InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the “Tennessee’s Action Track 50” Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN on Friday evening, April 5, 2019. The updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
These updates are brought to you by Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn. The next event coming to SMS will be the Smoky Mountain Spring Showdown Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals on April 13, 2019.
Classes in action: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for $12,000-to-win. Crate Late Models and Sportsman Late Models will also be in action.
*Please Note: These updates will focus solely on the LOLMDS race.
General Information:
Weather is expected to be cool with little to no chance for rain.
The drivers meeting is slated for 6:45 with hot laps to follow soon afterward.
This will be the first time the Lucas Oil Series has visited 411 Motor Speedway.
Jonathan Davenport currently leads the LOLMDS standings over Tyler Erb, Earl Pearson Jr., Devin Moran and Josh Richards.
6:45- Drivers meeting about to begin.
7:00- Drivers meeting has concluded. Hot laps up next.
Photos: I often post photos and/or short videos on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account and my @RichardAllenIDR Instagram account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Car Count: 29 cars
Drivers Here: 0R- Ryan Scott, 1G- Ryan King, 1M- Devin Moran, 1P- Earl Pearson Jr, 1T- Tyler Erb, 1v- Vic Hill, 2- Stormy Scott, 5- Don O’Neal, c5- David Crabtree, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 8- Jacob Hawkins, 9- Cory Hedgecock, 12- Jason Jameson, 14- Josh Richards, 17m- Dale McDowell, 20- Jimmy Owens, 21jr- Billy Moyer Jr, 21m- Robby Moses, 39- Tim McCreadie, 40- Kyle Bronson, 42- Cla Knight, 49- Jonathan Davenport, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 51- Pierce McCarter, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 87- Ross Bailes, 97- Michael Chilton, 97- Bobby Giffin, 144- Chicky Barton
Qualifying Results: Cars will be broken into two groups for qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. King(13.348), 2. Richards, 3. Bailes, 4. Moyer Jr, 5. Chilton
Group B Results- 1. McIntosh (13.587), 2. Moses, 3. McDowell, 4. Owens, 5. S Scott
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
*Due to a power outage during qualifying the scoring system went down. The heat race lineups will not be posted but I will be posting the heat finishes.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. King, 2. Bailes, 3. Chilton
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Bailes, 2. King, 3. Davenport, 4. Chilton .. Hedgecock, Jameson, Barton
*Bailes took the lead on the start and led all the way. Good race for third between Davenport and Chilton.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Richards, 2. Moyer Jr, 3. Bronson
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Richards, 2. Moyer Jr, 3. McCreadie, 4. Bronson … Hill, D O’Neal, R Scott
*Richards led all the way. Hill spun on lap 3 to bring out a caution.
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. McIntosh, 2. McDowell, 3. Scott
Heat 3 Finish- 1. McDowell, 2. McIntosh, 3. Pearson, 4. S Scott … Buckingham, Knight, Giffin
*McDowell took the lead after a brief battle with McIntosh then led the rest of the way.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Moses, 2. Owens
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Owens, 2. Moses, 3. Erb, 4. Moran … H O’Neal, Crabtree, McCarter
*Owens led all the way. Great battle for the final transfer spot.
B-main Results: There will be one B-main with the top-6 transferring to the feature.
B-main Finish- 1. Hedgecock, 2. Buckingham, 3. Hill, 4. Jameson, 5. H O’Neal, 6. D O’Neal
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. McDowell, 3. Richards, 4. Owens, 5. King, 6. McIntosh, 7. Moyer Jr, 8. Moses, 9. Davenport, 10. Pearson, 11. McCreadie, 12. Erb, 13. Chilton, 14. S Scott, 15. Bronson, 16. Moran, 17. Hedgecock, 18. Buckingham, 19. Hill, 20. Jameson, 21. H O’Neal, 22. D O’Neal
9:38- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $12,000.
9:45- Green flag!
Lap 2 caution for spin by Jameson. Bailes leads McDowell, Richards, King, Owens, Moyer Jr, McIntosh, Davenport, Moses
Lap 7 caution for Buckingham. Bailes had been pulling away. McDowell second ahead of Owens, Richards, McIntosh, King, Moses, Moyer Jr, Davenport, Pearson, Erb
Lap 17 caution for Hill. Bailes continues to lead. Owens now second ahead of McIntosh, McDowell, Richards, Moses, King, Davenport, Moyer Jr
Lap 20 caution. Bailes leads Owens, McIntosh, Richards, McDowell, King, Davenport, Moses, Erb
Lap 25 caution for debris. Bailes leads. Owens and McIntosh exchanged second a couple of times after the last restart and now Owens has it. McDowell is fourth ahead of Richards, Davenport and King.
Lap 46 caution for S Scott. Bailes leads McIntosh, Owens, Davenport, McDowell, King, Bronson, Richards, Erb, Pearson, McCreadie
Lap 47 caution for Hedgecock. Still Bailes leading McIntosh, Owens, Davenport, McDowell, King, Bronson
Feature Results: 1. Bailes, 2. McIntosh, 3. Owens, 4. Davenport, 5. McDowell, 6. King, 7. Bronson, 8. Richards, 9. Erb, 10. Pearson, 11. McCreadie