InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $10,053-to-win Smoky Mountain Spring Shootout Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series-sanctioned event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday, May 8, 2021. 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 will be the Memorial Day Mayhem in the Mountains for the American Pro Late Model All-Star Series and the Topless Outlaws Late Model Series with each of those features paying $3,000-to-win on May 29, 2021.
General Information:
Weather Forecast: Daytime high in the mid-60s with nighttime lows dropping into the upper 40s with little to no chance for rain.
Drivers Meeting: 5:45pm
Feature Payout: $10,053-to-win(53 laps)
Track Description: 4/10 mile clay oval with moderate banking in the turns
Other Classes: 604 Crate Late Models; Open Wheel Modifieds
This is the sixth race for the Spring Nationals so far in 2021.
Tanner English was the most recent winner with the Spring Nationals at Clarksville Speedway on May 1st.
Dale McDowell leads the Spring Nationals standings over Donald McIntosh, Cory Hedgecock, David Payne and Stacy Boles.
6:05- Drivers meeting has concluded.
6:20- Hot laps underway for all classes.
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Live Updates:
Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals
Car Count: 27 cars
Drivers Here: 3- Steve Smith, 3D- Dakota Smith, 4T- Tommy Kerr, c5- David Crabtree, 6- Clay Coghlan, 6jr- Parker Martin, 7G- Craig Greer, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 8- David Payne, 9- Jason Croft, 9- Dusty Carver, 10- Garrett Smith,11B- Stacy Boles, 11k- Austin Kirkpatrick, 17m- Dale McDowell, 20- Jimmy Owens, 21- Robby Moses, 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Lynn Leach, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 44- Chase King, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 76- Brandon Overton, 83- Jensen Ford, 86- Jeff Neubert, 85- Randy Weaver, 157- Mike Marlar, 329- Travis Fultz
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: There will be two groups for qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. Owens (15.493), 2. Kirkpatrick, 3. Croft, 4. Ford, 5. Martin, 6. Weaver
Group B Results- 1. McDowell (15.605), 2. Overton, 3. Marlar, 4. O’Neal, 5. King, 6. McIntosh
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Owens, 2. Croft, 3. Martin, 4. Carver, 5. Payne, 6. Crabtree, 7. S Smith
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Owens, 2. Carver, 3. Payne, 4. Martin … Croft, Crabtree
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Kirkpatrick, 2. Ford, 3. Weaver, 4. Coghlan, 5. Fultz, 6. Boles
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Kirkpatrick, 2. Weaver, 3. Ford, 4. Fultz .. Coghlan, Boles
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Marlar, 3. King, 4. Hedgecock, 5. G Smith, 6. Kerr, 7. Greer
Heat 3 Finish- 1. McDowell, 2. Marlar, 3. Hedgecock, 4. Kerr … King, G Smith
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. O’Neal, 3. McIntosh, 4. Knuckles, 5. Moses, 6. Leach, 7. D Smith
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. McIntosh, 3. O’Neal, 4. Moses … Knuckles, Leach
B-main Results: There will be two B-main races with the top-2 from each transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Croft, 2. Crabtree
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Knuckles, 2. G Smith
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Owens, 2. McDowell, 3. Kirkpatrick, 4. Overton, 5. Carver, 6. Marlar, 7. Weaver, 8. McIntosh, 9. Payne, 10. Hedgecock, 11. Ford, 12. O’Neal, 13. Martin, 14. Kerr, 15. Fultz, 16. Moses, 17. Croft, 18. Knuckles, 19. Crabtree, 20. G Smith
9:05- Feature rolling out. 53 laps for $10,053.
9:14- Four wide!
9:16- Green flag!
Caution just after the completion of the first lap for Martin stopped on track. Owens leads Overton, McDowell, Marlar, Kirkpatrick, McIntosh, O’Neal
Lap 10- Owens leads Overton, McDowell, Marlar, McIntosh
Lap 11 caution for Hedgecock.
Halfway- Owens leads Overton, McDowell, Marlar, McIntosh, Weaver, O’Neal, Ford
Lap 37- Owens setting a torrid pace. He has lapped all the way up to 8th place.
Overton closed quickly at the end but Owens held on. The top-2 lapped up to 6th place.
Feature Results: 1. Owens, 2. Overton, 3. McDowell, 4. Marlar, 5. McIntosh, 6. Weaver, 7. O’Neal, 8. Ford, 9. Moses, 10. Payne, 11. Kirkpatrick, 12. Knuckles, 13. Croft, 14. Boles, 15. G Smith, 16. Kerr, 17. Fultz, 18. Carver, 19. Hedgecock, 20. Crabtree, 21. Greer, 22. Martin
Dale McDowell leads the Spring Nationals standings
