Two hunter education classes will be available this month in Roswell.

These courses are open to students of any age seeking hunter education certification to meet hunting requirements in New Mexico. The courses are instructor-led and incorporate lecture, video, break-out sessions, review methods and homework to educate students. Students 10 and under must have a parent/adult present with them during class.

All students MUST complete the Today’s Hunter student manual homework before participating in class. Students can pick up a free hard copy manual at the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Southeast Area Office, 1615 W. College Blvd., Roswell. The manual can also be downloaded for free at www.hunter-ed.com/ newmexico/manual. Students are required to turn in their completed manual worksheets upon arrival to class.

Registration is open online through the student’s Customer ID Number (CIN) Account. Once in the account, click on Hunter Education, then click the Register for Hunter Ed Classes button and follow the prompts.

Students may attend from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. either Saturday, June 29, or Sunday, June 30, at the Southeast Area Office in Roswell.

No more excuses!

Safety first! Helmets, goggles available to youth free of charge

Did you spend a lot of money on your child’s dream machine recently? Are your kids looking to get out and explore the trails? Before they do, they must complete an approved OHV safety class. Throughout the summer, the Department is offering several opportunities for your family to take an OHV safety class.

In addition to a certification, youth under 18 who pass an in-person OHV class will be given a free helmet and goggles to ensure they are safe before hitting the trails. OHV in-person classes are currently scheduled in Los Lunas. There is also a motorcycle class scheduled in Albuquerque.

Enroll for a class by logging into or creating a customer account and clicking on Off-Highway Vehicle.

For more information, contact the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish OHV Program office at 505-222-4712 or email DGF-OHVEDU@dgf.nm.gov.

Hunter education instructor training workshop scheduled

This workshop is required to become a certified hunter education instructor and will certify the instructor to teach both the Traditional and the Field Day Hunter Education student courses. This workshop will also provide the New Mexico Hunter Education certification to new instructors who need a required New Mexico Hunter Education number. All participants must register prior to attending.

This worksop will be held from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday, June 24, in Las Cruces. Interested applicants need to first become certified Game and Fish volunteers. Below are the steps to become a certified volunteer: 1. Create a Customer Identification Account (CIN) with the Department at onlinesales.wildlife. state.nm.us. 2. Email Chris Jarvis at chris.jarvis@dgf. nm.gov for complete volunteer on-boarding packet.

3. Once the application is approved, certified volunteers can sign-up for the hunter education workshop through their CIN account.

For additional questions, contact Stephanie Walton at stephanie.walton@dgf.nm.gov.

Bowhunter skills camp set for June 22

Learn archery basics and safety, how to choose equipment, proper shot placement while hunting, outdoor preparedness, and more!

These camps are for participants of any age who are interested in learning more about the basics of archery and bow hunting. All archery equipment will be provided; however, participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment if they have it.

The camp will be held June 22 at the Lincoln National Forest Office. Registration is available online.

All participants must have a Department Customer Identification Number (CIN) Account and enter this number onto the registration form.

Summer Solstice events planned at Aztec, Chaco

On Friday, June 21, visitors are invited to Chaco Culture National Historical Park to observe the sunrise at Casa Rinconada.

As the sun rises just before 6 a.m., it will shine directly through a window on the northeast side of the kiva, illuminating a niche in the opposite wall shortly after sunrise. The Chacoans were keen observers of the sky and created architectural alignments like the east-west/north-south alignment of Casa Rinconada to document specific solar events. Join us as we continue this time-honored tradition of solar observation.

Park staff will open the park entrance gate at 5:15 a.m. Prior to the opening, visitors should park their vehicles in the visitors’ center parking lot. The sunrise event will be open to the first 100 visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.

To celebrate the beginning of summer, a full slate of programs and special events will be occurring throughout the week. The MaaTuu dance group of Santa Clara pueblo will be performing in the Pueblo Bonito plaza three times: Thursday at 10 a.m., Thursday at 1 p.m. and Friday at 10 a.m. A special performance by R. Carlos Nakai, the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute and Grammy-nominated musician, will be performing at Casa Rinconada during the sunrise on June 21.

