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Jake Garcia Claims Trophy in Thrilling All American 400 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

Nashville, TN) The 40th Curb Records / Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American 400 weekend presented by US Tank lived up to everything you could ask more and even more. 243 different entries competed on track during the three days of racing and Sunday’s big race was an exclamation point on the weekend.

29 drivers took the green flag at 1 PM on Sunday afternoon with GoFas pole qualifying award winner Casey Roderick on the pole and Matt Craig alongside. The difference from qualifying was just .001 and only .009 back to third place Albert Francis. The whole field was tight and the early action in the race proved what everyone saw in qualifying.

Early in the race, Roderick, on his way to an ASA STARS National Tour championship, led the way but faded during a long green flag run. That gave the lead to Craig who was stout early. Craig’s good run took a major turn on lap 55 when his left rear axle went bad, relegating him to the pits for a repair. The crew handled it with ease, getting him back on track, just two laps down.

With Craig and Roderick having issues, Cole Butcher raced into the lead to pace the field until lap 122. Following a pit stop right after the first stage, it was Dawson Sutton’s turn to lead the field and show off his abilities at his home track.

The Lebanon, TN teenager was the star for a big period of the race and held command until a lap 288 restart when Gio Ruggiero raced by him to go out front. Ruggiero continued to set the pace through a couple of yellow flag periods in overtime.

Late race strategy saw Roderick and Albert Francis come to the pits late to take fresh rubber. That kept everyone watching mid pack as the two rallied quickly to get to the front and in contention. Racing over the final 50 laps was truly breathtaking, waiting for craziness to result in a big crash. Connor Okrzesik and Derek Thorn unfortunately did end up on the back of the wreckers but everyone else was able to come out unscathed.

On the final green-white-checkered restart, Jake Garcia took advantage of being in the right spot at the right time and playing his cards perfectly throughout the day. Garcia led just two laps all day long but they happened to be the two most important laps of the day, laps 314-315, racing under the checkered flag as winner of the 40th Curb Records / Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American presented by US Tank.

For Garcia, it was his first All American win and his first career ASA STARS win. Roderick rallied for second and officially claimed the ASA STARS National Tour Driver and Team Owner Championship for his Anthony Campi owned racing team.

Dawson Sutton took third, while Gio Ruggiero, and Stephen Nasse completed the top five. Austin Nason, Dylan Fetcho, Jake Finch, Matt Craig, and Tyler Tanner rounded out the top ten.

15 drivers finished the race on the lead lap, with an extremely high percentage of cars on track for the major portion of the race.

Kyle Steckly had a day that was better than his end result of 12th but he did claim the Rookie of the Year honors with the series.

The All American puts the 2024 season to a close for the ASA STARS National Tour in an upbeat fashion. The field of competitors put on an amazing show all race long and showed great potential of continuing to build the series to greatness in its third season in 2025.

Up next for the series will be exciting offseason announcements including the 2025 schedule announcement coming out soon. Stay posted online at www.starsnationaltour.com.

ASA STARS National Tour

Founded by Track Enterprises President Bob Sargent, The ASA STARS National Tour for pavement super-late model stock cars debuted in March 2023 for Super Late Model racing in America.

The ASA STARS National Tour is a ten-race championship series, offering a $100,000 point fund. The tour will visit ten different race tracks in 7 states in 2024, with the season beginning in February during Florida Speedweeks, and concluding in early November at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

Track Enterprises (TE) is a racing Promotions Company based in Illinois, which owns and operates the ASA STARS National Tour. In addition to the STARS National Tour, Track Enterprises owns and operates Championship Racing Association (CRA) and the ASA Midwest Tour. TE also has a strategic alliance with the ASA Southern Super Series.

ASA Branded Tours

ASA Branded Tours encompasses four (4) pavement super late model racing series operating under the Track Enterprises banner, and under the ASA Brand via a licensing agreement for logo and IP Rights. ASA Branded Tours include the ASA STARS National Tour; the ASA CRA Super Series; The ASA Midwest Tour and the ASA Southern Super Series.

