InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals sanctioned event at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN on Friday evening, July 26, 2019. The 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 event coming to SMS will be the Schaeffer’s Oil Fall Nationals on August 16, 2019.
Classes in action: Southern Nationals for $10,000-to-win(53 laps) as well as Crate Late Models and other classes.
*Please Note: These updates will focus solely on the Southern Nationals race.
General Information:
Weather is expected to be warm and clear.
The drivers meeting is slated for 6:30pm with hot laps to follow soon afterward.
Only two Southern Nationals races remain in 2019. 411 tonight and Tazewell Speedway on Saturday night.
Jake Knowles leads the series standings ahead of Brandon Overton, Donald McIntosh, Tanner English and Cla Knight.
Brandon Overton has won three Southern Nationals races this season while Jake Knowles, Trent Ivey, Ross Bailes and Austin Horton have each taken one checkered flag.
6:30- Drivers being called to the drivers meeting.
6:45- Drivers meeting has concluded and hot laps are about to begin.
Photos: I often post photos and/or short videos on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account and my @RichardAllenIDR Instagram account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Southern Nationals
Car Count: 30 cars
Drivers Here: J0- John Ownbey, 1c- Kenny Collins, 1G- Ryan King, 1v- Vic Hill, 2- Brandon Overton, 4B- Jackie DavidBoggs, c5- David Crabtree, 7G- Craig Greer, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 8- Kyle Strickler, 8- David Payne, 9- Dusty Carver, 12- Jason Jameson, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18- Brandon Kinzer, 21K- Dakotah Knuckles, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 25- Eric Webber, 42- Cla Knight, 51- Mack McCarter, 55- Benhi Hicks, 57- Cameron Marlar, 58- Tanner English, 58T- Tyler Clem, 66- Jake Knowles, 81- Aaron Ridley, 87- Walker Arthur, 87- Ross Bailes, 97- Michael Chilton, 97- Bobby Giffin
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be split into two groups for qualifying. No one will be locked into the feature via time-trials.
Group A Results- 1. McDowell(13.780), 2. Chilton, 3. Jameson, 4. McIntosh, 5. Knight, 6. Ridley, 7. Boggs, 8. English
Group B Results- 1. Overton(13.762), 2. Bailes, 3. Knuckles, 4. King, 5. Hill, 6. Strickler, 7. Hedgecock, 8. Collins
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Jameson, 3. Knight, 4. Boggs, 5. Knowles, 6. Kinzer, 7. Marlar, 8. Greer
Heat 1 Finish- 1. McDowell, 2. Jameson, 3. Knight, 4. Knowles
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Chilton, 2. McIntosh, 3. Ridley, 4. English, 5. Crabtree, 6. McCarter, 7. Arthur
Heat 2 Finish- 1. McIntosh, 2. Chilton, 3. English, 4. Ridley
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Knuckles, 3. Hill, 4. Hedgecock, 5. Ownbey, 6. Hicks, 7. Webber, 8. Giffin
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. Knuckles, 3. Hedgecock, 4. Hill
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. King, 3. Strickler, 4. Collins, 5. Clem, 6. Carver, 7. Payne
Heat 4 Finish- 1. King, 2. Strickler, 3. Bailes, 4. Clem
B-main Results: There will be one B-main with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
1. Ownbey, 2. Marlar, 3. Collins, 4. McCarter
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Overton, 3. McIntosh, 4. King, 5. Jameson, 6. Knuckles, 7. Chilton, 8. Strickler, 9. Knight, 10. Hedgecock, 11. English, 12. Bailes, 13. Knowles, 14. Hill, 15. Ridley, 16. Clem, 17. Ownbey, 18. Marlar, 19. Collins, 20. McCarter, 21. Greer, 22. Payne
10:03- Feature rolling out. 53 laps for $10,000.
10:08- Four wide!
10:10- Green flag!
Lap 25- Caution free so far. McDowell leads Overton, McIntosh, Hedgecock, Strickler
Lap 40- Still caution free. McDowell leads but Overton is right there. McIntosh, Strickler, Bailes round out the top-5.
Feature Results: 1. McDowell, 2. Overton, 3. McIntosh, 4. Strickler, 5. Bailes, 6. Chilton, 7. Hedgecock, 8. King
Tanner English is currently 4th in the SoNats standings
