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In einem der aufregendsten und unberechenbarsten BFGoodrich Tyres Mint 400 der jüngsten Vergangenheit setzte sich Eric Hardin gegen ein Feld von fast zwei Dutzend Unlimited-Trucks und insgesamt mehr als 80 Unlimited-Klassenteilnehmern durch, um seinen ersten Karrieresieg bei dem legendären Event zu erringen. Einen Tag, nachdem der 22-jährige Joe Terrana das UTV-Rennsport-Establishment mit dem Gesamtsieg beim O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Race schockiert hatte, kam Hardin vom 12. Startplatz, um eine herausfordernde Rennstrecke, unvorhersehbares Wetter und mechanische Ausfälle zu überstehen – was seinenseinen besten Konkurrenten widerfuhr. Er schaffte vier Runden auf der diesjährigen Rennstrecke in 6:46:37.651.
Brutal Over jump
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„Oh mein Gott, der Kurs war der Wahnsinn“, sagte Hardin, kurz nachdem er aus seinem Truck geklettert war und Beifahrer Andrew Myers umarmt hatte. „Zuerst dachte ich, dass es aufgrund des Regens glatter sein könnte, wie einige der anderen Kurse, aber das war nicht der Fall. Die Martelli-Brüder haben wie immer einen tollen Job gemacht. Es war ein superschneller Kurs, aber super technisch, das macht richtig Spaß.“
Vielleicht mehr als jede andere Mint 400 in jüngster Zeit war die diesjährige Ausgabe des Great American Offroad Race ein Zermürbungskampf. Es begann gleich, als Dale Dondel, Dritter im Qualifying am Freitag, beim ersten großen Sprung des Tages hart auf der Nase seines Unlimited Trucks landete und sofort aussteigen musste; Nicht lange danach fiel der Titelverteidiger Kyle Jergensen, der neben Dondel startete, selbst aus dem Rennen. BJ Baldwin, Ryan Arciero und der Top-Qualifikant der Klasse 1, James Dean mussten ihre Träume vom Mint 400-Ruhm in der ersten Runde begraben.
Es waren jedoch noch viele große Namen im Feld mit Tim Herbst vor Adam Householder, den mehrfachen Mint 400-Siegern Justin Lofton und Rob MacCachren und Christian Sourapas, als das Rennen in die zweite Runde ging. Aber einer nach dem anderen fiel aus.
Damit lieferten sich Hardin und das Concrete Motorsports-Team mit Kevin Thompson und Harley Letner einen engen Kampf um die Führung, wobei Hardin mit der korrigierten Zeit die Nase vorn hatte, bis die vierte und letzte Runde des Rennens schlug. Da das Team Nr. 70 nach zwei Stunden abbrechen und aufgeben musste, lag das Rennen in Hardins Händen. Obwohl der zweite und dritte Gang ungefähr 20 Meilen vor der Ziellinie nicht mehr funktionierte, hielt der #79 Unlimited Truck durch und überquerte die Ziellinie mit fast 13 Minuten Vorsprung.
In einem Kampf, der auf die korrigierte Zeit hinauslaufen würde, würde Sourapas – der für seinen Vater Steve einsprang, der vor dem Rennen einen medizinischen Notfall erlitt – Householder um nur 43 Sekunden auf den zweiten Platz verdrängen. Nichtsdestotrotz stellte der dritte Platz sicher, dass Householder in den ersten beiden Rennen des ersten Unlimited Offroad Racing Triple Crown auf dem Podium stehen würde, nachdem er letzten Monat die von Monster Energy präsentierte King of the Hammers Desert Challenge gewonnen hatte.
„Unser Tag war ziemlich ereignislos“, erklärte Sourapas. „Wir haben angefangen bei hoher Geschwindigkeit nach der Öltemperatur zu fahren, also konnten wir nicht alles geben. Es war ziemlich ereignislos bis zur letzten Runde, als wir einen Platten hatten. Wir wollten unseren Wagenheber holen, doch der war verschwunden. Also rannten wir zu einem Wohnmobil, zum Glück hatten sie einen Wagenheber und wir benutzten einen Scherenwagenheber, um den Truck hochzuheben.“
„Wir sind vom 11. Platz gestartet und haben sofort ein paar überholt“, sagte Householder. „Wir fuhren einfach ein gutes Tempo – meine Jungs sagten mir immer wieder: ‚Du bist da oben, du bist da oben.‘ Wir konnten weitere Fahrer überholen und wussten, dass ich an der Spitze lag, aber natürlich passierte etwas— Ich bin auf einen Felsen gefahren und habe eine Antriebswelle herausgerissen und wir brauchten etwa 10 oder 12 Minuten, um sie zu wechseln, was uns die Bestplatzierung gekostet hatte.“
Steve Olliges war der nächste Unlimited Truck-Finisher auf dem vierten Platz, während Dustin, Jack und Troy Grabowski die Top 5 der Gesamtwertung komplettierten und die Unlimited Truck Spec-Klasse gewannen. Der Sieg der Grabowski-Brüder lag etwas mehr als drei Minuten vor dem Top-Rivalen Brent Fox, der im Freitags-Qualifying einen Überschlag erlitt, der ihn zwang, das Rennen am Samstag ohne Karosserieteile zu starten. Blaze Nunley beendete das Spec-Podium als Siebter in der Gesamtwertung, während Thomas Fichter (Unlimited Truck Legends) und Nick May (Klasse 10) ihre Klassen mit Top-20-Gesamtergebnissen ebenfalls gewannen.
