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Testing at Bristol Shows Early Favorites for Saturday
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LATE MODEL STOCK CARS!
Richard Boswell leads the second and final practice session of the day with a lap of 15.976. Boswell found himself on the other end of the coin last time the series visited the Bristol Motor Speedway when he encountered troubles and was last on the practice sheets before qualifying himself inside the field.
Boswell has been one of the hottest competitors in the series thus far this year scoring a second and a couple of third place finishes not to mention the last race when he took the lead late only to get involved in a crash keeping him from getting his first UARA-STARS Series win.
Boswell had a lot of competition up front on the practice charts as Alex Yontz found himself as the second fastest driver on Thursday evening with a lap of 16.047. Yontz, who already has a win on the high banked half mile speedplant, is set to go after getting a second place finish in the series first visit of the season to the track a little over a month ago.
Wade Day was the first of three non-series regulars to practice fast enough to be among the top ten with his lap of 16.074, but his team
Official Practice Times from Bristol Courtesy of the UARA-STARS:
Place No. Name Laps Fast Lap Fast Time Last Time
1 72 Richard Boswell II 9 8 15.976 16.024
2 55 Alex Yontz 71 24 16.047 16.645
3 74 Wade Day 60 60 16.074 16.074
4 1 Jake Crum 54 2 16.149 16.64
5 98 Andrew Carlsen 31 12 16.155 16.856
6 18 Scott Andrews Jr. 11 3 16.168 16.51
7 21 Travis Swaim 40 38 16.173 16.211
8 30 Cliff Daniels 45 38 16.182 17.351
9 44 Matt DiBenedetto 84 3 16.208 17.918
10 8 Jamie Yelton 24 11 16.218 17.446
11 88 Curtis Truex Jr 28 28 16.229 16.229
12 13 Lance Gatlin 65 4 16.235 17.346
13* 76 Darrell Wallace Jr. 97 73 16.255 16.555
14 57 Zeke Shell 42 13 16.265 18.281
15 71 Corey LaJoie 89 46 16.285 16.573
16 91 John Gottsacker 55 38 16.37 16.841
17 28 Brandon McReynolds 81 31 16.382 16.624
18 81 Paddy Rodenbeck 75 34 16.399 16.872
19 22 Casey Holt 31 13 16.403 18.575
20 25 Ross Furr 42 14 16.414 19.837
21 16 Daniel Pope II 115 12 16.468 16.967
22 3 Dillon Smith 71 4 16.505 34.01
23 2 Joey Coulter 63 4 16.512 17.395
24 84 Clay Greenfield 25 10 16.532 21.213
25 32 Kyle Grissom 27 24 16.572 18.836
26 24 Luke Laney 70 3 16.591 17.4
27 69 Steve Blackburn 20 2 16.708 19.389
28 10 Wayne Hale 96 47 16.755 17.177
RICHARD BOSWELL II
RICHARD BOSWELL II
Photos from the Practice Session Courtesy of Langley Austin/RACE22.com
Andrew Carlsen(98) and his Chase Pistone Inc. Racing Team found themselves up in the top five of the final practice session at Bristol and is very excited about returning to the track this weekend.
Matt DiBenedetto(44) winner of the last visit to Bristol Motor Speedway struggled a little on Thursday evening, first with a miss in the engine and then troubles in the rear end.
Randy Weaver(left) and Mike Greenfield(right) work hard on the Chevrolet of Clay Greenfield(84), who struggled terribly in the last visit to Bristol and wasn't much better after a full day of testing.
Matt DiBenedetto(44) winner of the last visit to Bristol Motor Speedway struggled a little on Thursday evening, first with a miss in the engine and then troubles in the rear end.
Tiffany Daniels(04) brought her car out to test at Bristol Motor Speedway as she was expected to make her first UARA-STARS Series start in the Thompson Metal 150. Unfortunately for Daniels she blew an engine early in the practice and as you can see on the photo on the left she(right), her father, Charlie and Kirby Gobble(center) discuss getting her an engine to go racing with. They got the engine back to the track before practice was over, but she'll get her first laps on the engine in Saturday's practice.
Cliff Daniels(30) on the other hand had a great car practicing inside the top ten in 8th with a 16.182 ... Daniels last finish at Bristol was a third place finish in only his second career UARA-STARS Series race.
Travis Swaim and his team work hard on their race car on Thursday during Bristol testing. Swaim will be making his first Bristol start on Saturday and will be fast according to the practice speeds.
Randy Weaver(left) and Mike Greenfield(right) work hard on the Chevrolet of Clay Greenfield(84), who struggled terribly in the last visit to Bristol and wasn't much better after a full day of testing.
Matt DiBenedetto(44) winner of the last visit to Bristol Motor Speedway struggled a little on Thursday evening, first with a miss in the engine and then troubles in the rear end.