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Trackside Now: CRA's Redbud 300

Monday, 7/27/09 - ASA Heritage Race on Tap for Tonight

Anderson Speedway - Anderson, Indiana

Monday - 10:30pm ET - Kyle Busch is the winner tonight after a dominating performance in the Redbud 300. Busch led twice for over 200 laps on his way to the win. Rick Turner, Aaron Pierce, Johnny VanDoorn and Chuck Barnes Jr. rounded out the top five.

Results are unofficial as tech is still going on. If anything happens we will update Trackside Now later on tonight.

Unofficial Results

Kyle

Busch

300

Rick

Turner

300

Aaron

Pierce

300

John

VanDoorn

300

Chuck

Barnes Jr.

300

Scott

Hantz

300

Kenny

Tweedy

300

Terry

Fisher Jr.

300

Tyler

Roahrig ®

300

Eddie

Hoffman

299

Joe

O'Connor

299

Jason

Dietsch

299

Robert

Maynor

297

Nick

Lay ®

295

78s

Martin

Belcher

289

Damon

Ecoff ®

286

Jim

Crabtree Jr.

285

Boris

Jurkovic

268

Brandon

Fagin ®

248

Eddie

Van Meter

246

Royce

Mason II

242

Jason

Shively

219

51s

Michael

Pope

184

Justin

Matson ®

Jeff

Lane

120

Colin

Bamke

115

Tommy

St. John

Tyce

Carlson

Donald

Karr Jr

Monday - 6:50pm ET - We invite you to switch on over to RaceTalkRadio.com to hear the pre-race show and live coverage of the Redbud 300. click here for RaceTalkRadio.com

Monday - 5:35pm ET - We are approaching race time as fans are gearing up for the autograph session. Kyle Busch will have his autograph session behind the grandstands at his souvenir trailer. We remind you to switch over to RaceTalkRadio.com for live coverage of the Redbud 300. Join Bob Dillner, Dennis Michelsen, Kevin Striegle and "Stat Boy" Elgin Traylor for the call beginning at 7pm on RaceTalkRadio.com (click on the "Listen Live" button).

Monday - 5:15pm ET - Here is the starting lineup for tonight. The 84 of Donald Karr Jr. is in the pits working being worked on. They were going to start last anyway so they are going to use the time to fix a mechanical problem.

Aaron

Pierce

Rick

Turner

Jason

Shively

John

VanDoorn

Scott

Hantz

Kyle

Busch

Boris

Jurkovic (set fast time)

Chuck

Barnes Jr.

Terry

Fisher Jr.

Robert

Maynor

Eddie

Van Meter

Tyler

Roahrig ®

Jim

Crabtree Jr.

Colin

Bamke

Jeff

Lane

51s

Michael

Pope

Tommy

St. John

Joe

O'Connor

Eddie

Hoffman

Kenny

Tweedy

Tyce

Carlson

Nick

Lay ®

Justin

Matson ®

Damon

Ecoff ®

Jason

Dietsch

Royce

Mason II

Brandon

Fagin ®

78s

Martin

Belcher

Donald

Karr Jr

Monday - 5:00pm ET - Boris Jurkovic ends up with the fastest time as Kyle Busch was second fastest. Scott Hantz, Johnny VanDoorn and Jason Shively round out the top five. The redraw will put the seventh fastest qualifier Aaron Pierce on the pole.

Monday - 4:15pm ET - Qualifying is up next for the Redbud 300. We'll be back with the results after that.

Monday - 3:05pm ET - We have been told that there were some fireworks at Plymouth Speedway (IN) the last time out for the CRA Super Late Models. Eddie Hoffman and Scott Hantz did some pushing and shoving on the race track, we will have to see if that carries over to today. You can listen to live coverage on RaceTalkRadio.com later tonight of the Redbud 300 to see if the fireworks continue.

Practice is in the books. We will be back in a few minutes with more.

Monday - 2:55pm ET - 2005 CRA Rookie of Year Tommy St. John has looped his car going into turn one. He was able to roll away with out any problems.

Monday - 2:45pm ET - We are in the final 15 minutes of practice here at Anderson. The track is busy with action. The last time around Brandon Fagin locked his break up big time going into the first time. It almost looked as if he had lost an engine, but he's still making laps.

