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John Herder Wins BITD Parker 425

Weyhrich 2nd Overall
Hovey 3rd Overall
Robby Gordon 4th Overall- 1st Trick Truck

John Herder Finish Line interview:

Robby Gordon Finish Line interview:

4:20 PM Update

• 1099 Allen Gerber across the line
• 1236 Rick L Johnson across the line
• Mastercraft's Robbie Pierce 10 miles from the finish

4:10 PM Update

• 1024 Scott Martenson across the line
• 1015 Randy Miller across the line

4:00 PM Update

• #1229 Tom Koch across the line

3:52 PM Update

• #36 Steve Olliges and Wayne Lugo cross the line
• #1551 Greg Hansen across the line

3:45 PM Update

• MacCachren/Vildosola across the line
• Larry Roeseler across in his 7s truck

3:35 PM Update

• 1586 Shawn & Ray Croll across the line
• 1701 Mike Barnett 4th Jeepspeed across the line physically

3:30 PM Update

• 1717 Eric Heiden 3rd Jeepspeed across the line physically
• 1220 Ryan Staats across the finish line
• 1516 Lloyd Sproule across the line following Staats

3:25 PM Update

• Second Jeepspeed across the line- #1714 Ray Griffith- Unofficially first in class on corrected time
• TT #38 Ron Whitton across the line
• Letner Racing still on the move

3:15 PM Update

• Curt LeDuc crosses the finish line
• Kevin McGillivray follows LeDuc
• Scott Kincaid follows McGillivary
• 1st Jeepspeed 1704 Justin Mamer
• 42 Will Staats Across after Mamer
• Jesse Jones appears to be stopped on the course
• The Scaronis are still running
• Vildosola/MacCachren approximately 35 miles from the finish
• 1563 Potter stopped 35 miles from the finish
• Shawn Croll approximately 18 miles from the finish
• 1st Pro Truck- Brian Freeman driving the Vildosola truck

2:54 PM Update

• Hengeveld/Childress just crossed the line
• Andy McMillin still having issues with V-drive apparently
• Curt LeDuc heading for finish behind Hengeveld

2:36 PM Update

• Pat Dean crosses the line in 5th
• Nathan and Brandon Melton cross in 6th
• Pistol Pete Sohren takes 7th OA
• BJ Richardson crosses in 8th

2:18 PM Update

• Chuck Hovey 3rd OA
• Robby Gordon 4th OA- 1st Trick Truck

2:12 PM Update

• Weyhrich 2nd Overall

2:00 PM Update

• Herder wins overall
• No other cars across the line

1:45 PM Update

• Herder leading overall
• Robby leading Trick Trucks
• Hengeveld/Childress charging toward finish line- approx. 3rd
• Lugo and LeDuc following suit

1:35 PM Update

• Pistol Pete Sohren passes McMillin and is running strong
• Herder about 15 miles to the finish

1:25 PM Update

• Herder on his way to overall victory- running strong toward finish
• McMillin is on the gas and stretching the distance between him and Sohren
• Jones is still in the pits
• Hovey trying to catch McMillin
• Melton chasing down Hovey
• LeDuc still running
• Lots of carnage reported on the course

12:45 PM Update

• Jesse Jones is in the main pit doing a tranny swap
• Andy McMillin is back on course
• Herder still leads
• Sohren reeling in McMillin
• No Gordon report at this time

12:20 PM Update

• Hengeveld/Childress jam into main pit in their Toyo Tires/DirtNewz.com sponsored Trick Truck for a driver swap, tire change and fuel. Childress jumps out the driver side window and jumps over the roof of the truck Dukes of Hazzard style and slides into the co-dawg seat as Hengeveld runs around and jumps in the driver's seat for the final lap- These moto guys are turning some heads today! It looks like they are 2nd TT overall on corrected time.
• Andy McMillin is stopped at pit 2 with what appears to be a V-drive issue as reported earlier.

Noon Update

• Hengeveld/Childress 3rd Trick Truck headed into pit then on to final lap
• Herder still leading overall
• Weyhrich in 2nd overall and 2nd Class 1500
• Robby leads Trick Trucks in his Hummer H3- 3rd overall
• Pistol Pete Sohren 2nd Trick Truck- 8th overall
• Pat Dean 4th overall
• John Gaughn 5th overall
• Chuck Hovey 6th overall
• Steve Croll 7th overall

11:40 AM Update

• Herder first through the main pit
• Scaroni off the pace trailing the other trucks
• Hengeveld/Childress running solid
• Chuck Hovey gaining ground on the field
• For most racers not even half the race is over
• Greg Foutz in the Fabtech Stock Full blown right front shock leading over Kreg Donahoe - Donahoe Racing Performance

10:00 AM Update

• The large field of Pro Trucks are making their way in to the Main Pit area.

9:42 AM Update

• Childress and Hengeveld through main pit looking strong.
• DirtNewz interviewed Childress as he pitted the Jones Motorsports Truck- "Everything is bitchin', this is a blast!" commented Childress. Full fuel and a set of Toyos and they were on their way.

9:15 AM Update

• Jesse Jones and Andy McMillin have just cleared the Main Pit and are heading back out to the course
• John Herder is absolutely dominating and has cleared RM150. Radar clocked him at 112 MPH
• Cadiente, Scaroni headed for the Parker Python
• Andy McMillin blowing gear oil as he cam through main pit, smells like Vdrive- Radar clocked at 95 MPH
• MacCachren entering main pits slightly off pace with Robby Gordon right behind
• MacCachren clocked on radar at 109 MPH- fastest truck so far
• Gordon clocked at 103 MPH

9:00 AM Update

• Jesse Jones leads in class. Currently in the Parker Python, Jones launches off the jump and endos hard almost flipping. Jones saved it and is pitting for fuel and tires.
• Herder still leading, way out front, running trouble free in clean air.
• McMillin still charging hard.

8:45 AM Update

• Herder retains lead and has just cleared the main pit
• Jesse Jones has taken second place back from McMillin as they head toward the main pit.
• Scaroni reeling Vildosola in at RM108

8:30 AM Update

• Jesse Jones just passed by McMillin at RM 110
• Herder still has large lead at RM124
• Hengeveld & Childress way back
• Sohren trying to get back in the game at RM94

7:50 AM Update

Through RM39, the original starting order has not changed much. John Herder is pulling away from the pack taking advantage of the clean air putting a 7 minute 36 second lead on 2nd place Rob MacCachren.

1- Herder - 7 min 36 sec lead over MacCachren
2- MacCachren- 10 sec lead on Jones
3- Jones- Reeling Mac in
4- Cadiente- 60 sec back
5- McMillin- 60 sec back
6- Dirks
7- Weyhrich
8- Gordon
9- Scaroni

Pistol Pete not seen through RM39.

Childress and Hengeveld flew through RM39 looking strong. Childress throwing the horns out the window to DirtNewz staff.