InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $5,000-to-win Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series sanctioned event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday, June 19, 2021. 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 will be the two-day Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event on July 9-10 with a $12,000-to-win feature on July 9 then a $20,000-to-win feature on July 10.
General Information:
Weather Forecast: Daytime high in the 80s with nighttime lows dropping into the 60s with little to no chance for rain.
Drivers Meeting: 6:30pm
Feature Payout: $5,000-to-win. 40 laps
Track Description: 4/10 mile clay oval with banked turns.
Other Classes: Limited Late Models, 602 Late Models, Brucebilt Modifieds
Pre-race Notes: Jensen Ford currently leads the Iron-Man Series standings.
6:30- Drivers meeting underway.
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Super Late Models
Car Count: 25 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Vic Hill, 2- Joey Coulter, 2N- Matthew Nance, 4T- Tommy Kerr, c5- David Crabtree, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 8- David Payne, 9- Dusty Carver, 11- Spencer Hughes, 13- Cory Hedgecock, 17- Brett Wyatt, 21K- Dakotah Knuckles, 21- Robby Moses, 31- Skip Arp, 31- Kenny Cobble, 47- Tim Rucker, 53- Ray Cook, 57- Zack Mitchell, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 71- Pierce McCarter, 79- Ross Bailes, 83- Jensen Ford, 85- Randy Weaver, 97- Michael Chilton, 157- Mike Marlar
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be split into two groups for qualifying with the top-8 from each transferring to the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Bailes(15.560), 2. O’Neal, 3. Mitchell, 4. Chilton, 5. Crabtree, 6. Arp, 7. Carver, 8. Hill
Group B Results- 1. Hughes(15.613), 2. Marlar, 3. Knuckles, 4. Weaver, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Payne, 7. Kerr, 8. Moses
Heat Race Results:
B-main Results: There will be one B-main with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
B-main finish- 1. Nance, 2. Cook, 3. Coulter, 4. Wyatt
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Hughes, 3. O’Neal, 4. Marlar, 5. Mitchell, 6. Knuckles, 7. Chilton, 8. Weaver, 9. Crabtree, 10. Hedgecock, 11. Arp, 12. Payne, 13. Carver, 14. Kerr, 15. Hill, 16. Moses, 17. Nance, 18. Cook, 19. Coulter, 20. Wyatt, 21. Ford, 22. McIntosh
9:04- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $5,000
9:10- Four wide!
9:12- Green flag!
Lap 3 caution for a crash by Chilton on the front straight. Hughes leads Marlar, Bailes, O’Neal, Knuckles, Weaver, Mitchell, Hedgecock
Lap 7 caution for McIntosh. Hughes leads Marlar, O’Neal, Weaver and Knuckles. Bailes pulls off the track from third place.
Lap 8 caution for Wyatt slowing on track. Hughes ahead of Marlar, O’Neal, Weaver, Knuckles, Mitchell, Hedgecock
Lap 12 caution for blown tire on Hill. Hughes leads Marlar, O’Neal, Hedgecock, Knuckles, Weaver, Mitchell, Kerr, Arp
Lap 28 caution for Nance. O’Neal made a big move on the last restart to take the lead. O’Neal leads Hughes, Knuckles, Hedgecock, Mitchell, Arp. Previous top-5 runners Weaver and Marlar pulled off track during that last run.
O’Neal controlled the race over the final 10 laps.
Feature Results: 1. O’Neal, 2. Hughes, 3. Knuckles, 4. Mitchell, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Kerr, 7. Ford, 8. Arp, 9. Moses, 10. Nance
Jensen Ford leads the Iron-Man standings
