Let's go racing

End of the night, Stock feature
Kevin Gossard capped off a great night of racing with another late-race move for the Thunderstock win. Gossard was pinched between Earnie Woodard and Tim Bowen for the first 13 laps of the 15 lap feature. On lap 14, though, he went low on Woodard and stole the win.

If we have 19 more nights with weather like this and features this exciting ... well, I don't have words to describe how great that would be. What a night. What a start. Can't wait for more next week!

10:35 p.m. Sprint feature
Wow. What a way to start the year. Right after Henry's great move in the Mods, Darren Long nailed Tim Allison with an absolutely amazing move on lap 24 of 25. He went low, low, low from turn 3 into 4, almost getting into the infield. Holy crap. How can we narrow down the Cool Move?!?!
Stocks are getting ready to finish up the night.

10:07 p.m. Mods feature
Jon Henry makes a fantastic move on the 17th lap to take the lead from Darryl Banks and win his second career feature. The race took a obscene 24 minutes, thanks to five cautions.
Sprints are on the track.

9:24 p.m. B-Mains
Tony Anderson looked great in his new, green Mod, taking the checkered in the B-Main. Nick Rosselit came in second, but no one ever got close to Anderson.
In the Sprints, Jeff Williams broke out strong and cruised to the win. The only hiccup was Ryan Ruhl ending up on his left side in turn 3 on the first lap, prompting a complete restart. Very, very impressive was J.R. Stewart, in his new Hammons ride, running up to finish second.
With only 18 cars entered, there was no B-Main in the Stocks.
Taking about 5 minutes for track prep, and then its the first features of 2008.

8:47 p.m. Stock heats
With only two heats in the Stock division, it was a quick run. No surprise as Tony Anderson dominated the first heat for the win. In the second, Tim Bowen held off Earnie Woodard for the win.
B-Mains are up after some work on the track. Stay tuned ...

8:35 p.m. Sprint heats
Every winner was a run-away. Ron Blair, Kent Wolters and Dennis Yoakam all won easily. The best drives were by Tim Allison in the first heat, to finish third, and Luke Hall in the third heat, to finish second. Best of all -- NO CAUTIONS!
Stocks are out on the track now.

8:16 p.m. Modified heats
Andy Bibler held off Shawn O'Connor to take the first heat. It was Hoosier power in the second two heats, with Terry Hull and Todd Sherman taking one each. Thankfully, there were only four cautions thrown during the three heats. And so far, it seems like the one-way radios are working well.
Sprints are next up.

This is my first attempt at blogging from Limaland. If all goes well and you want more, I'll keep it up. So, keep coming back, make a few comments and show me you want more!

What a beautiful night. I couldn't be happier to be at the track, catching up with people I haven't seen in quite a few months. It was hard keeping my mind on work and getting stuff done because I was too worried with shooting the "stuff."

Hot laps are about to start. I'll paraphrase what I just heard in the box up here, "If it's 6:29 on opening night and you're a guy in the stands without getting 'excited' you don't belong here." Beautiful.

I'll start this out right. My racers to watch this year.

SPRINTS: Mike Brecht, J.R. Stewart, Tim Allison, Luke Hall
MODS: Jon Henry, Jeff Babcock, Tony Stewart
STOCKS: Tim Bowen

Not saying these are the best, but just keep an eye on these guys.

I'll post more after the hot laps and heat races. Stay tuned ...