We will be providing live updates from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series from the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN for Thursday night, August 21, 2014. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action:
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for $10,000-to-win(50 laps).
Modified Hobby
Time:
Drivers meeting is set for 7:15 with cars to hit the track around 7:45.
7:20- Drivers meeting underway.
Weather:
Weather is very warm with a slight chance for scattered thunderstorms.
General Information:
Jimmy Owens leads the LOLMDS standings over Don O’Neal, Scott Bloomquist, Steve Francis, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Earl Pearson, Jr. and John Blankenship.
Owens has won five LOLMDS features since July 3rd.
8:15- Qualifying underway.
Photos:
I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Live Updates:
LOLMDS
Car Count: 27 cars
Drivers Here:
Group 1
23- John Blankenship, 29- Jason Welshan, 20- Jimmy Owens, 44- Earl Pearson, Jr., 41- Brad Neat, 11g- Travis Greer, 777- Jared Landers, 28w- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 0- Scott Bloomquist
Group 2
17m- Dale McDowell, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr., 44m- Chris Madden, 15- Steve Francis, 5h- Bryan Hendrix, 5j- Eric Jacobsen, 91p- Jason Papich, 30- Ryan King, 12- Jason Hughes
Group 3
10- Chad Ogle, 5- Don O’Neal, 28- Eddie Carrier, Jr., 1v- Vic Hill, 28e- Dennis Erb, Jr., 7- Brian Smith, 4v- Mark Vineyard, 157- Mike Marlar, 34- Ellery Leake
Cars running very near the track record in hot laps.
Owens, Madden and O’Neal were fastest in their respective hot laps groups.
Qualifying Results: 1. Bloomquist (12.242), 2. Neat, 3. Pearson, 4. Blankenship, 5. McDowell, 6. Carrier, 7. Francis, 8. Madden
Heat Race Lineups:
Heat 1 Lineup- Bloomquist, Blankenship, Francis, Jacobsen, Landers, C Ogle, Papich, Owens, King
Heat 2 Lineup- Neat, McDowell, Madden, B Ogle, Hill, Vineyard, Hughes, Leake, Greer
Heat 3 Lineup- Pearson, Carrier, Erb, O’Neal, Marlar, Welshan, B Smith, Wolfenbarger, Hendrix
Each heat race will be 10 laps with the top-6 transferring.
Heat Race Results:
9:00- Heat 1 underway.
Heat 1 Results- 1. Bloomquist, 2. Blankenship, 3. Jacobsen, 4. Francis, 5. C Ogle, 6. Landers… Owens was 7th and have to race in the B-main or take a provisional.
Heat 2 Results- 1. McDowell, 2. Madden, 3. Neat, 4. B Ogle, 5. Hill, 6. Hughes
Heat 2 Results- 1. Carrier, 2. Pearson, 3. O’Neal, 4. Marlar, 5. Erb, 6. Welshan
All three heats ran caution free.
B-main Results: Only one B-main. The top-4 will transfer.
B-main finish- 1. Owens, 2. Vineyard, 3. Papich, 4. B Smith
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- Bloomquist, McDowell, Carrier, Blankenship, Madden, Pearson, Jacobsen, Neat, O’Neal, Francis, B Ogle, Marlar, C Ogle, Hill, Erb, Landers, Hughes, Welshan, Owens, Vineyard, Papich, Smith, Leake, Wolfenbarger
9:50- Feature rolling out(50 laps for $10,000)
10:00- Four wide!
10:05- Green flag!
Lap 1 caution for debris. Bloomquist leads McDowell, Blankenship and Pearson. Debris was drive shaft out of Madden car.
Caution just after the restart as it appeared Bloomquist slowed suddenly in front of the whole pack. Carrier piled in hard and very nearly rolled over. Jacobsen and Pearson also involved. Possibly a tire down on the 0 car.
Bloomquist is back out. Francis was also involved and has returned to the track.
McDowell leads Blankenship, Marlar, O’Neal, B Ogle, Hill on lap 2. Carrier is back out as is Pearson.
Lap 12 caution for Carrier(McDowell almost involved). McDowell leads Blankenship, Marlar, O’Neal, B Ogle, Landers, Erb, Owens.
Lap 23 caution for Leake. Still McDowell over Blankenship, Marlar, Landers, ONeal, Erb, B Ogle. Top-5 spaced out but fierce battle behind them.
Owens just dropped out.
Bloomquist charging. Already back to 5th.
Feature Results: 1. McDowell, 2. Marlar, 3. Blankenship, 4. Bloomquist, 5. Landers, 6. O’Neal, 7. B Ogle, 8. Jacobsen.
McDowell controlled the race after Bloomquist had his early trouble. Bloomquist made a big charge to get back to 4th from the rear.
Owens reports that he had transmission issues.
Modified Hobby
Car Count: 15 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Greg Estes, 2. Jamie Whitt, 3. Chris Rickett
Feature Results: 1. Estes, 2. Rickett, 3. Whitt
