Trackside Now: ASA SAT "RC Cola / MoonPie 100" Nashville, TN

Saturday, 1:30am CT - Sorry we had some Internet issues. Preston Peltier told Speed51.com after the race "This is it i am done, I have gone so far in debt trying to make this work I can't do it anymore." We will have more from Peltier later this week on Speed51.com

So as we here the Kenny Chesney concert off in the distance we wrap things up from Nashville as Ryan Crane take the victory lane in post race tech. here are the full results good night.

Ryan Crane

Jay Middleton

Russell Fleeman

John Bolen

David Elliott

Kenton Hanks

Gene Kirila

51C

Brandon Carlson

Jarrod Foley

Mike Alexander

Jeff Choquette

John Weston

Joel Anderson

Jeremy Mullinax

40M

Tyler Miles

Chris Fontaine

Stephan McCurley

Dillon Oliver

Tyler Millwood

Michael Pope

Taylor Satterfield

Bubba Pollard

47S

Dakota Stroupe

Johnny Braizer

Preston Peltier

Saturday, 11:11pm CT - Sorry thing took so long for us to get back online. After the race Preson Peltier got the checkered flag and the guitar from the Music City Motorplex. Post race tech revealed that Peltier had an illegal cold air box on his car. Peltier was disqualified and the victory was given to Ryan Crane his second victory of the week.

Saturday, 9:30pm CT - Preston Peltier has won the "RC Cola / MoonPie 100" We will have more. stay tuned...

Saturday, 9:27pm CT - GREEN FLAG is back one more time this time Peltier gets away again. back in the pits John Bolen moves into fifth.

Saturday, 9:23pm CT - GREEN FLAG is back out and Preston Peltier gets away clean on the restart. but behind them Dillon Oliver spun into the wall.

Crane had a little run going, but the caution slowed him down.

Saturday, 9:16pm CT - The caution comes out with 11 to go and Jeff Choquette stopped in the third turn, he had been dropping back through the pack in the last twenty laps.

Preston Peltier will have one more restart to fend off the other cars. Ryan Crane had a great start after the last yellow.

Saturday, 9:13pm CT - No change with 15 to go it's been all Preston Peltier tonight here in Nashville.

Saturday, 9:11pm CT - Lap traffic allowed Crane to close in, but Peltier pulled back out a bit as we have less then 20 to go. Peltier is going to be hard to beat.

Saturday, 9:09pm CT - Choquette has fallen back to fifth and he is in danger of losing that spot. Up front Ryan Crane is not letting Preston Peltier get away much. with 25 to go Peltier still leads by 10 car lengths.

Saturday, 9:05pm CT - The clean up took some time here and a few cars have gone behind the wall for the night. One car that is still going strong is Preston Peltier again pulled away on the restart. The passes that were made on the last restart were voided, but for a second time Ryan Crane has taken second away from Choquette.

Saturday, 8:59pm CT - The order before the restart will be Peltier, Choquette, Crane, Middleton, and Hanks. Russell Fleeman is sixth as we get ready to go back to green.

GREEN FLAG is back out and Peltier takes off again. Ryan Cran took second away and Jay Middleton cme around just as the yellow came out again. Michael Pope, Taylor Satterfield and Jeremy Mullinax got tangled up hard. It all started when Joel Anderson checked up and it caused a big mess. Pope's car is tore up bad and it sits in turn three.

Saturday, 8:52pm CT - at lap 60 Crane tried the low side for third and then second. He nearly lost it coming off turn two. He can't finally clears for third. Lap 64 YELLOW FLAG Brandon Carlson who came up from Florida spun and back it into the wall on the front stretch.

Saturday, 8:48pm CT - We are just past halfway and Preston Peltier is showing some big time power. He has a half straight-away lead on a tight group of Choquette, Hanks, Crane, Middleton and Fleeman.

Saturday, 8:44pm CT - Russell Fleeman has fallen back as Ryan Crane and Jay Middleton take fourth and fifth. We are approaching halfway.

Saturday, 8:42pm CT - GREEN FLAG is back out and the field is bunched up. Peltier Pulls away as Hanks jumps out on Choquette for second, but he has to fall back in line.

Saturday, 8:38pm CT - Lap 38 YELLOW FLAG Bubba Pollard back it into the turn three wall. Video replay shows that there was contact with Stephan McCurely.

Taylor Satterfield came to pit road and they have the hood up on on the 40 car.

Saturday, 8:34pm CT - At 25 laps no change up front Peltier still leads as Choquette is 15 car lengths back. Chris Fontaine has lost a lap early on it looks as if the car is not handling to his liking.

