InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals race from Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA for Tuesday night, July 26, 2016. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Southern Nationals Super Late Models for $3,500-to-win(35 laps), Crate Late Models for $1500-to-win and Sportsman.
*These updates will focus primarily on the Southern Nationals and the Crate Late Models.
General Information:
Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 7:30.
Weather is expected to be hot with a slight chance for late day showers.
Devin Gilpin currently leads the Southern Nationals standings over Shanon Buckingham, Ricky Weiss, Vic Hill, Donald McIntosh, Stacy Boles, Gavin Landers, Chris Brown, Robby Moses and Craig Vosbergen.
7:20- Drivers meeting has concluded.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Madden, Dillon add more star power to Southern Nationals second week
Live Updates:
Southern Nationals
Car Count: 35 cars
Drivers Here: 00- Ruben Mayfield, 1- Ryan King, 1- Vic Hill, 1G- Devin Gilpin, 1H- Jason Hiett, T1- Todd Morrow, p4- Jamie Perry, 4- Brian Ligon, T6- Tod Hernandez, 7- Ricky Weiss, 7- Donald McIntosh, 7- Craig Greer, 7- Richard Smith, 8- Craig Vosbergen, 8- David Payne, 9- Jason Croft, 11- Stacy Boles, 11- Davis, 21- Robby Moses, 21- Chris Brown, 23- Ahnna Parkhurst, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 24- Zach Leonardi, 25- David Doherty, M31- Tony Morris, H31- Robby Mason, 31- Tyler Millwood, 41- Ty Dillon, 41- TJ Reaid, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 62- Cody King, 66- Jordan Rodabaugh, 77- Gavin Landers, 77A- Dylan Ames, 85- Tom Maddox, 99- Derek Ellis
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until the drivers meeting has concluded.
Qualifying Results: The field will be divided into two groups with the top-4 from each being locked in to the feature.
Group A Results – 1. Payne (14.857), 2. Vosbergen, 3. Boles, 4. Buckingham
Group B Results – 1. Hill(15.075), 2. Gilpin, 3. McIntosh, 4. Weiss
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-3 from each being locked in to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. R King, 2. Dillon, 3. Hiett, 4. Croft, 5. Parkhurst, 6. Mason, 7. Rodabaugh
Heat 1 Finish – 1. Hiett, 2. Dillon, 3. R King
*Dillon took the early lead but Hiett tracked him down and made the pass on lap 5 of 10.
Heat 2 Lineup – 1. Millwood, 2. Ellis, 3. Doherty, 4. Morris, 5. Leonardi, 6. Moses, 7. Ligon
Heat 2 Finish – 1. Ellis, 2. Morris, 3. Millwood
*Ellis took the lead at the start and drove away but there was good racing behind him.
Heat 3 Lineup – 1. Morrow, 2. Reaid, 3. C King, 4. Hernandez, 5. Mayfield, 6. R Smith
Heat 3 Finish – 1. Morrow, 2. Reaid, 3. C King
*Morrow led all the way and won by several car lengths.
Heat 4 Lineup – 1. Brown, 2. Maddox, 3. Hedgecock, 4. Ames, 5. Landers, 6. Greer, 7. Davis
Heat 4 Finish – 1. Brown, 2. Maddox, 3. Hedgecock
*Brown led all the way. Pretty intense race for third between Hedgecock and Ames with a couple of slide jobs.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Payne, 2. Hill, 3. Vosbergen, 4. Gilpin, 5. Boles, 6. McIntosh, 7. Buckingham, 8. Weiss, 9. Hiett, 10. Morrow, 11. Ellis, 12. Brown, 13. Dillon, 14. Reaid, 15. Morris, 16. Maddox, 17. R King, 18. C King, 19. Millwood, 20. Hedgecock, 21. Ames, 22. Moses
10:05- Feature lining up on track. 35 laps for $3500.
10:12- Four wide!
10:14- Green flag!
Lap 15 caution free. Payne leads Hill, Vosbergen, Gilpin, Morrow, McIntosh. Leaders in traffic.
Lap 18 caution for Hiett. Running order through the top-6 is still the same.
Payne was able to pull away and maintain his lead in traffic over the final laps.
Feature Results: 1. Payne, 2. Hill, 3. Vosbergen, 4. Gilpin, 5. Morrow, 6. Weiss, 7. Ellis, 8. McIntosh, 9. Brown, 10. Dillon, 11. Buckingham
Crate Late Models
Car Count: 27 cars
Qualifying Results: The top-16 will be locked into the feature lineup.
1. Tanner Works (15.310), 2. Ronnie Johnson, 3. Ethan Hunter, 4. Matt Henderson, 5. Bryan Pritchard, 6. Cory Hedgecock, 7. Jamie Perry, 8. Jimmy Elliott, 9. Grant Pearl, 10. Chip Brindle, 11. John Ownbey, 12. Cruz Skinner, 13. David Duplissey, 14. Anthony Rymer, 15. Josh Fields, 16. Todd Morrow
Dash Race Results – 1. Hunter, 2. Johnson, 3. Works, 4. Henderson
Feature Notes:
11:05- Feature lining up.
11:08- Green flag!
Lap 5 caution for crash involving Pearl. Johnson leads Hunter, Works, Pritchard, Henderson, Perry, Hedgecock, Ownbey and Elliott
Lap 15 caution. Johnson still leads over Hunter, Works, Pritchard, Henderson, Hedgecock, Ownbey and Perry. RJ had broken away but really tight racing from 2nd – 7th.
Feature Results: 1. Johnson, 2. Works, 3. Hunter, 4. Pritchard, 5. Henderson, 6. Hedgecock, 7. Ownbey, 8. Perry, 9. Elliott, 10. Brindle
Sportsman
Car Count: 22 cars
Feature Results: 1. Colton Jackson, 2. Justin Winters, 3. Reed Johnson
