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The crews and cars are ready to roll at Douglas (Photo: Jason Christley/NASCAR)

Lap By Lap: Toyota/Bi-Mart 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts



ERIC HOLMES WINS HIS THIRD RACE OF THE SEASON AND WINS HIS SECOND STRAIGHT RACE AT DOUGLAS COUNTY. HE ALSO EXTENDS BILL MCANALLY RACING'S STREAK OF WINS AT DOUGLAS TO FOUR IN A ROW. HOLMES LED EVERY LAP EN ROUTE TO THE VICTORY AND ADDED TO HIS POINT LEAD OVER RUNNER-UP JASON BOWLES 

CHECKERED FLAG: ERIC HOLMES TAKES THE VICTORY AHEAD OF JASON BOWLES, DAVID MAYHEW, MIKE DAVID AND MOSES SMITH 

WHITE FLAG: Holmes stretches the lead even more. 

Lap 146 -- David moves inside of Smith and takes the spot. 

Lap 145 -- Holmes comfortably ahead of Bowles, while Mayhew continues to run sixth. Smith is holding on for fourth. 

Lap 144 -- David is on the back bumper of SMith. 

Lap 142 -- Holmes clears the lapped car of Dugan and is 8 car lengths in front of Bowles. 

Lap 140 -- Holmes still safely in front of Bowles as they pick off traffic 

Lap 137 -- David is closing quickly on Smith, but they are half a track behind Holmes. 

Lap 134 -- David passes inside of Thompson for fifth 

Lap 133 -- David puts the pressure on Thompson 

Lap 132 -- Hale out: suspsension 

Lap 130 -- Bowles can get a great run into the corner, but Holmes pulls away off the turn.  

Lap 128 -- David moves by Koch for sixth 

Lap 127 -- Smith and Thompson are along in fourth and fifth, respectively. 

Lap 125 -- Bowles continues to stalk Holmes. 

Lap 124 -- Hale pits after being posted for dragging something that is kicking up sparks. 

Lap 123 -- Bowles is successful. 

Lap 122 -- Bowles sticks it underneath Mayhew and tries to take away second. 

Lap 121 -- GREEN: Holmes and Mayhew on the front row. 

Lap 120 -- Holmes, Mayhew, Bowles, Smith, Thompson, Koch, Dick, Pursley, Warn and David are the top 10. 

Lap 118 -- CAUTION NO. 6: Hale, Dugan and Harraka in a three-car spin in Turn 1. No free pass. 

Lap 116 -- GREEN: Holmes gets jump again 

Lap 115 -- One at the line the next time by. Running order is: Holmes, Mayhew, Bowles, Smith, Thompson and Koch.

Lap 112 -- CAUTION NO. 5: Debris on the backstretch.  David is the free pass car.

Lap 110 -- Bowles has really turnd up the head on Mayhew, 

Lap 107 -- Holmes has a sizable lead over Mayhew and Bowles. Smith is 10 cars lengths back, and then five car lengths to Thompson, Koch and David running in a line. Pursley is another 8-10 car lengths back. 

Lap 105 -- Mayhew is feeling the pressure from Bowles, but keeps a car length or two between them. 

Lap 104 -- David is on the march again. 

Lap 101 -- With a free race track, Holmes really puts some ground on Mayhew and Bowles. 

Lap 100 -- Koch is behind Thompson. 

Lap 97 -- GREEN: Holmes gets another solid jump and pulls to the lead. Mayhew, Bowles, Smith and Thompson follow. 

Lap 95 -- Running order is: Holmes, Mayhew, Bowles, Smith, Thompson, Pursley, Koch, Dick. David loses a lap in the pits. 

Lap 92 -- CAUTION NO. 4: Holmes gets into the back of Dugan as they exit Turn 4; Dugan goes around and brings out the yellow. Hale is the free pass car.

Lap 91 -- Holmes goes under Warn, and Mayhew follows. 

Lap 89 -- Warn and Dugan are just ahead of Holmes, while in front of them Koch and Dick battle each other. 

Lap 88 -- Holmes looking to pick his way through more lapped cars. 

Lap 84 -- Holmes is about five car lengths from lapping Warn and Dugan 

Lap 82 -- David moves under Thompson for fifth. 

Lap 81 -- Mayhew has edged a little closer to Holmes' back bumper 

Lap 77 -- Leader make quick work of the lapped cars of Pedroncelli, Hale and Harraka. 