At 10 a.m. Saturday, June 22, join a ranger for a special back-country hike to the Casa Chaquita site to learn about the hidden wonders of this national park and World Heritage Site. For the full slate of talks, performances, hikes and other programs being offered this week, view the calendar on the park website.

Aztec Ruins National Monument will be hosting its summer solstice sunrise observation on Thursday, June 20. Visitors will be able to observe the sun rising in alignment with the north wall of the Aztec West great house just before 6 a.m. After this, visitors will be invited to enter the great kiva to observe a shaft of sunlight shine through a doorway on the east side of the kiva as it travels across the west wall and aligns directly with a niche in the wall.

Park staff will open the park entrance gate at 5:30 a.m. Visitors should park in the visitors’ center parking lot, and staff will direct them into the site. The park grounds will remain open after the event.

This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish in cooperation with Dustin Berg of www.gounlimited. org (“supporting disabled anglers”), has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Tell us about your latest New Mexico fishing adventure, or your catch of the week. Send it to us at funfishingnm@gmail. com. We may include your story in our next report. For catches of the week include: name, age, hometown, date, location, type of fish, length and weight if possible, and bait, lure or fly used. Fish weights and measurements are provided by the angler and printed here as received. Catches of the Week

• Eagle Nest Lake: Marcella Gallegos of Los Ranchos caught a 20.5-inch rainbow trout using Green PowerBait on June 1.

• Los Pinos River: Jackie Martinez of Rio Rancho caught a 13-inch brown trout using a Hare’s Ear fly on June 3. Tino Padilla of Rio Rancho caught an 11-inch rainbow trout using a Prince Nymph fly on June 3.

• Pecos River: Dan Muenzberg of Santa Fe caught a 17inch rainbow trout using his home-tied Salmon Fly dry-fly on May 31.

• Red River: Rylie, age 6, of Los Alamos caught a 19-inch rainbow trout using salmon eggs on May 30.

• Rio Grande: Andrew Mann of Albuquerque caught a 40inch pike using a home-tied Crawdad Streamer fly near Dixon on June 2.

• Bluewater Lake: Bucky Smith, age 16, of Santa Fe caught a 35-inch tiger muskie using cut bait on June 2.

• Cochiti Lake: Manuel and Luke Baldonado of Edgewood caught a 16.5-inch crappie and a 28-inch pike using ADz custom-jointed lures on June 2.

• Burns Lake: Jaxon Parker, age 9, of Gallup caught a 23inch rainbow trout using yellow garlic bait on May 26.

• McGaffey Lake: Kaia Rivera, age 6, of Laguna along with his dad caught their limits of rainbow trout ranging in size from 10 to 13-inches using Salmon-Peach PowerBait on June 1.

• Seven Springs Kids’ Pond: Brooke Harper, age 9, of Albuquerque caught an 18.5-inch brown trout using an olive Woolly Bugger fly on June 2. Maddilyn Marty of Rio Rancho caught her first rainbow trout using a worm on her first birthday May 31.

• Escondida Lake: Antonio Téllez of Los Lunas caught a 35-inch catfish using chicken liver on June 1.

• Elephant Butte Lake: Molly and Carson Bullard, ages 10 and 12, of Rio Rancho caught a mixed bag of crappie, white bass and smallmouth bass using curly-tail grubs and Berkeley Gulp minnows on June 6. Daniel Aragon, age 11, of Las Cruces caught 15 white bass while trolling using a Rat-L-Trap lure on June 6.

• Willow Creek: Jake Johnson of Las Cruces caught and released a 7-inch Gila trout using a homemade, barbless quail-tail Stone Fly on June 7.

• Brantley Lake: Marshall Holman of Clovis caught a 30-pound, 2-ounce flathead catfish using a 2-inch cube of pink Zote Soap on June 1.

• Grindstone Reservoir: Rodney Adams of Roswell caught a 17-inch rainbow trout using a nightcrawler worm on May 30.

• Pecos River: Valerie Wyatt of Roswell caught a 36-inch catfish using a hot dog on June 2.

• Spring River Pond: Adonis Chavez caught a 30-inch catfish using shrimp on the park’s opening day, May 25.

NORTHEAST

Cabresto Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Charette Lakes: Fishing for trout was fair when PowerBait.

Cimarron River: Streamflow near Cimarron Monday morning was 43 cubic feet per second (cfs). Fishing for trout was fair to good when using beadhead nymph flies.