40th All American 400 300 Laps | 02:55:28.090

1. 35-Jake Garcia[13]; 2. 26R-Casey Roderick[1]; 3. 26S-Dawson Sutton[4]; 4. 22-Giovanni Ruggiero[11]; 5. 51-Stephen Nasse[7]; 6. 14N-Austin Nason[12]; 7. 89-Dylan Fetcho[9]; 8. 51F-Jake Finch[5]; 9. 54-Matt Craig[2]; 10. 65-Tyler Tanner[23]; 11. 1-Kasey Kleyn[17]; 12. 30-Kyle Steckly[10]; 13. 24-Albert Francis[3]; 14. 28-Cole Butcher[6]; 15. 91-Dylan Bates[22]; 16. 5K-Jonathan Knee[14]; 17. 17-Josh Stade[28]; 18. 33-Blake Rowe[27]; 19. 23-Billy VanMeter[21]; 20. 14C-Connor Okrzesik[8]; 21. 7-Derek Thorn[25]; 22. 18-Chase Burda[20]; 23. 29W-Hunter Wright[29]; 24. 53-Boris Jurkovic[18]; 25. 69-Michael Hinde[15]; 26. 55-Haeden Plybon[16]; 27. 71-Johnny Brazier[19]; 28. 8-Mark Day[24]; 29. 5R-Brett Robinson[26]

GoFas Racing Fast Time - Casey Roderick

Rackley Roofing Stage #1 Winner - Cole Butcher

Sunoco Stage #2 Winner - Dawson Sutton

Johnson, Helton, & Richardson Take All American 400 Night #2 Victories

All American Sunday Remains With 1:00 PM Green Flag

(Nashville, TN) Another big field of race cars piled into the confines of Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway for the second night of the 40th Curb Records/Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American 400 weekend presented by US Tank. 109 different entries were on hand in the three divisions, bringing the weekend total to 214, not counting Sunday’s Super Late Model field.

At 5:00 PM, GoFas Pole Qualifying saw an extremely tight field of ASA STARS National Tour Super Late Models finish with a difference of .001 at the top of the chart. Setting quick time for the $1,000 bonus was Casey Roderick at an 18.390 to Matt Craig’s 18.391. Albert Francis was third, while Dawson Sutton and Jake Finch completed the top five.

Next up was the Vore’s Compact Touring Series Pest Doctor 40. Over 30 cars took the green flag for the popular series with perennial frontrunner, Tom Gossar taking the early lead. With Gossar’s front row draw following qualifying, everyone knew that the Markleville, IN driver would be tough to beat. For 34 laps, everyone looked 100% correct, as Gossar paced the field while everyone diced for positions behind him.

Following a lap 33 restart, Gossar’s car suffered mechanical failure on the exit of turn four, he turned to the bottom to get out of the way, ending his chances at victory. That left Karter Stark, Ron Sagers, and Josh Richardson out front to battle it out.

Over the final six laps, Stark and Sagers gave it their all but Richardson had the car to beat, as he raced to the impressive victory by 1.194 seconds. Following the Fort Wayne, IN racer across the line were Sagers, Stark, Devon Dixon, and Jeff Vore. The rest of the top ten were Tim Cassidy, Curtis Finlayson, Keith Watson, Will Jennings, and Scott Koerner.

Next on track was the 40-lap CRA Street Stock feature, presented by Dixon Plumbing & CJ’s Trailer & Camper Repair. Bowling Green, KY, driver Dillon Oliver held the lead for the first 34 laps before fading to the third spot on lap 35 when Chad Chaffin took the top spot. Just two laps later, Heath Helton wrestled the lead away from Chaffin.

Helton, who won his first ever Nashville start on October 5, is one of the hottest drivers in all of Street Stock racing right now. Helton finished 3rd in the Salem Speedway points and is coming off the Halloween 200 win last weekend.

Helton continued his great season by winning the All American 40 against a stellar field of 32 other competitors. Following the Owensboro, KY driver were Chaffin, Brett Hudson, Chuck Barnes, Sr., and Jamie Sites. Tyler Nicely, Colby Lane, Conner Popplewell, Josh Sage, and Gus Moody completed the top ten.

The evening nightcap was the 100-lap event for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour presented by Chevrolet Performance. The race, a combined event with the Nashville Pro Lates, saw a great field of 35 cars take the green flag.

Connor Mosack took the early lead with Hunter Wright following him closely in second. Wright would only chase for the first seven laps before he became the race leader. Wright went on to lead the 80+ laps but it wasn’t without several battles, mainly with the #20 of Chase Johnson.

