Live Updates: Textron World Finals, Night 2

Live Updates: Textron World Finals, Night 2

Bookmark this page for Live Updates from Night 2 of the Textron World Finals at The Dirt Track At Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Nov 3, 2017 by Dan Beaver
Live Updates: Textron World Finals, Night 2

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Sprint Cars

1) Donny Schatz, 2) Ian Madsen, 3) Dave Blaney, 4) Kerry Madsen, and 5) Joey Saldana.
Donny Schatz gets win No. 20. The cream has risen to the top tonight.
Tony Stewart was 20th
24 laps are in the books with six remaining, so we will have a double file restart

Donny Schatz gets them back up to speed over the Madman and his slightly less mad brother Ian.
Under caution, Terry McCarl gets a flat.
One lap after the pass, Sheldon Haudenschild and David Gravel cut both rear tires. Must be some debris on the track.
Kerry Madsen makes a Mad Slider over Balog... but he pushes too high and Donny Schatz rockets past. Folks, this is some wild racing tonight.
Bill Blog leads early.
Tony Stewart starts on the outside of row 9
How often does this happen: battling for 10th in the points, Jason Sides and Brent Marks start side by side on row 14. Sides is making a final push for the top 10 in Outlaw points.

Late Models

Brandon Sheppard wins. 2) Dennis Erb, 3) Mike Marlar, 4) Jimmy Ownes, 5) Dale McDowell, 6) Brandon Overton, 7) Chris Maddenn, 8) Josh Richards, 9) Brian Shirley, and 10) Devin Moran
Wow - Just wow. Sheppard was buried in the field, but he comes from nowhere to tie Josh Richards's single season win record at 18!
Sheppard comes from 5th to the lead in a handful of laps. He takes the lead on 47.
Yup - Erb gets past Marlar on lap 42 at the line.
It appears Erb has taken better care of his tires and he is all over Marlar.
Jason Covert stalls on lap 27 - another caution.
Zack McMillon gets a flat and draws a caution on lap 17.
Marlar is pacing the field and doesn't seem to be be catchable.
Can Brandon Sheppard match Richards' win record? He bobbles on the opening lap and almost crashes.
Mike Marlar and Dennis Erb Jr. will lead the field to green. Jimmy Owens, Josh Richards, and Dale McDowell round out the top five.

Big Block Modifieds A-Main

Williamson hold off Sheppard for the first upset of the weekend. Billy Decker, Keith Flach, and Mike Mahaney round out the top five.
Mat Williamson takes an early lead over Matt Sheppard. If Williamson wins, it's a Cinderella story, but Sheppard wants his third win in this race. 10 to go.
A couple of cautions early slow the pace - for Walters and Tompkins.
29 cars enter, one leaves with the win.

Sprint Cars

B-Main: Brian Brown wins over Logan Schuchart, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Ryan Smith, Cole Duncan, and Kraig Kinser advancing to the A-Main
Paige Polyak and Sam Hafertepe Jr. lead them to green. Cole Conley goes over hard on the first lap. Conley walks away.
On the restart, Polyak doesn't fire off. She pulls to the inside.

Dash 2: Bill Balog lines up on the outside of row 2 with Kerry Madsen, Brock Zearfoss, Daryn Pittman, Dave Blaney, and Jason Johnson.

Dash 1:. Ian Madsen will line up on the pole for tonight's A-Main with Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana, David Gravel, Tim Shaffer, and Paul McMahan lining up behind.

Late Models

B-Main 3: Brent Larson wins with Nick Hoffman also advancing. Dan Stone is the first man on the outside looking in.
Steve Francis pushes into the wall hard and will have to retire. 

B-Main 2: Chris Madden leaves a Smoky wake until a caution waves with three remaining. Casey Roberts also advances, whil Rick Eckert is the 1st man on the outside looking in. 

B-Main 1: A couple of cautions mar the start of the race, but the Superman Jonathan Davenport wins with Steve Casebolt also advancing to the A-Main.

Three Last Chance Qualifiers are next on deck. Top two advance.

Mike Marlar redraws for the pole with Dennis Eerb Jr. on the outside of the front row.Jimmy Owens and Josh Richards line up on row two with Dale McDowell and Brandon Sheppard on row three.


Sprint Car C-Main

In the middle of late model Last Chance Qualifiers, they will run the C-Main. Only two will move to the end of the Sprint LCQs.
Greg Hodnett advances to the B-Main along with Shawn Dancer - who got a part of the five-car accident at the halfway point.
Justin Barger brings out the caution with six to go after making contact with the turn-four tire.
Five cars get together on the restart. The accident includes Coleman Gulik and Paul Nienhiser - who takes a wild ride, but doesn't flip. 

Sprint Car Heats (top three advance directly to the A-Main)

Heat 6: The Ragin Cajun grabs the victory with Bill Balog in second. Most notably, however, Tony Stewart starts 4th and grabs third on the first lap.

Heat 5: Dave Blaney is out of the frame in first with The Madman Kerry Madsen second and Sammy Swindell slammin' in at thirs.
Sadie Siegel crashes hard on lap one of the heat and destroys here car

Heat 4: Daryn Pittman leads flag to flat with Brock Zearfoss and Terry McCarl on his heels.

Heat 3: Joey Saldana wins. Ian Madsen and Greg Wilson also advance.

Heat 2: Paul McMahan wins over the 9-time champion Donny Schatz and Brian Brown.

Heat 1: David Gravel takes the top spot after setting Thursday's quick time with Tim Shaffer and Trey Starks rounding out the transfer spots

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