Eagle Nest Lake: Fishing for trout was slow to fair when using Green Garlic PowerBait and Salmon Peach PowerBait. Fishing for pike was slow to fair when using Streamer flies. For updated lake conditions, visit the park’s webpage or call the park office at 575-377-1594.

Eagle Rock Lake: Fishing for trout using spinners, PowerBait and flies was slow.

Gallinas River: National Forest closures have been in place restricting fishing access. Visit the Santa Fe National Forest webpage or call the Santa Fe National Forest office at 505438-5300 for the latest closure information.

Hopewell Lake: Fishing for trout was good when using worms, PowerBait, and rainbow trout-pattern spinners.

Lake Maloya: Fishing for trout was good when using silver spoons. The ADA dock is open to anglers, with priority given to mobility-impaired persons.

Los Pinos River: Fishing for trout was good when using Prince Nymph flies and Hare’s Ear flies.

Monastery Lake: The lake is part of the Department’s Open Gate Program. Please visit our website for more information about this property.

Morphy Lake: Fishing for trout was good when using floating nightcrawler worms and yellow Panther Martin spinners.

Pecos River: Streamflow near Pecos Monday morning was 169 cfs. Fishing for trout was good when using Salmon flies.

Red River: Streamflow below the Red River Hatchery on Monday morning was 116 cfs. Fishing for trout was fair to good when using salmon eggs.

Rio Grande: Streamflow below the Taos Junction Bridge on Monday morning was 1,100 cfs. Fishing for trout was slow when using homemade, white Streamer flies. Fishing for pike was fair when using Streamer flies. Anglers reported high water levels and poor visibility due to runoff water from melting snow in the high country.

Rio Hondo: Streamflow near Valdez Monday morning was 82 cfs.

Rio Mora: Streamflow near Terrero Monday morning was 39 cfs.

Rio Pueblo: Streamflow near Peñasco Monday morning was 101 cfs.

Santa Cruz Reservoir: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Shuree Ponds: Closed until July 1.

Springer Lake: Fishing for all species was slow.

Storrie Lake: Fishing for trout was fair when using worms and Garlic PowerBait.

Stubblefield Lake: Fishing for all species was slow.

Ute Lake: Fishing for walleye was good when using tubes, swimbaits and jigs tipped with Berkley Gulp minnows on rocky points in 5-10 feet of water. Fishing for white bass was good when trolling using Berkley Flicker Shad lures, Bandit lures, Wally Diver lures and 3-inch swimbaits in 10-15 feet of water. Fishing for smallmouth bass was very good when using Wack-E-Stiks on a short Carolina rig in 5-15 feet of water. Fishing for crappie was good when using live minnows. Fishing for catfish was good when using chicken liver and nightcrawler worms. The main lake’s water surface temperature was in the low-70 F range, and the water’s color was clear.

NORTHWEST

Abiquiu Lake: Fishing for smallmouth bass was fair to good when using plastic worms. Fishing for crappie was fair when using small crappie-pattern lures. Contact the Abiquiu Lake Main Office at 505-6854371 for updated lake conditions and closure information.

Animas River: Streamflow below Aztec Monday morning was 2,460 cfs.

Bluewater Lake: Fishing for trout was fair to good when using Garlic PowerBait. Fishing for tiger muskie was fair when using cut bait.

Canjilon Lakes: Fishing for trout was slow. Anglers reported lots of debris in the water.

Cochiti Lake: Fishing for white bass was good when using white swimbaits. Fishing for pike was fair to good when using ADz custom-jointed lures. Fishing for crappie was fair when using ADz custom-jointed lures. El Vado Lake: Closed due to dam construction project. For more information, visit El Vado Lake State Park’s webpage or call 575-588-7247.

Fenton Lake: Fishing for trout was fair when using PowerBait and bead-head nymph flies. For updated lake conditions and potential closure information, visit the park’s webpage or call the park office at 575-829-3630.

Grants Riverwalk Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Heron Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Jemez Waters: Streamflow near Jemez Monday morning was 34 cfs. Fishing for trout was good when using multi-colored PowerBait and dry flies. Fishing the East Fork was very good when using spinners, Copper John flies, Pheasant-Tail Nymph flies, Prince Nymph flies and Caddis Stimulator dry flies.