Ryan Crane did get into fifth a little after 25 laps, he has a ways to go to chase down the leaders. Peltier is now lapping Taylor Satterfield.

Saturday, 8:30pm CT - Russell Fleeman is now fourth as Ryan Crane is hounding Mike Alexander Jr. for fifth.

Saturday, 8:28pm CT - Peltier still leads after ten laps Choquette, Keeton Hanks, Mike Alexander Jr. and Russell Fleeman round out the top five.

Saturday, 8:25pm CT - GREEN FLAG is out and the race is on. Jeff Choquette leads the charge to turn one, he will lead lap one. a lot of good racing in mid pack as Preston Peltier goes to second and tries for the lead on lap 3.and he will get it.

Saturday, 8:18pm CT - Engines have fired and cars are rolling here in Nashville. Dakota Stroupe had some issues and was late getting to the gird. He will race and he rolls off 21st.

Saturday, 7:30pm CT - The "RC Cola / MoonPie 100" will be underway in a bit. Right now teams are bringing their crash carts to pit road. We will have an autograph session before we go green. we;ll be back in a few minutes.

Saturday, 7:20pm CT - Rolling off third will be Mike Alexander Jr., his dad finished 12th in the last Sprint Cup race that was held here in 1984. Geoff Bodine won that final race here at the fairgrounds Darrell Waltrip was second and Dale Earnhardt was third.

Saturday, 7:10pm CT - We can't express how bad of a weekend that Taylor Satterfield is having. They wrecked at Peach State on Thursday and they were 25th in qualifying this afternoon. He did have a similar night to this at Senoia, he started deep in the field and finished in the top five.

Jay Middleton may lead the overall points, but Michael Pope leads the Blue Ridge region. Pope had solid runs at Watermelon Capital and Senoia Speedway. Pope leads by five points over Middleton and Satterfield.

Saturday, 6:50pm CT - The support division cars are on the track, there are two features prior to the "RC Cola / MoonPie 100"

Saturday, 6:10pm CT - Well the redraw was a little uneventful Choquette keeps the pole and Hanks keeps the outside. Mike Alexander Jr. will roll off 3rd and Preston Peltier and Russell Fleeman round out the draw.

Saturday, 6:00pm CT - Here are the results from qualifying, again there will be a re-draw among the top five cars. That will set the line up for the feature event.

Jeff Choquette

18.667

Keeton Hanks

18.748

Preston Peltier

18.775

Russell Fleeman

18.790

Ryan Crane

18.823

Mike Alexander

18.823

Bubba Pollard

18.897

51C

Brandon Carlson

18.940

Jay Middleton

18.977

John Weston

18.978

Jeremy Mullinax

18.987

Dillon Oliver

18.993

Stephan McCurley

19.011

John Bolen

19.029

David Elliott

19.063

Tyler Millwood

19.066

Gene Kirila

19.069

Michael Pope

19.179

Jarrod Foley

19.243

Chris Fontaine

19.266

47S

Dakota Stroupe

19.353

40M

Tyler Miles

19.447

Johnny Braizer

19.468

Joel Anderson

19.637

Taylor Satterfield

19.805

Saturday, 5:50pm CT - Jeff Choquette has won the pole for tonight's race... There will be a redraw and we will all of that information in a few minutes.

Saturday, 4:30pm CT - We are heading trackside for the drivers meeting and we will be back after qualifying which is slatted for 5:15pm

Saturday, 4:20pm CT - Guys like Bubba Pollard, Stephan McCurley, Michael Pope, Gene Kirila and Taylor Satterfield are all making thier first Nashville start today.

Saturday, 3:55pm CT - Angela Ross will be performing here tonight at the Music City Motorplex. She is a new and up coming signer and songwriter originally from Knoxville, TN. We will give you our opinion after the pre race show.

click on the link below for more info about Angela Ross.

http://www.musiccitymotorplex.com/performers/angelaross.htm

Saturday, 3:45pm CT - The local division have wrapped up their practice, they will qualify at the top of the hour.

