We will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals Bonus Series race and support classes from Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN for Saturday night, July 5, 2014. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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To follow along, simply scroll down and look under each heading for that particular class. Also, refresh the page frequently as new information will be added often.
Classes in action:
Southern Nationals Bonus Super Late Models for $5,000-to-win.
Sportsman
Modified Street
Four Cylinders
Classics
Pure Street
Time:
Drivers meeting is set for 7:30 with cars slated to hit the track around 7:45.
Weather:
Weather is expected to be very warm with virtually no chance of rain.
General Information:
Tazewell Speedway had its Mid-season Championships on Thursday night.
The Southern Nationals Bonus Series raced on Friday night at Tri-County Race Track in North Carolina. Casey Roberts was the winner of that event.
6:50- Drivers meeting underway.
7:55- Cars rolling in the track.
8:25- Hot laps underway.
Photos:
I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Live Updates:
Super Late Models
Drivers here:18 cars
1- Vic Hill, 25- Dennis Roberson, 16- Justin Ratliff, 56j- Jody Horton, 101- Casey Roberts, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr., 53- Ray Cook, 11s- Lavon Sparks, 1c- Kenny Collins, 11b- Stacy Boles, 97- Michael Chilton, 16n- Brad Neat, 25- Bobby Mays, 11s- Austin Smith, 5h- Bryan Hendrix, 3s- Steve Smith, 10- Chad Ogle, xxx- Bo Eaton.
8:40- Cars being called to staging for qualifying.
Billy Ogle breaks in qualifying. The engine threw a rod.
Stacy Boles and Michael Chilton hit the wall on successive qualifying runs on separate ends of the track. Chilton had a hard hit but appears to be OK.
Qualifying Results: 1. Vic Hill(11.734), 2. Neat, 3. Cook, 4. Ratliff, 5. Mays, 6. C Ogle, 7. Hendrix, 8. Roberson, 9. Roberts, 10. Collins.
Everyone locked in via qualifying.
Looks like Stacy Boles will start the feature. B Ogle and Chilton will not.
10:00- Cars be called to the track for the feature.
Feature is 40 laps for $5000.
10:08- Four wide!
10:11- Green flag!
Lap 7 caution for spin by 5th running Mays. Hill leads with Cook in his tire tracks.
Lap 15 caution. While racing in traffic, Neat went low and Cook went high to split Hill three wide. Neat and Hill tangled out of turn two. Both received damage and are now at the tail. Cook leads Ratliff, C Ogle and Roberson.
Huge pileup on the restart. Horton, Hendrix, Steve Smith received significant damage. Neat was also involved. The wreck occurred in turn three before cars even took the green.
Lap 15 running order- Cook, Ratliff, C Ogle, Roberson, Roberts, Collins, A Smith, Boles, Horton, Hendrix.
Lap 17 caution for Eaton.
Lap 22 caution for Horton. No change in running order listed above.
Lap 29 caution for Eaton. Neat back up to 4th.
Lap 35 caution for Sparks stopped on track. Cook had pulled away to a straightaway lead over Ratliff, Ogle, Neat.
Feature finish: 1. Cook, 2. Ratliff, 3. C Ogle, 4. Neat, 5. Roberson, 6. Mays, 7. Roberts, 8. A Smith, 9. Collins, 10. Boles.
Sportsman
Drivers here: 11 cars
7- Billy Gordon, 34v- Ray Varner, 4- Clyde Overholt, 50- Allen Cole, G71- Dustin Hoover, 2- Steve Smith, 11- Josh Fields, 25- Justin Beeler, 39- Wade Howerton, 8- Jacob Owens, 56h- Jordan Horton.
Qualifying Results: 1. Jordan Horton(12.787), 2. Fields, 3. Beeler, 4. Overholt.
Invert is a 3.
11:35- Feature underway.
Lap 1 caution for spin by Hoover. Beeler leads Horton, Fields and Overholt.
Lap 5 caution. Order still the same.
Lap 11 caution for Hoover. Beeler continues to lead over Horton and Fields.
Lap 12 caution for Hoover. He is being parked by track officials.
Feature finish: 1. Beeler, 2. Horton, 3. Fields, 4. Overholt, 5. Varner, 6. Smith
Modified Street
Car Count: 3 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Brad Davis (13.747), 2. Robbie Buchanan, 3. Mitchell Burke.
Feature Results: 1. Buchanan, 2. Davis, 3. Burke.
Buchanan led all the way for his second consecutive feature win. Race ran caution free.
Four Cylinders
Car Count: 5 cars
Feature Results: 1. Chuck McMahan, 2. Jeromy Collins.
McMahan took the lead from Collins on lap 10 and went on to claim his seventh feature of the season.
Classics
Car Count: 12 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Philip Thompson (14.494), 2. Joe Keck, 3. Logan Dukes, 4. Cameron Skinner, 5. Eli Keck
No invert.
Huge crash at the start of the feature involving virtually every car in the field following contact between front row starters Philip Thompson and Joe Keck. All drivers reported to be OK. Two cars were upside down.
11:20- About to restart. Only six cars remain. Logan Dukes and Joe Keck will start up front.
Feature Results: 1. Logan Dukes, 2. Joe Keck, 3. Robbie Sands
Race was shortened to 15 laps. Dukes led all the way after the big crash.
Pure Street
My apologies but due to the late hour and a long drive home, I will not be providing updates for this class.
