We will be providing live updates from the SteelHead Nationals event from the 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN on Saturday night, October 25, 2014. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Brady Cupp.
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Classes in action:
Steelhead Late Models for $3,500-to-win.
Sportsman Late Models, Street Stocks, and Mini Stocks for $1,000 each. Classic Cars will also be racing
Time:
Drivers meeting is scheduled for 4:45 with racing to follow soon afterwards.
Weather:
The forecast calls for clear skies and mild fall temperatures.
General Information:
This event is the 8th annual running on the SteelHead Nationals. The prior seven events have seen seven different winners.
Live Updates: Drivers meeting underway. Over 100 total cars signed in.
Jason Welshan will be looking for his 34th overall win tonight. Billy Ogle Jr is driving the Steel Head Late Model owned by Mark Leach.
SteelHead Nationals
Car Count:32
Drivers Here: 90J Jason Trammell, 30 Ryan King, 39 Eddie King Jr, 56J Jody Horton, 31 Greg Estes, 71 Brian Courtney, 66 Billy Ogle Jr, 21 Mario Gresham, 29 Jason Welshan, 11 Anthony Arnwine, 0 Ross White, 07 Jason Cardwell, 97 Bobby Giffin, 97 Keith Chapman, 44 Chase King, 8 Chris Chandler, 31 Brad Seagle, 32 Jason Manley, 12K Greg Huskey, 43 Ben Petrey, 29 Rusty Ballenger, 7 William Overbey, 1 Adam Beeler, 83 Jensen Ford, 24 Greg Martin, 00 Ruben Mayfield, B00 Josh Henry, 3 Steve Smith, 23 Corey Hedgecock, 2 Anthony White, 2 Mitchell Childress, K37 Drew Kennedy
Qualifying Results: 23 Cory Hedgecock (14.077), Jason Welshan, Greg Estes, Greg Martin, Bobby Giffin
Starting field will be determined from the finishes of four heat races.
First heat race finish: Jason Cardwell, Cory Hedgecock, Ross White, Anthony White
Second heat race finish: Jason Welshan, Jensen Ford, Ryan King, Eddie King Jr
Third heat race finish: Greg Estes, Bobby Giffin, Ruben Mayfield, Greg Huskey
Fourth heat race finish: Billy Ogle Jr, Greg Martin, Brian Courtney, Josh Henry
Feature Notes: Jason Cardwell and Jason Welshan on the front row of the 50 lap feature.
Lap one: Welshan leads over Cardwell, Ogle, Hedgecock and Martin. Greg Estes drops out.
Lap ten: Welshan pulls out to a 10 car length lead. Ogle battling Cardwell for second.
Lap fifteen :Welshan weaving his way through lap traffic .
Lap twenty three: Hedgecock takes second away from Cardwell. Great battle!
Caution on lap twenty eight for Brian Courtney spinning on his own in turn two.
On the restart Hedgecock went to the outside of Welshan on the back stretch. Welshan shut the door in turn three.
Lap thirty five: Hedgecock passes Welshan on the back stretch only to have the caution come out.
Lap forty: Welshan still leads. Hedgecock using every inch of the track trying to gain ground
Lap forty three: Hedgecock makes contact with Welshan going for the lead in turn three. Welshan goes out with heavy front suspension damage. Hedgecock out also with damage. Cardwell your new leader followed by Ogle, Martin, Eddie King Jr. and Giffin.
Jason Cardwell becomes the eighth different winner of the Steel Head Nationals.
Feature Results: 1.07 Jason Cardwell 2. 66 Billy Ogle Jr 3. 24 Greg Martin 4. 39 Eddie King Jr 5. 97 Bobby Giffin 6. 0 Ross White 7. B00 Josh Henry 8. 83 Jensen Ford 9. 00 Ruben Mayfield 10. 32 Jason Manley 11. 3 Steve Smith 12. 29 Jason Welshan 13. 23 Cory Hedgecock 14. 31 Greg Estes 15. 30 Ryan King 16. 2 Anthony White 17. 29 Rusty Ballenger 18. 71 Brian Courtney 19. 90 Jason Trammell 20. 12 Greg Huskey.
Sportsman
Car Count: 15
Feature Results: 1. Rec Coffey 2. 01 Wayne Rader 3. C11 Clyde Stanton 4. 2 Terry Poore 5. 12 Eric Register 6. 66 Justin Beeper 7. 14 David Kerr 8. 15 Wade Overton 9. 14 David Kerr 10. 11 Kip Sawyer 11. 4M Jason Mullen 12. 42 Tony Lindsey 13. 74 Freddy Hillard 14. 41 Shorty Ledford 15. 69 David Macklin 16. 18 Anthony Burchett 17. 10 Adam Mitchell
Street Stocks
Car count: 24
Feature Results: 1. 31 Greg Estes 2. M2 Shannon Emery 3. 36 Chris Rickett 4. 88 Brad Davis 5. 30 Jonathan Sims 6. 5 Gary Blanken 7. 3 Michael Boyd 8. 31 Brady Lee 9: 00 Charles Devine 10: 56 Tony Horton 11: P21 Robbie Buchanan 12: 37 Shane Taylor 13: 119 Eddie Stewart 14: 27 Charlie Bates 15: 10 Dave Smith 16: 27 Dwayne Fox 17: 0z Jon Cook 18: 11 Tracy Wolfe 19: J3 Jeff McLemore 20: 51 Pete Wright DNS: 11 Dale Watson
DNS: 155 Eric Griffith DNS: 5 Tony Simonic DNS: 69 Nick Barnard
Mini Stocks
Car Count: 20
Feature Results: 1. 7 John Byers 2. 41 Michael Courtney 3. 171 Kyle Courtney 4. 88 Randy Powell 5. BA2 Bryant Idles 6. 7 Robert Burris 7. 25 Joe Myers 8. 21 Jason Gregory 9. 08 Chris Griffin 10. 9 Chris Johnston 11. 726 James Sharp 12. 18 William Talent 13. 18 Eric Webber 14. 01 Anthony Dixon 15. 21 Danny Pennington 16. 2 Todd Jones 17. 29 Mike Townsend 18. 322 Fireball Roberts 19. 17 Tyler Haynes 20. 7 Alex Squires
Classic Cars
Cars Count: 11
Feature results: 1: 24 Philip Thompson 2: 7 Bart Baxter 3: 5 Robby Sands 4: 7B Joe Keck 5: 99 Justin Overton 6: 34 Philip Shockley 7: 2 Chris Evans 8: #07A Adam Pressley 9: 18 Eli Keck 10:07 Bobby Pressley DNS: 88 Ritchie Overholser
