fell out of the event on lap 28. From there, Varney pulled away.
USPRO Results
1. Bob Varney
2. Wes Griffith Jr.
3. Al Cook Jr.
4. Kevin Todd
5. Royce Mason II
6. Robert Maynor
7. Jack Varney Jr.
8. Pat Zorn
9. Tommy Cook
10. Lonnie Saumier
11. Michael Gaier
Saturday, 6:00pm ET – It's a "Southern Sweep" here at Winchester Speedway in CRA Super Series qualifying.
Texas-native Ryan Lawler set a new track record for Super Late Models at Winchester, winning the pole for Sunday's 36th running of the Winchester 400. Lawler's lap of 15.189 seconds just topped the lap of Danny Jackson from last year's Winchester 400. Jackson's old record was 15.192 seconds.
Fellow Southern driver driver Brian Scott qualified second, over a tenth slower than Lawler. Scott turned the half-mile at 15.350. Florida driver Justin Drawdy qualified third. Robbie Pyle and Brian Rievley rounded out the top-five.
SLM Qualifying Results
1.
Ryan Lawler
15.189
2.
Brian Scott
15.350
3.
Justin Drawdy
15.386
4.
Robbie Pyle
15.420
5.
Brian Rievley
15.424
6.
John VanDoorn
15.446
7.
Jeff Lane
15.451
8.
Rick Turner
15.464
9.
Scott Hantz
15.493
10.
Chris Gabehart
15.499
11.
JR Roahrig
15.519
12.
Jeff Fultz
15.592
13.
Boris Jurkovich
15.593
14.
Stanley Smith
15.611
15.
Danny Jackson
15.612
16.
Andy Hanson
15.625
17.
John Belott
15.635
18.
Terry Fisher, Jr.
15.672
19.
Jason Dietch
15.680
20.
Tommy Cook
15.707
21.
Jay Middleton
15.727
22.
Kenny Tweedy
15.733
23.
Chet Blanton
15.754
24.
Auggie Grill
15.768
25.
Sean Matthis
15.776
26.
Jason Shively
15.779
27.
Tommy St. John
15.785
28.
Dennis Schoenfeld
15.807
29.
Jim Crabtree, Jr.
15.837
30.
Bull Baker
15.848
31.
Jack Smith
15.853
32.
Dave Wilson
16.120
33.
Robert Maynor
16.188
34.
Adam Purdy
16.355
35.
Rich Segvich
16.489
36.
Donald Karr
16.753
37.
Justin Alsip
17.178
38.
David Stremme No Time
39.
Kyle Busch
No Time
40.
Scott Whitehouse
No Time
Saturday, 4:45pm ET – Qualifying for the CRA Super Series is up next, scheduled to go off at 5pm or a little there after.
Rick Boyer was the fastest of the 26 cars that took qualifying time for the CRA cars.
CRA Street Stock Qualifying Top Five
1. Rick Boyer 19.007
2. Jeff Perry 19.191
3. Carl Muffley 19.265
4. Calvin Parham 19.304
5. Steve Blair 19.316
Saturday, 4:15pm ET – Michael Gaier kept the theme of the final guy qualifying setting quick time, as he won the pole for tonight's USPRO 50-lapper. There are 11 cars that took time for the USPRO cars.
USPRO Qualifying Top Five
1. Michael Gaier 16.170
2. Bob Varney 16.189
3. Wes Griffith Jr. 16.223
4. Royce Mason II 16.585
5. Al Cook Jr. 16.636
CRA Super Series qualifying is set for 5pm.
Saturday, 4:00pm ET – We were able to catch up with a very tired Justin Drawdy following CRA Super Series practice. Drawdy, who raced last night in the Blizzard Series event at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, made the trip up to Winchester for the 400.
Drawdy had sent one hauler up to Winchester with one car and another hauler to Pensacola with another car. A few team members headed to Winchester to prepare that car, while the rest of his guys went to Pensacola.
Drawdy told us he boarded a plane about 30 minutes outside of Pensacola at 2:30am last night and got to Winchester around 6am Saturday morning. He was able to get to the hotel and shower and was at Winchester at 8:30am this morning.
"I'll sleep good tonight," said a very tired Drawdy.
Saturday, 3:55pm ET – Jeff Lane was able to get his #11 machine fixed and took some hot laps right before the start of USPRO Qualifying. The team practically repleaced everything in the right front of the car.
Saturday, 3:45pm ET – Harold Scott was the last driver to qualify for the Modified "Run for the Gun" 50-lapper on Saturday night. And of the 31 cars that qualified, Scott was the fastest.