Saturday, 2:45pm CT - Practice is now in the books here are the speeds from the final round. We are going to take a break as the ASA cars are off the track until qualifying at 5:15pm CT

Jay Middleton

19.124

Bubba Pollard

19.225

Jeremy Mullinax

19.359

Stephan McCurley

19.408

Gene Kirila

19.411

Michael Pope

19.472

Chris Fontaine

19.523

Jeff Choquette

19.553

40M

Tyler Miles

19.584

Taylor Satterfield

19.677

Johnny Braizer

19.700

Tyler Millwood

19.741

51C

Brandon Carlson

19.777

Joel Anderson

19.986

47S

Dakota Stroupe

20.087

Preston Peltier

No Time

Keeton Hanks

No Time

John Bolen

No Time

Russell Fleeman

No Time

Dillon Oliver

No Time

John Weston

No Time

Ryan Crane

No Time

Mike Alexander

No Time

David Elliott

No Time

Jarrod Foley

No Time

Saturday, 2:18pm CT - Here are the speeds from the third practice. We can see now that Preston Peltier has a pretty good hot rod as he is the fastest in two of the three sessions that have been run.

Preston Peltier

19.165

Keeton Hanks

19.237

John Bolen

19.464

Jeff Choquette

19.469

Stephan McCurley

19.471

Russell Fleeman

19.482

Bubba Pollard

19.552

Dillon Oliver

19.576

51C

Brandon Carlson

19.604

Jay Middleton

19.616

47S

Dakota Stroupe

19.623

Tyler Millwood

19.649

John Weston

19.805

Joel Anderson

19.831

40M

Tyler Miles

19.841

Gene Kirila

19.846

Jeremy Mullinax

20.011

Ryan Crane

No Time

Michael Pope

No Time

Mike Alexander

No Time

David Elliott

No Time

Johnny Braizer

No Time

Jarrod Foley

No Time

Chris Fontaine

No Time

Taylor Satterfield

No Time

Saturday, 1:50pm CT - John Bolen has been out in both his crate motor car and his 9:1 car as well. Searching for speed is the name of the game here today at the Music City Motorplex.

Stephan McCurley is knocking on the door for a top ten time here in practice, each week the youngster comes from Texas to race with the ASA Southeast Series. This week they put at least a thousand miles on their rig getting to Nashville.

Saturday, 1:45pm CT - Here are the speeds from practice number two.

Ryan Crane

18.985

Michael Pope

19.119

Keeton Hanks

19.150

John Bolen

19.153

Russell Fleeman

19.254

Jeff Choquette

19.373

Dillon Oliver

19.401

Tyler Millwood

19.456

Jay Middleton

19.474

Stephan McCurley

19.528

Mike Alexander

19.586

David Elliott

19.597

John Weston

19.601

51C

Brandon Carlson

19.608

Jeremy Mullinax

19.622

Gene Kirila

19.659

Johnny Braizer

19.664

Jarrod Foley

19.724

Joel Anderson

19.782

40M

Tyler Miles

19.809

Bubba Pollard

no time

47S

Dakota Stroupe

no time

Chris Fontaine

no time

Taylor Satterfield

no time

Preston Peltier

no time

Saturday, 1:30pm CT - We told you that the Music City Motorplex has been in operation for 50 years. On July 3rd the tracks first champion "Bullet" Bob Reuther passed away. We at Speed51.com send on condolences to the Reuther family.

Saturday, 1:15pm CT - Here are the practice speeds after round one. We can tell you that Keeton Hanks had a 18.904 last night in final practice. The weather was much cooler when he broke the 19 second mark.

Preston Peltier

19.067

John Bolen

19.283

Ryan Crane

19.372

Jay Middleton

19.401

Bubba Pollard

19.457

47S

Dakota Stroupe

19.460

51C

Brandon Carlson

19.504

Gene Kirila

19.565

Jeremy Mullinax

19.639

Mike Alexander

19.653

Stephan McCurley

19.671

Jarrod Foley

19.741

John Weston

19.777

Michael Pope

19.803

Chris Fontaine

19.862

David Elliott

19.909

Tyler Millwood

20.055

40M

Tyler Miles

20.129

Joel Anderson

20.193

Taylor Satterfield

20.421

Johnny Braizer

22.487

Dillon Oliver

no time

Jeff Choquette

no time

Keeton Hanks

no time

Russell Fleeman

no time

Saturday, 1:00pm CT - After the first 30 minute session we saw practically every car on the track. We will have times as soon as we can.

Saturday, 12:00pm CT - We are heading trackside for the drivers meeting and practice, we will back in a while.

Saturday, 11:55am CT - We have a lot of good stories to tell you from the pits. Ryan Crane is here after winning on Thursday night at Peach State Speedway (GA). ASA SAT regular John Bolen was one of the fastest cars in practice last night, he looks to win after he was stripped of his victory last week in Pensecola, FL.