Laguna del Campo: Fishing for trout was fair when using blue and pink Mepps spinners, various PowerBait and salmon eggs.

Lagunitas Lakes: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Lake Farmington: Fishing for trout was good when using spinners, spoons and Rainbow Glitter PowerBait.

McGaffey Lake: Fishing for trout was good when using Salmon-Peach PowerBait.

Navajo Lake: Fishing for kokanee salmon was fair to good when using spinners tipped with corn. Fishing for brown trout was fair when using chrome-colored spoons. Fishing for pike was fair to good when using jerkbaits. Fishing for bass was slow to fair when using crankbaits.

Rio Chama: Streamflow below El Vado Lake Monday morning was 479 cfs; streamflow below Abiquiu Lake Tuesday morning was 362 cfs. Please remember, from the river-crossing bridge on U.S. Highway 84 at Abiquiu upstream 7 miles to the base of Abiquiu Dam is special trout waters with a bag limit of only two trout.

Riverside Park Pond (Aztec Pond #1): Fishing for trout was fair to good when using Red, White and Blue PowerBait.

San Juan River: Streamflow near Archuleta Tuesday morning was 362 cfs. Fishing for trout in the quality waters was fair to good when using Red Annelid flies and foam-wing, midge-emerger-pattern flies. Fishing for trout in the bait waters was fair to good when using black, yellow and silver spinners.

Seven Springs Kids’ Pond: Fishing for trout was good when using olive Woolly Bugger flies, rainbow-colored PowerBait and worms. Rio Grande chub are a native fish in the Jemez River drainage and can be found in the Seven Springs Kids’ Ponds. Anglers often mistake these awesome native fish for an invasive species and leave them on the banks to die. If you catch a Rio Grande chub, please do not leave it on the bank; return it to the water where it can survive as part of our native ecosystem.

Tiger Park Reservoir: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Tingley Beach: Fishing for catfish was fair to good when using chicken liver. Fishing for bass was fair to good when using Whopper Plopper lures and white curly-tail grubs.

Trout Lakes: We had no reports from anglers this week.

SOUTHWEST

Alumni Pond: Closed for repairs until further notice.

Bear Canyon Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Bill Evans Lake: Fishing for bass was fair to good when using spinnerbaits.

Caballo Lake: Fishing for catfish was good when using cut bait.

Elephant Butte Lake: Fishing for bass was good when using crankbaits. Fishing for white bass was very good when using Rat-L-Trap lures, Flicker Shad lures, chrome Kastmaster lures and shad-pattern swimbaits. Fishing for crappie was fair when using Berkley Gulp minnows and live minnows. Fishing for catfish was fair to good when using live minnows, cut shad bait and cut carp bait.

Escondida Lake: Fishing for catfish was good when using chicken liver.

Estancia Park Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Gila River: Streamflow near Gila Monday morning was 7 cfs.

Glenwood Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Lake Roberts: Fishing for catfish was fair when using nightcrawler worms. Percha Dam: Fishing for white bass and wipers was fair when using minnows and white swimbaits.

Quemado Lake: Fishing for trout was fair when using nightcrawler worms and corn Power-Bait.

Rio Grande: Streamflow below Elephant Butte Dam on Tuesday morning was 2,200 cfs. Fishing for catfish was fair to good when using chicken liver near Socorro.

Snow Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Trees Lake: Fishing for bass was good when using 3-inch plastic worms.

Young Pond: Fishing for catfish was good when using chicken and nightcrawler worms.

SOUTHEAST

Alto Lake: Fishing for trout was good when using Power-Bait and spinners.

Bataan Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Berrendo Creek: Please visit the Open Gate webpage for more information on this property.

Black River: Streamflow at Malaga Monday morning was 6 cfs.

Blue Hole Park Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Bonito Lake: The lake remains closed due to the Blue 2 Fire. Visit https://www.nmfireinfo. com for the latest information.

Bosque Redondo Lake: Fishing for catfish was fair to good when using worms.

Bottomless Lakes: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Brantley Lake: Fishing for catfish was good when using Zote Soap.

Carlsbad Municipal Lake: Fishing for bass was fair to good when using live minnows.

Chaparral Park Lake: Fishing for bass was fair to good when using Texas-rigged, green-colored Bandito plastic bugs.