FULL RESULTS
POS | PIC | CAR # | BRAND | DRIVER | QUAL # | LAPS/TIME | BEHIND | FAST LAP | AVG LAP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 |
79
|
ERIC HARDIN
Unlimited Truck
|
12 | 4/6:46:37.651 | — | 99:19.699 | 101:39.413 | |
2 | 2 |
6
|
STEVEN SOURAPAS
Unlimited Truck
|
14 | 4/6:59:20.500 | 12:42.849 | 99:31.56 | 104:50.125 | |
3 | 3 |
24
|
ADAM HOUSEHOLDER
Unlimited Truck
|
11 | 4/7:05:13.721 | 18:36.070 | 98:21.923 | 105:03.43 | |
4 | 4 |
27
|
STEVE OLLIGES
Unlimited Truck
|
13 | 4/7:10:57.010 | 24:19.359 | 104:15.111 | 107:44.253 | |
5 | 1 |
272
|
DUSTIN GRABOWSKI
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
34 | 4/7:13:43.395 | — | 106:49.209 | 108:25.849 | |
6 | 2 |
282
|
BRENT FOX
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
31 | 4/7:16:53.456 | 3:10.061 | 104:34.847 | 109:13.364 | |
7 | 3 |
215
|
BLAZE NUNLEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
50 | 4/7:28:18.023 | 14:34.628 | 111:01.703 | 112:04.506 | |
8 | 4 |
224
|
TERRY HOUSEHOLDER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
52 | 4/7:29:09.245 | 15:25.850 | 110:25.772 | 112:17.311 | |
9 | 5 |
86
|
STERLING MILLER
Unlimited Truck
|
17 | 4/7:34:36.952 | 47:59.301 | 106:47.615 | 113:39.238 | |
10 | 5 |
263
|
EJ HERBST
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
37 | 4/7:34:45.758 | 21:02.363 | 109:43.962 | 113:41.44 | |
11 | 6 |
6114
|
JUSTIN BLOWER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
65 | 4/7:35:08.245 | 21:24.850 | 108:50.985 | 113:47.061 | |
12 | 7 |
208
|
GARRETT GENTRY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
47 | 4/7:35:59.297 | 22:15.902 | 110:51.627 | 113:59.824 | |
13 | 8 |
227
|
JACK OLLIGES
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
44 | 4/7:40:22.550 | 26:39.155 | 109:41.041 | 115:05.638 | |
14 | 9 |
213
|
KARL EBDRUP
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
56 | 4/7:53:38.667 | 39:55.272 | 112:54.687 | 118:24.667 | |
15 | 1 |
L65
|
THOMAS FICHTER
Unlimited Truck Legends
|
24 | 4/7:55:33.844 | — | 111:07.729 | 118:53.461 | |
16 | 10 |
212
|
PAUL KRAUS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
57 | 4/8:07:09.124 | 53:25.729 | 115:43.7 | 121:47.281 | |
17 | 11 |
256
|
CHRISTIAN LEWIS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
48 | 4/8:13:18.413 | 59:35.018 | 113:26.008 | 123:19.603 | |
18 | 12 |
288
|
ANDRE LAURIN
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
53 | 4/8:17:21.431 | 1:03:38.03 | 112:19.421 | 124:20.358 | |
19 | 6 |
91
|
ALEXANDER WACKER
Unlimited Truck
|
21 | 4/8:17:27.611 | 1:30:49.96 | 115:29.336 | 124:21.903 | |
20 | 1 |
1003
|
NICK MAY
Class 10
|
74 | 4/8:21:33.073 | — | 118:56.846 | 125:23.268 | |
21 | 7 |
77
|
CHRIS HERTSCH
Unlimited Truck
|
19 | 4/8:22:24.561 | 1:35:46.91 | 113:38.349 | 125:36.14 | |
22 | 1 |
709
|
ETHAN EBERT
Class 7
|
72 | 4/8:24:32.208 | — | 116:30.543 | 126:08.052 | |
23 | 8 |
42
|
RYAN PROSSER
Unlimited Truck
|
20 | 4/8:29:12.997 | 1:42:35.34 | 118:14.823 | 127:18.249 | |
24 | 9 |
70
|
KEVIN THOMPSON
Unlimited Truck
|
6 | 4/8:37:22.325 | 1:50:44.67 | 99:28.787 | 129:20.581 | |
25 | 13 |
277
|
VALERIE CLARK
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
64 | 4/8:48:28.625 | 1:34:45.22 | 121:24.305 | 132:07.156 | |
26 | 14 |
251
|
MICHEAL HALVERSON
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
61 | 4/8:48:50.454 | 1:35:07.05 | 113:11.454 | 132:12.614 | |
27 | 15 |
230
|
CHAD HALL
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
51 | 4/8:52:42.825 | 1:38:59.43 | 112:24.979 | 133:10.706 | |
28 | 2 |
1021
|
KEVIN SANCHEZ
Class 10
|
79 | 4/9:21:34.568 | 1:00:01.49 | 123:30.24 | 140:23.642 | |
29 | 10 |
34
|
BRETT COMISKEY
Unlimited Truck
|
18 | 4/9:32:37.806 | 2:46:00.15 | 128:29.402 | 143:09.452 | |
30 | 3 |
1066
|
ROB ARCIERO
Class 10
|
82 | 4/9:36:26.963 | 1:14:53.89 | 118:43.326 | 144:06.741 | |
31 | 4 |
1097
|
HANK WINTER
Class 10
|
76 | 4/9:44:30.993 | 1:22:57.92 | 125:03.486 | 146:07.748 | |
32 | 1 |
172
|
COLE BARBIERI
Class 1
|
28 | 4/9:45:55.845 | — | 106:29.514 | 146:28.961 | |
33 | 16 |
222
|
MARC EBDRUP
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
