Trackside Now: Whitley Truck and Equipment 150
UARA-Stars season opener
Saturday, 11:00pm - Ross Furr takes his second straight win here at Concord Motorsport Park (NC) in UARA Competition. The defending champion is on track to make back to back in 2008. That's all from Concord have a good night and stay tuned to Speed51.com for more.
UNOFFICAL RESULTS:
1
Ross Furr
Ross Furr2 Jake Crum
Jake Crum 3 Roger Lee Newton
Roger Lee Newton4 Clay Greenfield
Clay Greenfield5 Jamie Yelton
Jamie Yelton6 Shaun Mangum
Shaun Mangum7 Alex Yontz
Alex Yontz8 BJ Mackey
BJ Mackey 9 Cliff Daniels
Cliff Daniels 10Clint Mills
Clint Mills11Curtis Truex Jr.
Curtis Truex Jr.12Kyle Moon
Kyle Moon13Jamey Caudill
Jamey Caudill14Casey Holt
Casey Holt15Andrew Carlsen
Andrew Carlsen 16Jeff Melton
Jeff Melton 17Richard Boswell II
Richard Boswell II18S.. Craig Turlington
S.. Craig Turlington 19Thomas Hartensveld
Thomas Hartensveld20Brad Kurth
Brad Kurth21John Gottsacker
John Gottsacker22Chuck Crump
Chuck Crump23Kenneth Brooks
Kenneth Brooks24Daniel Pope II
Daniel Pope II25Nicholas Losito
Nicholas Losito26Paddy Rodenbeck
Paddy Rodenbeck27Corey LaJoie
Corey LaJoie28Brandon McReynolds
Brandon McReynoldsRoss Furr has won the Whitley Truck and Equipment 150. Stay tuned for to come!
Saturday, 10:18pm - Ok lets set the stage for you Ross Furr leads Jake Crum and Roger Lee Newton, Clay Greenfield is fourth and coming back from a spin to fifth is Jamie Yelton. As we go green white checkered.
Saturday, 10:12pm - Just when Jake Crum and Ross Furr were putting on a heck of a show up front the yellow and now the red flag has come out for a single car wreck in turn three Brad Kurth hit head on and puked the motor all over the turn.
Saturday, 10:09pm - Lap 135 coming to the green Jamey Caudill gets turned into the wall and Thomas Hartensveld piles in hard. A few other cars spun but Caudill and Hartensved got major damage..
Saturday, 10:00pm - Lap 126 Clint Mills gets turned and seven cars spin no major damage but the pole sitter is out of any chance of a win.
Saturday, 10:00pm - Roger Lee Newton is making some noise, he's up to third but Ross Furr is checking out.
Saturday, 9:58pm - We told you about Roger Lee Newton who broke a rear end before the race. Well he's up to ffith and he's flying.
Saturday, 9:56pm - Lap 113 S. Craig Turlington spins for another yellow flag.
Saturday, 9:53pm - Ross Furr takes the lead.
Saturday, 9:50pm - BJ Mackey leads Ross Furr and Jake Crum.
Saturday, 9:45pm - Lap 96 multi car wreck in the first turn. Brad Kurth, Andrew Carlsen, John Gottsacker all got a good piece of the damage.
Saturday, 9:40pm - Ross Furr pushed his way around Clint Mills for second.
Saturday, 9:36pm - Kenneth Brooks had his car just quit on the restart. he came to rest in turn two brining out the fifth caution.
Saturday, 9:32pm - Daniel Pope took a wild ride on the homestretch, he rolled to a stop at the pit road entrance. He is ok.
Saturday, 9:28pm - no change at halfway BJ Mackey still leads...
Saturday, 9:23pm - Ross Furr is up to third he looks to have one of the best cars on the track.
Saturday, 9:20pm - Off the restart Nick Losito spun coming back to the first complete lap, the car has body damage on the rear deck lid.
Saturday, 9:15pm - Off the restart Corey LaJoie and Brandon McReynolds ended up in turn one wall, other were involved but they drove away. 50 laps are in the books
Saturday, 9:09pm - Jamie Yelton spun coming off turn four the for the first yellow of the night at lap 41. Top Five BJ Mackey, Clint Mills, Ross Furr, Jake Crum,Shaun Mangum.,
Saturday, 9:05pm - BJ Mackey has taken the lead on lap 31.
Saturday, 9:04pm - 30 laps clean and green Shaun Mangum leads over BJ Mackey and Clint Mills..
Saturday, 8:59pm - After 15 laps Shaun Mangum lead by twenty car lenghts over pole sitter Clint Mills.
Saturday, 8:55pm - The Green is out, and where racing at Concord Motorsport Park.
Saturday, 8:50pm - S. Craig Turlington made the event after Garrett Campbell could not fix his car in time to race.
Saturday, 8:30pm - As the Whitley Truck and Equipment 150 draws closer we will head down to the track for pre-race activities.
