InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $10,053-to-win Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series-sanctioned event at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tennessee on Friday, July 30, 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 Smoky Mountain Summer Showdown featuring the American Pro Late Model All Star Series in a $10,000-to-win feature race on Saturday, August 7, 2021.
General Information:
Weather Forecast: Daytime high in the 90s with nighttime lows dropping into the 70s with little to no chance for rain.
Drivers Meeting: 6:15pm. Drivers meeting has been pushed back to 7:00pm.
Feature Payout: $10,053-to-win. 53 laps
Track Description: 3/8 mile clay oval with banked turns.
Other Classes: 602 Late Models, Sportsman, B-Hobby/Super Street, Classics, FWD
Pre-race Notes: Donald McIntosh currently leads the Southern Nationals standings over Cody Overton, Jensen Ford, Dale McDowell and Garrett Smith.
6:35- Drivers meeting underway.
7:00- Hot laps for all classes underway.
8:00- Having to do some work on the retaining wall where one of the Sportsman car hit the fence.
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Live Updates:
Southern Nationals
Car Count: 33 cars
Drivers Here: 00- Dalton Polston, 1- Vic Hill, 1c- Kenny Collins, 1G- Ryan King, 2- Cody Overton, 3- Steve Smith, 3D- Dakota Smith, 4T- Donald McIntosh, 5- Chase Oliver, c5- David Crabtree, 6- Clay Coghlan, 7G- Craig Greer, 8- Kyle Strickler, 9- Dusty Carver, 10- Garrett Smith, 11B- Stacy Boles, 16- Sam Seawright, 17m- Dale McDowell, 21- Robby Moses, 23- Ahnna Parkhurst, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 44D- Dalton Cook, 51- Mack McCarter, 51- Jed Emert, 51- Ryan Winchester, 54- Mitchell Burke, 71- Pierce McCarter, 79- Ross Bailes, 83- Jensen Ford, 85- Randy Weaver, 86- Jeff Neubert, 91- Heath Hindman, 93- Benjamin Cranford, 97- Michael Chilton
Qualifying Results: Cars will be divided into two groups for qualifying. No one will be locked in through qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. King(14.025), 2. Hedgecock, 3. Moses, 4. P McCarter, 5. Chilton, 6. McDowell, 7. Bailes, 8. Collins
Group B Results- 1. Ford(14.052), 2. Crabtree, 3. Seawright, 4. M McCarter, 5. McIntosh, 6. G Smith, 7. Cook, 8. Overton
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-4 transferring to the feature from each.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. King, 2. Moses, 3. Chilton, 4. Bailes, 5. Weaver, 6. Strickler, 7. Coghlan, 8. Neubert, 9. Coghlan
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Bailes, 2. King, 3. Weaver, 4. Chilton … Coghlan
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Hedgecock, 2. P McCarter, 3. McDowell, 4. Collins, 5. Polston, 6. Hill, 7. Hindman, 8. Winchester
Heat 2 Finish- 1. P McCarter, 2. Hedgecock, 3. McDowell, 4. Hill … Hindman
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Ford, 2. Seawright, 3.P McIntosh, 4. Cook, 5. Payne, 6. Parkhurst, 7. Emert, 8. Greer, 9. D Smith
Heat 3 Finish- 1. McIntosh, 2. Ford, 3. Seawright, 4. D Cook … Payne
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Crabtree, 2. M McCarter, 3. G Smith, 4. Overton, 5. Boles, 6. Carver, 7. S Smith, 8. Burke
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. M McCarter, 3. Crabtree, 4. G Smith … Boles
B-main Results: There will be two B-main races. The top-2 from each transfer to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Hindman, 2. Polston
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Payne, 2. Boles
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. McIntosh, 3. P McCarter, 4. Overton, 5. King, 6. Ford, 7. Hedgecock, 8. M McCarter, 9. Weaver, 10. Seawright, 11. McDowell, 12. Crabtree, 13. Chilton, 14. D Cook, 15. Hill, 16. G Smith, 17. Hindman, 18. Payne, 19. Polston, 20. Boles, 21. Cranford, 22. Parkhurst, 23. Neubert
9:46- Feature rolling out. 53 laps for $10,053.
9:53- Four wide!
9:55- Green flag!
Ryan King spins in turn three on the initial start to bring out a caution. To the rear.
Lap 10- Bailes leads McIntosh, Hedgecock, Overton and Weaver
Lap 20- Hedgecock leads Bailes, McIntosh, Overton, Weaver, McDowell
Lap 30- Hedgecock, Bailes, Weaver, McIntosh, Overton
Lap 40- Hedgecock by half track over Weaver, P McCarter, McIntosh, Overton, Bailes, Chilton, McDowell
Feature Results: 1. Hedgecock, 2. Weaver, 3. McCarter, 4. McIntosh, 5. Overton, 6. McDowell, 7. Bailes, 8. Chilton, 9. Ford, 10. D Cook, 11. Seawright, 12. Payne
Cory Hedgecock will be among the favorites at 411
