InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the XR Super Series/Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series co-sanctioned $50,000-to-win Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals event at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on Friday, April 1, 2022. These 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 race scheduled for SMS will be dual $5,000-to-win ‘Rockin With the Stars’ features for the Southern All-Stars Dirt Late Model Series and the Steel Block Bandits Late Model Series on April 23rd. Also, be sure to make plans now to attend the $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event on the weekend of June 17-18, 2022.
Weather Forecast: Clear and cool with daytime highs in the 50s and nighttime lows in the 30s.
Time: Hot laps are scheduled to 7:00pm
Feature Payout: $50,000
Track Description: Half-mile clay oval
Other Classes:
Live Stream: raceXR.plus
Pre-race Notes: This will be the third XR Super Series race of 2022
This will be the third of four XR Super Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway with the overall points champion from those four races earning $100,000.
Chris Madden won the feature on last Friday night in dominating fashion.
Chris Ferguson won the feature last Saturday night in dominating fashion.
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Live Updates:
XR Super Series
Car Count: 30 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 1- Brandon Sheppard, 6- Kyle Larson, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 9- Devin Moran, 10- Garrett Smith, 10- Joseph Joiner, 15- Christian Hanger, 17- Tim Vance, 17m- Dale McDowell, 17ss- Brenden Smith, 20- Jimmy Owens, 20RT- Ricky Thornton Jr., 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Chris Ferguson, 25- Shane Clanton, 29- Darrell Lanigan, 37- Cody Lowe, 40B- Kyle Bronson, 44- Chris Madden, 46- Earl Pearson Jr., 49- Jonathan Davenport, 58- Mark Whitener, 76- Brandon Overton, 79- Ross Bailes, 83- Jensen Ford, 89- Ashton Winger, 157- Mike Marlar, 626- Brian Mullins
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Marlar(15.179), 2. Sheppard, 3. Davenport, 4. Ferguson, 5. Strickler, 6. Bailes, 7. Larson, 8. Pearson, 9. Hanger, 10. Whitener
Group B Results- 1. Madden(14.950), 2. Weiss, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Owens, 5. Overton, 6. Thornton, 7. Moran, 8. Bronson, 9. Lanigan, 10. Winger
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Marlar, 2. Davenport, 3. Strickler, 4. Larson, 5. Hanger, 6. G Smith, 7. Joiner, 8. McDowell
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Marlar, 2. Davenport, 3. Larson, 4. McDowell
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Sheppard, 2. Ferguson, 3. Bailes, 4. Pearson, 5. Whitener, 6. Clanton, 7. Knuckles
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Sheppard, 2. Ferguson, 3. Bailes, 4. Pearson
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. Bloomquist, 3. Overton, 4. Moran, 5. Lanigan, 6. Vance, 7. Mullins, 8. Ford,
Heat 3 Finish– 1. Madden, 2. Bloomquist, 3. Moran, 4. Overton
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Weiss, 2. Owens, 3. Thornton, 4. Bronson, 5. Winger, 6. B Smith, 7. Lowe
Heat 4 Finish– 1. Weiss, 2. Owens, 3. Thornton, 4. Bronson
B-main Results:
Last Chance Finish(Top-6 transfer to the feature)- 1. Lanigan, 2. Strickler, 3. Whitener, 4. Clanton, 5. Knuckles, 6. Joiner
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Marlar, 2. Madden, 3. Sheppard, 4. Weiss, 5. Davenport, 6. Bloomquist, 7. Ferguson, 8. Owens, 9. Larson, 10. Moran, 11. Bailes, 12. Thornton, 13. McDowell, 14. Overton, 15. Pearson, 16. Bronson, 17. Lanigan, 18. Strickler, 19. Whitener, 20. Clanton, 21. Knuckles, 22. Joiner
10:20- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $50,000.
10:25- Four wide!
10:27- Green flag!
Lap 10- Caution free so far. Madden dominating over Marlar, Weiss, Sheppard, Bloomquist, Ferguson
Lap 10 caution for debris. Order same as above.
Lap 12 caution as the second running Marlar tags the outside wall. Madden leads Weiss, Sheppard, Moran, Bloomquist, Ferguson, Larson, Davenport and Owens.
Lap 20- Madden leads Weiss, Sheppard, Moran and Ferguson.
Lap 30- Madden leads but is stuck behind slower cars which allowed Weiss to close in. Sheppard, Moran, Ferguson, Bloomquist, Davenport and McDowell trailing.
Lap 40- Madden still leading but Ferguson is flying up to second.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. Ferguson, 3. Moran, 4. Larson, 5. Weiss, 6. Bloomquist, 7. McDowell, 8. Davenport, 9. Sheppard, 10. Pearson, 11. Strickler, 12. Owens, 13. Bronson, 14. Overton, 15. Thornton, 16. Lanigan, 17. Knuckles, 18. Joiner, 19. Winger, 20. G Smith, 21. Marlar, 22. Whitener, 23. Clanton, 24. Bailes
Kyle Larson is expected to race
