2011 Boston Pizza 250 Pre-Race Thread

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1 6 68 D Micks 154.334 60 30* 185 Running
2 2 52 J MIller -2.13 60 0 170 Running
3 12 44 A Kingston -2.29 60 0 165 Running
4 1 05 E Webler -2.51 60 28 165 Running
5 3 18 C Lapinski -2.63 60 0 155 Running
6 11 10 B Sabo -2.70 60 0 150 Running
7 9 14 K Gerrelds -2.85 60 0 146 Running
8 8 03 B Simmons -3.01 60 0 142 Running
9 22 57 D Bibson -3.36 60 0 138 Running
10 15 50 J Kash -3.54 60 0 134 Running
11 10 83 N Knowitall -3.81 60 0 130 Running
12 7 39 N Kozoro -3.89 60 2 132 Running
13 4 36 B Wilson -4.66 60 0 124 Running
14 19 09 S Glossum -4.86 60 0 121 Running
15 18 40 G Jacobs -5.20 60 0 118 Running
16 5 96 M DiCario -5.40 60 0 115 Running
17 29 41 M Johnson -5.65 60 0 112 Running
18 20 54 J Richson -5.94 60 0 109 Running
19 32 85 M Contey -6.22 60 0 106 Running
20 26 88 L Rody -6.60 60 0 103 Running
21 23 11 W Fisher -6.67 60 0 100 Running
22 27 48 L Rossini -6.99 60 0 97 Running
23 30 20 R Lowrey -7.27 60 0 94 Running
24 33 38 J Johnson -7.44 60 0 91 Running
25 14 8 C Crompton -7.50 60 0 88 Running
26 21 46 T Deefer -8.04 60 0 85 Running
27 16 23 C Long -8.43 60 0 82 Running
28 17 25 S Rossini -8.43 60 0 79 Running
29 25 89 B Corna -8.51 60 0 76 Running
30 28 97 K Talofa -1L 59 0 73 Running
31 24 65 D Edwards, Jr. -1L 59 0 70 Running
32 31 32 B Wilkinson -3L 57 0 67 Running
33 13 26 J Scransen -23L 37 0 64 Accident

Eric Webler led the field to the start of the 60-lap heat with Boston and L.A. winners Chad Lapinski and Brian Wilson in tow. tittes made a run at the lead 9 laps in, but, like so many others, the inside line did not work for him in turn 3 compared to the higher side of the track. Cars were almost routinely heading into that corner side-by-side and reaching the start/finish line five car lengths apart.

25 laps into the race, the caution flag was displayed for debris on the racetrack. The entire field took the opportunity to pit during this yellow-flag period, with Nate Knowitall and David Lee Bibson being the big winners as they moved from 7th and 12th to 4th and 8th, respectively.

Donnie Edwards, Jr. restarted on the tail end of the lead lap when the green flag came back out. Eric Webler led them down, but Nate Knowitall and Nick Kozoro took him completely by surprise on the outside of turn 4, and the #39 and #83 cars avoided potentially taking out ten cars as they made contact on the frontstretch. Kozoro eventually won that battle…until he brushed the wall off turn 4 and allowed Daniel Micks to make him easy prey.

Lap 38 saw Jalen Scransen and Kimo Talofa hook each other into the turn 3 wall, with Scransen getting the worst of the wreck as his Cadillac slid down the 26° banking and got nicked by Brandon Corna and Bruce Wilkinson. The latter had quite a bit of damage done to the rear of his Charger, resulting in him being a full 10 mph off the pace when the race restarted. (Seriously, the rest of the field better thank their lucky stars their cars were handling so well.) He appeared to have gotten the message when he dove into the pits that same lap, but as it turned out, he merely had to change his right-side tires due to the impact with Scransen. It didn’t help that not only was he just as slow coming out of the pits, he nearly merged into Ross Lowrey.

It was at this point that Daniel Micks really started to click off laps, extending his lead to a second and a half for the final 15 laps. Jason Miller passed Austin Kingston on the final lap for second.

Chad Lapinski did what was arguably expected of him in one of the first qualifying races he had to run this year (this being an intermediate track) and came home a stellar fifth.

Subject: Re: 2011 Boston Pizza 250 Pre-Race Thread Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:36 pm

Session: Qualifying

P # DRIVER TIME
1 19 A Reeds 33.630
2 53 K Davis 33.639
3 98 T Bradshaw 33.649
4 10 B Sabo 33.655
5 27 D Leckliter 33.660
6 36 B Wilson 33.660
7 40 G Jacobs 33.664
8 1 A Jates 33.665
9 83 N Knowitall 33.666
10 96 M DiCario 33.666
11 03 B Simmons 33.675
12 72 P Eichholtz 33.677
13 68 D Micks 33.680
14 56 T Hendricks 33.688
15 24 G Sauer 33.689
16 57 D Bibson 33.694
17 0 J Ringer 33.698
18 44 A Kingston 33.701
19 14 K Gerrelds 33.702
20 05 E Webler 33.706
21 99 M Oppenheimer 33.706
22 30 B VanPelt 33.707
23 06 J Smith 33.715
24 12 L Tellez 33.715
25 13 F Ritcher 33.718
26 00 T Lautenschlager 33.722
27 16 J Pisani 33.723
28 34 K Lachner 33.727
29 76 C Kennedy 33.728
30 42 H Cilantro 33.729
31 52 J MIller 33.730
32 09 S Glossum 33.739
33 50 J Kash 33.748
34 18 C Lapinski 33.749
35 49 G Garcia 33.781
36 39 N Kozoro 33.808
37 41 M Johnson 33.917
38 90 A Fisher 33.970
39 87 M Carter 33.982
40 28 S Donnelly 34.034
41 15 W Legge 34.228
42 94 J Williams --

Weather: Clear, 62 °F, North 0 mph

Just a warning, the race was a bit sloppy.