InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the twin-features Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned $5,000-to-win Mountain Moonshine Classic(Night 1) event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Friday, June 17, 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 $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event on the weekend of June 17-18, 2022.
Weather Forecast: Hot with scattered clouds and temperatures in the 90s.
Time: Hot laps are scheduled for 7:00pm
Feature Payout: $5,000 for each group(30 laps)
These races will set the heat race lineups for Saturday’s $50,000-to-win main event.
Track Description: 4/10-mile clay oval
Other Classes: Classic Cars and Front Wheel Drive
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.
Jonathan Davenport won the most recent Lucas Oil race held at West Virginia Motor Speedway. That feature paid $50,000.
The series had been scheduled to race on Thursday night at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC but weather caused a cancellation.
6:30- Drivers meeting about to begin.
Live Updates:
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
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Lucas Oil Late Models- Group A
Qualifying Results: 1. M Marlar(15.404), 2. Beets, 3. Madden, 4. Thornton, 5. O’Neal, 6. Sheppard, 7. Neely, 8. Bronson, 9. Overton, 10. Brown
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. M Marlar, 2. Madden, 3. O’Neal, 4. Neely, 5. Overton, 6. B Smith, 7. Hughes, 8. McCarter, 9. C Marlar, 10. Weaver, 11. Winger, 12. Harper
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Madden, 2. M Marlar, 3. O’Neal. 4. Overton, 5. Neely, 6. B Smith, 7. McCarter, 8. Hughes, 9. Winger, 10. Weaver, 11. Harper, 12. C Marlar
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Beets, 2. Thornton, 3. Sheppard, 4. Bronson, 5. Brown, 6. McDowell, 7. Blankenship, 8. Pearson, 9. Moses, 10. Scott, 11. Weiss
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Thornton, 2. Bronson, 3. McDowell, 4. Sheppard, 5. Pearson, 6. Beets, 7. Brown, 8. Scott, 9. Weiss, 10. Blankenship, 11. Moses
B-main Results: No B-main races.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. Thornton, 3. M Marlar, 4. Bronson, 5. O’Neal, 6. McDowell, 7. Overton, 8. Sheppard, 9. Neely, 10. Pearson, 11. B Smith, 12. Beets, 13. McCarter, 14. Brown, 15. Hughes, 16. Scott, 17. Winger, 18. Weiss, 19. Weaver, 20. Blankenship, 21. Harper, 22. Moses, 23. C Marlar
Lap 10- Madden leads Thornton, M Marlar, Bronson, Overton, McDowell, Sheppard, O’Neal
Lap 20- Madden leads M Marlar, McDowell, Overton, Pearson, Sheppard, Thornton, Bronson
Lap 28 caution for Hughes. Winger pulled off with mechanical trouble. Madden leads M Marlar, McDowell, Overton, Pearson, Sheppard, Thornton, Bronson, O’Neal, Beets
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. M Marlar, 3. McDowell, 4. Overton, 5. Pearson, 6. Sheppard, 7. Thornton, 8. Bronson, 9. Beets, 10. O’Neal, 11. McCarter, 12. Weaver, 13. Scott, 14. Weiss, 15. Blankenship, 16. Moses, 17. B Smith, 18. Harper, 19. Winger, 20. Hughes, 21. Neely, 22. C Marlar, 23. Brown
*These results will set the heat race lineups for Saturday’s main event.
Lucas Oil Late Models- Group B
Qualifying Results: 1. Bailes(15.601), 2. Davenport, 3. Owens, 4. Mitchell, 5. Hill, 6. Alberson, 7. McCreadie, 8. Ford, 9. Ferguson, 10. Strickler
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Owens, 3. Hill, 4. McCreadie, 5. Ferguson, 6. Ivey, 7. Watkins, 8. Erb, Robinson, 10. Henderson, 11. Leach
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Owens, 2. McCreadie, 3. Ferguson, 4. Bailes, 5. Hill, 6. Erb, 7. Ivey, 8. Robinson, 9. Watkins, 10. Leach, 11. Henderson
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Davenport, 2. Mitchell, 3. Alberson, 4. Ford, 5. Strickler, 6. G Smith, 7. Wilson, 8. Hedgecock, 9. Seawright, 10. Carver, 11. Bloomquist
*A three-car wreck involving Hedgecock, Wilson and Ford ended with Hedgecock rolling over. It took some time to get the car upright. All drivers were okay.
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Davenport, 2. Mitchell, 3. Strickler, 4. Seawright, 5. Alberson, 6. Bloomquist, 7. Wilson, 8. Ford, 9. G Smith, 10. Carver, 11. Hedgecock
B-main Results: No B-main races.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Owens, 2. Davenport, 3. McCreadie, 4. Mitchell, 5. Ferguson, 6. Strickler, 7. Bailes, 8. Seawright, 9. Hill, 10. Alberson, 11. Erb, 12. Bloomquist, 13. Ivey, 14. Wilson, 15. Robinson, 16. Ford, 17. Watkins, 18. G Smith, 19. Leach, 20. Carver, 21. Henderson, 22. Hedgecock
Lap 10- Owens leads, Davenport, Ferguson, McCreadie, Mitchell, Strickler, Bailes, Seawright
Lap 11 caution for spin involving Seawright and Alberson Owens leads Davenport, Ferguson, McCreadie and Mitchell
Lap 13 caution for Ford. Owens leads Davenport, Ferguson, McCreadie, Mitchell, Bailes, Hill, Strickler
Lap19 caution for Hedgecock. Owens leads Ferguson, Davenport, Mitchell, Hill, McCreadie, Bailes, Bloomquist
Feature Results: 1. Owens, 2. Davenport, 3. Ferguson, 4. Hill, 5. Mitchell, 6. Bailes, 7. McCreadie, 8. Bloomquist, 9. Alberson, 10. Strickler, 11. Watkins, 12. Erb, 13. Wilson, 14. Ivey, 15. Ford, 16. G Smith, 17. Carver, 18. Henderson, 19. Seawright, 20. Hedgecock, 21. Robinson, 22. Leach
*These results will set the heat race lineups for Saturday’s main event.
Hudson O’Neal will be among the competitors at Smoky Mountain this weekend
