InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race from the Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA for Friday evening, April 1, 2016. Today’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Lucas Oil Super Late Models for $10,000-to-win, Crate Late Models for $1500-to-win, Topless Sportsman for $500-to-win.
*These updates will focus on the Super & Crate Late Model races. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories.
General Information: Drivers meeting is slated for 6:30pm with racing set to get underway at 7:00pm.
Weather looks to be good with only a slight chance for showers with overnight lows in the 50s.
This is the first visit to Boyd’s for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
6:30- Drivers meeting underway.
7:10- LOLMDS hot laps underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Jimmy Owens balances racing, responsibility and fatherhood & Billy Ogle, Jr. finds new home for 2016 season
Live Updates:
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Car Count: 34 cars
Drivers Here: 00- Ruben Mayfield, 0- Scott Bloomquist, 1- Earl Pearson, Jr., 1- Jason Hiett, R1- Riley Hickman, 5- Don O’Neal, B5- Brandon Sheppard, 6- Jonathan Davenport, 7- Donald McIntosh, 8- David Payne, A8- Ausin Arnold, 9- Jason Croft, 12- Ashton Winger, 15F- Steve Francis, 15L- Darrell Lanigan, 17m- Dale McDowell, 20- Jimmy Owens, 22- Tim Busha, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 28e- Dennis Erb, Jr., 31- Nick Latham, 31t- Tyler Millwood, 39- Tim McCreadie, 41- TJ Reaid, 44- Chris Madden, 75- Colton Filner, 77- Dylan Ames, 81- Aaron Ridley, 99- Devin Moran, 99- Derek Ellis, 101- Casey Roberts, 116- Randy Weaver, 128- Skip Arp, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr., 777- Jared Landers
Qualifying Results: No one locked in via time-trials. Everyone will heat race.
Group A Results: 1.Bloomquist(13.830), 2. Weaver, 3. Millwood, 4. Croft, 5. Ames, 6. Owens, 7. Davenport, 8. Latham
Group B Results: 1. Madden(13.933), 2. McDowell, 3. Roberts, 4. Moran, 5. Ellis, 6. Ridley, 7. Payne, 8. Hiett
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Millwood, 3. Ames, 4. Davenport, 5. Hickman, 6. McIntosh, 7. Arp, 8. Winger, 9. Mayfield
Heat 1 Results: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Millwood, 3. Davenport, 4. McIntosh… Ames, Hickman, Arp
*Bloomquist dominated. Hickman spun on lap 1 racing for 4th.
Heat 2 Lineup: 1. Weaver, 2. Croft, 3. Owens, 4. Latham, 5. Landers, 6. Lanigan, 7. Francis, 8. Arnold
Heat 2 Results: 1. Weaver, 2. Landers, 3. Owens, 4. Lanigan… Croft, Francis, Latham
*Weaver led all the way but Landers was challenging late.
Heat 3 Lineup: 1. Madden, 2. Roberts, 3. Ellis, 4. Payne, 5. Pearson, 6. Sheppard, 7. O’Neal, 8. Erb, 9. Flinner
Heat 3 Results: 1. Madden, 2. Roberts, 3. Pearson, 4. O’Neal… Sheppard, Ellis, Erb
*Madden dominated.
Heat 4 Lineup: 1. McDowell, 2. Moran, 3. Ridley, 4. Hiett, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Reaid, 7. McCreadie, 8. Busha
Heat 4 Results: 1. McDowell, 2. Moran, 3. Hiett, 4. Ridley… McCreadie, Busha, Reaid
B-main Results: There will be two B-mains with the top-3 transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Results: 1. Croft, 2. Ames, 3. Hickman… Francis likely to get a provisional.
B-main 2 Results: 1. McCreadie, 2. Sheppard, 3. Erb
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Madden, 3. Weaver, 4. McDowell, 5. Millwood, 6. Roberts, 7. Landers, 8. Moran, 9. Davenport, 10. Pearson, 11. Owens, 12. Hiett, 13. McIntosh, 14. O’Neal, 15. Lanigan, 16. Ridley, 17. Ames, 18. McCreadie, 19. Croft, 20. Sheppard, 21. Hickman, 22. Erb, 23. Francis, 24. Flinner
9:40- A little track prep underway.
9:55- Field rolling out for the feature.
10:04- Four wide!
10:07- Green flag!
Lap 6 caution for Hiett stopped on track. Madden leads Bloomquist, Weaver, McDowell, Landers, Roberts, Davenport, Owens, Millwood, Pearson, McIntosh, Lanigan, Moran
Lap 20- Madden leads Weaver, Landers, Bloomquist and Davenport.
Lap 40- Madden in control.
Madden was dominant. The real battle was for positions 2-5 as Landers and Weaver swapped second twice on last lap while Davenport and Bloomquist battled behind them.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. Weaver, 3. Landers, 4. Davenport, 5. Bloomquist, 6. McDowell, 7. Roberts, 8. Owens, 9. Pearson, 10. Millwood, 11. Lanigan, 12. McIntosh, 13. Moran, 14. Ridley, 15. O’Neal, 16. Francis, 17. Ames, 18. Erb, 19. Sheppard, 20. Croft
Crate Late Models
Car Count: 19 cars
Drivers Here: A complete list has not been posted. I will try to update names in qualifying and heats.
Qualifying Results: 1. Jamie Perry(14.616), 2. Cory Hedgecock, 3. Jason Welshan, 4. John Ownbey, 5. Greg Martin, 6. Jake Teague, 7. Bobby Richey, Jr., 8. Chip Brindle, 9. Larry Higgins, 10. Andy Picklesimer
Heat Race Results: No heat races.
Feature Notes:
10:40- Feature rolling out.
10:43- Green flag!
Race ran caution free. Hedgecock closed to the rear of Perry in the closing laps but was unable to get around.
Feature Results: 1. Jamie Perry, 2. Cory Hedgecock, 3. Jason Welshan, 4. John Ownbey, 5. Jake Teague, 6. Greg Martin, 7. Chip Brindle, 8. Andy Picklesimer, 9. Bobby Richey, Jr., 10. Larry Higgins
Sportsman
Car Count: 8 cars
Feature Results: 1. Josh Beagan, 2. Josh Walker, 3. Beau Bice
