InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $4,053-to-win Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series-sanctioned event at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. 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 will be the Smoky Mountain Summer Showdown featuring the American Pro Late Model All Star Series in a $10,000-to-win feature race on Saturday, August 7, 2021.
General Information:
Weather Forecast: Daytime high in the 80s with nighttime lows dropping into the 60s with the possibility of scattered showers.
Drivers Meeting: 6:30pm. Drivers meeting has been pushed back to 7:00pm.
Feature Payout: $4,053-to-win. 40 laps
Track Description: Third-mile mile clay oval with banked turns.
Other Classes: Sportsman, B-Sportsman, B-Hobby, Front Wheel Drive
Pre-race Notes: Josh Rice won the Southern Nationals opener on Friday night at Beckley Motorsports Park.
The races slated to be second(Wythe) and third(Volunteer) on the schedule were rained out. The Volunteer race was rescheduled for August 1st.
7:00- Drivers meeting about to begin.
7:15- Drivers meeting has concluded. Hot laps coming up soon.
Please also consider reading: Josh Rice wins hotly contested SoNats opener at Beckley & Donald McIntosh hoping to turn things around during Southern Nationals
Live Updates:
Southern Nationals
Car Count: 27 cars
Drivers Here: 1c- Kenny Collins, 1G- Ryan King, J1- Justin Winters, 1N- Jordy Nipper, 2- Cody Overton, 4B- Richie Edwards, 5- Chase Oliver, c5- David Crabtree, 7G- Craig Greer, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 9- Dusty Carver, 9- John Ownbey, 10- Garrett Smith, 11B- Stacy Boles, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 23- Ahnna Parkhurst, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 24D- Michael Brown, 27- Joe Denby, 27x- Sam Seawright, 79- Ross Bailes, 83- Jensen Ford, 86- Jeff Neubert, 97- Bobby Giffen, 108- Chuck Southward, 156- Andy Standrige, 617- Colton Proffitt
Qualifying Results: The field will be divided into two groups for qualifying with the top-5 from each locked into the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Overton(14.481), 2. Ownbey, 3. Proffitt, 4. Collins, 5. Ford
Group B Results- 1. Crabtree(14.377), 2. McDowell, 3. Brown, 4. McIntosh, 5. King
Heat Race Results: There will be no heat races.
B-main Results: There will be two B-main races with the top-5 from each transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Boles, 2. Smith, 3. Carver, 4. Southard, 5. Greer
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Hedgecock, 2. Wilson, 3. Giffin, 4. Oliver, 5. Nipper
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Crabtree, 3. Ownbey, 4. McDowell, 5. Proffitt, 6. Brown, 7. Collins, 8. McIntosh. 9. Ford, 10. King, 11. Boles, 12. Hedgecock, 13. Smith, 14. Wilson, 15. Carver, 16. Giffin, 17. Southard, 18. Oliver, 19. Greer, 20. Nipper
10:14- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $4,053
10:17- Four wide!
10:20- Green flag!
Lap 10 caution for Standrige. Overton leads Ownbey, McDowell, Brown, Collins, King, Ford, McIntosh, Hedgecock, Proffitt
Halfway- McDowell leads Overton, King, Brown, Ford
Lap 31 caution. McDowell leads King, Overton, Ford, Brown, Hedgecock, Ownbey, Wilson, Collins, McIntosh
McDowell was able to slip during the closing laps.
Feature Results: 1. McDowell, 2. King, 3. Ford, 4. Hedgecock, 5. Ownbey, 6. Overton, 7. Brown, 8. Collins, 9. Wilson, 10. McIntosh, 11. Proffitt, 12. Smith, 13. Boles, 14. Giffin, 15. Neubert, 16. Nipper, 17. Oliver, 18. Greer, 19. Carver, 20. Southard, 21. Crabtree, 22. Standrige, 23. Parkhurst
Dale McDowell is expected to race at I-75
