InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $10,000-to-win World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series-sanctioned Mike Duvall Memorial event at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC on Friday evening, October 2, 2020. 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 there will be the King of the Mountain All-Star Championship for the Southern All-Star Dirt Racing Series and the American Crate All-Stars Series on October 16, 2020.
General Information:
Weather is expected to be mild with only a very slight chance for rain.
The drivers meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm.
Brandon Sheppard currently leads the World of Outlaws Late Model Series standings over Ricky Weiss, Cade Dillard, Darrell Lanigan and Chase Junghans.
Sheppard has scored fourteen WoO Late Models feature wins so far in 2020.
The feature will be 50 laps for $10,000-to-win.
7:00- Drivers being called to the drivers meeting.
7:30- Hot laps underway for all classes.
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.
Please also consider reading: Team Zero showing signs of life near end of 2020 season & Outsiders pose serious threat to WoO Late Model regulars
Live Updates:
World of Outlaws Late Models
Car Count: 39 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 1- Brandon Sheppard, B1- Brent Larson, 1c- Kenny Collins, 1D- Brent Dixon, 1M- Willie Milliken, 2- Dennis Franklin, 2- Joey Coulter, 2x- John Henderson, 4- Matthew Nance, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 9- Johnny Pursley, 11- Austin Kirkpatrick, 12- Ashton Winger, 17- Tom Vance, 18- Case Junghans, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 22- Chris Ferguson, 22S- Nick Schlager 24D- Michael Brown, 28- Dennis Erb Jr., 29- Darrell Lanigan, 29- Larry Grube, 42- Cla Knight, 44- Chris Madden, 51m- Joey Moriarty, 57- Zack Mitchell, 58- Ross Bailes, 75- Donald Bradsher, 76- Brandon Overton, 77- Brian Connor, 77D- Tyler Dietz, 79- Ben Watkins, 88- Trent Ivey, 91- Derrick Ramey, 97- Cade Dillard, 99- Boom Briggs, 421- Anthony Sanders
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be split into two groups for qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. Overton(14.800), 2. Bailes, 3. Weiss. 4. Ivey, 5. Madden, 6. Wilson, 7. Erb, 8. Kirkpatrick
Group B Results- 1. Ferguson(14.891), 2. Sheppard, 3. Brown, 4. Strickler, 5. Bloomquist, 6. Sanders, 7. Lanigan, 8. Mitchell
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature. The top-2 from each will go to a redraw that will determine the first four rows on the starting grid for the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Weiss, 3. Madden, 4. Erb, 5. Larson, 6. Knight, 7. Milliken, 8. Grube, 9. Bradsher, 10. Vance
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. Weiss, 3. Madden, 4. Erb … Larson, Milliken
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Ivey, 3. Wilson, 4. Kirkpatrick, 5. Watkins, 6. Franklin, 7. Ramey, 8. Schlager, 9. Winger, 10. Dixon
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Bailes, 2. Ivey, 3. Watkins, 4. Wilson … Ramey, Kirkpatrick
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Ferguson, 2. Brown, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Lanigan, 5. Pursley, 6. Collins, 7. Dillard, 8. Coulter, 9. Briggs, 10. Dietz
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Ferguson, 2. Brown, 3. Lanigan, 4. Bloomquist … Dillard, Pursley
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Sheppard, 2. Strickler, 3. Sanders, 4. Mitchell, 5. Henderson, 6. Junghans, 7. Nance, 8. Connor, 9. Moriarty
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Sheppard, 2. Strickler, 3. Sanders, 4. Junghans … Mitchell, Henderson
Redraw Results: 1. Bailes, 2. Sheppard, 3. Overton, 4. Ferguson, 5. Brown, 6. Weiss, 7. Strickler, 8. Ivey
Last Chance Showdown Results: There will be two LCS races with the top-3 transferring to the feature.
LCS 1 Finish- 1. Ramey, 2. Franklin, 3. Larson
LCS 2 Finish- 1. Dillard, 2. Mitchell, 3. Pursley
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Sheppard, 3. Overton, 4. Ferguson, 5. Brown, 6. Weiss, 7. Strickler, 8. Ivey, 9. Madden, 10. Lanigan, 11. Watkins, 12. Sanders, 13. Erb, 14. Bloomquist, 15. Wilson, 16. Junghans, 17. Ramey, 18. Dillard, 19. Franklin, 20. Mitchell, 21. Larson, 22. Pursley, 23. Winger, 24. Briggs
11:31- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $10,000.
11:38- Four wide!
11:41- Green flag!
Lap 5 caution for Mitchell. Bailes leads Overton, Sheppard, Ferguson, Brown, Strickler, Madden
Halfway- Sheppard leads Overton, Bailes, Madden, Strickler
Overton passed Sheppard for the lead on lap 34. The top-4 ran in tight formation for most of the second half.
Feature Results: 1. Overton, 2. Sheppard, 3. Madden, 4. Strickler, 5. Bailes, 6. Weiss, 7. Lanigan, 8. Brown, 9. Ferguson, 10. Ivey, 11. Watkins, 12. Dillard, 13. Sanders, 14. Erb, 15. Bloomquist, 16. Junghans, 17. Wilson, 18. Briggs, 19. Winger, 20. Ramey, 21. Larson, 22. Pursley, 23. Franklin, 24. Mitchell
Chris Ferguson (22) and Zack Mitchell (57) are expected to be in competition at Cherokee