Lap 75 -- David passes sixth. 

Lap 72 -- David has passed Dick and is now going to work on Pursley. 

Lap 71 -- Holmes closing in on Pedroncelli, Hale and Harraka again. 

Lap 69 -- Bowles advantage over Smith in fourth now almost a full straightaway. 

Lap 67 -- Holmes begins to pull away from Mayhew. 

Lap 64 -- David gets by Koch. 

Lap 63 -- Behind Thompson are Pursely, Dick, Koch, David, Dugan and Warn. 

Lap 60 -- Top 3 of Holmes, Mayhew and Bowles have a half straightaway on Smith, who has another half straightaway on Thompson. 

Lap 57 -- Koch puts the pressure on Dick for the seventh spot. 

Lap 56 -- Bennett is out: accident 

Lap 55 -- Pursley passes Dick for sixth. 

Lap 53 -- Dick, Pursley, Koch, David and Dugan folllow Thompson. 

Lap 50 -- Thompson gets shuffled into the outside line, allowing Smith to move to fourth behind Holmes, Mayhew and Bowles. 

Lap 49 -- GREEN: Holmes leads Mayhew again to the line.  

Lap 46 -- Bennett's car will need to go off on a hook, as he went back end into the outside retaining wall. The Turn 3 outside wall juts out slightly to serive as the exit to pit road. There is a dirt area before an an outer wall. Harraka went through the dirt in his earlier incident; Bennett got into the outer wall.

Lap 44 -- CAUTION NO. 3: Bennett goes for a spin in Turn 3 as several cars, including David and Thompson battle for the fourth-place spot. 

Lap 43 -- GREEN: Holmes and Mayhew lead the field to the line. Holmes again gets the jump and leads by a half car. Gets clear on the backstretch. 

Lap 42 -- One at the line to green. 

Lap 41 -- Running order is: Holmes, Mayhew, Bowles, Bennett, Thompson, David, Smith, Pursley, Dick, Dugan, Koch. Warn lost a lap with his spin. 

Lap 40 -- Hale gets the free pass. 

Lap 38 -- CAUTION NO. 2: Warn spins coming out of Turn 2. 

Lap 35 -- Holmes and Mayhew make quick work of Pedroncelli and Harraka. 

Lap 33 -- Holmes closing in on tail of the field. Pedroncelli will be first up, along with Hale and Harraka. 

Lap 31 -- Thompson fades slightly and is now more worried about holding off David than challenging Bennett. 

Lap 29 -- Top 3 remains Holmes, Mayhew and Bowles, and they are a straightaway ahead of Bennett. 

Lap 26 -- Bennett, Thompson and David put two car lengths on Smith, who is still followed by Pursley, Warn, Dick and Dugan 

Lap 24 -- Koch passes Harraka back in the field in a battle of rookies

Lap 23 -- Thompson can get nose to back of Bennett, but nothing more. 

Lap 21 --  Dick and Dugan folloow Warn. 

Lap 20 -- Top 3 continue to put ground on the rest of the field. 

Lap 18 -- Thompson all over the back of Bennett. Followed by David, Smith, Pursley and Warn. 

Lap 16 -- Holmes, Mayhew, Bowles start to pull away from Bennett and Thompson. 

Lap 14 -- Bennett skips off the inside of Turn 2 and loses a spot to Bowles. 

Lap 13 -- GREEN: Eric Holmes pulls ahead at the line. 

Lap 12 -- One to go at the line. 

Lap 11 -- Red flag has been withdrawn. 

Lap 11 -- Sellers is also off the track with mechanical issues. 

Lap 11 -- There is oil in Turn 2 onto pit road that the crew is working on cleaning as well. 

Lap 11 -- The red flag has been displayed. Running order is Holmes, Mayhew, Bennett, David, Boels, Smith, Thompson, Pursley, Warn, Dick, Hale, Dugan, Koch, Harraka and Pedroncelli. 

Lap 11 -- The field will be brought to a halt in Turns 1 and 2 as officials work to clean up the swath of oil down the backstretch. 

Lap 7 -- Blake Koch also puts under yellow. He didn't lose a lap despite the spin. 

Lap 5 -- Harraka pulls into the pits to address the damage. 

Lap 3 -- CAUTION NO. 1: Paulie Harraka goes off road in Turn 3 and has damage to the right rear. 

