InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series/Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals co-sanctioned $21,000-to-win Lil Bill Corum Memorial event at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tennessee on Thursday, April 14, 2022. These 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 race scheduled for SMS will be dual $5,000-to-win ‘Rockin With the Stars’ features for the Southern All-Stars Dirt Late Model Series and the Steel Block Bandits Late Model Series on April 23rd. Also, be sure to make plans now to attend the $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event on the weekend of June 17-18, 2022.
Weather Forecast: Cloudy and mild with daytime highs in the 60s and nighttime lows in the 40s.
Time: Drivers meeting is scheduled for 6:00pm
Feature Payout: $21,000(75 laps)
Track Description: Third-mile clay oval
Other Classes: Sportsman, Classics, Street Stocks
Live Stream: FloRacing.com
Pre-race Notes: Carson Ferguson leads the Spring Nationals standings ahead of Jensen Ford and Cla Knight
Jonathan Davenport leads Ricky Weiss and Brandon Overton in the Iron-Man standings
6:00- Drivers meeting underway.
7:15- Hot laps have concluded. Qualifying up next.
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Live Updates:
Super Late Models
Car Count: 36 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, B00- Josh Henry, F1- Payton Freeman, 1G- Ryan King, 3- Austin Neely, 3- Steve Smith, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 8- David Payne, 9G- Larry Greer, 11B- Stacy Boles, 14- Terry Wolfenbarger, 15- Christian Hanger, 17- Brian Shockley, 17m- Dale McDowell, 17ss- Brenden Smith, 20- Jimmy Owens, 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Matthew Holt, 22- Lynn Leach, 28- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 44- Chris Madden, 49- Jonathan Davenport, 51- Jed Emert, 51- Ryan Winchester, 51- Mack McCarter, 76- Brandon Overton, 79- Ross Bailes, 90- Jason Trammell, 90- John Llewellyn, 93- Carson Ferguson, 95- Brandon Williams, 97- Michael Chilton, 97- Aaron Guinn
Qualifying Results: There will be two qualifying groups. No one will be locked into the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Overton(11.014), 2. McDowell, 3. King, 4. Owens, 5. Knight
Group B Results- 1. Madden(11.114), 2. Weiss, 3. Bailes, 4. Davenport, 5. Bloomquist
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. King, 3. Knight, 4. Boles, 5. Winchester, 6. Henry, 7. Shockley, 8. Smith, 9. Ferguson
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Overton, 2. King, 3. Knight, 4. Henry
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Owens, 3. Payne, 4. Neely, 5. Strickler, 6. T Wolfenbarger., 7. Emert, 8. Holt, 9. J Wolfenbarger
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Owens, 2. McDowell, 3. Neely, 4. Strickler
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. Bailes, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Guinn, 5. Williams, 6. Freeman, 7. Llewellyn, 8. B Smith, 9. Leach, 10. Sneed
Heat 3 Finish– 1. Madden, 2. Bailes, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Williams
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Weiss, 2. Davenport, 3. McCarter, 4. Knuckles, 5. Chilton., 6. McCarter, 7. Trammell, 8. Ford, 9. Greer
Heat 4 Finish– 1. Weiss, 2. McCarter, 3. Knuckles, 4. Chilton
*Second running Davenport tangled with a slower car with two laps remaining in the heat..
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. Boles, 2. Payne, 3. T Wolfenbarger
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Guinn, 2. Freeman, 3. Hanger
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Madden, 3. Owens, 4. Weiss, 5. King, 6. Bailes, 7. McDowell, 8. McCarter, 9. Knight, 10. Bloomquist, 11. Neely, 12. Knuckles, 13. Henry, 14. Williams, 15. Strickler, 16. Chilton, 17. Boles, 18. Guinn, 19. Payne, 20. Freeman, 21. T Wolfenbarger, 22. Hanger
9:36- Feature rolling out. 75 laps for $21,000.
9:45- Four wide!
9:47- Green flag!
Lap 15 caution for Chilton. Madden leads Overton, Weiss, Owens, Bailes, McDowell, King, Bloomquist
Caution just after the restart as King’s car erupts in flames. He got out okay.
Lap 28 caution for Boles. Madden leads Weiss, Overton, Bailes, McDowell, Knuckles, Bloomquist, Strickler, Davenport
Owens was involved in that caution. He will restart from the tail.
Lap 44 caution for 5th running Bailes slowing on track. Madden leads Overton, Weiss, McDowell, Knuckles, Bloomquist, Strickler, Davenport, Freeman
Lap 72 caution for slowing Overton. Madden leads Weiss, McDowell, Bloomquist, Knuckles. Overton had been running third.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. Weiss, 3. McDowell, 4. Bloomquist, 5. Knuckles, 6. Strickler, 7. Bailes, 8. Davenport, 9. Hanger
Scott Bloomquist is expected to be among those racing at the Taz
