InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $5,000-to-win Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series sanctioned event at Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN on Saturday, July 3, 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 only a slight chance for rain.
Drivers Meeting: 7:00pm
Feature Payout: $5,000-to-win. 40 laps
Track Description: 1/3 mile clay oval with high-banked turns.
Other Classes: Sportsman Late Models, Street Stock, Classics, Four Cylinders
Pre-race Notes: Jensen Ford currently leads the Iron-Man Series standings.
7:00- Drivers meeting underway.
7:45- Hot laps for all classes about to begin.
8:30- Hot laps have concluded.
Please also consider reading: Randy Weaver claims Iron-Man feature at Boyd’s
Live Updates:
Iron-Man Late Models
Car Count: 18 cars
Drivers Here: 1G- Ryan King, 1v- Vic Hill, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 17- Brian Shockley, 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Lynn Leach, 24H- Phil Helton, 35- Matt Tharp, 51- Ryan Winchester, 52- Troy Eads, 54- Mitchell Burke, 56- Jonathan Rowan, 71- Pierce McCarter, 83- Jensen Ford, 86- Jeff Neubert, 90- John Llewellyn, 90J- Jason Trammell, 215- Jamison McBride
Qualifying Results: There will be two groups for qualifying with the top-5 from each being locked into the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Knuckles (11.380, 2. Hill, 3. McBride, 4. Rowan, 5. Winchester, 6. Llewellyn, 7. Leach, 8. Burke, 9. Eads
Group B Results- 1. Ford(11.262), 2. McCarter, 3. Trammell, 4. McIntosh, 5. Shockley, 6. King, 7. Tharp, 8. Neubert, 9. Helton
Heat Race Results:
B-main Results:
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- Those who qualified in Group A will make up the inside of each row while those who qualified in Group B will be on the outside of each row.
10:38- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $5,000.
10:49- Four wide!
10:52- Green flag!
Lap 1 caution. Ford leads Knuckles, Hill, McCarter, Trammell, McIntosh
Lap 2 caution. Ford leads Knuckles, McCarter, McIntosh, McBride
Third running Hill has a flat left rear. Lots of contact on that last restart.
Lap 10 caution for spin by Leach then top-5 running McBride collected. Ford leads Knuckles, McCarter, McIntosh, Rowan
Lap 17 caution for Tharp. Ford leads Knuckles, McCarter, McIntosh, Rowan, King, Shockley, Hill
Knuckles and McIntosh get by Ford on the last lap.
Feature Results: 1. Knuckles, 2. McIntosh, 3. Ford, 4. McCarter, 5. King, 6. Rowan, 7. Llewellyn, 8. Hill
Dakotah Knuckles will be among those in competition at Tazewell
