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Greenville-Pickens Speedway Raceday Updates
NOTE: This is what we posted throughout the day on the front page of EastSeries.com throughout the Greenville-Pickens Speedway race day. If you were at the track or not able to get to the site over the course of the weekend, this will give you some idea of how the event progressed from our first arrival on the grounds Saturday morning until we packed up to leave Saturday evening. This is probably best read from the bottom up. Quick & Dirty Greenville finish:
1. 15 Brian Ickler
We'll have a quick & dirty finish when it's available; in the meantime, we'll see you next at Lime Rock Park; maybe South Boston Ickler celebrates his fourth East Series win as he frickin smokes the frontstretch with donuts RACE OVER: `5 88 7 52 44 03 35 40 38 and others. WHITE FLAG: 15 in control over 88 71 and 44 looking insideke 52, they get loosey gosy but recover GREEN lap 147: neck and neck into one, 15 leaves turn two with the lead, then 71 52 44 03 working lap 145 under caution. 18 pits for sheet metal work no free pass. Under caution: 15 88 71 44 52 03 40 35 38 17 and 18 by my count GREEN lap 142: 15 drives away with lead while 71 runs inside 88, nopw 71 gets loose, 8 recovers, and 18 spins inside turn four to bring out the caution 30 is now on pit road; 10 is now loaded up. Working lap 139 scoreboard is still kaput but we can't imagine there are that many laps left as the field keeps rolling under caution Still dealing with 30 and 10; looks like 30 will get the hook while 10 will need a flatbed 71 now returned to third 18 is awarded the spot over 71 to run third behind 15 and 88. Behind 71 is 44 52 03 40 35 35 and the 17 will get the free pass CAUTION: 30 10 37 tangled in turn one. 37 drives away as both 30 and 10 are still parked in one GREEN lap 133: neck and neck into one, 15 leads while 88 works under 71, still side by side into three, now 88 second as 18 is under 71 trying again under yellow: 15 71 88 18 44 52 03 38 40 35 and that's it no free pass as the eligible car was the caution. Under caution: 15 71 88 18 44 52 03 as 35 and 40 (both lead lap cars) pit lap something: 15 stretches it out over 71 who has CAUTION lap 127: 39 spins high in turn four but drives away allegedly lap 124: 15 71 88 18 44 52 03 35 40 and then 38 last car on lead lap 15 71 88 feeling pressure from 18 and 44 lap something: 15 takes lead from 71 and drives away. 88 third, then 18 4 52 35 03 40 GREEN lap we don't know: 71 ahead by a nose into one, now takes the lead down backswtretch. 88 inside 18 and takes that spot restart is called off as 71 is now determined to be the leader 12 is out: accident. 63 out: oil line. Under yellow: 15 71 88 18 44 52 35 03 40 and 38 94 is towed off with heavy damage to the right front corner 38 gets free pass as hook approaches 94. Pit: 7 00 17 37 GREEN lap 112 with nine cars on the lead lap: 71 jumps but CAUTION lap 112: 94 up against the outside wall just before start/finish line 40 now pits along with 17 23 37. 40 gets chassis and air pressure adjustments, both in right rear GREEN lap 110: nope, called off so 17 can pit and take care of loose bodywork under yellow: 15 71 88 18 44 35 52 03 40 I think no free pass, the 7 would have gotten it CAUTION lap 105: 03 spun in turn two, then 7 63 and 94 spin behind. All three drive away GREEN lap 104: 15 off to the lead and stretching it out over 71 88 and 18 inside 44 under caution: 15 71 88 44 4 18 35 52 03 and could that be it for lead lap cars? oh yeah 40 caution is for debris. 00 23 63 94 58 30 37 10 pit CAUTION lap 98: we don't know why. 40 is free pass Lap 96: 40 down a lap as 18 passes 35 lap 95: 15 laps 17, nbext is 40 who was just passed by 03 lap 92: 15 sizing up 23, laps him. Next is 7 then 17 03 40 who complains of "zero rear grip" lap 89: 15 up nearly a half-track over 71, then 88 4 44 35 18 52 40 03 23 17 7 as 39 and 00 are now a lap down lap 87: 15 71 and 4 up to third, 88 inside 44 for fourth, then 35 18 23 52 40 03 17 7 00 and that's it lap 84: 37 high in turn four, he's still going but not up to speed. 