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So far we have six drivers that are locked into the A-feature for Saturday night: Kyle Larson, Ricky Stenhouse, Sammy Swindell, Tony Stewart, Danny Straton, and Micheal Pickens. On Thursday night’s qualifier we will see another 60+ drivers battle for  three coveted positions in Saturday’s A-main.

Here are the heat race lineups for tonight’s feature. You never know what’s going to happen at the Chili-Bowl, but it definitely looks like Tracy Hines, and Chris Windom have the best chances of moving on to the A-main qualifiers.

Hot laps are just now underway, we’ll be back after the heat races to provide you a photo gallery and complete results.

Heat Race Action:

Heat race #1 -

Heat Race number one winner - Johnny Herrera

Tracy Hines could only muster a 6th place finish after getting spun on the opening lap

Heat Race #2 winner Shane Golobic came from 3rd starting position to win.

JJ Yeley would come from the last starting position to finish 2nd in his heat.

Mike Goodman would take a wild ride on the opening lap of the 4th heat race that was won by Damion Gardner

Complete heat race results:

Heat 1 Finish

1. #75H Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM; 2. #98 JC Bland, Springfield, IL; 3. #44S Clint Schubert, Calhan, CO; 4. #37B Brady Short, Bedford, IN; 5. #51X Matt Lundy, Phoenix, AZ; 6. #24 Tracy Hines, New Castle, IN; 7. #94AU Brad Cox, Gunnedah, Australia; 8. #2D Doug Day, Winder, GA; 9. #35M Matt Sherrell, Owasso, OK

Heat 2 Finish

1. #26 Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA; 2. #1J J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, AZ; 3. #98K P.J. Jones, Torrance, CA; 4. #19S Richard VanderWeerd, Visalia, CA; 5. #3AJ A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL; 6. #7J Shawn Jackson, Bear, DE; 7. #2AZ Rick Shuman, Gilbert, AZ; 8. #15K Conner Kassik, Lake Havasu, AZ; 9. #81B Ryan Beechler, McKinney, TX

Heat 3 Finish

1. #19 Jeff Stasa, Kingman, KS; 2. #22 Brian Camarillo, Camarillo, CA; 3. #8J Blake Hahn, Salpupa, OK; 4. #71XX Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 5. #11B Travis Berryhill, American Canyon, CA; 6. #27C Kip Hughes, Enid, OK; 7. #12J Joe Walker, Harrisonville, MO; 8. #83H Jonathan Halford, Tulsa, OK

Heat 4 Finish

1. #05G Damion Gardner, Concord, CA; 2. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 3. #93 Dustin Morgan, Broken Arrow, OK; 4. #7D Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK; 5. #2R A.J. Hopkins, Brownsburg, IN; 6. #88D Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove, MO; 7. #2G Terry Goodwin, Laveen, AZ; 8. #77G Mike Goodman, Broken Arrow, OK

Heat 5 Finish

Chris Windom will have to start in the C-Feature tonight as he had to pull of the track in the 5th heat.

1. #15 Tim Siner, Dupo, IL; 2. #25B Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, PA; 3. #25 Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD; 4. #17R Mario Clouser, Auburn, IL; 5. #29S Tim Kent, Sapulpa, OK; 6. #31E Evan Sewell, Tulsa, OK; 7. #85J Matt Johnson, Edmond, OK; 8. #11W Chris Windom, Canton, IL

Heat 6 Finish

1. #14C Shane Cockrum, Benton, IL: 2. #49X Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA; 3. #39B Jake Blackhurst, Mapleton, IL: 4. #9M Cory Mallo, Cheyenne, WY; 5. #44 Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE; 6. #91H Mike Hudson, Carterville, IL: 7. #71P Tim Pyle, Gresham, OR; 8. #1XS Donovan Peterson, Brookings, SD

Heat 7 Finish

1. #91X Kyle Steffens, St. Charles, MO; 2. #6A David Gough, Machesney Park, IL: 3. #12B Chad Boat, Phoenix, AZ; 4. #38N Kyle Neal, Ewing, IL; 5. #00 Pete Davis, Pleasanton, CA; 6. #71D Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH; 7. #69 Randy Boyer, Belleville, KS; 8. #22K Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO

Heat 8 Finish

1. #21M Billy Lawhead, El Reno, OK; 2. #72 Ryan Bernal, Hollister, CA; 3. #67K Rico Abreu, Rutherford, CA; 4. #6X Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS; 5. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 6. #4J Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 7. #17K Tanner Berryhill, Bixby, OK; DNS – #2A Donald McIntosh, Dawsonville, GA

The A main qualifiers are up next.

Brad sweet has looked as good as anyone has this year at the Chili-Bowl, and he will start from the pole position tonight. But watch out for the 6th place starter Shane Cottle, he struggled in his heat, but in his A-main qualifier he passed sweet and drove from the 8th place starting position to win.

The A-main qualifiers have just ended and your pole sitter for tonight’s a-main is Brad Sweet.

Complete A-Main lineup

The track really took some rubber this evening and turned extremely dusty as the mains kicked off.

The first B-main was marred by a nasty crash that involved half the field

JJ yeley started the A-feature on the outside pole, and was running mid pack when he would flip down the frontstretch. He would finish 22nd.

Damion Gardner was the first to go to the outside and was working his way through the field before coming to a stop in turn 4. He would finish 16th.

As the track slicked over "The Throttle" Shane Cottle, found his way to the front and might of had something for Kevin if there had been a late race caution.

The Top three - Shane Cottle, Kevin Swindell, and Brad Sweet.

Complete results:

1. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 2. #71xx Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 3. #49x Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA; 4. #19s Richard VanderWeerd (Visalia, CA); 5. #37b Brady Short, Bedford, IN; 6. #24 Tracy Hines, Wilkinson, IN; 7. #67k Rico Abreu, Rutherford, CA; 8. #15 Tim Siner, Dupo, IL; 9. #3aj A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL; 10. #22 Brian Camarillo, Camarillo, CA; 11. #12b Chad Boat, Phoenix, AZ; 12. #35m Matt Sherrell, Owasso, OK; 13. #6a David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 14. #44 Don Droud, Jr., Lincoln, NE; 15. #19 Patrick Stasa, Kingman, KS; 16. #05g Damion Gardner, Concord, CA; 17. #25b Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, PA; 18. #98k P.J. Jones, Torrance, CA; 19. #26 Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA; 20. #17r Mario Clouser, Auburn, IL; 21. #72 Ryan Bernal, Hollister, CA; 22. #1J J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, AZ; 23. #14c Shane Cockrum, Benton, IL; 24. #98 J.C. Bland, Springfield, IL (DNS).

We’ll see you back here tomorrow night for the final qualifying night before Saturday’s feature events.