Corona Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Dennis Chavez Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Eunice Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Green Meadow Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Greene Acres Lake: Fishing for catfish was good when using stink bait.

Grindstone Reservoir: Fishing for trout was good when using nightcrawler worms and various types of PowerBait.

Harry McAdams Park Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Jal Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Lake Van: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Ned Houk Ponds: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Oasis Park Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Pecos River: Streamflow below Sumner Lake Monday morning was 88 cfs. Fishing for catfish was good when using hot dogs.

Perch Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Rio Bonito: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Rio Ruidoso: Streamflow at Hollywood Tuesday morning was 6 cfs.

Rock Lake Hatchery Kids’ Pond: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Santa Rosa Lake: The boat ramp was closed due to the recent block release of water to Brantley Reservoir.

Spring River Pond: Fishing for catfish was good when using shrimp bait.

Sumner Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Timberon Ponds: We had no reports from anglers this week.

Austin Cindric’s win at WWT Raceway Sunday was his first since he won the 2022 DAYTONA 500 as a rookie, a dry spell that lasted 85 races.

Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Freightliner Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on Sunday.

(Logan Riely/Getty Images) Cindric outduels (outfuels) Blaney

MThen it was Blaney’s turn to suffer game-changing misfortune.

“Never thought in my mind we were short,” Blaney said. “One of those things. Gosh, proud of the 12 boys. We were fast. Had my work cut out for me holding off Christopher. That was a fun battle. 1 don’t know what happened to him.

“Yeah, one lap short, which just stinks. Congrats to the 2 team. They did a good job all day. Props to them, Austin. Proud for Team Penske and Ford.

“Really happy with our showing today. I don’t know what I’ve got to do to get some luck on our side. Gosh, wrecked the last two points races. Thought we had a great shot to win today. Ended up bad.”

Bell was fresh from victory in the rainshortened May 26 Coca-Cola 600 and had a car that was dominant from the outset. He passed pole winner Michael McDowell on Lap 41 to win Stage 1 and stayed on the track under caution for Josh Berry’s collision with the Turn 3 wall to win Stage 2.

In the closing laps, it seemed inevitable that Bell would overtake Blaney, until Bell’s engine turned sour.

“I have no idea what happened,” said Bell, who rolled to a seventh-place finish. “Some sort of motor issue. I’m surprised that I made it to the end. Glad we were able to salvage something out of it.

“You don’t get race cars like that very often. Whenever you do, you need to take advantage of it. Disappointing day.”

Tyler Reddick finished fourth and Logano fifth, followed by Austin Dillon, Bell, Sunoco rookie Carson Hocevar (a career-best eighth), Justin Haley and Larson.

On Lap 140, the final circuit of Stage 2, Kyle Busch and Larson were battling in close quarters for the seventh position when Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet broke loose underneath Busch’s No. 8 Camaro, sending both cars sliding into the outside wall.

Busch’s car was damaged beyond repair and exited the race in the 35th position— the first DNF of the season for the twotime Cup champion. Larson, on the other hand, was able to salvage the lOth-place result.

“We can’t afford days like this,” said Busch, who is winless this year and squarely on the bubble for a Playoff spot. “Yeah, he got loose and wiped us out.”

ADISON, 111. – Surprise and elation were the watchwords for Team Penske driver Austin Cindric, who won Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway at the expense of teammate Ryan Blaney.

The race was Blaney’s to win—until the reigning Cup Series champ ran out of fuel on the next-to-last lap and handed the lead to his teammate. Cindric charged past Blaney at the finish line and completed the checkered-flag lap as Blaney rolled slowly to 24th-place result.

The victory was Cindric’s first since he won the 2022 DAYTONA 500 as a rookie, a dry spell that lasted 85 races. Nevertheless, Cindric expressed conflicting emotions after he climbed from his No. 2 Ford.

“This weekend was a great weekend for everybody involved,” Cindric said. “But, yeah, to have two cars in the fight, eventual 1-2. Heartbroken for those guys.

“This is huge for me. This is huge for this team. I’m so glad I was able to get a win with Brian (Wilson) as my crew chief in the Cup Series. You never know when it’s going to happen again. Just drove my butt off, hope for the best.”

