Smith's Las Vegas 350
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Las Vegas and time for another night race.
- Ted has had a lot of good finishes at this track 1-2-2-8-8-9.
- Another good track for Ted and Team ASE to get their first win on the season.
- Ted would be 11th quick in the first practice.
- Final practice would be cancelled for some reason.
- Ted would then qualify 11th for the race.
- In case anyone is here now I will do live updates today during the commercials.
- Green flag at 9:20!
- Ted drops back right away to 16th.
- Lap 5 and Ted is 19th.
- Ted seems to be tight from what I can see.
- Lap 7 and Ted is 18th.
- Lap 17 and Ted is still 18th.
- Lap 21 and Ted is a half a lap down to the leader Kvapil.
- Lap 23 and Ted is now 17th.
- Caution #1 as #60 Sprague slams the wall.
- Ted was 18th at the time.
- All pit.
- Not sure what Ted had done in the pits but he was parked crooked in his pit stall.
- Restart on lap 38 and Ted is 18th.
- Caution #2 for a one truck wreck.
- Ted was 15th at the time.
- Restart on lap 45 and Ted is 13th.
- Caution #3 for a spin a few laps after the restart.
- Ted had dropped back to 18th again.
- Restart on lap 51 and Ted is 17th.
- Lap 53 and Ted is 15th.
- Lap 55 and Ted is 19th.
- I am sick of hearing that Hornaday had to "chase the truck up the hill."
- If he wasn't driving like a maniac he wouldn't have to.
- He about caused a major wreck again.
- Lap 64 and Ted is now 20th.
- Lap 66 and Ted is 21st.
- No word from tv as to what is wrong.
- Lap 77 and Ted is 20th.
- Lap 80 and Ted is 19th.
- Ted has some pretty good lap times right now.
- Lap 85 and Ted is last truck on the lead lap in 19th.
- Caution #4 as Gaughan wrecks on lap 86 of 146.
- All should pit.
- All should make it from here to the finish.
- Is it me or does the picture Speedvision has of Johnny Benson make him look like he is wearing coke bottle lens glasses?
- Ted pits for four tires and fuel, not sure of any adjustments.
- Restart on lap 95 and Ted is 18th.
- Caution #5 as Compton spins just after the restart.
- Restart with 46 to go and Ted is 17th.
- 45 to go and Ted is 16th.
- 40 to go and Ted is now 17th.
- Caution #6 for as Bodine hits the wall.
- Ted was back to 16th at the time.
- Restart with 34 to go and Ted is 13th.
- Caution #7 for a wreck just after the restart again.
- Bodine is out of the race.
- Restart with 29 to go and Ted is 14th and in a gaggle of trucks.
- 26 to go and now 17th.
- 22 to go and now 19th.
- 20 to go and now 18th.
- 14 to go and now 17th.
- Caution #8 as Hornaday blows a tire with 12 to go.
- Ted should be 15th.
- Restart with 8 to go and Ted is 15th.
- 5 to go and still 15th.
- 2 to go and still 15th.
- End of the race and Ted finished 15th.
- Kvapil wins the race.
- Ted is 7th in points and -678 back.
- Tough night for Team ASE.
- Not sure what the deal was because the coverage said absolutly nothing about Ted all night.
- Well off to Talledega where anything can happen and usually does.