We will be providing live updates from the 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN for Saturday night, August 9, 2014. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter ).
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Classes in action:
NeSmith Crate Late Models(Double features)
Limited Late Models
Sportsman
Street Stocks
Mini Stocks
Time:
Drivers meeting is slated for 6:00pm(eastern) with hot laps to begin soon afterward.
Weather:
There was rain last night and earlier in the day but it has cleared for now and the racing is still on.
Photos:
I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
General Information:
Limited Late Models will be making one of their few appearances of 2014 at the track.
The track employs double features for one of its classes each week. Tonight it will be the NeSmith Crate Late Models that will double up with each winner receiving $750. The Crate LMs will take two laps in qualifying with their first lap setting the field for the first feature and the second lap setting the feature lineup for the second race.
6:05- Drivers meeting underway.
Order of tonight’s features:
1. NeSmith Crate LM (20 laps)
2. Sportsman (20 laps)
3. Street Stocks(20 laps)
4. Limited LM (25 laps)
5. Mini Stocks(20 laps)
6. NeSmith Crate LM (20 laps)
6:15- Hot laps are underway.
Live Updates:
NeSmith Crate Late Models
Drivers here- 14 cars
52- Ryan King, 98- Jed Emert, 586- Cody Brake, 9- Brett Ashley, 79c- Marty Calloway, 88- Brad Coffey, 99- Justin Summers, 29- Rusty Ballenger, 18- Gary Crittenden, j39- Jimmy Elliott, 117- Jake Teague, 7- William Overbey, 007- Hunter Best, 71- Brian Courtney.
6:45- Qualifying about to start. Reminder that lap 1 will set the first feature while lap 2 will set the second feature.
Feature #1 Notes-
Qualifying Results: 1. Ballenger(14.538), 2. King, 3. Teague, 4. Calloway, 5. Courtney, 6. Summers.
7:52- Feature 1 underway
Caution on the start for accident involving Elliott, Coffey, Best, Ashley and Overbey. Minor damage to most.
Feature finish: 1. King, 2. Teague, 3. Ballenger, 4. Elliott, 5. Calloway, 6. Coffey, 7. Best, 8. Crittenden.
Feature 1 ran caution free after that initial incident. King led all the way and pulled out to a lead of almost a full straightaway. Teague went to 2nd on lap 7. Good battle between Ballenger and Elliott for 3rd.
Feature #2 Notes-
Qualifying Results: 1. Ballenger(14.431), 2. Elliott, 3. Teague, 4. Summers, 5. King, 6. Courtney.
9:35- Feature 2 rolling out.
Lap 1 caution for spin by Ashley. Teague to the early lead over Ballenger, Elliott, King.
Lap 19 caution for spin by 3rd running Elliott. Teague leads but King has been pressuring. Summers and Ballenger trail.
Feature finish: 1. Teague, 2. Summers, 3. King, 4. Ballenger
Limited Late Models
Drivers here- 10 cars
00- Ruben Mayfield, f4- Sammie Russell, 31- Johnny Ridings, 16- Brad Lowe, 34- Freddy Simpson, 29- Jason Welshan, 32- Jason Manley, 24- Greg Martin, 07- Jason Cardwell, 51- Mack McCarter.
Qualifying Results: 1. Welshan (13.968), 2. Cardwell, 3. Martin, 4. Lowe, 5. McCarter, 6. Mayfield, 7. Manley, 8. Henderson.
9:10- Feature lining up.
Lap 4 caution for Russell. Martin retires. Cardwell leads Welshan and Lowe.
Lap 8 caution for Ridings. Lowe took lead on previous restart with outside move around Cardwell and Welshan.
Feature finish: 1. Lowe, 2. Welshan, 3. Cardwell, 4. McCarter, 5. Manley, 6. Henderson, 7. Mayfield.
Lowe was able to pull away in the second half of the race. The field spaced out a bit in the latter laps.
Sportsman
Car Count: 10 cars
Qualify Results: 1. Wayne Rader, 2. Brandon Gardner, 3. Kip Sawyer, 4. Adam Mitchell, 5. Eric Hux, 6. Dalton King.
Feature Results: 1. Brandon Gardner, 2. Wayne Rader, 3. Terry Poore, 4. Kip Sawyer, 5. Adam Mitchell, 6. Dalton King, 7. Eric Hux, 8. Tracy Wolfe
Gardner emerged from a two lap side by side battle to take the lead. Hux challenged much of the way. Poore charged from outside the top-5 to eventually challenge for 2nd at the end.
It was Gardner’s first feature win.
Street Stocks
Car Count: 14 cars
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1- 1. Ronnie Roberts, 2. Jerry Hux, 3. Dave Smith, 4. Dale Watson, 5. Jon Cook.
Heat 2- 1. Jeff McLemore, 2. Chris Rickety, 3. Shannon Emert, 4. Chad McLemore, 5. David Price.
Feature Results: 1. Ronnie Roberts, 2. Jeff McLemore, 3. Dale Watson, 4. Dave Smith, 5. Chad McLemore, 6. David Price.
Roberts took the lead from McLemore on lap 18. Things got chaotic at the end with several spins.
Mini Stocks
Car Count: 9 cars
Heat Race Results: 1. Michael Courtney, 2. Kyle Courtney, 3. Tommy Metler, 4. Chris Griffin, 5. Jason Gregory.
Feature Results: 1. Michael Courtney, 2. Kyle Courtney, 3. Tommy Metler, 4. Jason Gregory.
The Courtneys battle hard in the early before Michael pulled away.
It was Courtney’s twelfth feature win of the year. Eleven here and one at Smoky Mountain.
