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Lap By Lap: NASCAR K&N Pro Series 125
CHECKERED FLAG: DARRELL WALLACE JR WINS THE K&N PRO SERIES 125 AT LEE USA SPEEDWAY. RYAN TRUEX FINISHES SECOND, FOLLOWED BY BRETT MOFFITT, EDDIE MACDONALD. COLE WHITT FOLLOWED IN FIFTH, THEN ANDREW SMITH, MATT KOBYLUCK, MARC DAVIS, KEVIN SWINDELL AND JORGE ARTEAGA
WHITE FLAG: Wallace leads the field, followed by Truex, MacDonald and Moffitt.
Lap 122 -- GREEN: Truex takes the inside and leads at the line. Wallace makes it three wide into Turn 3 and leads at the line
Lap 121 -- One to go at the line.
Lap 117 -- Leaders are Truex, MacDonald, Wallace, Moffitt, Whitt, Smith, Arteaga, Kobyluck, Davis and Gresham. Shaw is 11th, followed by Patison, Swindell, Salemi and Paludo. Gifford's car gets pushed as far as Turn 2, but needs to taken off on a hook the rest of the way.
Lap 116 -- CAUTION is back out at 10 p.m.
Lap 116 -- RED FLAG at 9:43 pm
Lap 116 -- CAUTION: Pileup on the backstretch with Gifford, Albarracin, Germain, Anton, Peck, and Kern involved.
Lap 115 -- Truex takes the lead back at the line.
Lap 114 -- GREEN: MacDonald starts from the outside. MacDonald leads by a nose at the line.
Lap 108 -- MacDonald leads Truex, Moffitt, Wallace, Whitt, Arteaga, Smith, Kobyluck, Davis and Gresham.
Lap 106 -- CAUTION: Paludo, Pena, Ranger, Swindell and Gifford among cars that get tangled up in Turn 2.
Lap 104 -- Moffitt now in third, while Wallace goes under Whitt for fourth. Arteaga is sixth in his series debut.
Lap 103 -- MacDonald inches back ahead.
Lap 100 -- Truex takes the lead underneath MacDonald.
Lap 99 -- MacDonald and Truex side by side for the lead, Whitt and Moffitt side by side for third, Wallace and Arteaga side by side for fifth and Smith and Kobyluck side by side for seventh
Lap 98 -- Leaders are MacDonald, Truex, Whitt, Moffitt, Arteaga, Wallace, Smith, Kobyluck, Ranger.
Lap 97 -- Truex all over MacDonald's back bumper.
Lap 95 -- Truex takes second back, while Whitt falls back into a battle with Moffitt.
Lap 93 -- GREEN: MacDonald gets a huge jump and Whitt challenges Truex for second.
Lap 90 -- Davis is 11th, followed by Swindell, Gifford, Paludo, and Patison.
Lap 89 -- Leaders are MacDonald, Truex, Moffitt, Whitt, Kobyluck, Arteaga, Wallace, Ranger, Smith and Germain.
Lap 88 -- CAUTION: Shaw spins while battling for second-place with Truex.
Lap 84 -- Gresham gets very loose and scraps Turn 2 wall, but keeps going; Smoke from Whitt's tires as he goes into Turn 1
Lap 82 -- MacDonald starts to pull away; great action back in the field as Swindell, Davis, Pena and Wallace fight their way forward.
Lap 80 -- GREEN: MacDonald leads Shaw to the line, while Truex is pressuring from third.
Lap 75 -- Leaders are MacDonald, Shaw, Truex, Moffitt, Whitt, Ranger, Kobyluck, Germain, Arteaga and Smith. Patison is 11th, followed by Wallace, Gifford, Davis, and Swindell.
Lap 74 -- CAUTION: Anton spins on the backstretch. Kern is the free pass car.
Lap 70 -- Gifford up to 12th, followed by Wallace in 13th. Anton is 14th as Davis, Gresham and Swindell look for a way around.
Lap 68 -- Ranger may have a right front tire rub
Lap 66 -- Arteaga running 10th in his series debut
Lap 63 -- Moffitt takes third and now Truex slips under Whitt to take a spot. Ranger sits in sixth, followed by Kobyluck and Germain.
Lap 61 -- GREEN: MacDonald picks outside and gets a jump. Shaw falls in line in second, while Moffitt and Whitt battle side by side for third
Lap 59 -- Swindell comes back down pit road but stays on the lead lap.
