InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series-sanctioned $10,000-to-win Smoky Mountain Showdown event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Friday, September 2, 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 featuring American Pro Late Model All-Star Series in a $10,000-to-win feature as well as the Red Clay 602 Series for a $5,000-to-win event on October 8, 2022.
Weather Forecast: Highs in the mid-80s and lows in the 60s with a chance for spotty showers.
Time: Hot laps scheduled for 6:30.
Feature Payout: $10,000
Track Description: 4/10 mile clay oval
Other Classes: Sportsman Late Models & Mini-Stocks
Live Stream: DirtVision.com
Pre-race Notes: Dennis Erb Jr. leads the WoO Late Models standings over Tanner English, Max Blair, Ryan Gustin and Brent Larson.
6:00- Drivers meeting underway.
6:30- Hot laps for all classes about to begin.
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Live Updates:
Car Count: 31 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Josh Richards, B1- Brent Larson, F1- Payton Freeman, 3- Austin Neely, 6- Josh Sneed, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 9- Dusty Carver, 11- Gordy Gundaker, 16- Sam Seawright, 19R- Ryan Gustin, 20- Jimmy Owens, 17m- Dale McDowell, 20H- Bryson Harper, 21- Robby Moses, 22- Chris Ferguson, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 23- John Blankenship, 25- Shane Clanton, 25- Mike Benedum, 28- Dennis Erb Jr., 28p- Taylor Pucket, 31- Skip Arp, 42- Cla Knight, 51- Mack McCarter, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 76- Brandon Overton, 81E- Tanner English, 83- Jensen Ford, 99B- Boom Briggs, 111- Max Blair, 116- Cameron Weaver, 995- Dwight Falcon
Qualifying Results: One qualifying group.
1. Ryan Gustin(15.937), 2. Ricky Weiss, 3. Tanner English, 4. Brandon Overton, 5. Max Blair, 6. Chris Ferguson, 7. Dale McDowell, 8. Jimmy Owens, 9. Josh Richards, 10. Shane Clanton
Heat Race Results: There will be three heat races with the top-6 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Brandon Overton, 3. Dale McDowell, 4. Shane Clanton, 5. John Blankenship, 6. Jensen Ford, 7. Mack McCarter, 8. Dennis Erb Jr. 9. Robby Moses, 10. Josh Sneed, 11. Taylor Pucket
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Gustin, 2. Clanton, 3. McDowell, 4. Erb, 5. Blankenship, 6. Pucket
*Overton had a mechanical issue on lap 3. Ford, McCarter and Moses were involved in a big crash on lap 4. All drivers appeared to be okay.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Ricky Weiss, 2. Max Blair, 3. Jimmy Owens, 4. Payton Freeman, 5. Hudson O’Neal, 6. Austin Neely, 7. Dusty Carver, 8. Boom Briggs, 9. Mike Benedum, 10. Bryson Harper
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Owens, 2. Weiss, 3. O’Neal, 4. Blair, 5. Freeman, 6. Briggs
*Owens passed Weiss early in the going then drove away.
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Tanner English, 2. Chris Ferguson, 3. Josh Richards, 4. Cory Hedgecock, 5. Cameron Weaver, 6. Skip Arp, 7. Sam Seawright, 8. Brent Larson, 9. Dwight Falcon, 10. Cla Knight
Heat 3 Finish– 1. Ferguson, 2. Hedgecock, 3. English, 4. Richards, 5. Weaver, 6. Arp
Ferguson took the lead early then had to hold off a late charge by Hedgecock.
Last Chance Showdown Results: There will be one LCS with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
1. Seawright, 2. Larson, 3. Overton 4. Falcon
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Owens, 2. Ferguson, 3. Clanton, 4. Weiss, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Gustin
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Owens, 2. Ferguson, 3. Clanton, 4. Weiss, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Gustin, 7. McDowell, 8. O’Neal, 9. English, 10. Erb, 11. Blair, 12. Richards, 13. Blankenship, 14. Freeman, 15. Weaver, 16. Pucket, 17. Briggs, 18. Arp, 19. Seawright, 20. Larson, 21. Overton, 22. Falcon
9:13- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $10,000.
9:19- Four wide!
9:21- Green flag!
Lap 2 caution for multi-car car incident involving Weiss, McDowell, Gustin, O’Neal and Hedgecock. Owens leads Clanton, Hedgecock, O’Neal, Ferguson
Lap 15 caution for Weiss. Owens leads Clanton, O’Neal, Ferguson, Hedgecock, Erb, English, Blair, Freeman and Richards.
Lap 25- Owens leading but O’Neal closing in traffic.
Lap 30 caution for second-running O’Neal into wall after apparently having a tire go down. Owens leads Ferguson, Erb, Hedgecock, Blair, English, Freeman, Richards.
Owens jumped to a 10 car length lead on the final restart and maintained that advantage.
Feature Results: 1. Owens, 2. Ferguson, 3. Blair, 4. Erb, 5. Gustin, 6. Hedgecock, 7. English, 8. Richards, 9. Briggs, 10. Overton, 11. Freeman, 12. Larson, 13. Falcon, 14. Pucket, 15. O’Neal, 16. Clanton, 17. Blankenship, 18. Weaver, 19. Seawright, 20. Weiss, 21. Arp, 22. McDowell
Shane Clanton has been running well lately
