InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Iron-Man Challenge Super Late Models and Modifieds races from the Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday night, June 3, 2017. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Iron-Man Challenge Super Late Models for $5,000-to-win, Iron-Man Challenge Modifieds for $1500-to-win and Sportsman for $1,000-to-win.
*These updates will primarily focus on the Super Late Models and Modifieds. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories.
General Information: The drivers meeting is set for 6:30pm.
Weather is expected to be very warm.
Carder Miller currently leads the Iron-Man Super Late Model Series standings over David Payne, Ray Cook, Levi Ashby and Craig Greeg.
Brad Hall currently leads the Iron-Man Modified standings over Clayton Miller, Shon Flanary, Jimmy Lennex and Ray Bollinger.
7:00- Cars being called to the track for hot laps.
7:15- Hot laps about to begin for all classes.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Shane Clanton rolls to WoO Late Models victory in Tazewell
Live Updates:
Iron-Man Super Late Models
Car Count: 22 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Vic Hill, 4T- Tommy Kerr, 5- Lamar Winkle, c5- David Crabtree, 7G- Craig Greer, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7w- Ricky Weiss, A8- Austin Arnold, 10- Chad Ogle, 21- Robby Moses, 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 24- Phil Helton, 29- Gary McPherson, 31- Skip Arp, 47- Chris Combs, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 56- Joey Standridge, 69- Carder Miller, 86- Jeff Neubert, 97- Bobby Giffin, 157- Mike Marlar, 201- Billy Ogle Jr.
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be broken into two qualifying groups. The top-4 from each group will be locked into the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Hill(15.740), 2. Marlar, 3. McPherson, 4. Combs
Group B Results- 1. Weiss (15.944), 2. Buckingham, 3. Kerr, 4. Arp
Heat Race Results: There will be two heats to set the remainder of the starting lineup.
Heat 1 Finish- 1. McIntosh, 2. Miller, 3. Knuckles, 4. Greer, 5. Winkle, 6. Giffin
Heat 2 Finish- 1. B Ogle, 2. Crabtree, 3. Neubert, 4. Standridge, 5. Arnold, 6. Helton
B-main Results: No B-mains.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Hill, 2. Weiss, 3. Marlar, 4. Buckingham, 5. McPherson, 6. Kerr, 7. Combs, 8. Arp, 9. McIntosh, 10. Ogle, 11. Miller, 12. Crabtree, 13. Knuckles, 14. Neubert, 15. Greer, 16. Standridge, 17. Winkle, 18. Arnold, 19. Giffin, 20. Helton, 21. C Ogle
9:44- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $5,000.
9:50- Four wide!
9:52- Green flag!
Lap 1 caution for Greer. Hill to the early lead with Weiss, Marlar, Kerr and Buckingham following. Marlar had passed Weiss for second but the caution negated the move.
Lap 13 caution for spin. Hill was among a big pack of slower cars and got into the back of one of them who then bounced into another. Hill continues on and leads Marlar, Weiss, Kerr, Buckingham, Combs, McIntosh, Arp. Marlar was right on Hill at the time of caution.
Huge jam up at the front of the field on restart causes big wreck. Buckingham got spun into the inside wall. Miller, Winkle, B Ogle, Arnold among those collected.
Lap 13 running order is now Hill, Marlar, Weiss, Kerr, Combs, McIntosh, Arp.
Lap 17 caution. Weiss got around Marlar for second on the last restart but Marlar took it back a half-lap later. Hill still leads.
Previous caution was for flat on Weiss.
Lap 29 caution for second running Marlar stopped on track. Hill and Marlar had over a straightaway lead over third place battle among Arp, Combs, Kerr and McIntosh.
Lap 34 caution as Hill, who had a commanding lead, slams the turn one wall. Kerr now leads Are, Knuckles, Weiss, McIntosh, Combs, B Ogle. Hill appears to be ok.
That was a crazy race.
Feature Results: 1. Kerr, 2. Arp, 3. McIntosh, 4. Weiss, 5. Combs, 6. B Ogle, 7. Knuckles, 8. Giffin, 9. Miller, 10. McPherson
Iron-Man Modifieds
Car Count: 10 cars
Qualifying Results: Time-trials will determine the feature lineup.
1. Shon Flanary (18.225), 2. Jeff Hamby, 3. Mikah Reams, 4. Blake Brown, 5. Amos Bunch, 6. Billy Palmer, 7. Jimmy Dalton, 8. Wayne James, 9. Tyler James, 10. Wade Rookard
Heat Race Results: No heat races.
Feature Notes:
10:37- Feature rolling out. 20 laps for $1500.
Flanary was dominant in a feature that ran caution free.
Feature Results: 1. Flanary, 2. Hamby, 3. Reams, 4. Brown, 5. Bunch
*Michael Courtney wins the Sportsman feature over Kyle Courtney and Jed Emert.
Vic Hill is expected to be among the entrants at Smoky Mountain
