Live Updates: Lucas Oil $50,000-to-win at Smoky Mountain

InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned $50,000-to-win Mountain Moonshine Classic(Night 2) event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday, June 18, 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 the Brickmill Bash for the American Pro Late Model All-Star Series and the Red Clay 602 Series on July 9, 2022.

Weather Forecast: Sunny with high temperatures in the mid-80s.

Time: Hot laps are scheduled for 7:15pm

Feature Payout: $50,000(60 laps)

Track Description: 4/10-mile clay oval

Other Classes: Sportsman & Mini-Stocks

Live Stream: MavTV Plus

Pre-race Notes: Brandon Sheppard leads the LOLMDS standings over Tim McCreadie, Tyler Erb, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Earl Pearson Jr.

7:15- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series hot laps are underway.

Chris Madden and Jimmy Owens won the two preliminary features held on Friday night.

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Live Updates:

Lucas Oil Late Models

Car Count: 45 cars

Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 1- Brandon Sheppard, 1- Tyler Erb, 1v-Vic Hill, 2s- Stormy Scott, 3- Austin Neely, 7R- Ross Robinson, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 9- Dusty Carver, 10- Garrett Smith, 11- Spencer Hughes, 16- Sam Seawright, 16- Ben Watkins, 17- Cameron Weaver, 17m- Dale McDowell, 17ss- Brenden Smith, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 20- Jimmy Owens, 20H- Bryson Harper, 20RT- Ricky Thornton Jr., 21- Robby Moses, 22- Lynn Leach, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 23- John Blankenship, 24D- Michael Brown, 25- Shane Clanton, 39- Tim McCreadie, 40B- Kyle Bronson, 44- Chris Madden, 46- Earl Pearson Jr., 49- Jonathan Davenport, 51- Mack McCarter, 57- Zack Mitchell, 58- Garrett Alberson, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 76- Brandon Overton, 79- Ross Bailes, 83- Jensen Ford, 88- Trent Ivey, 89- Ashton Winger, 93- Carson Ferguson, 99- Camaron Marlar, 109- Eli Beets, 118- Matt Henderson, 157- Mike Marlar

Qualifying Results: There will be no qualifying. Lineups for Saturday’s heat races were determined by Friday’s twin feature races.

Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.

Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Chris Madden, 2. Dale McDowell, 3. Earl Pearson Jr., 4. Ricky Thornton Jr., 5. Eli Beets, 6. Mack McCarter, 7. Stormy Scott, 8. John Blankenship, 9. Brenden Smith, 10. Ashton Winger, 11. Austin Neely, 12. Michael Brown

Heat 1 Finish– 1. Madden, 2. Thornton, 3. Pearson, 4. McDowell … McCarter, Blankenship, Scott, Beets, Winger, Neely, B Smith

Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Brandon Overton, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Kyle Bronson, 5. Hudson O’Neal, 6. Cameron Weaver, 7. Ricky Weiss, 8. Robby Moses, 9. Bryson Harper, 10. Spencer Hughes, 11. Camaron Marlar

Heat 2 Finish– 1. M Marlar, 2. Overton, 3. Sheppard, 4. Weiss … Bronson, O’Neal, Weaver, C Marlar, Moses, Harper, Hughes

Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Jimmy Owens, 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Zack Mitchell, 4. Tim McCreadie, 5. Garrett Alberson, 6. Ben Watkins, 7. Daulton Wilson, 8. Jensen Ford, 9. Dusty Carver, 10. Sam Seawright, 11. Ross Robinson

Heat 3 Finish–  1. Ferguson, 2. Mitchell, 3. McCreadie, 4. Owens … Ford, Alberson, Wilson, Robinson, Watkins, Carver

Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Vic Hill, 3. Ross Bailes, 4. Scott Bloomquist, 5. Kyle Strickler, 6. Tyler Erb, 7. Trent Ivey, 8. Garrett Smith, 9. Matt Henderson, 10. Cory Hedgecock, 11. Lynn Leach

Heat 4 Finish– 1. Davenport, 2. Hill, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Bailes … Ivey, Erb, Hedgecock. Strickler, G Smith, Henderson

B-main Results: There will be two B-main races with the top-3 transferring to the feature.

B-main 1 Finish- 1. Bronson, 2. Blankenship, 3. McCarter

B-main 2 Finish- 1. Ford, 2. Alberson, 3. Ivey

Feature Notes:

1. Madden, 2. Ferguson, 3. M Marlar, 4. Davenport, 5. Thornton, 6. Mitchell, 7. Overton, 8. Hill, 9. Pearson, 10. McCreadie, 11. Sheppard, 12. Bloomquist, 13. McDowell, 14. Owens, 15. Weiss, 16. Bailes, 17. Bronson, 18. Ford, 19. Blankenship, 20. Alberson, 21. McCarter, 22. Ivey, 23. Erb, 24. O’Neal, 25. Winger, 26. Hughes, 27. Robinson, 28. Wilson

9:43- Going to water the track before the Lucas Oil feature.

10:50- Feature rolling out. 60 laps for $50,000.

10:58- Four wide!

11:04- Green flag!

Lap 1 caution for Wilson spin. Madden leads Ferguson, Davenport, M Marlar, Thornton, Mitchell, Overton, McCreadie, Hill, Pearson

Lap 10- Madden and Davenport separating from Ferguson, Overton, Thornton, Marlar, Hill, McCreadie and Mitchell

Lap 18- Madden leads in heavy traffic over Davenport, Overton, Ferguson and Thornton

Lap 23 caution for Hughes. Madden and Davenport were working heavy traffic and running in tight formation. Overton, Ferguson, Thornton, M Marlar, Hill, McCreadie, Mitchell and Sheppard round out the top-10.

Lap 35- Madden leads Davenport, Overton, Thornton, M Marlar, McCreadie in traffic

Lap 44- Davenport closing on Madden for the lead. Overton there as well.

10 to go- Top-3 of Madden, Davenport and Overton tight.

Madden bobbled with two to go and Davenport took a look inside but Madden held on for the win.

Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. Davenport, 3. Overton, 4. Thornton, 5. M Marlar, 6. McCreadie, 7. Mitchell, 8. Ferguson, 9. Sheppard, 10. Weiss, 11. Pearson, 12. Hill, 13. Owens, 14. Bloomquist, 15. Alberson, 16. O’Neal, 17. Bailes, 18. Bronson, 19. Erb, 20. Ford, 21. McCarter, 22. Blankenship, 23. Hughes, 24. Winger, 25. Wilson, 26. Robinson, 27. Ivey, 28. McDowell

Brandon Overton(76) & Kyle Bronson(40) will be competing for $50,000

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