Saturday, 7:55pm - The heat race is in the books and Curtis Truex Jr. grabs the win with Thomas Hartensveld. Nicholas Losito and Kyle Moon all making the feature. Moon has the help of Maine racing legend Stan Meserve helping him out this weekend.
Saturday, 7:40pm - What a tough weekend for Darrell Wallace Jr. he wrecked in practice and he just pulled off in the heat race with smoking coming from the hood.
Saturday, 7:35pm - On the first lap of the heat race Darrell Wallace Jr, Brandon Bonnett and Nicholas Pope tangled in turn 4. All have damage, Pope lost a door in the wreck.
Saturday, 7:30pm - The heat race is about to go green, the top 4 advance.
Saturday, 6:40pm - The top 22 are in the show and the rest go to the heat race. The top four will advance from that to the Whitley Truck and Equipment 150. There will then be two provisional's to round out the field of 28.
Saturday, 6:25pm - Qualifying is in the books and Clint Mills will start from the pole here are the unofficial standings:
nodrivertime
drivertime77Clint Mills16.278
Clint Mills16.2785Shaun Mangum 16.308
Shaun Mangum 16.3088Jamie Yelton 16.354
Jamie Yelton 16.3542BJ Mackey16.409
BJ Mackey16.4093Chuck Crump 16.460
Chuck Crump 16.4601Jake Crum16.461
Jake Crum16.46125Ross Furr16.476
Ross Furr16.47672Richard Boswell II 16.503
Richard Boswell II 16.5036Jeff Melton16.524
Jeff Melton16.52454Kenneth Brooks16.551
Kenneth Brooks16.55122Casey Holt 16.571
Casey Holt 16.57184Clay Greenfield 16.576
Clay Greenfield 16.57671Corey Lajoie 16.600
Corey Lajoie 16.60028Brandon McReynolds16.604
Brandon McReynolds16.6049Brad Kurth16.631
Brad Kurth16.63112Garrett Campbell 16.639
Garrett Campbell 16.63930Cliff Daniels 16.644
Cliff Daniels 16.64491John Gottsacker 16.676
John Gottsacker 16.67681Paddy Rodenbeck 16.689
Paddy Rodenbeck 16.68998Andrew Carlsen 16.692
Andrew Carlsen 16.69250Jamey Caudill 16.707
Jamey Caudill 16.70755Alex Yontz 16.714
Alex Yontz 16.71448S. Craig Turlington 16.716
S. Craig Turlington 16.71688Curtis Truex Jr. 16.726
Curtis Truex Jr. 16.72636Thomas Hartensveld 16.754
Thomas Hartensveld 16.75416Daniel Pope 16.766
Daniel Pope 16.76617Matthew Godley 16.782
Matthew Godley 16.78264Nicholas Losito 16.795
Nicholas Losito 16.79519Kyle Moon 16.798
Kyle Moon 16.79876Darrell Wallace Jr.16.801
Darrell Wallace Jr.16.80110Brandon Bonnett 16.875
Brandon Bonnett 16.87526Nicholas Pope 17.050
Nicholas Pope 17.05018Scott Andrews Jr.17.092
Scott Andrews Jr.17.09286Anthony Anders 17.141
Anthony Anders 17.14111Joey Bryant 17.157
Joey Bryant 17.157OORyan Salomon 17.174
Ryan Salomon 17.17429Bobby Measmer Jr.17.438
Bobby Measmer Jr.17.43897Bryan Dauzat 17.741
Bryan Dauzat 17.741O3Dillon Smith 18.122
Dillon Smith 18.12233Roger Lee Newtonno time
Roger Lee Newtonno time96Tony Coxno time
Tony Coxno timeO5Payne Picklesno time
Payne Picklesno timeO8Justin Bostonno time
Justin Bostonno timeSaturday, 4:50pm - Qualifying is under way for the Whitley Truck and Equipment 150, we will have results after time trials.
Saturday, 4:40pm - A little delay as we get all cars ready for time trials, looking at the UARA History we find that Ross Furr is one of only two winners here at Concord Motorsport Park. Furr finished second to Matt DiBenedetto here last spring.
Saturday, 3:45pm - As we prep for time trials we can tell you that because of the cool weather each driver will get two dead laps. Each driver will then get two timed laps. With 43 cars Qualifying will be a little longer then itusually is.
Top times in practice:
1. Shaun Mangum 16.400
2. Ross Furr 16.443
3. Jamie Yelton 16.444
4. Jake Crum 16.475
5. Curtis Truex Jr. 16.503
Saturday, 3:15pm - The rain has pushed teams into a "hurry up offense". Practice just ended, there is no tech before qualifying each team has to be lined up at 3:30. Drivers will take their cars to tech after they qualify. Needless to say some teams might not be ready for such a quick turn around.
Saturday, 2:00pm - Practice will be underway with in the hour.
