GAFFNEY, S.C. – The Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco completed open practice on Thursday night at Cherokee Speedway.
The first night of the three-day weekend set the stage for the first race of the Halmar International Elite Series, a six-race mini-series paying a minimum of $25,000-to-win at each event.
Billy Pauch Jr. laid down the quickest lap overall for STSS Modifieds with 61 cars on hand. Pauch went around the banked three-eighths-mile at a time of 15.483 seconds in the first session which stood up through all five practice sessions.
Ryan Krachun (15.681 & 15.950 seconds) had the quickest time in both the second and fourth sessions. Matt Sheppard (15.780) and Mike Maresca (16.118) each laid down quick times in the third and fifth sessions, respectively.
Addison Bowman (17.153) was the quickest overall for the STSS Crate 602 Sportsman, timing fastest overall and turning the quickest lap in two different sessions.
Logan Watt (17.202), Matthew Ellery (17.243) and Craig Whitmoyer (17.301) were the other three quick timers in the remaining three sessions.