WHEATLAND, Mo. — With a record 107 street stock entries, the sixth annual Whitetail Trophy Hunt Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt got underway Thursday night at Lucas Oil Speedway with time trials.
David Hendrix, the 2018 Lucas Oil Speedway track champion, had the night’s fast time with a lap of 17.926 seconds. The only driver to post a time under 18 seconds, Hendrix will start on the pole in the first of eight qualifying heat races on Friday night.
Hendrix also earned the TJR Fast Time Bonus, $500 from Tony Jackson and Tony Jackson Racing for the driver quickest in time trials. Jackson, a veteran Late Model standout, has become a leading builder of street stocks through Tony Jackson Racing.
Aaron Poe of Knob Noster had the second-fasted time both in Group A and overall, at 18.266 seconds. Mark Simon of Buffalo was third in Group A (18.306) and Kevin Salter (18.427) was fourth in the group.
Kris Lloyd paced Group B with a lap of 18.244 seconds to edge out Kyle Slader (18.338). Dale Richardson, was third in Group B (18.462) and Dylan Davlin was fourth (18.487).
Those eight drivers will start on the pole for the heat races when action for the street stock division continues on Friday night. The top two finishers in each heat will lock themselves into Saturday’s $10,000-to-win feature and advance to “dashes” on Friday to set the running order of the top 16.