Lap 2 -- Eric Holmes has jumped out to a lead, followed by David Mayhew and Travis Bennett. 

Lap 1 -- Blake Koch spins in Turn 4, turns it around and gets it going again without a caution 

Lap 1 -- GREEN: Eric Holmes and David Mayhew lead the field with Holmes by a nose at the line 

8:40 p.m. -- One to go at the line. 

8:39 p.m. -- Field is doubled up with two to go at the line. Greg Rayl, who has battled engine problems all day, will pull off after taking the green to save his equipment to run another day. 

8:38 p.m. -- Three pace laps. 

8:37 p.m. -- Bi-Mart Director of Advertiser Don Leban and Clausen give the command to fire engines. 

8:34 p.m. -- Technical difficulties continue to delay the command. 

8:27 p.m. -- Command delayed slightly for last-minute cleanup. 

8:25 p.m. -- Drivers get the 'two-minute warning' until engines are fired. 

8:22 p.m. -- Drivers are getting buckled in to their rides. 

8:17 p.m. -- The Roseburg High School ROTCC presents the colors. Motor Racing Outreach gives invocation followed by country singer Amy Clausen with the National Anthem. 

8:08 p.m. -- Driver introductions have begun. 

7:49 p.m. -- NASCAR Camping World Series West cars are being pushed on to the track for driver introductions. 

7:39 p.m. -- Late Models are complete. Pre-race ceremonies have begun, led by the track's Bi-Mart Avenger monster truck on the front stretch.  

6:55 p.m. -- Douglas County's weekly divisions are on the track now. The 50-lap Late Model feature set to roll off. 

4:51 p.m. -- Eric Holmes knocks Mayhew off the pole with a lap of 15.240 (88.583). Jack Sellers concludes qualifying, and Holmes earns his first Coors Light Pole Award of the season. It's his 11th of his career and second straight at Roseburg.

4:50 p.m. -- Travis Bennett blisters a lap of 15.421 (87.543) that jumps him up to second in speed.  

4:47 p.m. -- David Mayhew, fastest in practice, backs it up with a provisional pole lap of 15.308 (88.189). Smith now second, followed by Mike David (who went out right after Mayhew), Bowles and Blake Koch. 

4:45 p.m. -- Moses Smith's second lap at 15.461 (87.316) knocks Bowles off the provisional pole. 

4:43 p.m. -- After eight cars, the top times are Bowles, Harraka, Pursley, Thompson, and Dugan. 

4:42 p.m. -- Just as quick, Jason Bowles goes to the top of the charts with a 15.528 (86.940) 

4:40 p.m. -- Paulie Harraka tops Thompson with a time of 15.545 (86.845) 

4:35 p.m. -- Thompson's early time to beat is 15.580 second (86.650) 

4:32 p.m. -- Brett Thompson is the first car to roll off for his qualifying attempt. Of the other fast cars in practice, Jason Bowles goes off 7th, Moses Smith 10th, David Mayhew 13th, Mike David 14th and Eric Holmes 16th out of 17 cars.

4:20 p.m. -- Qualifying and race time have been moved up a half hour each. Qualifying will go off in 10 minutes. 

4:08 p.m. -- With a clear track, NASCAR is polling crew chiefs on moving qualifying up from 5 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

1:45 p.m. -- Practice has concluded for the day. David Mayhew jumps to the top of the charts in the second practice with the top time of the day at 15.357 seconds (87.908 mph). Eric Holmes is second at 15.424 seconds, followed by Brett Thompson at 15.468 seconds. Jason Bowles and Moses Smith round out the top five. (PRACTICE TIMES) Qualifying up next at 5 p.m.

1 p.m. -- Final practice has begun. 

12:15 p.m. -- First practice concludes, with defending race winner Eric Holmes leading the way with a lap of 15.531 seconds. David Mayhew was second quick at 15.609, followed by Jason Bowles at 15.613. Mike David and Brett Thompson rounded out the top five.

11:30 a.m. -- Cars are on the track for first practice session, which will go to 12:15 p.m.; Second practice will run from 1-1:45 p.m. 

10:24 a.m. -- Seventeen cars working their way through inspection. Wes Banks, Jim Marchino and the No. 14 car (driver TBA) have withdrawn from the original entry list. 

9  a.m. PT -- The cars are unloaded and the crews are at work. First practice is set for 11:30 a.m.