Coming off his win April 9 in Nashville, Feese turned in the second-fastest times in both practices at Kentucky Speedway on Friday.
Feese will have to start near the back, however, because he crashed his No. 5 car into the Turn 4 wall during qualifying. Feese's team owner Billy Gerhart is third in the owner points standings, which allowed Feese to earn the first provisional spot in the field, which is in 33rd place.
In testing at Kentucky April 26, Feese, a 22-year-old rookie who is racing in just his second ARCA race, admitted he's still learning a lot about stock cars. Friday, he was clearly disgusted with the crash and said only, "It just slipped away from me."
A crew changeover and significant alterations to his No. 75 car has Weaver confident this season can be better than last year when his best finish was ninth. It already seems to be working in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series where Weaver is in 37th place after two starts.
"Last year, it was a nightmare to drive," Weaver said. "There was no balance at all with the car. This is year is a pleasure. We're starting to step it up a bit.'
ARCA driver Evan Jackson was also transported to the hospital after a qualifying incident. He was listed as conscious and alert.
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| POS, DRIVER, CAR, SPEED |
| 1 (46) Frank Kimmel, Ford, 170.336 |
| 2 (64) Ryan Hemphill, Dodge, 169.918 |
| 3 (75) Ken Weaver, Chevrolet, 168.266 |
| 4 (3) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 167.551 |
| 5 (41) Josh Clemons, Ford, 167.043 |
| 6 (91) Christi Passmore, Ford, 166.883 |
| 7 (44) Brent Sherman, Ford, 166.595 |
| 8 (21) Todd Bowsher, Ford, 166.497 |
| 9 (9) Matt Hagans, Dodge, 166.343 |
| 10 (35) Wayne Anderson, Chevrolet, 166.246 |
| 11 (25) Billy Venturini, Chevrolet, 166.225 |
| 12 (29) Brian Keselowski, Dodge, 166.031 |
| 13 (95) David Ragan, Ford, 165.705 |
| 14 (67) Jason Jarrett, Chevrolet, 165.685 |
| 15 (59) Mark Gibson, Chevrolet, 165.624 |
| 16 (65) Vern Slagh, Dodge, 164.906 |
| 17 (11) A.J. Fike, Pontiac, 164.855 |
| 18 (1) Brandon Knupp, Ford, 164.574 |
| 19 (56) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 164.254 |
| 20 (19) Keith Murt, Chevrolet, 162.729 |
| 21 (60) Jeff Kendall, Pontiac, 162.621 |
| 22 (23) Ron Cox, Chevrolet, 162.533 |
| 23 (30) Howard Bixman, Ford, 161.098 |
| 24 (08) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, 160.997 |
| 25 (28) Mike Buckley, Chevrolet, 158.805 |
| 26 (54) Frank Kapfhammer, Chevrolet, 157.618 |
| 27 (84) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 156.913 |
| 28 (34) Darrell Basham, Chevrolet, 156.913 |
| 29 (05) Mike Burg, Chevrolet, 155.378 |
| 30 (38) Mark Schulz, Pontiac, 149.804 |
| 31 (79) Tim Turner, Pontiac, 147.227 |
| 32 (48) Carl McCormick, Ford, 142.064 |
| 33 (5) Blake Feese, Chevrolet, Provisional |
| 34 (7) Jeff Caudell, Chevrolet, Provisional |
| 35 (26) Brad Smith, Ford, Provisional |
| 36 (06) Wayne Peterson, Chevrolet, Provisional |
| 37 (2) Aaron Call, Chevrolet, Provisional |
| 38 (8) Todd Antrican, Chevrolet, Provisional |
| 39 (77) Evan Jackson, Dodge, Provisional |
| 40 (4) Andy Belmont, Ford, Provisional |
| 41 (0) Tim Mitchell, Chevrolet, Provisional |
