After 71 cars qualified, the rain came at Eldora; The session is set to be restarted with all times reset – Here are the times for the incomplete qualifying session:
Last night the Dirt Late Model Dream was scheduled to get underway at Eldora Speedway. The race is a 3-day show in Rossburg, Oh with nearly $400,000 in payouts.
Cars unloaded and took to the track for hot laps with weather in the area. They nearly made it through hot laps. However, with just 8 cars remaining in qualifying, the session was red flagged due to weather.
With 8 cars left of 79, officials stated that qualifying session would be evaporated as not every car had a chance to turn a lap. When the rain stopped, they had intentions of restarting the session.
You can see the qualifying times below before the rain washed out the session. Mike Marlar had the quickest time so far. Yet to qualifying was Kent Robinson who turned the fastest lap in hot laps.
Thursday night sat under a rain delay for several hours. The delay began around 7:45. The rain continued to fall and the day was eventually called around 10:45.
“Thursday night’s Dirt Late Model Dream racing program has been postponed due to rain. The Thursday racing program will now be run on Friday afternoon,” stated Eldora Speedway.
A lot of fans were critical of the track for restarting the session instead of packing the track for the 8 remaining cars while the other 71 qualifying times remained. But, it was the right call.
For a lot of these drivers, this is how they make their living. Thursday night is important for setting the tone of your entire weekend. Whether there’s a $100,000 check on the line or a $5,000 check, it needs to be fair to the entire field. Qualifying 8 cars on a completely different race track just for the sake of moving the show along wouldn’t have been the right call.
The difference between 1st and 62nd was less than a second. A few tenths of a second in this qualifying run could through your whole weekend off.
Heavy rains would have drastically changed the track conditions. Depending on how much they prepared it, those 8 cars would have been the 8 fastest or 8 slowest cars in the field. It would have been the equivalent of qualifying 71 cars at Eldora then taking the 8 remaining to a different track.
The scratched raced is set to resume at noon today. Instead of 2 lap qualifying runs, the session has been reduced to a single lap of qualifying for each car. There will be two feature races paying $5,000 each.
Later tonight, they will rack ’em all over again and begin the regularly scheduled Friday night program. Again, twin features, this time they will pay $10,000 to the winner of each.
Friday Eldora Dream
Schedule
Gates Open at 11:00 AM
Stream starts at 11:30 AM
Hot Laps at 12:00 PM
Followed by the full ‘Thursday’ racing program
Dirt Late Model Dream
Qualifying Times
June 7, 2018
Note: The following are the times from cars that got in their laps before the rain. 8 cars are missing from the list. These times will be ignored as the session is set to completely restart this afternoon. I still think some fans would be curious to see how their drivers got the weekend started.
1. Mike Marlar
15.262
2. Hudson O’Neal
15.298
3. Don O’Neal
15.342
4. Dale McDowell
15.345
5. Dustin Nobbe
15.368
6. Frank Heckenast Jr
15.409
7. Shane Clanton
15.416
8. Jason Jameson
15.418
9. Devin Gilpin
15.423
10. Michael Page
15.430
11. Devin Moran
15.436
12. Kyle Bronson
15.449
13. Earl Pearson Jr
15.478
14. Josh Richards
15.489
15. Shannon Babb
15.505
16. Duane Chamberlain
15.542
17. Kody Evans
15.563
18. Ricky Weiss
15.573
19. Freddie Carpenter
15.588
20. Tyler Bruening
15.599
21. Brandon Sheppard
15.608
22. Steven Roberts
15.627
23. Scott Bloomquist
15.642
24. Shanon Buckingham
15.656
25. Jon Henry
15.664
26. Billy Moyer
15.680
27. Jesse James Lay
15.701
28. Jason Feger
15.714
29. Matt Miller
15.747
30. Steve Casebolt
15.760
31. Joey Moriarty
15.767
32. Austin Smith
15.769
34. Jared Landers
15.780
35. Nick Hoffman
15.794
36. Jonathan Davenport
15.805
37. Brent Larson
15.806
38. Chase Junghans
15.821
39. Timmy Culp
15.828
40. Rod Conley
15.833
41. Brandon Overton
15.835
42. Tim McCreadie
15.854
43. Jeep VanWormer
15.868
44. Chris Simpson
15.890
45. Dennis Erb Jr
15.898
46. Mason Zeigler
15.902
47. Vic Hill
15.905
48. Tim Manville
15.918
49. Ryan Fenech
16.023
50. Ryan King
16.039
51. Chris Madden
16.041
52. Darrell Lanigan
16.075
53. Jimmy Owens
16.117
54. Casey Noonan
16.134
55. Bobby Pierce
16.139
56. Paul Stubber
16.143
57. Jimmy Mars
16.171
58. Jackie Boggs
16.185
59. Ben Nicastri
16.231
60. Andy Haus
16.244
61. Blake Spencer
16.253
62. Joe Godsey
16.290
63. Jerry Bowersock
16.340
64. Alex Ferree
16.351
65. Lance Elson
16.522
66. Jeff Roth
16.933
67. Shad Badder
16.943
68. Colton Flinner
16.984
69. Rob Anderzack
17.276
70. Ernie Cordier
17.802
71. Aaron Ridley
19.082
Hot Laps – Results
June 7, 2018
1. Kent Robinson (15.237); 2. Jimmy Mars (15.597); 3. Earl Pearson Jr (15.627); 4. Aaron Ridley; 5. Steve Casebolt; 6. Scott Bloomquist; 7. Dennis Erb Jr; 8. Jon Henry; 9. Bobby Pierce; 10. Gregg Satterlee; 11. Josh Richards; 12. Billy Moyer Jr; 13. Jimmy Owens; 14. Adam Bowman; 15. Duane Chamberlain; 16. Mike Marlar; 17. Nick Hoffman; 18. Michael Page; 19. Don O’Neal; 20. Brandon Sheppard; 21. Michael Chilton; 22. Shane Clanton; 23. Jason Feger; 24. Frank Heckenast Jr; 25. Kody Evans; 26. Tim Manville; 27. Vic Hill; 28. Mason Zeigler; 29. Blake Spencer; 30. Chris Madden; 31. Tim McCreadie; 32. Chris Simpson; 33. Joey Moriarty; 34. Hudson O’Neal; 35. Dale McDowell; 36. Ryan King; 37. Jonathan Davenport; 38. Rod Conley; 39. Casey Noonan; 40. Jerry Bowersock; 41. Steven Roberts; 42. Kye Bronson; 43. Billy Moyer; 44. Jackie Boggs; 45. Freddie Carpenter; 46. Shad Badder; 47. Lance Elson; 48. Paul Stubber; 49. Brent Larson; 50. Jeep VanWormer; 51. Nick Latham; 52. Shanon Buckingham; 53. Rob Anderzack; 54. Brandon Overton; 55. Jonathan Rowan; 56. Jared Landers; 57. Tyler Bruening; 58. Matt Miller; 59. Ricky Weiss; 60. Ben Nicastri; 61. Jesse James Lay; 62. Andy Haus; 63. Chase Junghans; 64. Ernie Cordier; 65. Dustin Nobbe; 66. Timmy Culp; 67. Darrell Lanigan; 68. Shannon Babb; 69. Austin Smith; 70. Joe Godsey; 71. Alex Ferree; 72. Jason Jameson; 73. Colton Flinner; 74. Jeff Roth; 75. Ryan Fenech; 76. Bryant Dickinson;
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