InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern All Stars and United Crate Racing Alliance races from the Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday night, September 17, 2016. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Southern All Stars Super Late Models for $5,000-to-win, UCRA Crate Late Models for $2500-to-win and Sportsman for $1000-to-win.
*These updates will primarily focus on the Southern Nationals and UCRA races. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories.
General Information: Drivers meeting is set to begin at 6:00pm.
Weather is expected to be warm with a slight chance for rain.
Riley Hickman currently leads the Southern All Stars standings over Brad Skinner and Jim Rogers.
6:20- Drivers meeting ongoing.
7:00- Hot laps underway.
7:40- Hot laps for all classes have concluded. Qualifying coming up soon.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Tanner Works captures UCRA thriller at I-75
Live Updates:
Southern All Stars
Car Count: 25 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Ross White, 1G- Ryan King, R1- Riley Hickman, T1- Todd Morrow, 3- Steve Smith, H3- Kayne Hickman, 4T- Tommy Kerr, 7- Donald McIntosh, 7- Brian Smith, 7- Craig Greer, 8- David Payne, 10- Chad Ogle, 11- Tommy Bailey, 17r- Brad Skinner, 18- Benjy Shaw, 21- Robby Moses, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 44- Chris Madden, 47- Tim Rucker, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 71- Jim Rogers, 97- Bobby Giffin, 99- Derek Ellis, 111- Steven Roberts, 201- Billy Ogle Jr
*Driver list is unofficial and incomplete until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: The field will be broken into two groups for qualifying with the top-5 from each being locked into the feature.
Group A Results – 1. McIntosh (16.972), 2. King, 3. C Ogle, 4. B Ogle, 5. Morrow
Group B Results – 1. Madden (16.504), 2. Buckingham, 3. Ellis, 4. Payne, 5. Skinner
Heat Race Results: There will be no consolation races. The field will be set by qualifying results.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. McIntosh, 2. Madden, 3. King, 4. Buckingham, 5. C Ogle, 6. Ellis, 7. B Ogle, 8. Payne, 9. Morrow, 10. Skinner, 11. Hedgecock, 12. Hickman, 13. Moses, 14. White, 15. Kerr, 16. Rogers, 17. Roberts, 18. Rucker, 19. Giffin, 20. Greer, 21. Bailey, 22. Smith, 23. K Hickman, 24. Shaw
9:55- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $5000.
10:05- Four wide!
10:08- Green flag!
Lap 1 caution. King moved passed Madden for second on the start but spun in turn two after the completion of the first lap. McIntosh leads Madden, Ellis, Buckingham, C Ogle, B Ogle, Payne, Hedgecock, Morrow, Skinner, Moses, R Hickman
Caution on the restart as Rucker slows suddenly and Shaw spins to avoid.
Lap 2 caution for Rogers into the turn one wall. McIntosh leads Madden, Ellis, Buckingham, Payne, C Ogle, Morrow, B Ogle, Skinner, Hedgecock, R Hickman
Lap 16 caution for spin by Rucker. Madden and McIntosh have swapped the lead multiple times in traffic. Madden now leads over McIntosh, Ellis, Buckingham, Payne, B Ogle, Morrow, C Ogle, Hedgecock, Kerr
Caution on the lap 16 restart as Payne tags the turn one wall. There was contact between McIntosh and Ellis on the restart but both continued on.
Madden dominated once the race stayed green. He lapped all the way up to the seventh place car. It was a good race between Ellis and McIntosh for second.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. Ellis, 3. McIntosh, 4. Buckingham, 5. Morrow, 6. Kerr, 7. B Ogle, 8. Moses, 9. Giffin, 10. King, 11. Skinner
United Crate Racing Alliance
Car Count: 34 cars
Drivers Here: J0- John Ownbey, 2x- Anthony White, 5- Bill Frey, 5j- Jesse Lowe, c6- Oakley Johns, 07- Jason Cardwell, 8a- Todd Morrow, 9- Heath Hindman, 11- Josh Fields, 17- Chip Brindle, 17- Brett Wyatt, 17jr- Tyler Wood, A19- William Thomas, 22- Robert Gant, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 24- Greg Martin, 24c- Barry Goodman, 29- Rusty Ballenger, 29- Christian Hanger, T35- Tanner Works, 36- Evan Taylor, k37- Drew Kennedy, J39- Jimmy Elliott, 44- Chase King, 58- Floyd Turner, 61- Kenny Ford, c66- Donald Johns, 89- Brandon Miller, 95- Brandon Williams, 98- Jed Emert, 101- Forrest Trent, 117- Jake Teague, 521- Mickey Trosclair
Qualifying Results: 1. Hedgecock (17.284), 2. Teague, 3. Thomas, 4. Ownbey
These four drivers will start from the pole in their respective heat races.
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. Hedgecock, 2. A White, 3. Works, 4. Miller, 5. Hindman, 6. O Johns, 7. Goodman, 8. Gant, 9. Wood
Heat 1 Finish – 1. Hedgecock, 2. White, 3. Works, 4. Hindman
Heat 2 Lineup – 1. Teague, 2. Lowe, 3. Taylor, 4. Martin, 5. Kennedy, 6. Fields, 7. Frey, 8. Ford, 9. D Johns
Heat 2 Finish – 1. Teague, 2. Lowe, 3. Martin, 4. Fields
Heat 3 Lineup – 1. Thomas, 2. King, 3. Ballenger, 4. Wyatt, 5. Trent, 6. Elliott, 7. Emert, 8. Trosclair, 9. Hanger
Heat 3 Finish – 1. Thomas, 2. King, 3. Ballenger, 4. Wyatt
Heat 4 Lineup – 1. Ownbey, 2. Hickman, 3. Williams, 4. Brindle, 5. Kizzar, 6. Morrow, 7. Cardwell, 8. Turner
Heat 4 Finish – 1. Hickman, 2. Ownbey, 3. Brindle, 4. Kizzar
Last Chance Race: There will be two B-mains with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
O Johns and Taylor won the two consolation races.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Hedgecock, 2. Teague, 3. Thomas, 4. Hickman, 5. White, 6. Lowe, 7. King, 8. Ownbey, 9. Works, 10. Martin, 11. Ballenger, 12. Brindle, 13. Hindman, 14. Fields, 15. Wyatt, 16. Kizzar, 17. O Johns, 18. Taylor
11:25- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $2500.
11:31- Green flag!
Lap 2 caution for spin in turn two. Elliott and Kizzar involved. Teague leads Hedgecock, Thomas, Hickman, King, Ownbey, White, Lowe.
Lap 32 caution for Wyatt. Teague leads but was getting pressure from Hedgecock over the last several laps. Hickman lurks in third ahead of Thomas, King, Ownbey, Works, Lowe, White.
Lap 33 caution. Just after losing second to Hickman, Hedgecock hits the turn three wall.
Hickman made an outside move for the lead on the last lap. There was contact between he and Teague. Hickman bounced into the turn four wall and Teague drove on to the win.
Feature Results: 1. Teague, 2. Thomas, 3. Works, 4. Hickman, 5. Ownbey, 6. King
Sportsman
Car Count: 13 cars
Feature Results: 1. Kyle Courtney, 2. Andy Ogle, 3. Michael Courtney
