InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series-sanctioned $5,000-to-win Stars & Stripes 40 event at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA on Friday, July 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 the Brickmill Bash for the American Pro Late Model All-Star Series and the Red Clay 602 Series on July 9, 2022.
Weather Forecast: Sunny with high temperatures in the 90s. There is a chance for scattered thundershowers.
Time: Drivers meeting scheduled for 7:15.
Feature Payout: $5,000(40 laps)
Track Description: Third-mile clay oval
Other Classes: 604 Late Models, 602 Late Models, and others.
Live Stream:
Pre-race Notes: Michael Chilton leads the Iron-Man standings over Stacy Boles, Ricky Weiss, Christian Hanger and Eli Beets.
7:15- Drivers meeting about to commence.
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Live Updates:
Iron-Man Late Models
Car Count: 26 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Vic Hill, 1J- JT Seawright, 3c- Carden Cochran, T6- Tod Hernandez, 7w- Ricky Weiss, J8- Jadon Frame, 9- Dusty Carver, 9- Jason Croft, 10- Tommy Taylor, 11- Hayden Ownbey, 11B- Stacy Boles, 16- Sam Seawright, 17j- Justin Cameron, 22- Will Roland, 31- Tim Thornton, 31- Clayton Cooper, H31- Robby Mason, 32- Donald McIntosh, 32- Jason Manley, 33c- Canon Cochran, 38- Dillon Tidmore, 44- Dalton Cook, 51- Mack McCarter, 83- Chuck Christopher, 91- Heath Hindman, 95- Brandon Williams, 97- Michael Chilton, 109- Eli Beets
Qualifying Results: There will be two qualifying groups with the top-8 from each transferring to the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Sam Seawright(15.164), 2. Donald McIntosh, 3. Robby Mason, 4. Jason Manley, 5. Justin Cameron, 6. J.T. Seawright, 7. Dalton Cook, 8. Stacy Boles
Group B Results- 1. Vic Hill(15.088), 2. Brandon Williams, 3. Mack McCarter, 4. Heath Hindman, 5. Eli Beets, 6. Dillon Tidmore, 7. Ricky Weiss, 8. Will Roland
Heat Race Results: There will be no heat races.
B-main Results: There will be no B-main. All cars will start the feature.
Feature Notes
Feature Lineup – 1. Sam Seawright, 2. Hill, 3. McIntosh, 4. Williams, 5. Mason, 6. McCarter, 7. Manley, 8. Hindman, 9. Cameron, 10. Beets, 11. JT Seawright, 12. Tidmore, 13. Cook, 14. Weiss, 15. Boles, 16. Roland, 17. Hernandez, 18. Croft, 19. Cooper, 20. Chilton, 21. Taylor, 22. Ownbey, 23. Canon Cochran, 24. Thornton, 25. Christopher, 26. Carden Cochran
9’42- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $5,000.
9:47- Green flag!
Lap 3 caution for multi-car incident. Points leader Chilton involved as well as Boles, Taylor and Croft. Hill leads S Seawright, McIntosh, Williams, Mason, McCarter, Manley, Hindman
Lap 14 caution for Christopher. Hill leads S Seawright, McIntosh, McCarter, Williams, Mason, Beets, Weiss, Manley, Hindman
McIntosh to the lead on the lap 14 restart. Hill, Seawright, McCarter trail.
Lap 30- Top-4 of McIntosh, Hill, Seawright and McCarter are battling in traffic.
Feature Results: 1. McIntosh, 2. Hill, 3. McCarter, 4. S Seawright, 5. Weiss, 6. Chilton, 7. Williams, 8. Beets, 9. Manley, 10. Mason
Michael Chilton currently leads the Iron-Man standings
