Shaver Fastest Qualifier among 74 Cars at Florence on Friday Night

 
UNION, KY (August 12, 2011) – Steve Shaver of Vienna, WV set the fastest qualifying time during Red Buck Cigar Time Trials on Friday Night at Florence Speedway. Shaver, a two-time winner of the Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 Presented by Lucas Oil, was the first qualifier out and his time stood up among the 74 entrants on hand for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event.
 
With an invert of three for Saturday Night’s heat races, Shaver will start inside of row two of the first heat when preliminary action gets underway. The top three from each of the six heats race will advance to the $50,000 to win main event.
 
The polesitters for the six heat races will be; Vic Hill of Greeneville, TN; Jacob Grizzle of Blairsville, GA; Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN; Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA; Scott James of Lawrenceburg, IN; and Chris Wall of Springfield, LA.
 
Activities on Saturday will get underway with an auction to benefit the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame at 1 PM, a Dirt Racing Outreach Service at 4 PM, followed by a driver’s autograph session at 4:45 PM. At 6 PM, the induction ceremonies will begin for the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. Heat race action is slated to start at 8 PM.
 
For more information on Florence Speedway, check out www.florencespeedway.com.
 
For the latest breaking news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log onto www.lucasdirt.com or call the series’ office at (951) 532-2503.
 
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday Night, August 12th, 2011
Sunoco Race Fuels “North/South 100” Presented by Lucas Oil Products, Inc.
Florence Speedway – Union, KY

Red Buck Cigars Fast Time: Steve Shaver / 16.742 seconds (Group A and Overall)
                                          Chris Madden / 17.193 seconds (Group B)
 
GROUP "A"
POS
CAR#
DRIVER
Q. Time
1
6
Steve Shaver
16.742
2
7R
Kent Robinson
17.053
3
23
John Blankenship
17.135
4
25
Josh Richards
17.150
5
16m
Mike Marlar
17.161
6
44
Earl Pearson, Jr.
17.169
7
1v
Vic Hill
17.176
8
99G
Jacob Grizzle
17.288
9
71
Don O'Neal
17.307
10
57J
Bub McCool
17.310
11
21m
Jason Montgomery
17.334
12
28m
Jimmy Mars
17.336
13
17m
Dale McDowell
17.355
14
41n
Brad Neat
17.374
15
19c
Chad Smith
17.385
16
25n
Dustin Neat
17.405
17
1s
Brian Shirley
17.421
18
18e
Eric Wells
17.430
19
6J
Joe Janowski
17.448
20
28
Eddie Carrier, Jr.
17.457
21
777
Jared Landers
17.511
22
21B
Chip Brindle
17.658
23
B5s
Brandon Sheppard
17.778
24
16
Justin Rattliff
17.845
25
44c
Clint Smith
18.022
26
11R
James Rice
18.047
27
D8
Dustin Linville
18.072
28
5bx
Tim Breeding
18.075
29
10
Tim Tungate
18.124
30
11G
Billy Gullion
18.178
31
5
Greg Martin
18.229
32
B5
Jason Barrett
18.329
33
25b
Jarrod Breeding
18.386
34
13w
David Webb
18.404
35
4s
Rob Starkey
18.625
36
P51
Jim Price
18.873
37
180
Danny Erskine
19.947
 
