InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $3,000-to-win ‘King of the Mountain’ Southern All Stars-sanctioned event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Friday evening, October 16, 2020. The updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
We will also provide limited updates for the Topless Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series $3,000-to-win race and the American Crate All-Star Series $2,000-to-win race.
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 17, 2020.
***Cell reception can be a bit spotty at Smoky Mountain so updates might be limited as a result***
General Information:
Weather is expected to be cool with little to no chance for rain.
Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:30pm.
The Southern All Stars race will be a 30-lap feature paying $3,000-to-win.
Billy Franklin currently leads the Southern All Stars standings over Mark Dodson.
6:00- Drivers meeting underway.
6:30- Hot laps underway for all classes.
7:35- Qualifying 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: 2020 Has Created Major Scheduling Difficulties for Regional Tours & American Crates and Topless Outlaws set for big weekend at Smoky Mountain
Live Updates:
Southern All Stars
Car Count: 32 cars
Drivers Here: R1- Riley Hickman, 3- Steve Smith, 4T- Tommy Kerr, 5- Lamar Winkle, c5- David Crabtree, 6- Clay Coughlan, 7G- Craig Greer, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 9- Dusty Carver, 11B- Stacy Boles, 12- Ashton Winger, 16- Sam Seawright, 17- Billy Franklin, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18x- Michael Page, 21- Robby Moses, 22- Will Roland, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 24- Zach Leonhardi, 24H- Phil Belton, 28- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 32- Mark Dodson, 37- Drew Kennedy, 39- Eddie King, 44D- Dalton Cook, 51- Mack McCarter, 66- Jake Knowles, 66- Jordan Rodabaugh, 79- Ben Watkins, 83- Dalton Cook, 84- Austin Smith, 99- Derek Ellis, 329- Travis Fultz
Qualifying Results: The field will be broken into two qualifying groups. The top-5 in each group will be locked into the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Weiss(16.269), 2. Winger, 3. Page, 4. Hedgecock, 5. Kerr
Group B Results- 1. McIntosh(16.264), 2. McDowell, 3. Ford, 4. Leonhardi, 5. Cook
Heat Race Results:
B-main Results:
B-main 1 Results- 1. Sam Seawright, 2. Jake Knowles, 3. Dusty Carver, 4. David Crabtree, 5. Ben Watkins, 6. Travic Fultz
B-main 2 Results- 1. Jordan Rodabaugh, 2. Clay Coghlan, 3. Riley Hickman, 4. Billy Franklin, 5. Stacy Boles, 6. Robby Moses
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Weiss, 2. McIntosh, 3. Winger, 4. McDowell, 5. Page, 6. Ford, 7. Hedgecock, 8. Leonhardi, 9. Kerr, 10. Cook, 11. Seawright, 12. Rodabaugh, 13. Knowles, 14. Coghlan, 15. Carver, 16. Hickman, 17. Crabtree, 18. Franklin, 19. Watkins, 20. Boles, 21. Fultz, 22. Fultz
10:44- Feature rolling out. 30 laps for $3,000.
Hedgecock pulled off before the start.
Lap 7 caution for Crabtree. Weiss was pulling away before the caution. McDowell went three-wide on lap 2 to take second. Weiss leads McDowell, winger, McIntosh, Page, Kerr, Seawright, Ford.
10 to go- Weiss holds a slim lead over McDowell in traffic.
McDowell passed Weiss in traffic on lap 21 but Weiss regained the lead a lap later. However, a caution came out and negated Weiss’s pass.
Caution on lap 22 for A Smith. McDowell leads Weiss, Seawright, Winger, McIntosh, Kerr, Page, Ford.
Lap 29 caution for Dodson. McDowell and Weiss were racing for the lead at the time of caution. Tower calls McDowell the leader with Weiss second then Winger, Seawright, Kerr, McIntosh, Ford, Page, Knowles
Weiss was pulling up on McDowell at the line but McDowell held on.
Feature Results: 1. Dale McDowell, 2. Weiss, 3. Seawright, 4. Winger, 5. Kerr, 6. McIntosh, 7. Page, 8. Moses, 9. Page, 10. Knowles, 11. Boles, 12. Leonhardi, 13. Franklin, 14. Rodabaugh, 15. Watkins, 16. Dodson, 17. Fultz, 18. Cook, 19. Smith, 20. Hickman, 21. Coghlan, 22. Crabtree, 23. Carver, 24. Hedgecock
Topless Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series
Car Count: 22 cars
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Cory Hedgecock(16.610), 2. Dakotah Knuckles, 3. Jed Emert, 4. Ronnie Johnson, 5. Layne Clifton, 6. John Ownbey
Group B Results- 1. Chase King(16.833), 2. Austin Neely, 3. Kyle Courtney, 4. Cody Courtney, 5. Bobby Giffin, 6. Skip Arp
Feature Lineup: 1. Cory Hedgecock, 2. Chase King, 3. Dakotah Knuckles, 4. Austin Neely, 5. Jed Emert, 6. Kyle Coutney, 7. Ronnie Johnson, 8. Cody Courtney, 9. Layne Clifton, 10. Bobby Giffin, 11. John Ownbey, 12. Skip Arp, 13. Tim Ladd, 14. J.J. Templeton, 15. Sammie Russell, 16. Zach Shannon, 17. Daniel Richards, 18. Ellery Leake, 19. Chandler Hickman, 20. Clint Hodges, 21. Bill Norwood
Feature Results: 1. Hedgecock, 2. King, 3. K Courtney, 4. Ownbey, 5. Neely, 6. Johnson, 7. Knuckles, 8. Clifton, 9. Ladd, 10. C. Courtney, 11. Russell, 12. Hodges, 13. Norwood, 14. Shannon, 15. Richards, 16. Hickman, 17. Templeton, 18. Emert, 19. Giffin, 20. Leake, 21. Arp
American Crate All-Star Series
Car Count: 42 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Carder Miller(16.883), 2. Matt Henderson, 3. Matt Long, 4. Jensen Ford, 5. Ross White, 6. Brett Wyatt, 7. Tyler Arrington, 8. Greg Martin, 9. Cameron Weaver, 10. Carson Ferguson, 11. Eli Beets, 12. Logan Roberson
Feature Lineup: 1. Matt Henderson, 2. Carder Miller, 3. Jensen Ford, 4. Brett Wyatt, 5. Ross White, 6. Matt Long, 7. Eli Beets, 8. Cory Hedgecock, 9. Jake Teague, 10. Carson Ferguson, 11. Anthony White, 12. Logan Roberson, 13. Terry Poore, 14. Aaron Guinn, 15. Tyler Arrington, 16. Greg Martin, 17. Jesse Lowe, 18, Shannon Emery, 19. Cameron Weaver, 20. Trevor Sise, 21. Colton Proffitt, 22. Bradley Lewellyn
Feature Results: 1. Carder Miller, 2. Henderson, 3. Ford, 4. Beets, 5. Teague, 6. Lowe, 7. R White, 8. Poore, 9. Arrington, 10. Wyatt, 11.Weaver, 12. Bland, 13. T Sise, 14. Guinn, 15. Lewelling, 16. Proffitt, 17. Emery, 18. Collins, 19. Hedgecock, 20. Long, 21. Martin, 22. Ferguson, 23. Roberson, 24. A White
Cory Hedgecock is expected to compete in all three classes
