Dale Earnhardt Jr makes his return to Late Model racing
Tonight, the CARS Tour unloads on the 5/8-mile of North Wilkesboro Speedway. NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr makes his return to the Late Model Stock division as the grandstands are completely sold out.
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Carson Kvapil and Corey Heim set the front row. 125 laps of late model racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, Kvapil is clear into turn one. Mimi Tyrrell follows him through to take 2nd. The field works single file in a hurry around the inside lane.
Lap 12, Langley, McCarty and Earnhardt Jr run three wide for 8th. Bobby McCarty wins that battle via the outside lane.
Lap 15, Mimi Tyrrell works inside of Kvapil to take the race lead!
Race break
Lap 40, the race break caution is out.
Kvapil and most of the leaders head for the pit lane. Jacob Heafner and Connor Mosack are the only two cars to stay out.
Green, Jacob Heafner leads as Kvapil works inside of Mosack for 2nd.
Lap 45, Dale Earnhardt Jr has found himself three wide again. However, he’s not aware of it and he comes up the track and nearly turns himself. Dale Jr holds 10th but he now has right rear damage.
Lap 53, Kvapil works inside of Heafner to retake the lead.
Lap 67, Kvapil leads Chad McCumbee by 1 second. He closes slightly as the leader works lap traffic.
Lap 75, Mimi Tyrrell goes a lap down after leading early in this race.
Race break
36 to go, the second race break caution is out. This is a controlled pit stop as drivers will re-enter the track in the position they entered the pits. Each team has two new tires available, none of them used those tires on the previous stop.
Green, Kvapil clears them via the inside lane into turn one. Chad McCumbee and Brenden Queen run side by side for 2nd. McCumbee wins the race for 2nd via the outside lane.
30 to go, Mason Diaz works by Queen and McCumbee on the inside lane. Diaz to 2nd. Kvapil leads by 1 second.
20 to go, Connor Mosack dives inside of Corey Heim to make it three wide into turn one. They run out of room in a hurry and both are completely sideways. They nearly save it but Heim spins and the caution is out.
Green, Kvapil clears Diaz into turn one.
18 to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr rubs doors with Kaden Honeycutt to take 6th away.
11 to go, Earnhardt Jr has a rum on McCarty off turn four. He forces his way inside into turn one. Earnhardt clears him to take 4th!
8 to go, Earnhardt Jr tags the bumper of Brenden Queen to take 3rd away!
5 to go, Kvapil leads Diaz by 1 second.
2 to go, Connor Mosack spins and the caution is out!
Green, Kvapil gets the jump but Diaz gets into his bumper onto turn one. Kvapil holds the lead.
1 to go, Diaz and Earnhardt run side by side for 2nd. Kvapil opens the gap.
Carson Kvapil wins at North Wilkesboro Speedway!
North Wilkesboro Results
August 31, 2022
The following includes results from multiple divisions:
Late Model Stock
Main Event
1. Carson Kvapil
2. Mason Diaz
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr
4. Jonathan Shafer
5. Bobby McCarty
6. Kaden Honeycutt
7. Zack Miracle
8. William Sawalich
9. Stefan Parsons
10. Brandon Pierce
11. Jacob Heafner
12. Braden Rogers
13. Chase Burrow
14. Jared Fryar
15. Chad McCumbee
16. Connor Hall
17. Andrew Grady
18. Connor Mosack
19. Dylon Wilson
20. Conner Jones
21. Janson Marchbanks
22. Mini Tyrrell
23. Pat Richards
