Live Updates from Hickory Motor Speedway
Good morning from Hickory! The field of cars for tonight's Revolution Oil 250 will be hitting the track soon for practice. We'll have updates for you during the day to supplement the @revoilprocup Twitter feed.
11:34 - 1st Practice for the Rev-Oil cars has just begun!
11:42 - Top 8 cars currently are:
1 - Holman
2 - Burton
3 - Purkhiser
4 - Young
5 - Morgan
6 - Heavner
7 - Ransone
8 - Hopkins
12:00 - Current running order is:
1 - Morgan
2 - Burton
3 - Holman
4 - Russell
5 - Purkhiser
6 - Ransone
7 - Young
8 - Gould
9 - Heavner
10 - Hopkins
2nd practice begins at 12:30.
We are under a short delay because of a funeral procession.
12:51 - 2nd practice is underway. Top 4 times currently are:
1 - Holman - 16.023
2 - Burton - 16.415
3 - Heavner - 16.471
4 - Young - 16.725
1:00 - Tyler Young just brought his car into the pits because it was smoking. Thankfully it was only a minor oil line leak with the 02 crew quickly fixed.
1:15 Times of cars that have run this practice are as follows:
1 - Holman - 16.023
2 - Young - 16.069
3 - Burton - 16.295
4 - Russell - 16.320
5 - Heavner - 16.406
6 - Gould - 16.542
7 - Morgan - 16.557
8 - Hopkins - 16.588
9 - Ransone - 16.907
The 68 team of Allen Purkhiser blew an engine and are pulling out their backup car. Team reports they cracked a piston.
1:35 pm Final speeds for the second practice:
1. Holman - 16.023
2. Young - 16.069
3. Burton - 16.295
4. Russell - 16.320
5. Heavner - 16.406
6. Gould - 16.542
7. Morgan - 16.557
8. Hopkins - 16.588
9. Ransone - 16.717
10. Purkhiser - no time
Final practice starts at 2 pm. The planned schedule of practice times is a bit off today due to the funeral delays. The final practice is set for 2-3 pm but there will be another stoppage for a funeral sometime during that period which might cause practice to be extended a bit.
2:27 - Current running order is:
1 - Young
2 - Holman
3 - Burton
4 - Gould
5 - Ransone
6 - Russell
7 - Morgan
8 - Heavner
9 - Purkhiser
Track is under red again for another funeral. We are going to take this opportunity to log off for a bit and get something to eat.
5:50 pm. Qualifying is done for tonight race with Caleb Holman taking the pole with a lap of 15.811 seconds. Here is your starting lineup:
1. Caleb Holman
2. Tyler Young
3. Ryan Heavner
4. Allen Purkhiser
5. JP Morgan
6. Lucas Ransone
7. Nathan Russell
8. Jeb Burton
9. Rich Gould
10. Dalton Hopkins
That's all from use tonight. Check http://www.revoilprocup.com for continuing updates.
11:34 - 1st Practice for the Rev-Oil cars has just begun!
11:42 - Top 8 cars currently are: 1 - Holman
2 - Burton
3 - Purkhiser
4 - Young
5 - Morgan
6 - Heavner
7 - Ransone
8 - Hopkins
12:00 - Current running order is:
1 - Morgan
2 - Burton
3 - Holman
4 - Russell
5 - Purkhiser
6 - Ransone
7 - Young
8 - Gould
9 - Heavner
10 - Hopkins
2nd practice begins at 12:30.
We are under a short delay because of a funeral procession.
12:51 - 2nd practice is underway. Top 4 times currently are:
1 - Holman - 16.023
2 - Burton - 16.415
3 - Heavner - 16.471
4 - Young - 16.725
1:00 - Tyler Young just brought his car into the pits because it was smoking. Thankfully it was only a minor oil line leak with the 02 crew quickly fixed.
1:15 Times of cars that have run this practice are as follows:
1 - Holman - 16.023
2 - Young - 16.069
3 - Burton - 16.295
4 - Russell - 16.320
5 - Heavner - 16.406
6 - Gould - 16.542
7 - Morgan - 16.557
8 - Hopkins - 16.588
9 - Ransone - 16.907
The 68 team of Allen Purkhiser blew an engine and are pulling out their backup car. Team reports they cracked a piston.
1:35 pm Final speeds for the second practice:
1. Holman - 16.023
2. Young - 16.069
3. Burton - 16.295
4. Russell - 16.320
5. Heavner - 16.406
6. Gould - 16.542
7. Morgan - 16.557
8. Hopkins - 16.588
9. Ransone - 16.717
10. Purkhiser - no time
Final practice starts at 2 pm. The planned schedule of practice times is a bit off today due to the funeral delays. The final practice is set for 2-3 pm but there will be another stoppage for a funeral sometime during that period which might cause practice to be extended a bit.
2:27 - Current running order is:
1 - Young
2 - Holman
3 - Burton
4 - Gould
5 - Ransone
6 - Russell
7 - Morgan
8 - Heavner
9 - Purkhiser
Track is under red again for another funeral. We are going to take this opportunity to log off for a bit and get something to eat.
5:50 pm. Qualifying is done for tonight race with Caleb Holman taking the pole with a lap of 15.811 seconds. Here is your starting lineup:
1. Caleb Holman
2. Tyler Young
3. Ryan Heavner
4. Allen Purkhiser
5. JP Morgan
6. Lucas Ransone
7. Nathan Russell
8. Jeb Burton
9. Rich Gould
10. Dalton Hopkins
That's all from use tonight. Check http://www.revoilprocup.com for continuing updates.