Modified Qualifying Top-Five
1. Harold Scott 16.519
2. Kyle Jones 16.662
3. Dave Stacy 16.668
4. Jeff Weston 16.704
5. Mark Timmerman 16.738
Saturday, 2:45pm ET – Kenny Tweedy drew the #1 qualifying position for tonight's CRA qualifying. Qualifying is set for 5pm.
CRA Qualifying Order
1.
Kenny Tweedy
2.
Boris Jurkovic
3.
Jason Shively
4.
Stanley Smith
5.
Dave Wilson
6.
Tommy St. John
7.
Dennis Schoenfeld
8.
Danny Jackson
9.
Chris Gabehart
10.
Rich Segvich
11.
Jack Smith
12.
John Van Doorn
13.
Tommy Cook
14.
Adam Purdy
15.
Sean Matthuis
16.
Andy Hanson
17.
Augie Grill
18.
Ryan Lawler
19.
Brian Rievley
20.
Bull Baker
21.
Jeff Fultz
22.
Brian Scott
23.
Jay Middleton
24.
Justin Drawdy
25.
Terry Fisher Jr.
26.
JR Roahrig
27.
Johnny Belott III
28.
Robbie Pyle
29.
Donald Karr Jr.
30.
Chet Blanton
31.
Jim Crabtree Jr.
32.
Jason Dietsch
33.
Scott Hantz
34.
Justin Alsip
35.
Jeff Lane
36.
Rick Turner
37.
Robert Maynor
38.
David Stremme
39.
Kyle Busch
40.
Scott Whitehouse
Saturday, 2:30pm ET – There are a couple of interesting notes from around the pit area.
There are some familar faces here in the pits at Winchester... some that would normally be behind the wheel, but instead, are helping out. Mike Cope, and his son Travis, are both here helping out fellow Florida driver Jay Middleton. Cope is a former Winchester 400 winner. In fact, he's won the event multimple times.
Also here in the pits is Jack Landis. Landis, who has competed in the Winchester 400 before with both the ASA National Tour and the CRA Super Series, is helping out Danny Jackson.
David Stremme's #40 Hamke Race Cars and Park machine, which Stremme will pilot in the 400 on Sunday, is here at the track and unloaded, up on jack stands. Kyle Busch's #51, is not unloaded yet. Both Busch and Stremme will compete in tomorrow's event after flying into Winchester on Sunday morning following tonight's Nextel Cup race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
SLM driver Scott Whitehouse was at the track on Friday and practice, but blew an engine in a big way. Whitehouse left the track and is going to try and make it back for the Winchester event, but isn't sure of his prospects.
As of right now, only 39 Super Late Models at at Winchester. The race calls to start 36, but CRA officials will likely not run a Last Chance race tonight and start everyone in attendance.
There are only nine USPRO cars here for the race tonight. There are 30-plus Modifieds.
Saturday, 1:55pm ET – Justin Drawdy is hoping to have more fun than he had last night... and he's well on his way. Drawdy made the long trip from Pensacola, Florida (he came via plane) to Winchester after racing in the Blizzard Series at Five Flags Speedway on Friday night, where he wrecked and lost a shot at the Blizzard Series title after coming in second in the points.
Drawdy was fastest in the second round and final round of practice for the Super Late Models. The day's fastest in the first session, Brian Scott, didn't go out to practice this time around.
There were no major incidents, but a couple of guys for a "Winchester stripe" after hitting the wall. The groove here at Winchester is right against the outside wall, much like at the famed Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Sean Matthis was one of those guys, who hit it pretty hard.
SLM Practice 2 Results
1.
Justin Drawdy
15.648
2.
Robbie Pyle
15.679
3.
Ryan Lawler
15.713
4.
Tommy St. John
15.731
5.
Jeff Fultz
15.740
6.
Boris Jurkovich
15.759
7.
Chris Gabehart
15.806
8.
Brian Rievley
15.809
9.
Rick Turner
15.851
10.
Tommy Cook
15.857
11.
Andy Hanson
15.869
12.
Jay Middleton
15.875
13.
John VanDoorn
15.877
14.
Jason Shively
15.913
15.
JR Roahrig
15.914
16.
John Belott
15.921
17.
Jack Smith
15.931
18.
Terry Fisher, Jr.
15.962
19.
Bull Baker
15.967
20.
Dennis Schoenfeld
15.971
21.
Jason Dietch
15.982
22.
Kenny Tweedy
15.985
23.
