InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the XR Events Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series-sanctioned $12,000-to-win Scorcher event at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN on Wednesday, September 14, 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 lower-80s and lows in the 50s with little to no chance for rain.
Time: Hot laps scheduled for 7:00.
Feature Payout: $12,000-to-win
Track Description: 4/10 mile clay oval
Other Classes: Sportsman Late Models & Brucebilt Iron-Man Modifieds
Live Stream: raceXR.plus
Pre-race Notes: Michael Chilton leads the Iron-Man standings ahead of Eli Beets, Stacy Boles, Ricky Weiss and Christian Hanger
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Live Updates:
Car Count: 32 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 01- Jason Welshan, 1- Vic Hill, 3- Austin Neely, 3- Steve Smith, 3D- Dakota Smith, 5- Chase Oliver, c5- David Crabtree,9- Dusty Carver, 11B- Stacy Boles, 15- Christian Hanger, 16- Sam Seawright, 17m- Dale McDowell, 21- Kenneth Howell, 21K- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Will Roland, 22- Brent Cornette, H22- Brandon Hardgrove, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 38- Dillon Tidmore, 42- Cla Knight, 44- Chase King, 44D- Dalton Cook, 56- Jonathan Rowan, 79- Ross Bailes, 83- Jensen Ford, 90- John Llewellyn, 91- Heath Hindman, 97- Michael Chilton, 99- Camaron Marlar, 101- Forrest Trent, 114- Jordan Koehler, 116- Cameron Weaver
Qualifying Results: There will be two qualifying groups.
Group A Results- 1. Cory Hedgecock(12.092),2. Dale McDowell, 3. Chase King, 4. Ross Bailes, 5. Will Roland, 6. Dillon Tidmore, 7. John Lllewellyn, 8. Chase Oliver, 9. Heath Hindman, 10. Dusty Carver
Group B Results- 1. Scott Bloomquist(12.045), 2. Jensen Ford, 3. Camaron Marlar, 4. Michael Chilton, 5. Cla Knight, 6. Sam Seawright, 7. Vic Hill, 8. Stacy Boles, 9. Jason Welshan, 10. Austin Neely
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Hedgecock, 2. King, 3. Roland, 4. Lllewellyn, 5. Hindman, 6. Cornette, 7. Howell, 8. D Smith
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Hedgecock, 2. King, 3. Llewellyn, 4. Hindman
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Bailes, 3. Tidmore, 4. Oliver, 5. Carver, 6. Weaver, 7. S Smith, 8. Cook
Heat 2 Finish– 1. McDowell, 2. Bailes, 3. Tidmore, 4. Oliver
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Bloomquist, 2. Marlar, 3. Knight, 4. Hill, 5. Welshan, 6. Koehler, 7. Hardgrove, 8. Knuckles, 9. Eads
Heat 3 Finish– 1. Bloomquist, 2. Marlar, 3. Welshan, 4. Knight
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Ford, 2. Chilton, 3. Seawright, 4. Boles, 5. Neely, 6. Trent, 7. Rowan, 8. Crabtree
Heat 4 Finish– 1. Ford, 2. Seawright, 3. Chilton, 4. Neely
B-main Results:
B-main 1 Finish – 1. Roland, 2. Cornette, 3. S Smith
B-main 2 Finish – 1. Hill, 2. Crabtree, 3. Knuckles
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Hedgecock, 2. Bloomquist, 3. McDowell, 4. Ford, 5. King, 6. Marlar, 7. Bailes, 8. Seawright, 9. Llewellyn, 10. Welshan, 11. Tidmore, 12. Chilton, 13. Hindman, 14. Knight, 15. Oliver, 16. Neely, 17. Roland, 18. Hill, 19. Cornette, 20. Crabtree, 21. S Smith, 22. Knuckles, 23. Boles, 24. Trent
10’14- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $12,000.
10:22- Green flag!
Big crash on the backstretch after the completion of lap 1. Started when King got sideways then several cars piled in. Bailes, Boles, S Smith, Neely, Cornette and Knuckles among those involved with varying degrees of damage.
Hedgecock leads McDowell, Bloomquist and Ford.
Lap 3 caution for spin by Knuckles. Hedgecock leads McDowell, Bloomquist, Ford, Marlar, Bailes
Lap 8 caution as Welshan slows. Hedgecock leads McDowell, Bloomquist, Marlar, Bailes
Lap 10 caution for Seawright. Hedgecock leads McDowell, Bloomquist, Bailes, Marlar
Lap 18 caution. Hedgecock still leads but Bloomquist now second ahead of McDowell, Marlar and Bailes
20 to go- McDowell dominating over Hedgecock and Marlar
Lap 42 caution for third running Marlar. McDowell had been leading by almost half track. Hedgecock, Chilton, Ford, Bloomquist
Lap 45 caution as leader McDowell slows. Hedgecock leads Chilton, Ford, Bloomquist, Knight, Roland
Third running Ford has a problem on the restart. Hedgecock leads Chilton, Bloomquist, Knight
Feature Results: 1. Hedgecock, 2. Chilton, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Knight, 5. McDowell, 6. Bailes, 7. Hill, 8. Hindman
Michael Chilton currently leads the Iron-Man standings