Johnson, racing for his first Nashville Pro Late Model win in a new to him racecar that was previously piloted by Michael House, was on a rail giving Wright all he could handle over the first half of the race.

Around the race’s midpoint, Johnson cleared Wright to take the lead, however, Wright utilized a bump and run in turn three dropping Johnson back to fourth. Johnson didn’t give up, knowing he had the car to beat.

On lap 64, Johnson took over the third spot from George Phillips. 18 laps later, Johnson moved past Jeremy Miller for the second spot. At that point, Johnson had 18 laps to run down and pass Wright back for his elusive first Pro Late victory. Fortunately for Johnson, it only took him half of that time as his Action Homes #20 was identifying as a rocketship on this night.

Johnson made the final pass for the lead with ten laps to go to claim his first Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Pro Late Model victory. Following the Mt. Juliet, TN driver to the $6k top prize were Wright, Jeremy Miller, Kaden Honeycutt, and Albert Francis. Phillips, Mosack, Josh Stade, Michael Bolden, and Corey Deuser rounded out the top ten.

Dawson Sutton was involved in a mid-race crash that eliminated him from competition but he was able to hang on for the 2024 track championship. Sutton, of Lebanon, TN becomes the second youngest Late Model track champion, second only to Cole Williams.

Two great days of racing will now culminate Sunday afternoon, November 3 with the 40th running of the Curb Records / Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American presented by US Tank. Grandstands will open at 10:00 AM with an on-track autograph session for fans at 11:30 AM. Driver introductions will be at 12:30 PM with the green flag scheduled to drop on the 300-lap affair just after 1:00 PM.

Tickets for Sunday afternoon’s event can be purchased online or at the gate upon arrival. Tickets or more info can be found at www.nashvillefairgroundsspeedway.racing

For those who can’t attend Sunday’ event, TrackTV.com and RacingAmerica.TV will have live coverage starting at 12:00 PM.

FEATURE RUNDOWNS

Pro Late Models 37 Entries

A Feature 1 100 Laps

1. 20-Chase Johnson[4]; 2. 29-Hunter Wright[3]; 3. 5M-Jeremy Miller[2]; 4. 47-Kaden Honeycutt[16]; 5. 33-Albert Francis[6]; 6. 55-George Phillips[5]; 7. 25-Connor Mosack[1]; 8. 17-Josh Stade[20]; 9. 95-Michael Bolden[22]; 10. 14-Corey Deuser[11]; 11. 5-Brett Roberson[19]; 12. 14P-Chase Pinsonneault[14]; 13. 32-Chris Shannon[15]; 14. 14C-Davey Coble[30]; 15. 11-Stacey Crain[25]; 16. 16-Jackson McLerran[24]; 17. 15-Trey Craig[9]; 18. 5S-Will Sahutske[31]; 19. 09-Daniel Bolden[21]; 20. 98-Bennie Hamlett[17]; 21. 26-Dawson Sutton[7]; 22. 01-Austin Wilson[10]; 23. 99-Chad Willis[12]; 24. 87-Mike Mazzagatti[29]; 25. 22-Chase Burda[33]; 26. 88-Boston Oliver[8]; 27. 69-Scott Melton[35]; 28. 12-Quinn Davis[27]; 29. 3-Chris Munson[34]; 30. 91W-Jim Wall[13]; 31. 6-Brandon Lopez[32]; 32. 88W-Tucker Wingo[28]; 33. 71-LB Skaggs Jr[23]; 34. 116-Zach Johnson[18]; 35. 8-Michael Pannell[26]

Street Stocks 32 Entries

A Feature 1 40 Laps

1. 16-Heath Helton[5]; 2. 3C-Chad Chaffin[1]; 3. 00H-Brett Hudson[3]; 4. 44-Chuck Barnes[9]; 5. 98-Jamie Sites[4]; 6. 25-Tyler Nicely[16]; 7. 21L-Colby Lane[12]; 8. 19P-Conner Popplewell[8]; 9. 88-Josh Sage[19]; 10. 84-Gus Moody[10]; 11. 2-Danny Smith[23]; 12. 07-Michael Pannell[17]; 13. 05-Blaine Akin[7]; 14. 03-Dillon Oliver[6]; 15. 19-Cole Baxter[11]; 16. 94-Jeff Stith[14]; 17. 2C-Corey Plunkett[25]; 18. 11-Josh Lundy[21]; 19. 21-Nick Reed[22]; 20. 03L-TIM LOGUE[26]; 21. 282-Phillip McCord[24]; 22. 3-Travis Arms[2]; 23. 8-Aaron Wilke[27]; 24. 34-Michael Tucker[29]; 25. 14-Jason Mahaffey[20]; 26. 98B-Brad Blue[30]; 27. 84L-Xavier King[13]; 28. 97-James Swan[15]; 29. 1-Ryan Amonett[18]; 30. (DNS) 19E-Austin Evans; 31. (DNS) 00-Beau Mitchell; 32. (DNS) 3M-Cole Munson

