InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals Bonus Series race from the Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA for Saturday night, November 14, 2015. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Southern Nationals Bonus Series Super Late Models for $5,000-to-win(35 laps), Limited Late Models for $1500-to-win, Crate Late Models for $1,00-to-win, and A&B-Hobby for $500-to-win each.
*These updates will focus on the Southern Nationals Bonus Series and Crate & Limited Late Model races. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories.
General Information: Drivers meeting is slated to begin at 5:00pm.
Weather is expected to be clear and cool.
5:00- Drivers meeting underway.
5:40- Hot laps underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Dale McDowell looks into the future of Boyd’s Speedway & Turn 2 Blog: Two big final shows and good track management
Live Updates:
Southern Nationals Bonus Series Super Late Models
Car Count: 44 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Ross White, 1- Skip Arp, 1H- Jason Hiett, R1 – Riley Hickman, 1n- Jordy Nipper, 3- Steve Smith, P4- Jamie Perry, 4g- Bob Gardner, 05- TJ Britain, 6- Jake Knowles, 7- Donald McIntosh, 7- Brad Nichols, 8- David Payne, 8x- Ronnie Payne, J8- Jaden Frame, G9- Eric Grainger, 9- Jason Croft, 11- Austin Smith, 11- Tommy Bailey, 11B- Stacy Boles, 12- Ashton Winger, 14- Jim Harrah, 16- Austin Horton, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18- Chase Junghans, 20- Jimmy Owens, 25- Shane Clanton, 25D- David Doherty, 25c- Jody Summerville, j27- Jay Scott, 29- Jason Welshan, 31- Tyler Millwood, 34- Ellery Leake, 35- Dennis Barton, 41- TJ Reaid, 44- Chris Madden, 53- Ray Cook, 77A- Dylan Ames, 87- Levi Ashby, 93- Charles Zimmerman, 99- Derek Ellis, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr.
Qualifying Results: Qualifying will be broken into two groups. The top-2 from each will go to a fast car dash.
Group A- 1. Jason Hiett, 2. Jimmy Owens
Group B- 1. Dale McDowell (13.845- fastest overall), 2. Chris Madden
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races transferring the top-4 to the feature.
Heat 1 finish- 1. Croft, 2. Boles, 3. D Payne, 4. Knowles
They will start the feature from positions 5, 9, 13, 17
Heat 2 finish- 1. Clanton, 2. Ames, 3. Millwood, 4. Nipper
They will start the feature from positions 6, 10, 14, 18.
Heat 3 finish- 1. Junghans, 2. McIntosh, 3. Ogle, 4. Bailey
They will start the feature from positions 7, 11, 15, 19.
Heat 4 finish- 1. Cook, 2. Hickman, 3. Gardner, 4. Ellis
They will start the feature from positions 8, 12, 16, 20.
Dash Race Results: 1. Madden, 2. McDowell, 3. Hiett, 4. Owens
*Owens spun while running second.
Feature Notes: Ashton Winger and Ronnie Payne will get the provisionals.
10:15- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $5,000.
10:21- Four wide!
10:23- Green flag!
Halfway- Caution free. Madden leads McDowell. Great racing in traffic.
Lap 27 caution for R Payne. Great racing in traffic as McDowell and Madden have swapped the lead four times. McDowell leads Madden, Hiett, Owens, Clanton, Junghans, Croft, Boles, McIntosh
Madden made a great crossover move to take the lead on lap 27 restart.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. McDowell, 3. Owens, 4. Hiett, 5. Clanton, 6. Junghans, 7. Croft, 8. Ogle, 9. Cook, 10. Bailey, 11. Boles, 12. McIntosh
Limited Late Models
Car Count: 33 cars
Drivers Here: Driver list will come from qualifying and heat race results.
Qualifying Results: 1. Jason Hiett(14.349), 2. Cory Hedgecock, 3. Dan Tipton, 4. Ethan Hunter, 5. Michael Page, 6. Riley Hickman, 7. Brandon Williams, 8. Tom Maddox, 9. Robby Mason, 10. Andy Miller, 11. Austin Smith, 12. Sam Norman, 13. Anthony White, 14. Brian Jackson, 15. Forrest Trent, 16. Danny Turner
Consolation Race Results: The Top-4 from the race transfer to the feature.
Race results- 1. Tod Hernandez, 2. Jadon Frame, 3. Stacy Boles, 4. Charlie Parker
Feature Notes:
11:07- Feature lining up.
11:14- Green flag!
Lap 4 caution. Hedgecock leads Hiett, Hunter and Hickman.
Lap 8 caution. On previous restart Hiett put a slide job on Hedgecock then Hedgecock crossed over to retake lead.
Lap 11 caution. Hiett successful in taking the lead on the last restart. Hickman is now second followed by Hedgecock, Hunter and Page.
Feature Results: 1. Hiett, 2. Hickman, 3. Hedgecock, 4. Hunter, 5. Page, 6. Tipton, 7. Williams
Crate Late Models
Car Count: 45 cars
Drivers Here: Driver list will come from qualifying and heat race results.
Qualifying Results: 1. Grant Pearl(14.162), 2. Anthony White, 3. Brandon Williams, 4. Jerry Coffman, 5. Eddie King, May, 6. Cory Hedgecock, 7. Booger Brooks, 8. Bobby Richey, Jr., 9. John Ownbey, 10. Greg Huskey, 11. Jordon Horton, 12. Forrest Trent, 13. Justin Owens, 14. Dustin Golden, 15. Justin Gravelly, 16. Kyle May
Consolation Race Results: Top-4 transfer to the feature.
Race 1 results- 1. Andy Picklesimer, 2. Bryan Pritchard, 3. Mario Gresham, 4. Jason Britton
Race 2 results- 1. Jacob Grizzle, 2. Heath Hindman, 3. Shane Smith, 4. Andy Morris
Feature Notes:
10:45- Feature rolling out.
10:50- Green flag!
Lap 9 red flag as Trent rolls over in turn 1. Indication is that he is OK.
Wild first several laps as Williams and Pearl got together on the first lap, allowing White to take the lead. Then, Williams and White got together multiple times allowing Pearl to take the lead. Pearl now leads Williams, Coffman, Hedgecock and White.
A photo finish as Williams passed Pearl on the outside on the last lap.
Feature Results: 1. Williams, 2. Pearl, 3. Coffman, 4. Hedgecock, 5. White, 6. Ownbey, 7. Richey
A-Hobby
Car Count: 13 cars
Feature Results: 1. BJ Wilson, 2. Joshua Beagan, 3. Jake Caldwell
B-Hobby
Car Count: 11 cars
Feature Results: Booger Brooks wins.
