PRACTICE: Silk Smooth at Ace
Altamahaw, NC — Ron Silk topped the speed charts in practice at Ace Speedway, but rains right before qualifying have put everything on hold.
Silk’s No. 79 Hill Enterprises/Coors Light/Sunoco Pontiac put up a fast lap of 14.472 seconds (99.502 mph) around the .400-mile oval.
Teenager Erick Rudolph (No. 59 Ed Bennett Properties, Inc. Chevrolet) was second at 14.606 (98.590), just ahead of defending race winner L.W. Miller (No. 36 John Baker Plumbing & Utilities Pontiac) at 14.660 (98.226).
Ted Christopher and Burt Myers rounded out the top five in practice.
NWSMT Ace 4/10/09 Practice
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POS |
CAR |
DRIVER |
SPONSOR |
TIME |
SPEED |
| 1 | 79 | Ronnie Silk | Hill Enterprises/Coors Light/Sunoco | 14.472 | 99.502 |
| 2 | 59 | Erick Rudolph | Ed Bennett Properties, Inc. | 14.606 | 98.590 |
| 3 | 36 | L.W. Miller | John Baker Plumbing & Utilities | 14.660 | 98.226 |
| 4 | 00 | Ted Christopher | Sherm’s Towning | 14.699 | 97.966 |
| 5 | 1 | Burt Myers | Capital Bank | 14.738 | 97.707 |
| 6 | 28 | George Brunnhoelzl III | Oval Speed/Fibrwrap/PT | 14.767 | 97.515 |
| 7 | 23 | Brian Loftin | L&R Transmission/QMF Metal | 14.770 | 97.495 |
| 8 | 25 | John Smith | Tutterow Surveying/Rick’s Home Improvement | 14.770 | 97.495 |
| 9 | 47 | Andy Seuss | Advance Auto/Q Racing Oil/Stuart Auto | 14.793 | 97.343 |
| 10 | 83 | Tim Brown | Hayes Jewelers/Circle K Foods | 14.839 | 97.042 |
| 11 | 93 | Rowan Pennink | Monk’s Mechanic Hand Cleaner | 14.849 | 96.976 |
| 12 | 4 | Jason Myers | Capital Bank/Moorefield & Trantham | 14.854 | 96.944 |
| 13 | 2 | J.R. Bentuccio | Gershow Recycling | 14.886 | 96.735 |
| 14 | 02 | Buddy Emory | RCS Construction | 14.959 | 96.263 |
| 15 | 31 | Gene Pack | B&J BH’s, Inc./Wings-N-Things | 15.001 | 95.994 |
| 16 | 14 | Bobby Hutchens | Team Texas Driving School | 15.007 | 95.955 |
| 17 | 71 | Dean Ward | Mike Feezer Enterprises. | 15.075 | 95.522 |
| 18 | 1 | Jay Foley | Foley Machine & Welding/B&B Trucking | 15.108 | 95.314 |
| 19 | 76 | Jason Trinchere | Nitro Mfg./Just Batteries Inc. | 15.130 | 95.175 |
| 20 | 53 | Jonathan Brown | S&R Motor Co. Inc. | 15.156 | 95.012 |
| 21 | 44 | Rich Kuiken Jr | Flowmaster Testing & Balancing | 15.219 | 94.619 |
| 22 | 97 | Bryan Dauzat | O B Builders | 15.326 | 93.958 |
Sources: NASCAR WSMT PR