InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals race from the Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN for Saturday night, August 1, 2015. Tonight’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Southern Nationals Super Late Models for $10,050-to-win, Sportsman, Super Stocks, Classics and Four Cylinders.
*These updates will primarily focus on the Southern Nationals race. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories.
General Information: Drivers meeting is set to begin at 7:00pm.
Weather is predicted to be warm with virtually no chance for rain.
With two races remaining in the series, Casey Roberts(1419) leads the Southern Nationals standings over Billy Ogle, Jr.(1411), Austin Smith(1385), Donald McIntosh(1381) and Vic Hill(1359)
7:00- Drivers meeting about to begin.
7:45- Rolling the track in.
8:00- Hot laps underway.
8:35- There’s a delay in the action as one car blew an engine and dumped fluid all around the track.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Casey Roberts describes how tough Southern Nationals can be & Randy Weaver dominates at Smoky Mountain…again
Live Updates:
Southern Nationals Super Late Models
Car Count: 19 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Vic Hill, J2- Randy Davis, 3x- Bo Eaton, 7- Donald McIntosh, 8- Craig Vosbergen, 10- Chad Ogle, 11- Austin Smith, 11A- Anthony Arnwine, 11B- Stacy Boles, 25- Bobby Mays, 28- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 41- Philip Thompson, 51- Mack McCarter, 54- Mitchell Burke, 63- Josh Collins, 85- Mark Dotson, 86- Jeff Neubert, 101- Casey Roberts, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr.
*Driver list is not official until the conclusion of the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: The top-4 qualifiers will be sent to a dash race to set the first two rows in the starting lineup for the feature.
1. McIntosh (11.212), 2. McCarter, 3. Smith, 4. Roberts
Dash Race Results: 1. Roberts, 2. Smith, 3. McIntosh, 4. McCarter
B-main Results: There will be two B-mains with everyone transferring.
B-main 1- 1. B Ogle, 2. Vosbergen, 3. C Ogle, 4. Dotson, 5. Neubert, 6. Thompson, 7. Davis
They will start the feature in positions 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17.
B-main 2- 1. Wolfenbarger, 2. Hill, 3. Boles, 4. Collins, 5. Arnwine, 6. Burke, 7. Eaton
They will start the feature in positions 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18.
Feature Notes:
11:00- Feature lining up on the track.
11:04- Four wide!
11:06- Green flag!
Lap 20 caution. Roberts leads McIntosh, Mccarter, B Ogle, Hill, C Ogle, Smith, Vosbergen. Action was getting crazy as the leaders worked heavy traffic.
Lap 23 caution for spin by Eaton. Roberts leads but Hill is charging. All the way to 2nd.
Lap 26 caution. Hill passed Roberts for the lead on lap 24. McIntosh is 3rd followed by McCarter, B Ogle, C Ogle, Smith, Vosbergen. Hill was make the lower line work.
Lap 38 caution as Roberts stops on track after contact with a slower car. He is going to the pit area. Hill leads McCarter, McIntosh, B Ogle, Smith, Wolfenbarger, Vosbergen. Roberts is back on track in 9th.
*Casey Roberts wins the Southern Nationals title.
Unofficially, B Ogle was second followed by McIntosh, Smith and Hill in the series standings.
Feature Results: 1. Hill, 2. McCarter, 3. McIntosh, 4. B Ogle, 5. Smith, 6. Wolfenbarger, 7. Roberts, 8. Boles, 9. Neubert
Sportsman
Car Count: 18 cars
Feature Finish: 1. Matt Tharp, 2. Clyde Overholt, 3. Jonathan Miracle, 4. David Clark. Great race as the top-2 were side-by-side over most of the last 5 laps.
Super Street
Car Count: 9 cars
Feature Finish: 1. Kurt Owens, 2. Greg Estes, 3. Tony Horton, 4. Jamie Whitt. That was quite a race.
Classics
Car Count: 4 cars
Feature Finish:
Four Cylinders
Car Count: 8 cars
Feature Finish: 1. Joey Allen, 2. Chuck McMahan, 3. David Singleton, 4. Bubby Braden