All three Team Penske drivers—Cindric, Blaney and Joey Logano—made only three pit stops to at least four for all other competitors. They stayed out under caution for the Stage 2 break and restarted 1-2-3 on Lap 149.

After pitting early in the ensuing cycle (Blaney on Lap 176, Cindric on Lap 177 and Logano on Lap 179, Blaney gained a spot on Cindric and began working his way through the field, improving his position as cars ahead of him came to pit road.

On Lap 217, when Kyle Larson pitted, Blaney assumed the lead, but with the race’s fastest car—the No. 20 Toyota of Christopher Bell—in hot pursuit. Bell soon caught Blaney and pulled alongside several times before engine issues caused Bell to slow dramatically.

“I’m blowing up, I’m blowing up,” Bell radioed to his crew.

But Bell, who had won the first two stages, nursed his car to the finish with help from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. Three laps down and mired in 34th place, Truex repeatedly pushed Bell’s Camry in the closing laps.

• Saturday’s PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION 147, Portland International

WINNER: SHANE VAN GISBERGEN

NewZealander Shane van Gisbergen claimed his first Xfinity Series victory in Saturday’s Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway. The popular Kiwi celebrated the hardearned win with a burnout all the way around the 1.967 mile road course and then climbing out of his Chevy and topping it off by kicking a soccer ball into the thrilled crowd.

It was a popular win all around for the 35-year-old three-time Australian Supercar champion, but he had to work for it. The series rookie – who won the inaugural Chicago Street Race in his first NASCAR Cup Series start last summer – led laps early in the No. 97 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet but struggled with race re-starts for much of the day. He lost positions on the early restarts and even had to overcome a couple miscues – dropping his tires off track into the dirt – before steadily and masterfully working his way forward in the closing laps to challenge for the win.

He passed the day”s most dominant driver, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier on the final restart with four laps to go and pulled away to a .941-second victory over the series veteran, who led a race best 46 of the race’s 75 laps.

JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer, van Gisbergen’s Kaulig teammate A.J. Allmendinger – who started last in the field – and Sam Hunt Racing’s Ed Jones – an IMSA sportscar and Indy Car veteran – rounded out the Top-5.

• Saturday’s TOYOTA 200, World Wide Technology Raceway (IL)

WINNER: COREY HEIM

The early bird got the victory on Saturday afternoon at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

In a long green-flag run to start the final stage of the Toyota 200, Corey Heim brought his No. 11 TRICON Garage Tundra to pit road before any of the other top trucks made greenflag stops, and the move paid off with optimum track position.

Heim held the top spot for a restart on Lap 138 of 160 and led the rest of the way, beating runner-up Christian Eckes to the finish line by 1.854 seconds, earning a $50,000 bonus as the winner of the second Triple Truck Challenge.

The victory was a welcome turnaround after Heim’s truck was disqualified from second place May 24 at Charlotte for three lug nuts not secure. Heim won for the fourth time this season—all within the last eight races—the second time at Gateway and the ninth time in 53 career starts.

Note: The start of the race was delayed for two-and-a-half hours by rain… The final Triple Truck Challenge race is scheduled for June 28 at Nashville Superspeedway. Heim and Sanchez, last week’s Charlotte winner, could collect an additional $100,000 as the winners of two of three events in “The Trip.” A $50,000 bonus is available to all other drivers.