Currently Kyle Busch has the fastest time in the second practice session with a 12.167.

Monday - 2:20pm ET - We mentioned that Eddie Hoffman is a former winner here at Anderson Speedway, he also has had a very busy weekend. He finished third at Rockford Speedway (IL) on Saturday night and followed that up with a second-place finish at Madison Int'l Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Judging by the numbers he should land in victory lane today, but 28 other driver will have a lot to say about Hoffman completing the cycle on the podium this weekend.

Monday - 2:15pm ET - After a slight break in the action, the track has become hot again as the Super Late Models have returned for their final round of practice.

Monday - 2:10pm ET - Here are the top 10 speeds from the first round of practice.

1. 31 Aaron Pierce 12.290

2. 99 Jason Shivley 12.355

3. 29 Tommy St. John 12.422

4. 63 Jim Crabtree Jr. 12.433

5. 18 Robert Maynor 12.447

6. 51 Kyle Busch 12.479

7. 12 Chuck Barnes Jr. 12.518

8. 26 Rick Turner 12.536

9. 53 Boris Jurkovic 12.548

10, 72 Scott Hantz 12.548

Monday - 1:58pm ET - Coming into tonight's CRA Super Series events it's almost been a three person runaway in the season standings. Johnny VanDoorn, Scott Hantz and Aaron Pierce have been the class of the field thus far in 2009.

VanDoorn and Hantz each have two career wins here in the past. other past winners in the field include Kenny Tweedy who has won here four times. Rick Turner is a two time winner here as well and Eddie Hoffman has also gone to victory lane here at Anderson with CRA. Jim Crabtree Jr. has also won an event here as well.

Monday - 1:55pm ET - Kyle Busch keeps his busy week of racing going with tonight's Redbud 300. Busch ran the Slinger Nationals in Wisconsin last Tuesday night, then the NASCAR Camping World Truck race on Friday at O'Reilly Raceway Park, followed by the NASCAR Nationwide Series race the next night. He ran the Brickyard 400 yesterday in Indianapolis and is running his fifth race in six days here at Anderson Speedway.

Monday - 1:50pm ET - Tonight's race can be heard live on RaceTalkRadio.com. Speed 51 Radio will have all the action beginning at 7pm on RTR. The event will pay tribute to the old ASA National Tour at the birthplace of ASA. Join Bob Dillner, Dennis Michelsen, Kevin Striegle and "Stat Boy" Elgin Traylor for the call beginning at 7pm on RaceTalkRadio.com (click on the "Listen Live" button).

Monday - 1:35pm ET - Practice has been very active with cars it the pits, car waiting to go on the track, cars waiting to practice, cars practicing and cars waiting to leave the track after practice. All of this is because CRA Series officials are only allowing about eight cars on the track at the same time.

We have had two spins, one by the 78 of Martin Belcher and the second by the 31 of Aaron Pierce. Pierce actually had the fast time early on before his spin. We will have more speeds in a little bit.

Monday - 1:00pm ET - Practice is set to begin in just a few minutes. We are heading trackside to grab some information and some photos of the action. We will be back soon.

Monday - 12:45pm ET - We just came from the drivers meeting where we were told that 29 cars are here for tonight's race and all 29 will start the event. John Heck from Indianapolis, IN is not here today from our pre-race entry list.

The other major focus was on pit stops as the teams will be pitting in the infield here at the quarter-mile. Space will be limited, but it has been done here at Anderson several times in the past. Teams can only change tires at the break unless they have a flat.

Monday - 12:30pm ET - Welcome to a Monday night special here in Anderson, Indiana. The CRA Super Series is paying tribute to the old ASA National tour today with a 300-lap event here on the quarter-mile. Years back the Anderson 400 was run here for several year with the ASA Tour. Today it's a throw back event with some big guns already on the roster like Kyle Busch, Scott Hantz, Johnny VanDoorn, and others are here trying to make history CRA style.

Pre-Race Entry list:

Kenny Tweedy

John Heck

Royce Mason II

Jason Dietsch

Brandon Fagin

Eddie Hoffman

Martin Belcher

Jeff Lane

Chuck Barnes Jr.

Damon Ecoff

Robert Maynor