49 | 4/10:13:21.856 | 2:59:38.46 | 113:37.458 | 153:20.464 | |
34 | 17 |
6173
|
CONNER MCMULLEN
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
35 | 4/10:16:13.067 | 3:02:29.67 | 104:51.036 | 154:03.267 | |
35 | 18 |
269
|
CJ FAISON
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
60 | 4/10:33:48.443 | 3:20:05.04 | 115:23.079 | 158:27.111 | |
36 | 19 |
221
|
ROY TOMKINS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
39 | 4/10:37:48.674 | 3:24:05.27 | 108:10.825 | 159:27.169 | |
37 | 2 |
113
|
MICHAEL FRYE
Class 1
|
30 | 4/10:42:26.755 | 56:30.910 | 118:45.589 | 160:36.689 | |
38 | 20 |
295
|
PAT GAILEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
38 | 3/5:48:48.673 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 106:13.184 | 116:16.224 | |
39 | 11 |
18
|
NIC WHETSTONE
Unlimited Truck
|
10 | 3/6:22:15.310 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 101:35.822 | 127:25.103 | |
40 | 5 |
1012
|
ABRAHAM GUTIERREZ
Class 10
|
73 | 3/6:17:25.942 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 117:37.415 | 125:48.647 | |
41 | 6 |
1061
|
CARIB POTTS
Class 10
|
78 | 3/6:17:43.852 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 122:53.78 | 125:54.617 | |
42 | 21 |
271
|
CHASE BARBIERI
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
42 | 3/7:32:45.429 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 112:05.913 | 150:55.143 | |
43 | 7 |
1019
|
JOSH BURNS
Class 10
|
84 | 3/7:55:45.847 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 140:48.3 | 158:35.282 | |
44 | 22 |
211
|
THOMAS ST. PETER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
41 | 3/5:40:25.059 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 109:24.111 | 113:28.353 | |
45 | 23 |
200
|
SAM BERRI
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
54 | 3/7:42:37.789 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 123:12.612 | 154:12.596 | |
46 | 1 |
6817
|
TROY STONE
Class 6800
|
67 | 3/8:19:03.192 (DNF) |
— | 148:04.626 | 166:21.064 | |
47 | 12 |
30
|
KEVIN ADLER
Unlimited Truck
|
22 | 3/8:55:18.576 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 125:33.712 | 178:26.192 | |
48 | 2 |
L22
|
ROBERT MALONE
Unlimited Truck Legends
|
26 | 3/9:41:43.675 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 138:04.406 | 193:54.558 | |
49 | 24 |
219
|
THOR HERBST
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
43 | 2/3:28:58.156 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 103:25.473 | 104:29.078 | |
50 | 13 |
12
|
ROBERT JOHNSTON
Unlimited Truck
|
8 | 2/3:29:57.504 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 103:03.296 | 104:58.752 | |
51 | 3 |
L61
|
DAVID PAYNE
Unlimited Truck Legends
|
25 | 2/3:49:47.039 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 104:53.357 | 114:53.52 | |
52 | 25 |
237
|
KOSSNAR GUENTHER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
40 | 2/3:52:52.647 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 113:06.954 | 116:26.324 | |
53 | 26 |
240
|
AKIRA MIURA
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
62 | 2/3:59:46.267 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 119:26.182 | 119:53.134 | |
54 | 27 |
266
|
DAVID ZIEGLER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
55 | 2/4:06:55.440 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 119:18.217 | 123:27.72 | |
55 | 8 |
1095
|
JESUS MARK ACUNA III
Class 10
|
83 | 2/5:19:24.678 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 130:16.124 | 159:42.339 | |
56 | 14 |
41
|
JUSTIN LOFTON
Unlimited Truck
|
1 | 2/3:16:14.823 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 97:44.874 | 98:07.412 | |
57 | 15 |
19
|
TIM HERBST
Unlimited Truck
|
5 | 2/3:16:37.056 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 98:07.508 | 98:18.528 | |
58 | 28 |
205
|
NICK ISENHOUER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
32 | 2/3:34:44.404 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 106:55.342 | 107:22.202 | |
59 | 1 |
4482
|
COLE JOHNSON
4400: ULTRA4 Unlimited
|
71 | 2/5:11:32.616 (DNF) |
— | 151:24.108 | 155:46.308 | |
