InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Mountain Moonshine Classic $5,000-to-win twin features at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Friday, June 16, 2023. These updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
Live updates are provided by Smoky Mountain Speedway. Make plans now to visit the Maryville, TN track for their $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series weekend on June 16 & 17, 2023.
Weather Forecast: Sunny with highs in the 80s and lows into the 60s with little to no chance for rain.
Time: Hot laps are slated for 7:00pm.
Feature Payout: $5,000-to-win X 2
Track Description: 3/8 mile clay oval
Other Classes: Street Stocks & FWD
Live Stream: FloRacing.com
Pre-race Notes: Ricky Thornton Jr. leads the LOLMDS standings ahead of Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, and Devin Moran.
Chris Madden earned $50,000 for his win in this race last year.
This will be the first race for Super Late Models at Smoky Mountain since the track was reconfigured from 4/10 mile to 3/8 mile.
7:01- Hot laps about to begin for all classes.
Live Updates:
Car Count: 44 cars
Drivers Here: B00- Josh Henry, 1- Hudson O’Neal, 1- Tyler Erb, 1- Brent Vosbergen, 1G- Rusty Ballenger, 1R- Richie Stephans, 2s- Stormy Scott, M2- Caden Mullinax, 3- Austin Neely, 5- John Tweed, 5- Chase Oliver, 7- Donald McIntosh, 7- Ross Robinson, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 9- Dusty Carver, 10- Garrett Smith, 11- Spencer Hughes, 11- Hayden Ownbey, 12D- Doug Drown, 16- Tyler Bruening, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18- Trevor Landrum, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 20- Jimmy Owens, 20RT- Ricky Thornton Jr., 22- Chris Ferguson, 22- Will Roland, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 27- Jay Scott, 34- Ellery Leake, 39- Tim McCreadie, 46- Earl Pearson Jr., 46j- Jason Papich, 49- Jonathan Davenport, 54- David Breazeale, 58- Garrett Alberson, 76- Brandon Overton, 83- Jensen Ford, 89- Logan Roberson, 93- Carson Ferguson, 99- Devin Moran, 99B- Boom Briggs, 99c- Camaron Marlar, 109- Eli Beets, 111- Max Blair, 114- Jordan Koehler, 116- Cameron Weaver, 157- Mike Marlar
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Feature No. 1:
Qualifying Results: The field will be split into two groups for time-trials.
1. Chris Ferguson(13.783), 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Jonathan Davenport, 4. Will Roland, 5. Dale McDowell, 6. Trevor Landrum, 7. Mike Marlar, 8. Stormy Scott, 9. Devin Moran, 10. Hudson O’Neal, 11. Jimmy Owens, 12. Garrett Alberson, 13. Max Blair, 14. Doug Drown, 15. Austin Neely, 16. Ellery Leake, 17. Garrett Smith, 18. Brent Vosbergen, 19. Ricky Weiss, 20. Cory Hedgecock, 21. Hayden Ownbey, 22. Caden Mullinax
Heat Races: There will be no heat races. The features will be lined up based on qualifying.
Feature Notes:
9:33- Feature rolling out. 30 laps for $5,000. Top-3 finishers will take part in a dash race on Saturday night that will set the first three rows for the $50,000 feature.
9:40- Green flag!
Lap 5 caution for slowing Drown. Ch Ferguson leads over Ca Ferguson, Davenport, Roland, Landrum, McDowell, Moran. Ch Ferguson had contact with a slower car just before the caution.
Lap 18 caution for Roland slowing. Track is lightning fast. Ch Ferguson leads Ca Ferguson, Davenport, Moran, Owens, Landrum, McDowell, Alberson, Marlar, O’Neal
Lap 21 caution for multi-car incident. Drown, Alberson and Landrum involved. Landrum on his top but he is okay.
Ch Ferguson leads Ca Ferguson, Davenport, Moran, Owens, McDowell, O’Neal, Marlar
10:03- Track crew did an outstanding job of getting Landrum out and car rolled over. About to go back to green.
Feature Results: 1. Chris Ferguson, 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Jonathan Davenport, 4. Hudson O’Neal, 5. Jimmy Owens, 6. Devin Moran, 7. Dale McDowell, 8. Mike Marlar, 9. Cory Hedgecock, 10. Max Blair, 11. Austin Neely, 12. Garrett Smith, 13. Garrett Alberson, 14. Doug Drown, 15. Brent Vosbergen, 16. Caden Mullinax, 17. Trevor Landrum, 18. Will Roland, 19. Hayden Ownbey, 20. Ricky Weiss, 21. Ellery Leake, 22. Stormy Scott
Feature No. 2:
Qualifying Results: The field will be split into two groups for time-trials.
1. Kyle Strickler(13.691), 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., 3. Spencer Hughes, 4. Daulton Wilson, 5. Tim McCreadie, 6. Jensen Ford, 7. Ross Robinson, 8. Tyler Bruening, 9. Rusty Ballenger, 10. Donald McIntosh, 11. Brandon Overton, 12. Boom Briggs, 13. Earl Pearson Jr., 14. Tyler Erb, 15. Josh Henry, 16. David Breazeale, 17. Jay Scott, 18. Richie Stephens, 19. Cameron Weaver, 20. Jason Papich, 21. John Tweed, 22. Chase Oliver
Heat Races: There will be no heat races. The features will be lined up based on qualifying.
Feature Notes:
10:44- The 10 minute horn has sounded following some track prep.
10:53- Feature rolling out. 30 laps for $5,000.
11:07- Green flag!
Lap 1 caution. Ford and Weaver slowed. Strickler leads Thornton, Hughes, Wilson, McCreadie, Bruening, McIntosh
Lap 7 caution for lost wheel from the Henry car. Strickler leads Thornton, Hughes, Wilson, McCreadie and Bruening
Lap 9 caution for debris. Running order same as above.
Lap 18 caution. Thornton had just passed Strickler for the lead before the caution. Thornton leads Strickler, Hughes, Wilson, McCreadie, Erb, Bruening, Robinson.
Feature Results: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr., 2. Kyle Strickler, 3. Spencer Hughes, 4. Daulton Wilson, 5. Tim McCreadie, 6. Tyler Erb, 7. Tyler Bruening, 8. Ross Robinson, 9. Brandon Overton, 10. Earl Pearson Jr., 11. Boom Briggs, 12. Jay Scott, 13. Jason Papich, 14. David Breazeale, 15. Rusty Ballenger, 16. Richie Stephens, 17. Josh Henry, 18. Chase Oliver, 19. Jensen Ford, 20. Donald McIntosh, 21. Cameron Weaver
Tim McCreadie(39) and Tyler Erb will be among those in competition
