Bruno de Barros made similar gains, going from 34th to 5th between practices, while Jek Porkins maintained a top-10 spot, setting the RPG-7 Motorsports drivers up nicely for the race.
Second practice was otherwise a bust for the remaining playoff drivers, as four placed in the top-11 but eight placed in the bottom-15. Amethyst Ashley fell from 6th to 24th, Julio Cesar from 11th to 29th, nascarfan19 from 14th to 27th, and points leader John Arndt from 22nd to last among full-timers. Ashley and nascarfan19 are below the cut line while Gratton and de Barros are above it. Here's the final time chart from the 2.5-mile oval: (playoff drivers in bold) 1) Cody Hagen (R) - 48.392 (57 laps) 2) Stuart Gratton (R) - 48.401 (58) 3) Brad Stover (R) - 48.411 (58) 4) Gerrard Oran (R) - 48.413 (58) T5) Bruno de Barros (R) - 48.430 (57) T5) Nick Smith - 48.430 (57) 7) Tyler Markel - 48.439 (60) 8) Jek Porkins (R) - 48.443 (61) 9) Zachary Fitzwater Sr. (R) - 48.445 (60) 10) Caleb Campbell (R) - 48.450 (58) 11) Adam Mundinger (R) - 48.464 (61) 22) Phillip Fry (R) - 48.530 (57) 24) Amethyst Ashley (R) - 48.564 (59) 26) David Davidson (R) - 48.581 (59) T27) Jake Baskinger (R) - 48.584 (55) T27) nascarfan19 - 48.584 (59) 29) Julio Cesar (R) - 48.591 (60) T31) William Brock - 48.626 (57) 36) John Arndt - 48.660 (60)
Much like in the NFRN Truck Series' first session, playoff drivers were far less visible. Only Amethyst Ashley and Jek Porkins cracked the top-10 while David Davidson, Bruno de Barros, and Stuart Gratton were outside the top-30, with Gratton a full three-and-a-half tenths off Butcher's time. All of these drivers are within eight points of each other at the cut line, with Ashley one point below and the drivers struggling for speed anywhere from one to six points above.
Here's first practice times from Ontario, California: (playoff drivers in bold) 1) Reece Butcher - 48.285 (86 laps) 2) Zachary Fitzwater Sr. (R) - 48.315 (87) 3) Noah Pontzer (R) - 48.317 (88) 4) Ryan Maiden (R) - 48.338 (88) 5) Jett Kraus (R) - 48.341 (86) 6) Amethyst Ashley (R) - 48.345 (88) T7) Nick Smith - 48.354 (85) T7) Dalejrfan8883 (R) - 48.354 (87) 9) Jek Porkins (R) - 48.359 (87) 10) TheOtherJR (R) - 48.361 (90) 11) Julio Cesar (R) - 48.374 (89) 14) nascarfan19 - 48.394 (92) 17) Adam Mundinger (R) - 48.401 (91) 22) John Arndt - 48.446 (88) 24) Phillip Fry (R) - 48.459 (89) 26) Jake Baskinger (R) - 48.478 (89) 29) William Brock - 48.502 (89) 32) David Davidson (R) - 48.527 (87) 34) Bruno de Barros (R) - 48.540 (86) 36) Stuart Gratton (R) - 48.639 (88) |
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