60 | 29 |
292
|
KEVIN CURTIS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
59 | 2/5:49:42.508 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 148:36.662 | 174:51.254 | |
61 | 16 |
11
|
ROB MACCACHREN
Unlimited Truck
|
9 | 2/3:22:44.645 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 98:50.596 | 101:22.323 | |
62 | 30 |
257
|
MICHAEL LEWIS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
63 | 2/4:13:33.583 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 122:49.888 | 126:46.792 | |
63 | 31 |
255
|
KIRK HARKEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
45 | 1/1:52:01.257 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 112:01.257 | 112:01.257 | |
64 | 32 |
281
|
JOEY BLACK
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
36 | 1/1:47:29.999 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 107:29.999 | 107:29.999 | |
65 | 9 |
1053
|
BRIAN CRAWFORD
Class 10
|
81 | 1/2:00:48.875 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 120:48.875 | 120:48.875 | |
66 | 33 |
223
|
RJ MERRITT
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
33 | 1/2:09:37.999 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 129:37.999 | 129:37.999 | |
67 | 1 |
806
|
BRYANT BLAKEMORE
Class 8
|
69 | 1/4:28:04.578 (DNF) |
— | 268:04.578 | 268:04.578 | |
68 | 34 |
214
|
JOSH HORSCHEL
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
58 | 1/5:54:33.278 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 354:33.278 | 354:33.278 | |
69 | 2 |
800
|
WYATT WYLLIE
Class 8
|
68 | 1/1:58:16.673 (DNF) |
— | 118:16.673 | 118:16.673 | |
70 | 17 |
127
|
KYLE JERGENSEN
Unlimited Truck
|
2 | 1/2:01:50.333 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 121:50.333 | 121:50.333 | |
71 | 18 |
81
|
BRAD GALLARD
Unlimited Truck
|
16 | 1/1:51:19.137 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 111:19.137 | 111:19.137 | |
72 | 35 |
226
|
NEAL DRICKEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
46 | 1/1:49:29.571 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 109:29.571 | 109:29.571 | |
73 | 10 |
1035
|
MIKE COULTER
Class 10
|
77 | 1/1:55:36.309 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 115:36.309 | 115:36.309 | |
74 | 19 |
32
|
RYAN ARCIERO
Unlimited Truck
|
4 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
75 | 20 |
44
|
BILL APGOOD
Unlimited Truck
|
15 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
76 | 11 |
1018
|
DEAN WHEELER
Class 10
|
85 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
77 | 3 |
175
|
JAMES DEAN
Class 1
|
27 | 0/15:00.000 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
78 | 12 |
1069
|
CRAIG HEIN
Class 10
|
80 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
79 | 2 |
4405
|
HARLEY COFFLAND
4400: ULTRA4 Unlimited
|
70 | 0 (DNF) |
2 Laps | |||
80 | 21 |
97
|
BJ BALDWIN
Unlimited Truck
|
7 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
81 | 13 |
1082
|
ERIC EVERLY
Class 10
|
75 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
82 | 22 |
100
|
DALE DONDEL
Unlimited Truck
|
3 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
83 | 23 |
8
|
JP GOMEZ
Unlimited Truck
|
23 | DNS | ||||
84 | 4 |
174
|
BRIAN BARACKMAN
Class 1
|
29 | DNS | ||||
85 | 36 |
273
|
BRANDEN SORENSEN
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
66 | DNS | ||||
86 | 14 |
1028
|
CHRIS SCHWEERS
Class 10
|
86 | DNS |
Ergebnisse aller Klassen / Results all classes: LINK
In one of the most exciting and unpredictable BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400s in recent memory, Eric Hardin bested a field of nearly two dozen Unlimited Trucks and more than 80 Unlimited class entries overall to take his first career victory in the legendary event. One day after 22-year-old Joe Terrana shocked the UTV racing establishment by taking the overall win in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Limited Race, Hardin came from 12th on the grid to survive a challenging race course, unpredictable weather, and mechanical failures that befell his top competitors to complete four laps of this year’s race course in 6:46:37.651.