Lap 57 -- New leaders are MacDonald, Shaw, Moffitt, Ranger, Whitt, Truex, Kobyluck, Germain, Patison and Arteaga. Whitt stays out despite the damage. Wallace, Gifford and Swindell have all come in and out of pits.
Lap 55 -- Whitt didn't spin but ran into the back of one of the cars trying to check up and suffers hood damage. Swindell also has heavy damage to his hood.
Lap 54 -- GREEN: Swindell chooses outside lane again and gets a great jump, Swindell starts to slide coming out of Turn 2, gets a nudge from MacDonald and goes all the way around and collects Wallace and Gifford. Severe damage to Wallace's back bumper.
Lap 48 -- Davis gets his lap back; leaders under yellow are Swindell, MacDonald, Wallace, Shaw, Whitt, Gifford, Gresham, Moffitt, Truex, Ranger. Paludo is 11th, followed by Kobyluck, Paludo, Patison, Arteaga, Duff, Peck.
Lap 47 -- CAUTION: Pena and Smith go around and collect Anton, too, in Turn 2.
Lap 45 -- Leaders are Swindell, MacDonald, Wallace, Shaw, Whitt, Gifford and Gresham.
Lap 42 -- Gresham, fourth, washes up in Turn 1 and loses three sports to Shaw, Whitt and Gifford.
Lap 39 -- Swindell takes the lead back, while Wallace peaks under MacDonald before settling back for third.
Lap 38 -- GREEN: Swindell chooses the outside lane to restart; MacDonald leads by a nose at the line
Lap 33 -- Leaders are Swindell, MacDonald, Gresham, Wallace, Shaw, Whitt, Moffitt, Gifford, Ranger and Pena. Smith is 11th, followed by Truex, Arteaga, Paludo and Davis.
Lap 32 -- CAUTION: Albaraccin spins in Turn 3, Davis gets caught up and goes around. Davis drives away with no apparent damage.
Lap 27 -- Pena goes three-wide to split between Ranger and Gifford and take eighth, but then gets caught behind traffic on lap 29 and loses the spots back,
Lap 25 -- Truex up to 11th
Lap 23 -- Leaders emerge from first pack of traffic unscathed
Lap 20 -- Leaders are picking their way through the tail end of the field and starting to put cars a lap down.
Lap 17 -- Swindell, MacDonald, Gresham, Wallace, Shaw, Ranger, Moffitt, Pena, Whitt and Gifford are top 10. Truex up to 12th.
Lap 15 -- Sparks coming from under Kobyluck (18th) as he goes into Turn 1.
Lap 13 -- Swindell takes lead back.
Lap 11 -- MacDonald back to the front, and just as quickly, Swindell moves back to the outside.
Lap 10 -- Swindell leads MacDonald, Gresham, Wallace, Shaw, Ranger and Moffitt as they're clicking off 16 second laps.
Lap 6 -- Swindell leads by a nose at the line and pulls out in front; front four have separated from Shaw in fifth
Lap 4 -- Swindell makes a move on the outside of MacDonald and they're side by side.
Lap 1 -- GREEN: Eddie MacDonald jumps to the front and Swindell falls in line behind. Max Gresham and Darrell Wallace are next.
8:51 p.m. -- One to go at the line.
8:50 p.m. -- Cars have rolled off the starting grid
8:47 p.m. -- Drivers are finishing getting strapped in.
8:38 p.m. -- Driver introductions have begun
8:37 p.m. -- Canadian and US anthems have concluded
8:27 p.m. -- Friends who have gathered for a reunion of those involved in the early years of the series remembering the late Bunk Sampson, former series director, during driver introductions.
8:15 p.m. -- Cars have lined up on the front stretch
8:06 p.m. -- Bobby Melvin wins Prime Warehouse Limited Late Model Sportsman feature.
8 p.m. -- Lee USA's NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Limited Late Models are on the track. Next up is the K&N Pro Series East race.
6:40 p.m. -- Update: Whitt is ninth, followed by Gifford and Smith. All three had a lap of 15.779 and the tie is broken by standing in points. QUALIFYING RESULTS
6:39 p.m. -- Swindell, 21, is making his 12th career start.