24. Brenden Queen
25. Corey Heim
26. Katie Hettinger
27. Bryan Reedy
28. Hayden Swank
29. Mike Looney
30. Carter Langley
Street Stock
Qualifying
Qualifying : 1. 32-Gary Ledbetter, 00:21.236[7]; 2. 7-Jeff Sparks, 00:21.821[8]; 3. 16-Kyle Lynch, 00:21.853[9]; 4. 12-Cody DeMarmels, 00:21.954[10]; 5. 15-Ryan Flores, 00:21.997[14]; 6. 52-Donald Machutta, 00:22.087[1]; 7. B00-Boo Carlisle, 00:22.111[18]; 8. 88-Jesse Cottrell, 00:22.128[11]; 9. 10-Wayne McGee, 00:22.179[3]; 10. 34-Eric Zeh, 00:22.256[16];
11. 17C-Dillon Crouch, 00:22.313[20]; 12. 51-Jonathan Langham, 00:22.416[2]; 13. 94-Travis Hanson, 00:22.418[17]; 14. 97-David Rader, 00:22.699[15]; 15. 56-John Guker, 00:22.814[4]; 16. 15M-Jeff Melton, 00:23.065[6]; 17. 17-James McLaughlin Jr, 00:23.087[5]; 18. 134-Frank Curtis, 00:23.513[12]; 19. 2-Ethan Johnson, 00:27.125[19]; 20. 64-Kenny Vetetoe, 00:28.718[13]
Street Stock
Main Event
1. 32-Gary Ledbetter[1]
2. 12-Cody DeMarmels[4]
3. 15-Ryan Flores[5]
4. 34-Eric Zeh[10]
5. 52-Donald Machutta[6]
6. B00-Boo Carlisle[7]
7. 15M-Jeff Melton[16]
8. 88-Jesse Cottrell[8]
9. 10-Wayne McGee[9]
10. 51-Jonathan Langham[12]
11. 56-John Guker[15]
12. 97-David Rader[14]
13. 16-Kyle Lynch[3]
14. 134-Frank Curtis[18]
15. 94-Travis Hanson[13]
16. 17-James McLaughlin Jr[17]
17. (DNF) 7-Jeff Sparks[2]
18. (DNF) 17C-Dillon Crouch[11]
19. (DNF) 2-Ethan Johnson[19]
20. (DNF) 64-Kenny Vetetoe[20]
Limited Late Model
Qualifying
Qualifying : 1. 97B-Michael Bumgarner, 00:20.469[2]; 2. 37-Chris Phipps, 00:20.525[18]; 3. 16-Clint Fields, 00:20.559[21]; 4. 41-Cameron Hedgecock, 00:20.566[22]; 5. 4C-Eddy Cox, 00:20.574[32]; 6. 97K-Jason Kitzmiller, 00:20.580[8]; 7. 77T-Tyler Gregory, 00:20.606[13]; 8. 29-Brian Obiedzenski, 00:20.624[29]; 9. 9-Zach Bruenger, 00:20.630[27]; 10. 51-Chris Chapman, 00:20.654[3];
11. 77W-Dylan Ward, 00:20.678[35]; 12. 22-Dusty Garus, 00:20.715[11]; 13. 14-Akinori Ogata, 00:20.751[7]; 14. 67-Cameron Bolin, 00:20.811[23]; 15. 45-Bryce Applegate, 00:20.894[19]; 16. 08-Brody Duggins, 00:20.904[1]; 17. 11-Tanner Garrett, 00:20.926[24]; 18. 44-Justin Whitaker, 00:20.955[16]; 19. 75-Landon Huffman, 00:20.978[17]; 20. 7-Tristan McKee, 00:20.981[4];
21. 77-Mark Goin, 00:20.996[6]; 22. 8-Casey Kepley Jr, 00:21.000[9]; 23. 14S-James Sweeney, 00:21.053[5]; 24. 81-Adam Murray, 00:21.176[31]; 25. 2-Amber Lynn, 00:21.250[15]; 26. 10-Justin Mitchell, 00:21.270[30]; 27. 97-Hunter Deshautelle, 00:21.302[14]; 28. 21-Brandon Cox, 00:21.306[28]; 29. 43-Kenneth Pardue, 00:21.595[25]; 30. 23-Jimmy Simmons, 00:21.598[10];
31. 64-Steven Truell, 00:22.196[33]; 32. 4-Randy Roberts, 00:22.410[12]
Limited Late Model
Main Event
1. 97B-Michael Bumgarner[1]
2. 51-Chris Chapman[10]
3. 44-Justin Whitaker[18]
4. 37-Chris Phipps[2]
5. 11-Tanner Garrett[17]
6. 97K-Jason Kitzmiller[6]
7. 77T-Tyler Gregory[7]
8. 29-Brian Obiedzenski[8]
9. 50-Boo Boo Dalton[33]
10. 75-Landon Huffman[19]
11. 77W-Dylan Ward[11]
12. 8-Casey Kepley Jr[22]
13. 2-Amber Lynn[25]
14. 16-Clint Fields[3]
15. 14-Akinori Ogata[13]
16. 7-Tristan McKee[20]
17. 21-Brandon Cox[28]
18. 77-Mark Goin[21]
19. 08-Brody Duggins[16]
20. 22-Dusty Garus[12]
21. 45-Bryce Applegate[15]
22. 23-Jimmy Simmons[30]
23. 97-Hunter Deshautelle[27]
24. 64-Steven Truell[31]
25. (DNF) 67-Cameron Bolin[14]
26. (DNF) 9-Zach Bruenger[9]
27. (DNF) 41-Cameron Hedgecock[4]
28. (DNF) 4C-Eddy Cox[5]
29. (DNF) 43-Kenneth Pardue[29]
30. (DNF) 14S-James Sweeney[23]
31. (DNF) 10-Justin Mitchell[26]