Brutal Over jump
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“Oh my gosh, the course was insane,” Hardin said shortly after climbing from his truck and embracing co-driver Andrew Myers. “At first I thought it might be smoother like some of the other courses have been from the rain we’ve been having, but that wasn’t the case. The Martelli brothers did an awesome job like they always do. It was a super fast course, but super technical, which makes it really fun.”
Perhaps more than any other Mint 400 in recent memory, this year’s edition of the Great American Off-Road Race was a battle of attrition. It started right away when Dale Dondel, third in Friday qualifying, landed hard on the nose of his Unlimited Truck off the first big jump of the day and had to pull out immediately; not long after, defending race winner Kyle Jergensen, who started alongside Dondel, would fall out of contention himself. BJ Baldwin, Ryan Arciero, and top Class 1 qualifier James Dean would also see their dreams of Mint 400 glory fall by the wayside on the first lap.
There were still plenty of big names left in the field, though, with Tim Herbst ahead of Adam Householder, multi-time Mint 400 winners Justin Lofton and Rob MacCachren, and Christian Sourapas as the race entered its second lap. But one by one, the front-runners would continue to fall off, with MacCachren losing his transmission and questioning whether the aggressive pace that the leaders were running would be able to hold up; soon after, both Herbst and Lofton would also have to call it a day.
That left Hardin and the Concrete Motorsports team of Kevin Thompson and Harley Letner in a close battle for the lead, with Hardin holding the edge on corrected time, until the fourth and final lap of the race struck. With the #70 team having to pull off and giving up nearly two hours, the race was in Hardin’s hands. Despite losing second and third gear roughly 20 miles from the finish line, the #79 Unlimited Truck held strong, crossing the line with nearly 13 minutes in hand.
In a battle that would come down to corrected time, Sourapas—filling in for his father Steve, who suffered a medical emergency before the race—would edge Householder for second place by just 43 seconds. Nonetheless, third place ensured that Householder would take a podium in the first two races of the inaugural Unlimited Off-Road Racing Triple Crown, after winning the King of the Hammers Desert Challenge presented by Monster Energy last month. Reinforcing the theme of perseverance that defined this year’s race, none of the podium finishers qualified in the top 10 on Friday.
“Our day was pretty uneventful,” Sourapas explained. “We started dealing with oil temp heat at high speed, so we couldn’t really go that fast. It was pretty uneventful until the last lap when we had a flat, and we went to go and get our jack handle and it was completely gone. So we ran over to a motorhome, luckily they had a jack, and we used a scissor jack to get the truck up.”
“We started 11th and picked a few right off the bat,” said Householder. “We were just running a good pace—my guys just kept telling me ‘You’re up there, you’re up there.’ We got around a few people and knew that I was in the lead, but of course something happened—I hit a rock and took out a driveshaft and it took us about 10 or 12 minutes to change, and that’s what took us out.”
Steve Olliges was the next Unlimited Truck finisher in fourth, while Dustin, Jack, and Troy Grabowski completed the overall top five and won the Unlimited Truck Spec class. The Grabowski brothers’ win came by just over three minutes over top rival Brent Fox, who suffered a rollover in Friday qualifying that forced him to start Saturday’s race without body panels. Blaze Nunley completed the Spec podium at seventh overall, while Thomas Fichter (Unlimited Truck Legends) and Nick May (Class 10) also won their classes with top 20 overall finishes.