List of drivers here today

Stephan McCurley

John Bolen

Preston Peltier

Ryan Crane

David Elliott

Bubba Pollard

Tyler Millwood

Dillon Oliver

Taylor Satterfield

Michael Pope

Chris Fontaine

Joel Anderson

Jeff Choquette

Johnny Braizer

Jay Middleton

Mike Alexander

Keeton Hanks

John Weston

Russell Fleeman

40M

Tyler Miles

47S

Dakota Stroupe

51C

Brandon Carlson

Jarrod Foley

Gene Kirila

Jeremy Mullinax

Saturday, 11:45am CT - Good Morning from Nashville, TN! We don't need a jaunty tune to get this day started because we are in the heart of county music! Today history meet youth as the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour invades the Music City Motorplex for their seventh race of the season. ASA SAT is the new kid on the block, while the Music City Motorplex has been in operation for 50 years.

Here is a look at today's schedule:

Pit Pass/Registration opens 9:30am

Pits Open 10:00am

Tech Opens (Mandatory) 10:15am

Pre Practice Drivers Meeting 12:15pm

ASA PRACTICE

Practice for ASA Cars Only12:30-2:30pm Break every Half hour to clear Gate.

Clear Infield 2:30-2:45pm

MCM DIVISION PRACTICE

Legends Semi Pro 2:45-3:05pm

Legends Pro/Master 3:05-3:20pm

Thunderstox 3:20-3:50pm

MCM DIVISION QUALIFYING

Legends Semi Pro 4:00-4:10pm

Legends Pro/Master 4:10-4:20pm

Thunderstox 4:20-4:40pm

ASA QUALIFYING

Pre Qualifying Tech ASA 2:45-4:15pm

Chapel Service 4:40pm

Drivers Meeting (MANDATORY) 4:55pm

Qualifying ASA 5:15pm

Clear InfieldImmediately Following ASA Qualifying

Opening Ceremonies 6:00pm

** PIT ROW INTERVIEWS** FAST TIME AWARDS**TV PROMOS

**SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS**COMPETITOR INTERVIEWS**ETC

** ENTERTAINMENT**MUSIC CITY STOCK CAR EXPERIENCE**

National Anthem

Feature Events6:30pm

LAST CHANCE ASA 25 laps (if necessary)

Legends Semi Pro 20 laps

Legends Pro/Master 25 laps

Thunderstox 20 laps

**** INTERMISSION- CHANGE WALLS****

ASA SOUTHEAST ASPHALT TOUR RC COLA/MOON PIE 100

Driver introsApprox 8:30-9:00pm

DRIVERS START YOUR ENGINES

ASA SAT

"RC Cola / MoonPie 100"

July 5th, 2008

Music City Motorplex

Nashville, TN

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Trackside Now: ASA SAT "RC Cola / MoonPie 100"

ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour Action From Music City Motorplex, TN

David Elliott flying the nation's colors on car.

(51 Sports Photo)

Today he's back with the same car and a new body. He also got a top five at Peach State earlier in the week.

(51 Sports Photo)

Russell Fleeman wrecked his car hard at Senoia.

(51 Sports Photo)

Jay Middleton was on track friday, he looks to give Mike Cope racing a fourth straight win. (51 Sports Photo)

Taylor Satterfield has already had a long weekend. He wrecked his primary car at Peach State on Thursday and had to roll out the back up car for Nashville.

(51 Sports Photo)

Tour owner John Kee was working on his tan yesterday at one end of pit road.

(51 Sports Photo)

The Pits are busy today in Nashville (51 Sports Photo)

Michael Pope took some early laps in his other four wheeled vehical. (51 Sports Photo)

Two guys who have had some hard luck this season 2-John Bolen and 47 - Chris Fontaine (51 Sports Photo)

Preston Peltier show all that he and his crew are in a good mood. (51 Sports Photo)

Taylor Satterfield has not had much to smile about this weekend. He did crack the top ten in the final practice.

(51 Sports Photo)

Jeff Choquette won the pole in his only other ASA SAT start. He's been around the top of the speed chart all afternoon. (51 Sports Photo)

Choquette rolls to his second career pole. (51 Sports Photo)

Russell Fleeman will roll of fifth as looks for redemption after rolling the last time out in ASA SAT.

(51 Sports Photo)

Angea Ross performed the National Anthem prior to the racing tonight in Nashville. (51 Sports Photo)

Ryan Crane ended up with the win for the second time this weekend.

(51 Sports Photo)

Preston Peltier won the race on the track, but it was changed in the tech line.. (51 Sports Photo)