GROUP "B"
POS
CAR#
DRIVER
Q. Time
1
44m
Chris Madden
17.193
2
0
Scott Bloomquist
17.235
3
53
Ray Cook
17.241
4
20
Jimmy Owens
17.277
5
c9
Steve Casebolt
17.290
6
28
Darrell Lanigan
17.320
7
49
Jonathan Davenport
17.322
8
81
Scott James
17.371
9
71w
Chris Wall
17.389
10
15
Steve Francis
17.500
11
24h
Greg Johnson
17.540
12
s9
Dan Schlieper
17.561
13
49s
Steve Landrum
17.572
14
9J
Mike Jewell
17.586
15
55
Jeep VanWormer
17.645
16
71r
Rod Conley
17.649
17
33
Jesse Lay
17.653
18
3b
Brian Gray
17.671
19
25c
Shane Clanton
17.678
20
11t
Tyler Reddick
17.689
21
99jr
Frank Heckenast, Jr.
17.729
22
17d
Zack Dohm
17.764
23
JJ2
Josh Williams
17.778
24
17c
Chris Wilson
17.794
25
81m
Josh McGuire
17.886
26
75G
John Gill
17.903
27
1*
Chub Frank
17.909
28
21b
Chris Brown
17.946
29
P1
Tim Prince
18.030
30
78
Jeff Alsip
18.116
31
44w
Jeff Watson
18.228
32
55R
Jeff Raisor
18.308
33
81JR
Jason Riggs
18.315
34
47
Chris Combs
18.385
35
21hk
Kenneth Howell
18.625
36
21h
Robby Hensley
18.657
37
25d
Dan Deaton
20.741
 
 
Heat Race Line-Ups:
 
Wiles Driveshafts First Heat (12 Laps- Top 3 Advance):
Wiles Driveshafts – Heat Race #1
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Vic Hill
1v
25
Josh Richards
Steve Shaver
6
57J
Bub McCool
Dale McDowell
17m
25n
Dustin Neat
Joe Janowski
6J
21B
Chip Brindle
Clint Smith
44c
5bx
Tim Breeding
Greg Martin
5
13w
David Webb
Danny Erskine
180
 
 
 
 
Wiles Driveshafts Second Heat (12 Laps- Top 3 Advance):
Wiles Driveshafts – Heat Race #2
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Jacob Grizzle
99G
16m
Mike Marlar
Kent Robinson
7R
21m
Jason Montgomery
Brad Neat
41n
1s
Brian Shirley
Eddie Carrier, Jr.
28
B5s
Brandon Sheppard
James Rice
11R
10
Tim Tungate
Jason Barrett
B5
4s
Rob Starkey
 
Sweet Manufacturing Third Heat (12 Laps- Top 3 Advance):
Sweet Manufacturing – Heat Race #3
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Don O'Neal
71
44
Earl Pearson, Jr.
John Blankenship
23
28m
Jimmy Mars
Chad Smith
19c
18e
Eric Wells
Jared Landers
777
16
Justin Rattliff
Dustin Linville
D8
11G
Billy Gullion
Jarrod Breeding
25b
P51
Jim Price
 
HAWK Brakes Fourth Heat (12 Laps- Top 3 Advance):
HAWK Brakes – Heat Race #4
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Jonathan Davenport
49
20
Jimmy Owens
Chris Madden
44m
15
Steve Francis
Steve Landrum
49s
71r
Rod Conley
Shane Clanton
25c
17d
Zack Dohm
Josh McGuire
81m
21b
Chris Brown
Jeff Watson
44w
47
Chris Combs
Dan Deaton
25d
 
 
 
Wiles Driveshafts Fifth Heat (12 Laps – Top 3 Advance):
Wiles Driveshafts – Heat Race #5
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Scott James
81
c9
Steve Casebolt
Scott Bloomquist
0
24h
Greg Johnson
Mike Jewell
9J
33
Jesse Lay
Tyler Reddick
11t
JJ2
Josh Williams
John Gill
75G
P1
Tim Prince
Jeff Raisor
55R
21hk
Kenneth Howell

Sweet Manufacturing Sixth Heat (12 Laps – Top 3 Advance):
Sweet Manufacturing – Heat Race #6
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Chris Wall
71w
28
Darrell Lanigan
Ray Cook
53
s9
Dan Schlieper
Jeep VanWormer
55
3b
Brian Gray
Frank Heckenast, Jr.
99jr
17c
Chris Wilson
Chub Frank
1*
78
Jeff Alsip
Jason Riggs
81JR
21h
Robby Hensley

 

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