InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $20,059-to-win ‘Paul Butterball Woolridge Memorial’ Ultimate Heart of America Series-sanctioned event at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, KY on Saturday evening, September 19, 2020. The 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 event there will be the King of the Mountain All-Star Championship for the Southern All-Star Dirt Racing Series and the American Crate All-Stars Series on October 16, 2020.
General Information:
Weather is expected to be mild with little to no chance for rain.
Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:00pm.
This is a 59-lap race paying $20,059-to-win.
Tyler Carpenter won this race in 2019.
5:30- Drivers meeting about to commence.
6:00- Hot laps about to begin.
8:35- Intermission and possibly some track prep then the Butterball Memorial feature.
9:04- Track work almost complete. Drivers being told to ready their cars.
Photos: I often post photos and/or short videos on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account and my @RichardAllenIDR Instagram account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Butterball Memorial Late Models
Car Count: 36 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Connor Meade, 1CJ- Justin Shaw, B5- Jason Barrett, 6- Victor Lee, 7- Ricky Weiss, 7x- Danny Barrett, D8- Dustin Linville, 9s- Chris Shannon, 11j- James Butcher, 12- Jason Jameson, 14- Tyrel Todd, 14G- Joe Godsey, 14R- Jeff Roth, 15- James Rice, 16- Justin Ratliff, 17c- Tommy Carlton, 17D- Zack Dohm, 19- Mikah Reams, 20- Glen Hounshell Jr., 20c- Duane Chamberlain, 22- Joe Mayabb, 23B- Dalton Brown, 24- Terry Cheeks, 24B- Jared Bailey, 25R- Dennis Roberson, 28- Tyler Carpenter, 38- Derek Fisher, 58- Ross Bailes, 59- Brian Woolridge, 81- Brandon Fouts, 83- Scott James, 88- Farel Skelton, 98- Eric Centers, 99- Benny Butcher, 157- Mike Marlar, 911- Tommy Turner
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Bailes(14.362), 2. Jameson, 3. Fouts, 4. Weiss, 5. Ratliff, 6. Lee, 7. James, 8. Meade
Group B Results- 1. Carpenter(14.655), 2. Dohm, 3. Marlar, 4. Godsey, 5. Bailey, 6. Chamberlain, 7. Todd, 8. Barrett
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Fouts, 3. Ratliff, 4. James, 5. Fisher, 6. Shannon, 7. Roth, 8. Hounshell, 9. Reams
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Bailes, 2. Fouts, 3. Ratliff, 4. James
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Carpenter, 2. Marlar, 3. Bailey, 4. Todd, 5. Roberson, 6. Turner, 7. Brown, 8. Skelton, 9. Butcher
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Marlar, 2. Carpenter, 3. Bailey, 4. Todd
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Jameson, 2. Weiss, 3. Lee, 4. Meade, 5. Linville, 6. Rice, 7. Carlton, 8. Woolridge, 9. Butcher
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Weiss, 2. Lee, 3. Jameson, 4. Linville
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Dohm, 2. Godsey, 3. Chamberlain, 4. Barrett, 5. Shaw, 6. Mayabb, 7. Barrett, 8. Centers, 9. Cheeks
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Dohm, 2. Godsey, 3. Barrett, 4. Mayabb
B-main Results: There will be two B-main races with the top-3 from each transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Fisher, 2. Shannon, 3. Meade
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Shaw, 2. Roberson, 3. Turner
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Marlar, 3. Weiss, 4. Dohm, 5. Fouts, 6. Carpenter, 7. Lee, 8. Godsey, 9. Ratliff, 10. Bailey, 11. Jameson, 12. Barrett, 13. James, 14. Todd, 15. Linville, 16. Mayabb, 17. Fisher, 18. Shaw, 19. Shannon, 20. Roberson, 21. Meade, 22. Turner
9:12- Feature rolling out. 59 laps for $20,059.
9:23- Driver introductions complete. Cars will be lining up soon.
9:35- Four wide!
9:38- Green flag!
Lap 7 caution. Marlar leads Bailes, Weiss, Carpenter, Dohm, Fouts
Lap 12 caution for Jameson. Marlar leads Carpenter, Bailes, Dohm, Weiss, Fouts
Lap 13 caution for Carlton and Shaw. Marlar now leads Bailes, Carpenter, Dohm, Weiss
Lap 16 caution. Marlar leads Carpenter, Bailes, Dohm, Weiss, Lee, James, Fouts, Linville
Lap 19 caution as Carpenter spins from 3rd. Marlar leads Bailes, Weiss, Dohm, James, Lee, Linville, Fouts. Carpenter rejoins at the tail.
Lap 25 caution. Bailes really making hard charges on the outside in turn 1 trying to get by Marlar but hasn’t done so yet. Marlar leads Bailes, Weiss, James, Dohm.
Lap 40- Marlar leads Weiss, Bailes, Dohm, James
Marlar won his fourth Butterball Memorial.
Feature Results: 1. Marlar, 2. Weiss, 3. Dohm, 4. Bailes, 5. James, 6. Lee, 7. Linville, 8. Carpenter, 9. Fouts, 10. Ratliff
Ross Bailes will start from the pole