FULL RESULTS
POS | PIC | CAR # | BRAND | DRIVER | QUAL # | LAPS/TIME | BEHIND | FAST LAP | AVG LAP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 |
79
|
ERIC HARDIN
Unlimited Truck
|
12 | 4/6:46:37.651 | — | 99:19.699 | 101:39.413 | |
2 | 2 |
6
|
STEVEN SOURAPAS
Unlimited Truck
|
14 | 4/6:59:20.500 | 12:42.849 | 99:31.56 | 104:50.125 | |
3 | 3 |
24
|
ADAM HOUSEHOLDER
Unlimited Truck
|
11 | 4/7:05:13.721 | 18:36.070 | 98:21.923 | 105:03.43 | |
4 | 4 |
27
|
STEVE OLLIGES
Unlimited Truck
|
13 | 4/7:10:57.010 | 24:19.359 | 104:15.111 | 107:44.253 | |
5 | 1 |
272
|
DUSTIN GRABOWSKI
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
34 | 4/7:13:43.395 | — | 106:49.209 | 108:25.849 | |
6 | 2 |
282
|
BRENT FOX
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
31 | 4/7:16:53.456 | 3:10.061 | 104:34.847 | 109:13.364 | |
7 | 3 |
215
|
BLAZE NUNLEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
50 | 4/7:28:18.023 | 14:34.628 | 111:01.703 | 112:04.506 | |
8 | 4 |
224
|
TERRY HOUSEHOLDER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
52 | 4/7:29:09.245 | 15:25.850 | 110:25.772 | 112:17.311 | |
9 | 5 |
86
|
STERLING MILLER
Unlimited Truck
|
17 | 4/7:34:36.952 | 47:59.301 | 106:47.615 | 113:39.238 | |
10 | 5 |
263
|
EJ HERBST
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
37 | 4/7:34:45.758 | 21:02.363 | 109:43.962 | 113:41.44 | |
11 | 6 |
6114
|
JUSTIN BLOWER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
65 | 4/7:35:08.245 | 21:24.850 | 108:50.985 | 113:47.061 | |
12 | 7 |
208
|
GARRETT GENTRY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
47 | 4/7:35:59.297 | 22:15.902 | 110:51.627 | 113:59.824 | |
13 | 8 |
227
|
JACK OLLIGES
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
44 | 4/7:40:22.550 | 26:39.155 | 109:41.041 | 115:05.638 | |
14 | 9 |
213
|
KARL EBDRUP
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
56 | 4/7:53:38.667 | 39:55.272 | 112:54.687 | 118:24.667 | |
15 | 1 |
L65
|
THOMAS FICHTER
Unlimited Truck Legends
|
24 | 4/7:55:33.844 | — | 111:07.729 | 118:53.461 | |
16 | 10 |
212
|
PAUL KRAUS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
57 | 4/8:07:09.124 | 53:25.729 | 115:43.7 | 121:47.281 | |
17 | 11 |
256
|
CHRISTIAN LEWIS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
48 | 4/8:13:18.413 | 59:35.018 | 113:26.008 | 123:19.603 | |
18 | 12 |
288
|
ANDRE LAURIN
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
53 | 4/8:17:21.431 | 1:03:38.03 | 112:19.421 | 124:20.358 | |
19 | 6 |
91
|
ALEXANDER WACKER
Unlimited Truck
|
21 | 4/8:17:27.611 | 1:30:49.96 | 115:29.336 | 124:21.903 | |
20 | 1 |
1003
|
NICK MAY
Class 10
|
74 | 4/8:21:33.073 | — | 118:56.846 | 125:23.268 | |
21 | 7 |
77
|
CHRIS HERTSCH
Unlimited Truck
|
19 | 4/8:22:24.561 | 1:35:46.91 | 113:38.349 | 125:36.14 | |
22 | 1 |
709
|
ETHAN EBERT
Class 7
|
72 | 4/8:24:32.208 | — | 116:30.543 | 126:08.052 | |
23 | 8 |
42
|
RYAN PROSSER
Unlimited Truck
|
20 | 4/8:29:12.997 | 1:42:35.34 | 118:14.823 | 127:18.249 | |
24 | 9 |
70
|
KEVIN THOMPSON
Unlimited Truck
|
6 | 4/8:37:22.325 | 1:50:44.67 | 99:28.787 | 129:20.581 | |
25 | 13 |
277
|
VALERIE CLARK
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
64 | 4/8:48:28.625 | 1:34:45.22 | 121:24.305 | 132:07.156 | |
26 | 14 |
251
|
MICHEAL HALVERSON
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
61 | 4/8:48:50.454 | 1:35:07.05 | 113:11.454 | 132:12.614 | |
27 | 15 |
230
|
CHAD HALL
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
51 | 4/8:52:42.825 | 1:38:59.43 | 112:24.979 | 133:10.706 | |
28 | 2 |
1021
|
KEVIN SANCHEZ
Class 10
|
79 | 4/9:21:34.568 | 1:00:01.49 | 123:30.24 | 140:23.642 | |
29 | 10 |
34
|
BRETT COMISKEY
Unlimited Truck
|
18 | 4/9:32:37.806 | 2:46:00.15 | 128:29.402 | 143:09.452 | |
30 | 3 |
1066
|
ROB ARCIERO
Class 10
|
82 | 4/9:36:26.963 | 1:14:53.89 | 118:43.326 | 144:06.741 | |
