The 49th running of the National 100, one of the South’s oldest Dirt Late Model events, is set to roll off on Sunday at the East Alabama Motor Speedway. The race, which is being officiated by the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series, will dole out $49,000 to its winner.
Qualifying and heat racing action took place on Saturday night at the Phenix City, Alabama facility with B-mains and the feature scheduled for Sunday. The racing action will be aired live by Hunt the Front TV.
Brandon Overton has won the past two National 100 features. Fellow entrants Jimmy Owens and Chris Madden have also scored two wins each in this event. Scott Bloomquist is the winningest driver with eight victories.
A total of 40 cars were signed in for competition.
Qualifying Results:
Group A- 1. Chris Madden(14.354), 2. Richie Stephens, 3. Kyle Bronson, 4. Dennis Erb Jr., 5. Joseph Joiner, 6. Spencer Hughes, 7. Donald McIntosh, 8. Wil Herrington, 9. Sam Seawright, 10. Austin Horton
Group B- 1. Brandon Overton(14.570), 2. Ashton Winger, 3. Allen Styck, 4. Jimmy Owens, 5. Josh Putnam, 6. J.R. Moseley, 7. Brent Larson, 8. Tyler Millwood, 9. Dalton Cook, 10. Bo Slay
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Chris Madden, 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., 3. Kyle Bronson, 4. Sam Seawright … Donald McIntosh, Dylan Knowles, Joseph Joiner, Booger Brooks, Mitch Fulford, Jeremy Pate
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Richie Stephens, 2. Wil Herrington, 3. Dennis Erb Jr., 4. Spencer Hughes … Austin Horton, Terrance Nowell, Steven Roberts, Kenny Collins, Ray Cook
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Dalton Cook, 3. Tyler Erb, 4. Josh Putnam … Cody Overton, Chad Wallace, Allen Styck, Brent Larson, Parker Martin, Matthew Taylor
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Jimmy Owens, 2. Ashton Winger, 3. J.R. Moseley, 4. Bo Slay … Tyler Millwood, Dennis Hale, Mark Whitener, Stephen Brantley, Rucker Orr
B-main Lineups:
B-main 1- 1. McIntosh, 2. Horton, 3. Knowles, 4. Nowell, 5. Joiner, 6. Roberts, 7. Brooks, 8. Collins, 9. Fulford, 10. Cook, 11. Pate, 12. Darda
B-main 2- 1. C Overton, 2. Millwood, 3. Wallace, 4. Hale, 5. Styck, 6. Whitener, 7. Larson, 8. Brantley, 9. Martin, 10. Orr, 11. Taylor, 12. Townsend
Feature Lineup: 1. Richie Stephens, 2. Chris Madden, 3. Brandon Overton, 4. Jimmy Owens, 5. Ricky Thornton Jr., 6. Wil Herrington, 7. Dalton Cook, 8. Ashton Winger, 9. Kyle Bronson, 10. Dennis Erb Jr., 11. Tyler Erb, 12. J.R. Moseley, 13. Sam Seawright, 14. Spencer Hughes, 15. Josh Putnam, 16. Bo Slay
*Remainder to be filled in via B-main races
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