Saturday, 1:45pm - Here is a list of cars that drew for qualifying, a total of 43 drivers will take time. These are the drivers and their car numbers.
1Jake Crum
Jake Crum2BJ Mackey
BJ Mackey5Shaun Mangum
Shaun Mangum6Jeff Melton
Jeff Melton8Jamie Yelton
Jamie Yelton9Brad Kurth
Brad Kurth10Brandon Bonnett
Brandon Bonnett11Joey Bryant
Joey Bryant12Garrett Campbell
Garrett Campbell16Daniel Pope
Daniel Pope17Matthew Godley
Matthew Godley18Scott Andrews Jr.
Scott Andrews Jr.19Kyle Moon
Kyle Moon22Casey Holt
Casey Holt25Ross Furr
Ross Furr26Nicholas Pope
Nicholas Pope28Brandon McReynolds
Brandon McReynolds29Bobby Measmer Jr.
Bobby Measmer Jr.30Cliff Daniels
Cliff Daniels33Roger Lee Newton
Roger Lee Newton36Thomas Hartensveld
Thomas Hartensveld38Chuck Crump
Chuck Crump48S. Craig Turlington
S. Craig Turlington50Jamey Caudill
Jamey Caudill54Kenneth Brooks
Kenneth Brooks55Alex Yontz
Alex Yontz64Nicholas Losito
Nicholas Losito71Corey LaJoie
Corey LaJoie72Richard Boswell II
Richard Boswell II76Darrell Wallace Jr.
Darrell Wallace Jr.77Clint Mills
Clint Mills81Paddy Rodenbeck
Paddy Rodenbeck84Clay Greenfield
Clay Greenfield86Anthony Anders
Anthony Anders88Curtis Truex Jr.
Curtis Truex Jr.91John Gottsacker
John Gottsacker96Tony Cox
Tony Cox97Bryan Dauzat
Bryan Dauzat98Andrew Carlsen
Andrew CarlsenO3Dillon Smith
Dillon SmithO5Payne Pickles
Payne PicklesO8Justin Boston
Justin BostonOORyan Salomon
Ryan SalomonSaturday, 1:25pm - Officials of UARA Stars have asked people in the pits to help drive the track with there personal vehicles. Its not much but it is the only racing we have seen today.
Saturday, 1:15pm - Track drying is underway, again. Things are looking good, when racing does start there will only be one practice for UARA Stars.
Saturday, 11:45am - As we wait out the rain we can tell you that 38 cars were on track yesterday here at Conocrd Motorsport Park. Richard Boswell II was the fastest with a lap of 16.494. Jake Crum was second fastest at 16.497. Defending UARA-Stars Champion Ross Furr was third fastest.
Saturday, 11:30am - Here is today's Schedule, the rain has been steady in the last few minutes enough to suspend track drying efforts.
Today’s Schedule
UARA Stars Whitley Truck Equipment 150
11:00 to 12:00 Late Model Practice #1
Late Model Practice #112:00 to12:30 Break
Break12:30 to 1:30 Late Model Practice #2
2:00 to 2:30 Support Divisions Practice
Support Divisions Practice2:30 STARS Pre Tech Starts
STARS Pre Tech Starts4:00 Qualifying
Qualifying4:00 Grandstands Open
Grandstands Open5:30 UARA STARS Drivers and Spotters Meeting
UARA STARS Drivers and Spotters Meeting5:45 Local Drivers Meeting
Local Drivers Meeting6:00 Autograph Session
Autograph Session7:00 Green Flag
Green FlagUARA Heats #1 and #2Grand StockFast and FuriousUARA Whitley Truck Equipment 150Saturday, 11:15am - Rain has washed down the track here in Concord, track drying efforts are underway.
Saturday, 10:45am - Good morning from Concord Motorsport Park! Today is the season opener for the UARA-Stars, tonights running of the Whitley Truck and Equipment 150 is the first of 16 races this year for the Late Model Stock touring series. We will be here trackside as nearly 40 cars are on hand for today's race.
The pits are lined with close to 40 Late Model Stock Cars. (51 Photo)
The battle for the lead, fans help dry the track in Concord (51 Photo)
UARA STARS Opener
Whitley Truck and Equipment 150
March 29th, 2008
Concord Motorsport Park
Concord, North Carolina
The track is wet as light rain falls here at Concord. (51 Photo)
Corey LaJoie and Dillon Smith battle in turn two (51 Photo)
Darrell Wallace Jr. spins into the wall in practice (51 Photo)
Clint Mills will roll off from the pole (51 Photo)
Roger Lee Newton broke a rear end in Qualifying, he will be one of the provisional's. (51 Photo)
The front row for the Whitley Truck And Equipment 150
(51 Photo)
Ross Furr relaxes before the race. (51 Photo)
Ross Furr wins the Whitley Truck and Equipment 150.
(51 Photo)