31 | 4 |
1097
|
HANK WINTER
Class 10
|
76 | 4/9:44:30.993 | 1:22:57.92 | 125:03.486 | 146:07.748 | |
32 | 1 |
172
|
COLE BARBIERI
Class 1
|
28 | 4/9:45:55.845 | — | 106:29.514 | 146:28.961 | |
33 | 16 |
222
|
MARC EBDRUP
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
49 | 4/10:13:21.856 | 2:59:38.46 | 113:37.458 | 153:20.464 | |
34 | 17 |
6173
|
CONNER MCMULLEN
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
35 | 4/10:16:13.067 | 3:02:29.67 | 104:51.036 | 154:03.267 | |
35 | 18 |
269
|
CJ FAISON
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
60 | 4/10:33:48.443 | 3:20:05.04 | 115:23.079 | 158:27.111 | |
36 | 19 |
221
|
ROY TOMKINS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
39 | 4/10:37:48.674 | 3:24:05.27 | 108:10.825 | 159:27.169 | |
37 | 2 |
113
|
MICHAEL FRYE
Class 1
|
30 | 4/10:42:26.755 | 56:30.910 | 118:45.589 | 160:36.689 | |
38 | 20 |
295
|
PAT GAILEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
38 | 3/5:48:48.673 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 106:13.184 | 116:16.224 | |
39 | 11 |
18
|
NIC WHETSTONE
Unlimited Truck
|
10 | 3/6:22:15.310 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 101:35.822 | 127:25.103 | |
40 | 5 |
1012
|
ABRAHAM GUTIERREZ
Class 10
|
73 | 3/6:17:25.942 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 117:37.415 | 125:48.647 | |
41 | 6 |
1061
|
CARIB POTTS
Class 10
|
78 | 3/6:17:43.852 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 122:53.78 | 125:54.617 | |
42 | 21 |
271
|
CHASE BARBIERI
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
42 | 3/7:32:45.429 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 112:05.913 | 150:55.143 | |
43 | 7 |
1019
|
JOSH BURNS
Class 10
|
84 | 3/7:55:45.847 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 140:48.3 | 158:35.282 | |
44 | 22 |
211
|
THOMAS ST. PETER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
41 | 3/5:40:25.059 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 109:24.111 | 113:28.353 | |
45 | 23 |
200
|
SAM BERRI
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
54 | 3/7:42:37.789 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 123:12.612 | 154:12.596 | |
46 | 1 |
6817
|
TROY STONE
Class 6800
|
67 | 3/8:19:03.192 (DNF) |
— | 148:04.626 | 166:21.064 | |
47 | 12 |
30
|
KEVIN ADLER
Unlimited Truck
|
22 | 3/8:55:18.576 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 125:33.712 | 178:26.192 | |
48 | 2 |
L22
|
ROBERT MALONE
Unlimited Truck Legends
|
26 | 3/9:41:43.675 (DNF) |
1 Lap | 138:04.406 | 193:54.558 | |
49 | 24 |
219
|
THOR HERBST
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
43 | 2/3:28:58.156 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 103:25.473 | 104:29.078 | |
50 | 13 |
12
|
ROBERT JOHNSTON
Unlimited Truck
|
8 | 2/3:29:57.504 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 103:03.296 | 104:58.752 | |
51 | 3 |
L61
|
DAVID PAYNE
Unlimited Truck Legends
|
25 | 2/3:49:47.039 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 104:53.357 | 114:53.52 | |
52 | 25 |
237
|
KOSSNAR GUENTHER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
40 | 2/3:52:52.647 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 113:06.954 | 116:26.324 | |
53 | 26 |
240
|
AKIRA MIURA
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
62 | 2/3:59:46.267 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 119:26.182 | 119:53.134 | |
54 | 27 |
266
|
DAVID ZIEGLER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
55 | 2/4:06:55.440 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 119:18.217 | 123:27.72 | |
55 | 8 |
1095
|
JESUS MARK ACUNA III
Class 10
|
83 | 2/5:19:24.678 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 130:16.124 | 159:42.339 | |
56 | 14 |
41
|
JUSTIN LOFTON
Unlimited Truck
|
