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Shadowracer · 2012-05-26T01:35:20Z

Shadow Report - Delaware Preseason ShootoutHowdy folks! ;D ;D ;DWell we've shaken off the winter blahs, and some of the spring ones too. Sure felt like summer tonight pulling into the speedway for opening night, and the pits were full of new cars. Of the 3 divisions on hand tonight, the Late Model lineup was the one that grabbed my attention first off. 23 cars answered the bell tonight for the main division, and they were all lined up on pit row when we walked into the speedway. What a sight that was...and more so than many other seasons, you needed a scorecard to keep them all straight. That held true for the other divisions too. Looked like lots of new trucks and a few new Super Stocks too. The transition in SS appears to be nearly complete as you could count on one hand the number of guys sporting old metal bodies...and still have a finger or two left over.Now initially the format was to be three sets of 15 lap races for each division, however with the Late Models they decided to split them into two fields of 12 cars for two 15 lap heats, as well as a 20 lap main. Bear in mind there were no points tonight for finishing positions in any of the divisions, simply some "show-up" points that each team got for being there. I'd heard it was 100 pts, but then they said it was 75. Regardless, every team got the same for being there. So in Coca-Cola SS, in the order they came by in practice.84 - Pee Wee Smith, new blue Camaro livery (driven by a crewman tonight as Steve wasn't there)99 - Nagy sporting his old familiar Monte17 - McNichol23 - Greg Dadson (Nova)44 - Jeff Showler in the black Camaro19 - Chant - new camaro skin, same paint scheme as last year16 - Kathleen Hosang - new camaro, liveried the same as their old truck51 - Matt Robblee47 - McNichol Sr04 - Humphreys, new camaro - spiffy black and blue78 - Jo Lawrence BT Nova28 - Kris Lawrence BT racing Nova, with a Monte Carlo front end? The announcers kept calling it the Nova-Carlo81 - Shawn McGlynn (Lucas Oil Sportsman car)33 - Fothergill48 - McGregor (old style steel camaro...Jimmie Johnson paintjob) Demar Aggregates Truck33 - Sid McDonald77 - Zagarodny39 - Brady Smith55 - Adriaensen7 - Blaauboer01 - Bloemendal (these last three guys keeping alive the truck division's tradition of driver names that give reporters fits:)15 - March95 - Andrew Pocs48 (?? Didn't get the name)22 - Jeff Denboer51 - Trevor Collver18 - Adam Swales6 - James Marche25 - Tyler FIndlayFT Garage Late Model1 - Jaxon Jacobs72 -Thompson38 - Tyler Hendricks5 - Jay Christie77 - Jeremy Reid (in Dion Verhoevn's old wagon)8 - Marc Jacobs96 - Dan Prudhoome51 - Rookie Phil Nyssen28 - Steve Robblee (livery not so much different as in the past, except the car is blue instead of red)21 - Pritiko22 - Cox6 - Quarrie81 - Gresel, sporting black instead of white37 - David Elliott43 - Jay Doerr100 - Doug Stewart (HB Beal Secondary celebrates their 100th this year) 99 (Yep you heard em right) Russ Urlin, subbing for son Jon. 3 - Mark Watson (looked like the car that DJ sometimes drives.)25 - Powell38H - Kirk Hooker24 - Stephen Richmond27 - Mat Box83 - Jim HollandNotably absent from the Late Model ranks were Ron Sheridan and Jesse Kennedy Coca-Cola Super StockSuper Stock 1 - 15 laps17-McNichol is on the pole with Nagy alongside, followed by Fothergill and Robblee. McNicol takes the lead straight off but Fothergill powers past him in short order. The two front runners get a bit of a lead and the real race is for third, where Robblee, Nagy, Kris Lawrence and Showler are racing in tight formation. Lawrence get the better of the tilt and toward the end is battling McNicol for 2nd. Then Showler throws it in too deep to get under Lawrence and they both get loose. Lawrence gets out of line and drops back. He makes up some ground, and by the time its over its Fothergill, McNicol, Nagy, Showler and Lawrence.Super Stock 2 - 15 lapsPolesitter on this one is the 84-Smith car with 48-McGregor alongside. Smith is slow on the draw and ends up backing up the whole inside lane. Once it shakes out, its Kris Lawrence in the lead, followed by McGregor, Nagy, Robblee and Showler. Lawrence puts some distance down and has it well in hand when Robblee ends up doing a 360 in turn 1 to bring out the caution. Under caution, there's a rather bizarre moment where Nagy is weaving to keep the tires warm and something breaks in the steering. He crashes into the back of Lawrence, then the 99 car just dies on the frontstretch. Lawrence has to bring it in for a look, but it seemed nothing serious on his end. On the restart, its a great multi lap drag race between McNicol and Showler, which Showler gets the better of. 1st to Showler, 2nd to McNicol, 3rd to Fothergill, 4th to Humphrys, 5th to Jo Lawrence.Super Stock 3This one starts with Robblee on the pole. He's a rocket this time around and is never seriously threatened. McNicol is once again near the front, then Fothergill catches...

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Today's lesson kids: Pull your foot out from under the car, THEN drop the jack. 😉

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