Vores Compact Touring Series 38 Entries

A Feature 1 40 Laps

1. 14X-Josh Richardson[5]; 2. 29-Ron Sagers[8]; 3. 192-Karter Stark[1]; 4. 111-Devon Dixon[10]; 5. 107-Jeff Vore[15]; 6. 93-Tim Cassidy[16]; 7. 53-Curtis Finlayson[14]; 8. 51X-Keith Watson[31]; 9. 1-Scott Koerner[27]; 10. 17-Jeremy Hargis[12]; 11. 0-Tom Gossar[3]; 12. 18-Axel Sullivan[26]; 13. 39-Kyle Frame[2]; 14. 5-Brett Smith[20]; 15. 711-Jason Baker[18]; 16. 89-Danny Keyser[21]; 17. 27I-Dan Irvine[9]; 18. 25-Shawn Bonar[13]; 19. 71G-Nathan Spencer[35]; 20. 71-Trent Gossar[6]; 21. 6-Chris Jennings[4]; 22. 07-Steve Vore[22]; 23. 15-Kyle Finlayson[19]; 24. 50-Sean Fredrick[23]; 25. 77-Maston Conley[25]; 26. 67-Rob Rehm[28]; 27. 28P-Pete Doxey[29]; 28. 92-Kyle Stark[7]; 29. 66-Chris Harman[11]; 30. 7-Zachary Morris[24]; 31. 44-Bubba Kincaid[30]; 32. (DNS) 9-Will Jennings; 33. (DNS) 189-Nathan Goodman; 34. (DNS) 36VT-Kodi Sabins; 35. (DNS) 110-Austin Scott; 36. (DNS) 69-Jeff Streigel; 37. (DNS) 114-Al Strobel; 38. (DNS) 9A-Aaron Tatman

Helton Goes Back-to-Back at Nashville with CRA Street Stocks

Daniel Vining

Nashville, TN - For the fourth time in less than a month, Kentucky’s Heath Helton found victory lane in Street Stock competition, with his latest unfolding as part of the All American 40 with the CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS. Helton’s win gives him back-to-back triumphs at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and the same accolades with the CRA Street Stocks; throw in his win at Salem Speedway for the Halloween 200, and Helton has been virtually unstoppable on the historic high banks.

Nashville regulars Dillon Oliver and Travis Arms led the 30 car field to the green flag for 40 laps around “America’s Favorite Short Track”. Oliver quickly put his No.03 machine at the front of the field holding off Arms’ early challenge. Oliver, however, would have more to contend with as the race wore on.

Just one lap into the event a three-car accident on the backstretch took out Ryan Amonnett, Xavier King, and James Swan. On the restart, Oliver had no problem pulling away with the lead once again, setting a comfortable pace at the front of the field - meanwhile, Chad Chaffin was on the move in his No.3.

The Smyrna, Tennessee driver had driven his way into the top five and with the help from a restart, had Oliver in his sights. A problem with Oliver’s car allowed Chaffin to take the lead with just five laps to go - but lurking in the shadows was was Heath Helton. After starting fifth, Helton at one point had fallen outside the top five. But with just four laps to go, Helton found speed once again.

Utilizing a late race restart, Helton was able to get to Chaffin’s inside down the backstretch and put his No.16 to the front with just three laps to go. Despite Chaffin’s best efforts, Helton was able to hold on for another win at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

The next event for the CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS will be the Championship Awards Ceremony the first weekend of January; additional details are expected to be released this week.

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway returns to action on Sunday for the 40th Running of the Curb Records Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American 400 Presented by US Tank. The green flag is set to fly at 1:00 PM CT. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch the action on RacingAmerica.TV or TrackTv.com.