1 | 2/3:16:14.823 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 97:44.874 | 98:07.412 | |
57 | 15 |
19
|
TIM HERBST
Unlimited Truck
|
5 | 2/3:16:37.056 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 98:07.508 | 98:18.528 | |
58 | 28 |
205
|
NICK ISENHOUER
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
32 | 2/3:34:44.404 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 106:55.342 | 107:22.202 | |
59 | 1 |
4482
|
COLE JOHNSON
4400: ULTRA4 Unlimited
|
71 | 2/5:11:32.616 (DNF) |
— | 151:24.108 | 155:46.308 | |
60 | 29 |
292
|
KEVIN CURTIS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
59 | 2/5:49:42.508 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 148:36.662 | 174:51.254 | |
61 | 16 |
11
|
ROB MACCACHREN
Unlimited Truck
|
9 | 2/3:22:44.645 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 98:50.596 | 101:22.323 | |
62 | 30 |
257
|
MICHAEL LEWIS
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
63 | 2/4:13:33.583 (DNF) |
2 Laps | 122:49.888 | 126:46.792 | |
63 | 31 |
255
|
KIRK HARKEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
45 | 1/1:52:01.257 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 112:01.257 | 112:01.257 | |
64 | 32 |
281
|
JOEY BLACK
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
36 | 1/1:47:29.999 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 107:29.999 | 107:29.999 | |
65 | 9 |
1053
|
BRIAN CRAWFORD
Class 10
|
81 | 1/2:00:48.875 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 120:48.875 | 120:48.875 | |
66 | 33 |
223
|
RJ MERRITT
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
33 | 1/2:09:37.999 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 129:37.999 | 129:37.999 | |
67 | 1 |
806
|
BRYANT BLAKEMORE
Class 8
|
69 | 1/4:28:04.578 (DNF) |
— | 268:04.578 | 268:04.578 | |
68 | 34 |
214
|
JOSH HORSCHEL
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
58 | 1/5:54:33.278 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 354:33.278 | 354:33.278 | |
69 | 2 |
800
|
WYATT WYLLIE
Class 8
|
68 | 1/1:58:16.673 (DNF) |
— | 118:16.673 | 118:16.673 | |
70 | 17 |
127
|
KYLE JERGENSEN
Unlimited Truck
|
2 | 1/2:01:50.333 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 121:50.333 | 121:50.333 | |
71 | 18 |
81
|
BRAD GALLARD
Unlimited Truck
|
16 | 1/1:51:19.137 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 111:19.137 | 111:19.137 | |
72 | 35 |
226
|
NEAL DRICKEY
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
46 | 1/1:49:29.571 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 109:29.571 | 109:29.571 | |
73 | 10 |
1035
|
MIKE COULTER
Class 10
|
77 | 1/1:55:36.309 (DNF) |
3 Laps | 115:36.309 | 115:36.309 | |
74 | 19 |
32
|
RYAN ARCIERO
Unlimited Truck
|
4 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
75 | 20 |
44
|
BILL APGOOD
Unlimited Truck
|
15 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
76 | 11 |
1018
|
DEAN WHEELER
Class 10
|
85 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
77 | 3 |
175
|
JAMES DEAN
Class 1
|
27 | 0/15:00.000 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
78 | 12 |
1069
|
CRAIG HEIN
Class 10
|
80 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
79 | 2 |
4405
|
HARLEY COFFLAND
4400: ULTRA4 Unlimited
|
70 | 0 (DNF) |
2 Laps | |||
80 | 21 |
97
|
BJ BALDWIN
Unlimited Truck
|
7 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
81 | 13 |
1082
|
ERIC EVERLY
Class 10
|
75 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
82 | 22 |
100
|
DALE DONDEL
Unlimited Truck
|
3 | 0 (DNF) |
4 Laps | |||
83 | 23 |
8
|
JP GOMEZ
Unlimited Truck
|
23 | DNS | ||||
84 | 4 |
174
|
BRIAN BARACKMAN
Class 1
|
29 | DNS | ||||
85 | 36 |
273
|
BRANDEN SORENSEN
Unlimited Truck SPEC
|
66 | DNS | ||||
86 | 14 |
1028
|
CHRIS SCHWEERS
Class 10
|
86 | DNS |
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