InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Southern Nationals race from Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN for Saturday night, July 30, 2016. 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 $10,000-to-win(53 laps), Sportsman, Super Stocks and Classics.
*These updates will focus primarily on the Southern Nationals. Due to spotty cell reception, updates will be limited.
General Information:
Racing action is scheduled to begin 7:45.
Weather is expected to be very warm with a chance for pop up showers.
Devin Gilpin currently leads the Southern Nationals standings over Ricky Weiss, Shanon Buckingham, Vic Hill, Donald McIntosh, Stacy Boles, Chris Brown, Gavin Landers, Craig Vosbergen and Robby Moses.
7:15- Drivers meeting underway.
A rain shower that lasted from 7:45-8:00 has caused a delay.
8:25- Track packing underway. Hot laps should be coming up shortly.
8:55- Track is almost ready. Hot laps coming shortly.
9:07- Hot laps underway for support classes.
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
Car Count: 25 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, T0- Travis Fultz, 1- Vic Hill, 1G- Devin Gilpin, 3- Steve Smith, c5- David Crabtree, 7- Ricky Weiss, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7- Brian Smith, 8- Craig Vosbergen, 8- David Payne, 9- Jason Croft, 10- Chad Ogle, 11- Stacy Boles, 21- Robby Moses, 21- Ivedent Lloyd Jr, 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Matthew Holt, 25- David Doherty, 28- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 31- Kenny Cobble, 45- Doug Smith, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 56- Jordon Horton, 63- Josh Collins, 201- Billy Ogle Jr
Qualifying Results: The field will be divided into two groups. No one will be locked in via qualifying.
Group A Results – 1. Bloomquist (10.983), 2. Weiss
Group B Results – 1. Vosbergen (11.285), 2. Gilpin
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-5 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Finish – 1. Bloomquist, 2. Payne, 3. Boles, 4. Bailey, 5. Cobble
*Bloomquist won by a straightaway.
Heat 2 Finish – 1. Weiss, 2. Hill, 3. Moses, 4. Knuckles, 5. Horton
*Teammates Weiss and Hill drove away.
Heat 3 Finish – 1. Vosbergen, 2. Lloyd, 3. C Ogle, 4. Buckingham, 5. Collins
*It was a tight four car battle at the front. B Ogle dropped out while leading on lap 5.
Heat 4 Finish – 1. Gilpin, 2. Wolfenbarger, 3. McIntosh, 4. B Smith, 5. Fultz
*Gilpin led all the way but Wolfenbarger and McIntosh were right there.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Bloomquist, 2. Vosbergen, 3. Weiss, 4. Gilpin, 5. Payne, 6. Lloyd, 7. Hill, 8. Wolfenbarger, 9. Boles, 10. C Ogle, 11. Moses, 12. McIntosh, 13. Bailey, 14. Buckingham, 15. Knuckles, 16. B Smith, 17. Cobble, 18. Collins, 19. Horton, 20. Fultz, 21. B Ogle, 22. Crabtree
11:32- Feature rolling out. 53 laps for $10,000.
11:42- Four wide!
11:46- Green flag!
Lap 13 caution for Lloyd slow on track. Bloomquist leads Vosbergen, Weiss, Payne, Gilpin, Hill, C Ogle, Wolfenbarger, McIntosh. Bloomquist had a straightaway lead at time of the caution.
Lap 19 caution for the smoking car of Weiss, who was running third. Bloomquist still dominant over Vosbergen, Payne, Gilpin, Hill, Wolfenbarger, C Ogle, McIntosh, Bailey, Buckingham, Moses
Bloomquist completely dominated. Not a lot of passing. Payne dropped out with 3 to go while running 3rd.
Feature Results: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Vosbergen, 3. Gilpin, 4. Hill, 5. Wolfenbarger, 6. McIntosh, 7. C Ogle, 8. Buckingham
Sportsman
Car Count: 24 cars
Feature Results:
Super Stocks
Car Count: 10 cars
Feature Results: 1. Eddie Stuart, 2. Brad Davis, 3. Chris Rickett
Classics
Car Count: 9 cars
Feature Results: 1. John Stevens, 2. Logan Dukes