For more information on Champion Racing Association log onto CRA-Racing.com. Find CRA: Champion Racing Association on Facebook and follow @CRARacing on X.

Johnson Collects First Career Nashville Win in All American 100

Nashville, TN - In what was the final event of the season for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance and the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Pro Late Models, Mount Juliet, Tennessee native Chase Johnson collected his first career win at the historic Speedway. Meanwhile, even after being involved in an accident just after halfway, Dawson Sutton collected his first career Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway track championship.

Conner Mosak and Jeremy Miller led the field of 35 cars to the green flag while Sutton, who set a new JEGS Tour track record during qualifying rolled from the seventh spot after the redraw. Mosak led the opening six laps before Hunter Wright took the top spot after the first caution flag of the night when LB Scaggs and Zach Johnson came together in turns three and four.

Wright wasn’t able to get comfortable at the front of the field with Johnson on his heels all night. At one point, Johnson was 0.010 seconds from taking the lead when a caution flew putting him back into second. When Johnson was finally able to put his Action Homes No.20 at the front of the field, slight contact from Wright sent Johnson up the hill and back to fourth behind Miller and George Phillips.

Despite seven cautions throughout the event, a 53-lap green flag run to the finish allowed Johnson to fight his way back onto the podium. With just 10 laps to go Johnson applied the same pressure to Wright, getting the 29 loose at the exit of turn four allowing Johnson to take the lead and drive away to his first career Pro Late Model win at Nashville. Wright held on for second while Miller brought home third. Kaden Honeycutt and Albert Francis rounded out the top five.

The next event for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance will be the Championship Awards Ceremony the first weekend of January; additional details are expected to be released this week.

For more information on Champion Racing Association log onto CRA-Racing.com. Find CRA: Champion Racing Association on Facebook and follow @CRARacing on X.

Photo - Daniel Vining

Championship Friday Night Complete During All American 400 Weekend

(Nashville, TN) The property at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway was absolutely jam packed with race cars on Friday, November 1, the first of three nights for the 40th Curb Records / Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American 400 weekend. Taking center stage were the ¼-mile divisions for Championship night.

First on track was the first of two CP RaceWear Bandolero feature events. Normally, the track runs just one feature but a second was added due to the large car count. In the A feature, James Faulkner took over the lead on lap five from Colt Johnson. Faulkner would lead the rest of the way to claim the feature win over Johnson, Landon Thrasher, Gavon Veach, and Chloe Mazzagatti. Thrasher claimed the 2024 track championship.

In the second Bando feature, Blake Michael, of Evansville, WI took the lead from the green flag to lead wire-to-wire and take the feature event. Collin Dickey, Michael Mazzagatti, Grant Hooker, and Steven Scalzo completed the top five.

The third feature of the night was the Pest Doctor Front Runner 20-lap event. Daniel Harper took the top spot at the start with Josh Harrell in tow. Harrell raced by him for the lead on lap seven and would cross the checkered with a convincing win. Unfortunately for Harrell, the win was disallowed due to a tread rule violation, thus giving the victory to Daniel Harper. Ray Gann, Tony Gann, Paul Cummings, Sr., and Connor Jones completed the top five. Ray Gann claimed the track championship.

In the 20-lap US Air Force Legends Pro / Masters divisions, 20 drivers took the green in the 20-lap feature. The action up front was stellar, with multiple leaders and lead changes. Oliver Cordell, Dylan Fetcho, and Jenson Jorgenson all spent time up front with each driver dicing it up. Eventually, Jorgenson took advantage of the final pass for the lead on lap 18 and raced to victory in a star-studded Legend field. Fetcho took second, while Cordell was third, Casey Atwood fourth, and Hunter Wright was fifth.

The Pure Stock feature did not disappoint, if you like rough and tumble action with plenty of trading paint. Mixing it up were Phillip McCord, John Bradley, Terry Jackson, and Jerry Hendrixson, Jr. As one driver would take the lead, the guy in second would use the chrome horn to move him right back out of the spot. Eventually, Hendrixson solidified the lead with four to go and claimed the checkered flag. Bradley, McCord, Clinton Ivey, and Terry Jackson finished off the top five. Bradley claimed the point title in a close battle to the end.

US Air Force Semi Pro Legend point leader and division favorite, Michael Crafton, took the lead from the green in the 20-lap feature event. While there was plenty of action behind him, Crafton ran flawlessly at the front of the field to claim yet another feature win and the track championship. Garrett Dies, Dylan Faulkner, Chase Johnson, and Levei Hargraves completed the top five.