FEB. 3,8 PM, FOX: Busch Light Clash at the (LA) Coliseum (D. Hamlin) FEB. 15,7 PM, FS1: Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at DAYTONA (T- Reddick) FEB. 15,9 PM, FS1: Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at DAYTONA (C. B«ll) FEB. 19,4 PM, FOX: DAYTONA 500 (W. Byron) FEB. 25,3 PM FOX: Ambetter Health 400 at ATLANTA (D. Suarez) MARCH 3,3:30 PM, FOX: Pennzoil 400 at LAS VEGAS (K. Larson) MARCH 10,3:30 PM, FOX; Shriners Children’s 500 at PHOENIX (C. Bell) MARCH 17,3:30 PM, FOX: Food City 500 at BRISTOL (D. Hamlin) MARCH 24, 3:30 PM, FOX: EchoPark at CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS (W. Byron) MARCH 31,7 PM, FOX: Toyota Owners 400 at RICHMOND (D. Hamlin) APRIL 7,3 PM, FS1: Cook Out 400 at MARTINSVILLE (W. Byron) APRIL 14, 3:30 PM, FS1: Auto Trader EchoPark 400 at TEXAS (C. Elliott) APRIL 21, 3 PM, FOX: GEICO 500 at TALLADEGA (T. Reddick) APRIL 28, 2 PM, FSIs WURTH 400 at DOVER (D. Hamlin) MAY 5,3 PM, FS1: AdventHealth 400 at KANSAS (K. Larson) MAY 12, 3 PM, FS1: Goodyear 400 at DARLINGTON {B. Keselowski) MAY 19,8 PM, FS1: NASCAR All-Star Race at N. Wilkesboro, NC (J. Logano) MAY 26, 6 PM, FOX: Coca-Cola 600 at CHARLOTTE (C.Bell) JUNE 2, 3:30 PM, FS1: Enjoy Illinois 300 at WORLD WIDE TECH (A. Cindric) JUNE 9, 3:30 PM, FOX: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at SONOMA (M. Truex Jr.)

JUNE 16, 7 PM, USA: Iowa Corn 350 at IOWA (Inaugural Cup race)

JUNE 23, 2:30 PM, USA: Cup Race at NEW HAMPSHIRE (M. Truex)

JUNE 30, 3:30 PM, NBC: Ally 400 at NASHVILLE (R. Chastain)

JULY 7,4:30 PM, NBC: Grant Park 165 Chicago Street Race (S. van Gisbergen)

JULY 14,2:30 PM, USA: Highpoint.com 400 at POCONO (D. Hamlin)

JULY 21, 2:30 PM, NBC: Brickyard 400 at INDIANAPOLIS (M. McDowell)

AUG. 11,6 PM, USA: Cook Out 400 at RICHMOND (C. Buescher)

AUG. 18, 2:30 PM, USA: FireKeepers Casino 400 at MICHIGAN (C. Buescher)

AUG. 24, 7:30 PM, NBC: Coke Zero Sugar 400 at DAYTONA (C. Buescher)

SEPT. 1,6 PM, USA: Cookout Southern 500 at DARLINGTON (K. Larson)

PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 16 SEPT. 8,3 PM, USA: Quaker State 400 at ATLANTA (W. Byron)

SEPT. 15, 3 PM, USA: Go Bowling at the Glen at WATKINS GLEN (W, Byron)

SEPT. 21,7:30 PM, USA: Bass Pro Shops Night Race at BRISTOL (D. Hamlin)

PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 12 SEPT. 29,3 PM, USA: Hollywood Casino 400 at KANSAS (T. Reddick)

OCT. 6, 2 PM, NBC: YellaWood 500 at TALLADEGA (R. Blaney)

OCT. 13,2 PM, NBC: BofA ROVAL 400 at CHARLOTTE (AJ Allmendinger) PLAYOFFS ROUND OF 8 OCT. 20,2:30 PM, NBC: South Point 400 at LAS VEGAS (K. Larson)

OCT. 27,2:30 PM, NBC: Cup Race at HOMESTEAD-MIAMI (C Bell)

NOV. 3, 2 PM, NBC: Xfinity 500 at MARTINSVILLE (R. Blaney)

PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP 4 NOV. 10,3 PM, NBC: Championship at PHO. (R. Blaney title; R. Chastain race)

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LOVINGTON — Josh Bailey, offensive coordinator for the Wildcats since 2020, has been named head football coach for Lovington.

“I’m excited,” said Bailey. “I told the kids the reason I wanted this job is because of them. I love them and I am excited about the opportunity to help our kids reach their potential on and off the field.”

He says the football program already has a winning tradition established and he plans to continue that tradition.

“Wildcat football has always been a big part of my family,” he said, pointing out that his dad, Michael, was on the 1990 State Championship team and he played as a wide receiver when the Wildcats won the State Championship in 2009.

Bailey joined the Wildcat coaching staff at the height of the COVID pandemic. He was part of the Bowl Game Championship team captured by the Wildcats in the spring of 2020 and the Cats won the 2021 State Championship the next fall.

He helped coach the Wildcats to a State Championship this past season.

Lovington will be moving up to Class 5A this upcoming season and will be competing in a larger class and larger district.