InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals Bonus Series race from the Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN for Saturday evening, August 27, 2016. Today’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Southern Nationals Bonus Series Super Late Models for $5,300-to-win. Sportsman for $1,000-to-win, Street Stocks for $500-to-win.
Please Note: These updates will focus primarily on the Southern Nationals Bonus race with some updates from the other classes being provided when time allows.
General Information: Drivers meeting meeting set for 6:30pm.
Weather is expected to be very warm.
Donald McIntosh currently leads the Southern Nationals Bonus Series standings.
6:55- A light shower passed by earlier which is causing a slight delay in the action.
7:30- Drivers being called to the drivers meeting.
8:00- Cars on track to roll in the racing surface.
8:37- Hot laps in all classes have been completed. Donald McIntosh was fastest among the SoNats Bonus cars.
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Live Updates:
Southern Nationals Bonus Series
Car Count: 29 cars
Drivers Here: 1G- Ryan King, 4T- Tommy Kerr, 4V- Mark Vineyard, f4- Sammie Russell, c5- David Crabtree, 7- Donald McIntosh, 7- Ricky Weiss, 7g- Craig Greer, 8- David Payne, 8x- Ronnie Payne, 9- Jason Croft, 10- Chad Ogle, 11- Stacy Boles, 17- Brad Skinner, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 31- Kenny Cobble, 41- TJ Reaid, 44- Chris Madden, 45- Doug Smith, 47- Tim Rucker, 47- Brad Hall, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 53- Ray Cook, 56- Jordon Horton, 86- Jeff Neubert, 97- Bobby Giffin, 99- Derek Ellis, 157- Mike Marlar, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr.
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: Cars will be divided into two groups with the top-5 from each being locked into the feature.
Group A Results – 1. B Ogle (15.337), 2. R King, 3. Reaid, 4. Ellis, 5. Cook
Group B Results – 1. Madden (15.267), 2. McIntosh, 3. Weiss, 4. Marlar, 5. Horton
Heat Race Results: There will be two heats with the top-5 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. Buckingham, 2. Boles, 3. D Payne, 4. Kerr, 5. Vineyard, 6. Crabtree, 7. Neubert, 8. Skinner, 9. R Payne, 10. D Smith
Heat 1 Finish – 1. Boles, 2. D Payne, 3. Kerr, 4. Buckingham, 5. Vineyard
*Boles took the lead at the start and led all the way.
Heat 2 Lineup – 1. Croft, 2. C Ogle, 3. Giffin, 4. Cobble, 5. Russell, 6. Hall, 7. Greer, 8. Rucker, 9. Hedgecock
Heat 2 Finish – 1. C Ogle, 2. Croft, 3. Giffin, 4. Hedgecock, 5. Cobble
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. B Ogle, 2. Madden, 3. King, 4. McIntosh, 5. Reaid, 6. Weiss, 7. Ellis, 8. Marlar, 9. Cook, 10. Horton, 11. Boles, 12. C Ogle, 13. D Payne, 14. Croft, 15. Kerr, 16. Giffin, 17. Buckingham, 18. Hedgecock, 19. Vineyard, 20. Cobble
11:02- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $5300.
11:12- Four wide!
11:14- Green flag!
Lap 1 caution as fourth running King spins. Madden leads B Ogle, McIntosh, Weiss, Marlar, Reaid, Ellis, Horton, Cook.
Lap 4 caution for spin by top-10 running Reaid. Madden leads B Ogle, Weiss, McIntosh, Marlar, Ellis and Boles
Lap 15 caution. Madden continues to lead. Weiss closed in traffic but couldn’t make a move. McIntosh had just passed B Ogle for 3rd before the yellow. Madden leads Weiss, McIntosh, Ogle, Marlar, Ellis, Boles, Payne
Lap 37 caution for Vineyard. Madden was maintaining a comfortable lead over McIntosh. Weiss runs third ahead of B Ogle, Ellis, Marlar, Boles, Cook, Payne, Buckingham, C Ogle, King
Madden cruised. There was a crash on the last lap involving C Ogle, Boles and Buckingham.
*Race shortened to 40 laps due to time constraints.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. McIntosh, 3. Weiss, 4. B Ogle, 5. Ellis, 6. Marlar, 7. Cook, 8. Payne, 9. King
Sportsman
Car Count: 32 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Michael Courtney(16.855), 2. Zach Shannon, 3. Jed Emert, 4. Kyle Courtney, 5. Heath Alvey, 6. Levi Hicks, 7. Jaylon Shannon, 8. Joe Freels, 9. Christian Hanger, 10. Brad Seagle, 11. Terry Poore, 12. Philip Thompson, 13. Chad Beeler, 14. Adam Mitchell, 15. Brandon Miller, 16. Hunter Kerr, 17. Tyler Smith, 18. Jeremy Shannon, 19. Chris Johnston, 20. David Kerr
Feature Results: 1. Michael Courtney, 2. Zach Shannon, 3. Jed Emert, 4. Kyle Courtney, 5. Jaylon Shannon, 6. Levi Hicks, 7. Heath Alvey, 8. Philip Thompson
*The race surpassed its time limit and had to be stopped short on lap 10.
Street Stock
Car Count: 19 cars
Feature Results:
