InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Iron-Man Challenge/Southern Nationals Bonus Series race from the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, KY for Saturday evening, June 25, 2016. Today’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Iron-Man/Southern Nationals Bonus Series for $10,050(60 laps), Open Wheel Modifieds and Super Street.
*These updates will focus solely on the Iron Man/SoNats Bonus races. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories.
General Information: Drivers meeting is slated for 5:45pm with hot laps set to begin soon afterwards.
Weather is expected to be clear and warm.
Donald McIntosh currently leads the Southern Nationals Bonus Series points over Cory Hedgecock, David Payne, Ryan King and Jason Welshan.
5:45- Drivers meeting about to commence.
6:30- Hot laps underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Iron-Man/Southern Nationals Bonus Series
Car Count: 35 cars
Drivers Here: 3D- Jake Henry, 4B- Jackie Boggs, 4- Tripp Gerald, B5- Jason Barrett, 7- Donald McIntosh, 7j- Jerry Rutherford, 8- David Payne, 9- Jason Croft, 9- Terry Hicks, 11- Skylar Marlar, 11- Tommy Bailey, 11- DJ Wells, 11- Daniel Dial, 12- Jason Jameson, 15- Chris Ruble, 15- Scott James, 16- Justin Ratliff, 17- Steven Eversole, 17- Steve Stollings, 20c- Duane Chamberlain, 21- Kenneth Howell, 25- Donnie Everman, 28- Gary Yeager, 30- Ryan King, 31x- Johnny Wheeler, 33- Terry English, 35- Todd Coffman, 35- Dennis Barton, 38- Derek Fisher, 41- Kye Blight, 45- Doug Smith, 88- Greg Johnson, 97- Michael Chilton, 115- Zack Dohm, 201- Billy Ogle Jr
*Driver roster is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting
Qualifying Results: No one will be locked into the feature via qualifying.
Group A Results – 1. Boggs(15.408), 2. Blight, 3. English, 4. Chilton, 5. Ratliff, 6. Payne
Group B Results – 1. Jameson (15.394), 2. King, 3. Johnson, 4. Marlar, 5. Bailey, 6. James
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races transferring the top-4 from each to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup: 1. Boggs, 2. English, 3. Ratliff, 4. Dohm, 5. Barrett, 6. Gerald, 7. Everyman, 8. Eversole, 9. Dial
Heat 1 Results: 1. Boggs, 2. English, 3. Ratliff, 4. Dohm
*Boggs won by several car lengths in a race that ran caution free.
Heat 2 Lineup: 1. Blight, 2. Chilton, 3. Payne, 4. Henry, 5. Chamberlain, 6. Stollings, 7. Howell, 8. Smith
Heat 2 Results: 1. Chilton, 2. Chamberlain, 3. Henry, 4. Blight
*Chilton took the lead at the start and led all the way. Payne was running second with two laps to go and looked as if he clipped a tire on the inside of the track and damaged his car.
Heat 3 Lineup: 1. Jameson, 2. Johnson, 3. Bailey, 4. Wells, 5. Hicks, 6. McIntosh, 7. Ogle, 8. Wheeler, 9. Yeager
Heat 3 Results: 1. Jameson, 2. Johnson, 3. Bailey, 4. McIntosh
*Jameson beat back an early challenge from Johnson and led all the way. An incident involving Wells and Bailey on the initial start caused a complete restart.
Heat 4 Lineup: 1. King, 2. Marlar, 3. James, 4. Croft, 5. Coffman, 6. Fisher, 7. Rutherford, 8. Ruble, 9. Barton
Heat 4 Results: 1. James, 2. Marlar, 3. King, 4. Croft
*James made a three-wide pass for the lead on lap 2 then led the rest of the way.
B-main Results: There will be two B-mains transferring the top-2 from each.
B-main 1 Results: 1. Payne, 2. Barrett
*Payne made an outside pass with three to go for the win.
B-main 2 Results: 1. Fisher, 2. Coffman
*Fisher took the lead on the start and led all the way.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup: 1. Boggs, 2. Jameson, 3. Chilton, 4. James, 5. English, 6. Johnson, 7. Chamberlain, 8. Marlar, 9. Ratliff, 10. Bailey, 11. Henry, 12. King, 13. Dohm, 14. McIntosh, 15. Blight, 16. Croft, 17. Payne, 18. Fisher, 19. Barrett, 20. Coffman
10:10- Feature lined up on the front stretch. 60 laps for $10,050.
10:22- Driver introduction over and engines have fired.
10:24- Four wide!
10:28- Green flag!
Lap 18 caution. Chilton had taken lead from Boggs on lap 11 but has a flat left front tire. Boggs now leads James, Jameson, Johnson, Marlar, English and Chamberlain. Great racing so far with lots of two and three wide battles from first on back.
Lap 20 caution for Henry. Boggs leads James, Jameson, Chamberlain, Johnson, McIntosh , Payne, English and King.
Lap 23 caution as two cars slow on track. Jameson had just moved to second and was challenging Boggs for the lead. McIntosh up to 5th.
Lap 25 caution for Henry spin. Jameson had been challenging Boggs for the lead while McIntosh and Chamberlain ran side by side several laps for 4th.
Lap 32 caution. Boggs and Jameson swapped lead multiple times before Jameson spun in turn one. James was collected in the spin and probably suffered most damage. Boggs leads McIntosh, Johnson, Chamberlain, King.
Top-10 running Payne pulls off with flat tire. Jameson drove up beside Boggs under caution and the two cars bumped.
Jameson now at the tail. Boggs has big piece of sheet metal hanging off left rear.
Boggs now at tail after sheet metal repair. McIntosh leads.
Still under caution for some work on the track. Looks like Johnson pitted as well. Order is now McIntosh, Chamberlain, Dohm, English, Barrett, Bailey. But now English pulls off.
So many cars have dropped out or pitted under this caution that Jameson and Boggs are back to 6th and 8th respectively.
Dohm hounded McIntosh for several laps before taking the lead on lap 45. Johnson moved quickly up through the pack on fresh tires.
Boggs and Jameson did have one final bumping match with about 5 to go.
Feature Results: 1. Dohm, 2. Johnson, 3. McIntosh, 4. Boggs, 5. Jameson, 6. Chamberlain, 7. Ratliff