37 to pit road lap 85 lap 81: 15 laps 63 while 71 has to deal with 58 anbd 50. 44 third, 88 fourth lap 77: 15 up about a quarter track over 71 as 52 looks inside 40, 52 gets the spot like 18 did earlier lap 76: 15 71 44 88 35 40 18 52 00 03 17 and 7 inside 39, 7 gets the spot lap 73: 15 still workoing on 94 and 37, now he clears themn all leaving the 71 to do the same lap 72: 88 inside 40 for fourth, he makes that pas lap 59: 15 encounbtering three cars racing closely, passes 4 in one, nope, thinks beter about it. 94 and 37 also in the mix lap 56: 15 71 44 40 35 18 88 52 00 03 17 39 7 38 63 and we're starting to see some pretty red brake rotors lap 54: 12 returns to the race many laps down. 4 is the last lead lap car so that's bad news for the 30 lap 52: 03 roughs up 58 to lap him, jumbling things in turn one but everyone drives away OK lap 59: 15 71 44 40 35 18 88 52 00 03 7 38 17 39 63 23 37 94 4 and perhaps 30 on the lead lap lap ah heck scoreboard is kaput again: 15 way ahead of 71 44 40 35 18 00 03 7 38 17 39 lap 55: 58 has to come back in for a pass-through for having too many men servicing the car lap 54: 15 again building a sizeable lead. 1 is out, accident and 26 is out, rear end lap 51: 58 slow on backstretchy, to pit road. He's got a flat left rear I think GREEN lap 49: 15 71 nbeck and neck into one, 71 scored as leader but 15 takes lead out of two. Scoreboard has shut down so lap counts will be aproximate at best under yellow: 15 71 44 00 40 18 35 03 7 88 52 4 38 17 39 63 23 37 and eventually the 94. 30 will have to come in for a stop and go for running over equipment pitting under yellow: 30 23 63 37 as we've lost track of 26. 30 gets right rear tire, 37 chassis adjustments 37 was trapped a lap down, hge's OK to pass the leader now. Free pass goes to 94 lap 43 CAUTION: 26 slow, now stopped high in turn two lap 40: 15 has now lapped 94 30. 71 second, then 44 00 40 18 35 03 7 88 4 52 38 17 39 23 63 37 and that's it for the lead lap lap 38: 16 has loose rear bumper cover but they'll let him stay on track lap 36: 15 71 44 00 40 8 35 03 7 88 4 38 and 52 inside 23 lap 34: 15 has lapped 58 and 50, now goes after 26. Roughly has a quarter-track lead lap 33: 15 71 44 00 40 18 35 as 72 hits pit road lap 32: 15 laps 10, he's already lapped 72 lap 31: 11 is out: accident lap 28: 15 and 71 with 44 applying pressure, then 00 40 18 35 03 7 23 4 now 88 inside 4 lap 26: looking at left front on the 23 while the 12 is pushed back to the trailer lap 24: `5 71 44 00 40 18 35 03 7 23 4 38 and 88 inside 17 lap 22: 15 way out in front then 71 44 then more space back top 00 40 18 35 03 78 23 4 38 17 88 30 63 inside 37 splitting the lapped 16 lap 20: 15 71 44 00 40 18 35 03 7 23 4 38 17 and 88 inside 30 lap 16: 15 about to lap 16 then 71 44 00 40 18 35 03 7 23 4 38 17 30 63 37 88 39 lap 15: 15 71 44 00 4-0 and 18 inside 35 GREEN lap 14: 15 to the lead as they run three wide in the back Under yellow: 15 44 71 35 00 40 18 03 4 7 38 23 37 17 39 30 63 94 Pitting with 12: 26 CAUTION Lkap 10: 12 Hernandez up against the turn one outside wall. He drives away but only as far as pit road. lap 7: 15 44 71 35 00 40 18 03 4 7 38 23 37 17 39 63 30 94 88 50 lap 5: 16 on pit road: looks like flat left rear tire lap 4: 15 44 71 35 now 52 might have a tire issue lap 1: 15 44 71 35 00 40 18 4 03 7 and 38 inside 23 GREEN lap 0: 44 inside 15 71 inside 35, now 15 takes lead down backstretch One to go: 88 1 still on pit road. On track: 44 15 71 35 00 18 4 40 03 7 38 23 37 94 now 72 and 12 on pit road Still working caution: 44 15 71 35 00 18 4 40 03 7 as 52 loses a lap in the pits 1 again stopped on backstretch, hurt nose... here comes a helpful push Field is rolling: 44 is wrinkled right rear. 63 to pit road. 88 hurt left rear, same with 58. Eleven minute red flag Casola: "Can you believe this? This is worse than a Hooters race". Casola team member: "This is worse