Danny Jackson
16.037
24.
Jim Crabtree, Jr.
16.053
25.
Scott Hantz
16.154
26.
Auggie Grill
16.164
27.
Stanley Smith
16.197
28.
Chet Blanton
16.217
29.
Sean Matthis
16.296
30.
Robert Maynor
16.468
31.
Rich Segvich
16.595
32.
Adam Purdy
16.743
33.
Donald Karr
16.890
34.
Dave Wilson
16.919
35.
Justin Alsip
17.372
36.
Brian Scott
No Time
37.
Jeff Lane
No Time
Saturday, 1:00pm ET – Just a note to bare with us today at Winchester everyone. Out in rural Eastern Indiana, internet signal is sometimes sketchy at best. We will try and keep the website updated as much as possible.
The CRA Super Late Models will have another practice starting at 1:15 for 45 minutes. We'll have the rundown after is all over.
Saturday, 12:45pm ET – Here are some brief practice times from the other divisions that have already went out today thus far.
USPRO Practice Top Three
1. Wes Griffith Jr. 16.434
2. Michael Gaier 16.458
3. Tommy Cook 16.508
Modifieds Practice Top Three
1. Mark Timmerman 16.643
2. Dave Stacy 16.672
3. Mike Stacy 16.695
Saturday, 12:30pm ET – There was some action at the track last night (Friday night), as the CRA Sportsman and CRA
In the CRA Sportsman Series, Charlie Hanna won the 50-lap event and also clinched Rookie of the Year. Billy Hutson won the series 2007 Championship.
In the CRA FWD (Front Wheel Drives), Greg de St. Jean wrapped up title by winning Friday night’s 20-lap event.
Saturday, 12:15pm ET – The USPro Series is wrapping up its first of two practice sessions here today. The CRA Super Late Models and Modified have already each had a practice session.
There was one incident in the morning’s CRA event that had some major implications. Jeff Lane, one of the quickest cars in the field, blew a tire and hit the wall. The team is currently working on repairing the car.
SLM Practice 1 Results
1.
Brian Scott
15.519
2.
Ryan Lawler
15.554
3.
Chris Gabehart
15.622
4.
Robbie Pyle
15.645
5.
Jeff Lane
15.669
6.
Scott Hantz
15.681
7.
Rick Turner
15.697
8.
John VanDoorn
15.745
9.
Tommy St. John
15.811
10.
Jason Dietch
15.836
11.
Justin Drawdy
15.856
12.
John Belott
15.907
13.
Terry Fisher, Jr.
15.916
14.
Auggie Grill
15.927
15.
Jason Shively
15.929
16.
Tommy Cook
15.934
17.
Andy Hanson
15.936
18.
Jeff Fultz
15.942
19.
Jay Middleton
15.943
20.
Danny Jackson
15.973
21.
Bull Baker
16.003
22.
Brian Rievley
16.051
23.
Jim Crabtree, Jr.
16.060
24.
Boris Jurkovich
16.142
25.
Chet Blanton
16.161
26.
Dennis Schoenfeld
16.170
27.
Stanley Smith
16.230
28.
JR Roahrig
16.323
29.
Sean Matthis
16.412
30.
Adam Purdy
16.512
31.
Kenny Tweedy
16.584
32.
Robert Maynor
16.682
33.
Dave Wilson
16.741
34.
Rich Segvich
16.777
35.
Donald Karr
16.791
36.
Justin Alsip
31.028
Saturday 12:00pm ET – Here we are at the famed Winchester Speedway in Indiana for the Winchester 400 weekend. It’s beautiful here, with temps in the upper 50s and low 60s and just a few clouds in the sky.
The campground is also packed with campers, which is a large tradition here at the Winchester 400 dating back to the days when this was an ASA National Tour event and the likes of Dick Trickle, Mark Martin and others partied in the campgrounds after the day’s events.
Today is actually the second day of the weekend’s events, but Friday consisted of nothing by practice for Sunday’s 400-lap affair for the CRA Super Late Models. Today, the Super Late Models will also be practicing and qualifying, as well as running a last chance race if need be.
Currently, there are 39 Super Late Models here with several outsiders as well. Those include Brian Scott, Ryan Lawler, Justin Drawdy, Dennis Schoenfeld and Augie Grill just to name a few.
But Super Late Models isn’t all that on the docket for today. The USA Modifieds
(IMCA style Asphalt Modifieds), USPro Series (another division of the ASA Late Model Series) and the CRA Street Stocks are here as well.