With the large field of Legend cars, the Young Lion class got the opportunity to run by themselves. Class point leader, Max Olmsted, II took the lead from the start to go onto the victory as well as the point championship. Ayden Oliver, Landon Cordell, TJ Moon, and Van Drugmand finished off the top five.

Rounding out the night’s action was the always exciting Paschall Heating & Air Limited Late Model division. Division point leader, Johnathan Dishman took the lead from the start with Jeff Belt and Peyton Hamlett in tow. Unfortunately for Belt and Hamlett, contact took place entering turn one, which ended with both having to restart from the tail. Back to green, the two started racing through the field quickly, trying to rally as Dishman and Hamlett took only four laps to race back into the top five. While the first half of the race was solid and competitive, it got a little rough in the midstage. After a late race restart, Hamlett got in a groove, despite hood damage that hindered his view, and was able to pass and pull away from Dishman. Hamlett went on to the victory, while Dishman claimed the championship.

Night one of three for the All American 400 weekend was a huge success as the pits were packed and the loyal short track fans came out in cool conditions to support the local stars.

Up next is the Saturday portion of the event weekend and it’s going to be a good one. On tap is GoFas pole qualifying at 5:00 PM with three feature events to follow. The Vore’s Compact Touring Series will run in the Pest Doctor 40, followed by the CRA Street Stock 40 lapper. Rounding out the Saturday night card will be the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour / Nashville Pro Late Models in a 100-lap grind. The car count is going to be big with nearly 40 Pro Lates, close to 40 Vore’s Compacts, in upwards of 25 CRA Street Stocks, and a field of 25 Super Late Models.

Grandstands will officially open at 3:00 PM on Saturday afternoon but fans will be able to enter early to watch practice which begins at 11:30 AM.

It all leads up to Sunday’s Curb Records / Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American presented by US Tank. Sunday’s festivities include the autograph session at 11:30 AM with driver introductions at 12:30 PM and the green flag just after 1:00 PM CT.

Full information on the final two days of racing as well as advance sale discount tickets can be found at www.nashvillefairgroundsspeedway.racing.

Johnson Tops Friday Practice for JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

Nashville, TN - Ahead of the season-ending All American 100 for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance the nearly 40 cars on property took part in two 60-minute practice sessions. After 35 cars took time, Nashville regulars mixed in well with outsiders and JEGS Tour faithful as Saturday night’s headliner looms large.

In the final practice session of the day, Nashville regular, Chase Johnson set the afternoon’s fastest time around “America’s Favorite Short Track” turning in an 18.825 in his Action Homes sponsored No.20. The Mount Juliet, TN native’s best career finish came in August of this season when he finished second to current Nashville points-leader, Dawson Sutton. Johnson is currently third in Speedway points standings heading into the final night of the season.

Albert Francis turned the second-fastest lap of the afternoon behind Johnson with help from 2024 JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Champion, Blake Rowe. While Francis prepared his ASA STARS National Tour car with Donnie Wilson Motorsports, Rowe helped dial in the Francis Engineering No.33 in First Practice - allowing Francis to lay down a solid lap in second practice.

George Phillips bested the field in the opening practice session of the day and improved in second practice to a 19.044. In the last two events at the Fairgrounds Speedway, Phillips has finished fifth in his Citrusafe Racing No.55. The rest of the top five in overall practice times included Rackley Racing driver Conner Mosack, and Georgia’s Brandon Lopez.

Saturday, teams will make final adjustments during a 60-minute final practice. With 36 cars currently registered for the All American 100, it’s likely that a Last Chance Qualifier will be needed to trim the field down to the advertised 30 car starting grid. Cars 1-24 are locked in from Qualifying along with two JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Championship Points provisionals and two Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Championship Points provisionals; the top two finishers from the LCQ would transfer to the All American 100 unless promoters add additional starters.

The All American 100 for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour runs Saturday night at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway alongside the CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS for the All American 40 and the Vore’s Compact Touring Series for the Pest Doctor 40. Fans can get tickets in advance at NashvilleFairgroundsSpeedway.Racing or at the gate on race day. Live coverage of Saturday’s program is also available on RacingAmerica.Tv and TrackTv.com.

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