tham playing your video game" cars that were involved: 88 12 52 16 26 58 72 1 10 63. This does not count the 11 who has been towed off 11 is pretty short in the nose as track clean-up works to take care of a spill in turn one 11 going on the hook as 44 Moffitt gets start/restart shifting tips from Sean Caisse on the radio RED FLAG: 44 didn't get going on initial green and by thwe time they got to turn one they were stacking up and blocking the track. Looks like 10 58 11 1 12 63 and probably more involved. Complete restart except for the cars that were involved GREEN FLAG: 44 didn't get going, caution for big wreck in turn opne Casola is back under his own power; one to go when they get to the line 1 Casola is stopped on the frontstretch, we'll probably go extra pace laps The field is rolling, 29 strong, and we'll go green the third time by Engines have been fired Looks like a good crowd tonight, most seats are full save for the bottom five rows We've prayed and we've sang; the firing of engines is imminent and we'll be racing in less than ten minutes
5:50 p.m. - Never mind, all cars get two laps of qualifying. Martin Truex Jr is in attendance so there's no shortage of star power. Nine minutes till coverage starts. 5:50 p.m. - Word comes that there will be more than one car getting dinged qualifying laps after being late to tech. Scanning the infield from the mohagany-lined pressbox, we see one of the street stocks in attendance has been built out of a Chevy Malibu station wagon. Awesome. 5:41 p.m. - We're less than 20 minutes away from qualifying here at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. All cars are through tech with the exception of Matt Kurzejewski's, which has been fighting transmission problems all day. The crew is still working hard so he might get to qualify. Ryan Truex's 2009 season is getting off to a bit of a rocky start as his car was late to tech and he'll only have one lap of time trials. Meanwhile, we see Ken Spring chatting up the ladies in the infield while flagman Warren Johnston is endearing himself to young fans by handing out checkered flags at the flagstand. 3:48 p.m. - The qualifying order for the 6:00 time trial session: 12 88 40 72 23 30 50 39 03 35 10 00 37 94 15 16 4 1 11 26 18 38 71 52 58 7 63 17 44. We'll have qualifying live in this space so check back in a couple hours to see how the rookies stack up to the veterans when they go up against the clock.
The weather was pretty scary last night but that's out of the way and we're bathed in warm sunshine at the half-mile Greenville-Pickens Speedway. We've been welcomed by 29 cars in the pit area with a couple of familiar names and a lot of question marks. We'll try and piece it all together throughout the day all the way through lap-by-lap coverage of the NASCAR Home Tracks 150 starting at 8:00 tonight.
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6:40 p.m. - Brett Moffitt made a good first impression on the NASCAR Camping World East Series when he set fast time in this evening's time trials at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Moffitt, now the second-youngest Greenville polewinner, was the last driver to take time and used that opportunity to knock Brian Ickler off the top spot. Eddie MacDonald timed in third, followed by Steve Park and Ryan Truex. Full results are 
3:28 p.m. - Brian Ickler flexed his muscles in the one and only practice session held this afternoon for tonight's NASCAR Home Tracks 150 Presented by Kevin Whittaker Chevrolet. Ickler's Chevy posted a fast lap of 21.244 seconds (84.730 MPH) around the Greenville half-mile. Joe Gibbs Racing rookie Matt Dibenedetto was second fastest, followed by Matt Kobyluck, Brett Moffitt (Andy Santerre Motorsports), and Patrick Long (Dave Davis Motorsports). We now await qualifying, which will take place at 6:00 this evening. After that is an on-track autograph session and then the season-opening East Series race at 8:00.
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