InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals Bonus Series race from the Crossville Speedway in Crossville, Tenn. for Saturday evening, October 8, 2016. Today’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Southern Nationals Bonus Series for $10,000(60 laps), Crate Late Models for $2,000(30 laps) along with other features.
*These updates will focus on the Super & Crate Late Model races. Other updates may be limited in favor of obtaining photos and/or stories related to these events.
General Information: Hot laps are slated to begin at 5:00pm(central).
Weather is expected to be breezy and cool.
This race, billed as the Tennessee State Championship, is being run as a two day affair(Qualifying and heat race results posted below).
Donald McIntosh currently leads the Southern Nationals Bonus Series standings over David Payne, Ryan King, Doug Smith and Cory Hedgecock.
5:10- The racing action has been pushed back as track preparation is ongoing.
5:40- Hot laps underway for the support classes that did not race last night. Those who did race with here last night will not hot lap.
*Correction, all classes are hot lapping.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Southern Nationals Bonus Series
Car Count: 29 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Vic Hill, 1c- Kenny Collins, 1G- Ryan King, RJ1- Ronnie Johnson, R1- Riley Hickman, T1- Todd Morrow, 2- Dennis Franklin, 3- Steve Smith, c6- Oakley Johns, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- David Payne, 9s- Brian Selby, 21- Robby Moses, 24H- Phil Helton, 31- Kenny Cobble, k37- Mike Weeks, 44- Chris Madden, 45- Doug Smith, 53- Ray Cook, 61- Caleb Ashby, c66- Donald Johns, 76- Brandon Overton, 83- Bubba Vandergriff, 90- Mark Martin, T92- Ricky Tinch, 157- Mike Marlar, 201- Billy Ogle Jr, 212- Josh Putnam
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. McIntosh(12.808), 2. Overton, 3. Hill, 4. Marlar, 5. Franklin, 6. Johnson
Group B Results- 1. Madden(12.995), 2. Collins, 3. Hickman, 4. Cook, 5. King, 6. Weiss
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Finish- 1. McIntosh, 2. Hill, 3. Franklin, 4. Payne
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. Marlar, 3. Johnson, 4. Ogle
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Madden, 2. King, 3. Hickman, 4. Weeks
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Cook, 2. Collins, 3. Weiss, 4. Tinch
B-main Results: The top-2 from each B-main transfer to the feature.
B-main 1 Lineup- 1. Morrow, 2. Moses, 3. S Smith, 4. Martin, 5. Cobble, 6. Selby
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Morrow, 2. Moses … Martin
B-main 2 Lineup- 1. D Johns, 2. D Smith, 3. Vandergriff, 4. Helton, 5. Putnam, 6. O Johns
B-main 2 Finish- 1. D Johns, 2. O Johns… D Smith
Feature Notes:
*Mike Marlar had to leave the track due to a job commitment related to Hurricane Matthew. The feature lineup has been adjusted to reflect his departure.
Feature Lineup- 1. McIntosh, 2. Madden, 3. Overton, 4. Cook, 5. Hill, 6. King, 7. Johnson, 8. Collins, 9. Franklin, 10. Hickman, 11. Ogle, 12. Weiss, 13. Payne, 14. Ashby, 15. Weeks, 16. Tinch, 17. Morrow, 18. D Johns, 19. Moses, 20. O Johns, 21. D Smith, 22. Cobble
9:10- Feature rolling out. 60 laps for $10,000.
9:13- Four wide!
9:15- Green flag!
Lap 14 caution for Weeks stopped on track. McIntosh leads Madden, Overton, Hill, Cook, King, Johnson, Hickman. Leaders were in heavy traffic at time of caution.
Lap 21 caution for Morrow slow on track. McIntosh had broken away from the pack just a bit before the caution but he had caught the back of the field. Madden, Overton, Hill, Cook, King, Johnson, Collins follow the leader.
Lap 31 caution for spin by D Smith. McIntosh continues to lead Madden, Overton, Hill and Cook. Track is very bottom dominant.
Lap 32 caution as Ogle gets into Johnson then Collins and King get collected. Hickman and Moses also suffer damage.
Lap 45 caution for Hickman stopped on track. McIntosh continues to lead but Madden was applying pressure in traffic. Overton, Hill and Cook round out the top-5. Seventh running Weiss in pit with a flat right rear.
Lap 47 caution for flat on Franklin. Third running Overton also has a flat. Tires becoming an issue. McIntosh leads Madden, Hill, Cook, Johnson, Ogle, Collins, Ashby, Payne
Lap 49 caution for flat on O Johns.
Lap 57 caution as second running Madden slows with a flat. McIntosh leads Hill, Cook, Johnson, Ogle, Collins, Ashby, Payne, Weiss
Feature Results: 1. McIntosh, 2. Hill, 3. Cook, 4. Ogle, 5. Weiss, 6. Johnson, 7. Collins, 8. King, 9. Overton, 10. Ashby, 11. Payne, 12. Moses
Crate Late Models
Car Count:
Drivers Here: 1p- Andy Picklesimer, 2x- Anthony White, 4x- Joe Cline, 5c- Troy Davenport, c6- Oakley Johns, 15m- Nathan Mayes, 15s- Michael Smith, 17m- Andy Miller, 17w- Brett Wyatt, k37- Drew Kennedy, 66- Deke Waters, 90- Mark Martin, 127- Robert Ardry
Qualifying Results: 1. Wyatt(13.487), 2. Kennedy, 3. M Smith, 4. White, 5. Martin, 6. Cline
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Martin, 2. Wyatt, 3. Smith, 4. Picklesimer, 5. Waters, 6. Mayes
Heat 2 Finish- 1. White, 2. Kennedy, 3. Davenport, 4. Miller, 5. Johns, 6. Ardry
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Wyatt, 2. White, 3. Martin, 4. Kennedy, 5. Smith, 6. O Johns, 7. Picklesimer, 8. Davenport, 9. Waters, 10. Miller, 11. Mayes, 12. Ardry
10:23- Feature rolling out. 30 laps for $2000.
10:26- Green flag!
Trouble getting this one started. Martin and White have made significant contact on all three start attempts. They crashed in turn 3 on the third attempt then White retaliated by hitting Martin’s car under caution. White is out of the race but Martin continues.
Contact between Martin and Wyatt brings out a caution on the fourth attempt to start this one.
Finally got one lap in then Kennedy spun in turn three, collecting Picklesimer and Davenport. Wyatt leads Miller, Ardry and Martin.
Lap 8 caution for spin by Kennedy. Wyatt leads Miller and Martin.
Feature Results: 1. Wyatt, 2. Miller, 3. Martin, 4. Ardry, 5. Cline
Sportsman Feature Results – 1. Zach Shannon, 2. Justin Winters, 3. Philip Thompson, 4. Michael Courtney, 5. Kyle Courtney