6:30 p.m. -- Max Gresham, out 23rd of 24, has the third fastest time on first lap but can't catch MacDonald or Swindell with his second lap. Andrew Ranger goes out last and qualifies sixth. Kevin Swindell earns his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Coors Light Pole Award. Eddie MacDonald, Gresham, Darrell Wallace, DJ Shaw, Ranger, Sergio Pena, Brett Moffitt, Ryan Gifford and Andrew Smith round out top 10. Race is scheduled to go green at 8:30 p.m.
6:27 p.m. -- Kevin Swindell just knocked hometown favorite Eddie MacDonald off the pole with a lap 15.562 (86.750).
6:26 p.m. -- After 20 cars, MacDonald, Wallace, Shaw, Pena, Moffitt are still top five
6:19 p.m. -- DJ Shaw bumps him down a spot with third-quickest lap. Top five now: MacDonald, Wallace, Shaw, Pena, Moffitt.
6:17 p.m. -- Brett Moffitt saving his stuff in practice? He was 16th and ninth in the two sessions. Just put up fourth fastest time of 14 cars in qualifying.
6:16 p.m. -- Zach Germain jumps up to fifth on the board.
6:12 p.m. -- Eddie MacDonald, 10th out, takes over provisional pole with a lap of 15.589 (86.600). Wallace, Pena, Gifford, Davis -- all Revolution Racing -- are top five.
6:08 p.m. -- Sergio Pena goes out seventh and posts second fastest lap (15.700). Top five are: Wallace, Pena, Gifford, Davis and Truex
6:03 p.m. -- Third out, points leader Ryan Truex is much slower (15.955).
6:01 p.m. -- Going out second, Gifford's teammate, Darrell Wallace Jr., takes over the top spot with his lap of 15.619 (86.433)
6 p.m. -- Qualifying is underway - Ryan Gifford, fastest in practice, is first out and his second lap of 15.779 (85.557) sets the time to beat.
4:04 p.m. -- Practice has concluded. Swindell was tops, followed by Davis, Truex, Wallace, Smith, Shaw, Whitt, MacDonald, Moffitt and Gifford. Qualifying begins at 6 p.m.
3:59 p.m. -- Kevin Swindell still has top time in second practice - the second lap he ran - followed by Marc Davis, Ryan Truex, Darrell Wallace and DJ Shaw.
3:51 p.m. -- Top times are Swindell, Davis, Truex, Wallace, Shaw, Whitt, Smith, MacDonald, Gifford and Arteaga. Truex brought the same car he won at New Hampshire and last year at Thompson.
3:49 p.m. -- Moffitt still 18th in practice, he had motor problems when the unloaded.
3:40 p.m. -- Kevin Swindell has the top time so far in second practice at 15.877 (85.029), followed by Marc Davis and Ryan Truex. Wallace, Shaw, Smith, MacDonald, Paludo, Ranger and Anton round out top 10.
3:39 p.m. -- Caution for spin by Arteaga - no contact.
3:20 p.m. -- Second practice is underway.
2:47 p.m. -- First practice has concluded. Ryan Gifford's time of 15.566 was the top time (86.727 mph), followed by Cole Whitt at 15.794 (85.475) and Kevin Swindell at 15.797 (85.459). Marc Davis and Eddie MacDonald rounded out the top five. The rest of the field was Kobyluck, Shaw, Truex, Smith and Pena. COMPLETE PRACTICE TIMES Swindell, however, broke a header and will need to make repairs.
2:37 p.m. -- With 10 minutes left in practice, Gifford's top time still stands. He's followed by Whitt, Swindell, Davis, MacDonald, Kobyluck, Shaw, Truex, Smith and Pena.
2:30 p.m. -- Caution for spin by Albaracin - no contact.
2:20 p.m. -- After 20 minutes, top times are Gifford, Whitt, Swindell, Davis, Kobyluck, Shaw, Truex, Smith, MacDonald and Pena.
2:10 p.m. -- Opening laps of practice and Ryan Gifford has set the early bar at 15.566 seconds (86.727 mph). Cole Whitt, Kevin Swindell, Marc Davis and Matt Kobyluck are the next quickest.
2 p.m. -- Cars have taken the track
1:50 p.m. -- First practice is set to hit the track in 10 minutes.
11:30 a.m. -- Haulers have unloaded and are parked outside the track. Teams have begun setting up scales and pit stalls in the infield and started the inspection process. First practice rolls off at 2 p.m.
Friday, July 30: 9 a.m. -- The sun is out and it's shaping up to be a warm one as the haulers wait for the gates to open.
