InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from Southern Nationals Bonus Series race from North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, GA for Saturday night, September 15, 2018. Today’s updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Super Late Models for $10,000-to-win.
*These updates will focus solely on the Southern Nationals Bonus Series race.
General Information: The drivers meeting is slated for 6:30pm with hot laps to follow.
Weather is expected to be warm with only a slight chance for spotty showers.
David Payne currently leads the Southern Nationals Bonus Series standings over Chicky Barton and Aaron Ridley.
7:10- Hot laps for all classes are underway.
Chris Madden, Michael Page and Dale McDowell were fastest in hot laps.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Will the Knoxville Nationals produce a surprise or an expected winner?
Live Updates:
Super Late Models
Car Count: 22 cars
Drivers Here: Driver list will be posted within ‘Qualifying Results’.
McDowell, Madden, Page, Payne, Barton, Ridley, Millwood and Hickman among those here.
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be broken into two groups for qualifying. No one will be locked into the feature via qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. Tyler Millwood (13.172), 2. Jason Hiett, 3. Aaron Ridley, 4. Riley Hickman, 5. Ronnie Johnson, 6. John Ownbey, 7. Tod Hernandez, 8. Johnny Cloer, 9. Scott Hall, 10. Andrew Littleton, 11. Blake Hood
Group B Results- 1. David Payne (13.180), 2. Michael Page, 3. Dale McDowell, 4. Chris Madden, 5. Will Roland, 6. Zach Leonhardi, 7. Chicky Barton, 8. Brad Skinner, 9. Paul Hollander, 10. Michael Evans, 11. Bo Eaton
Heat Race Results: There will be two heat races with all cars transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Millwood, 2. Hiett, 3. Ridley, 4. Hickman, 5. Ownbey, 6. Johnson, 7. Cloer, 8. Littleton, 9. Hernandez, 10. Hood, 11. Hall
*Race ran caution free and Millwood led all the way but Hiett made a challenge on the outside on the last lap.
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Page, 2. McDowell, 3. Roland, 4. Leonhardi, 5. Barton, 6. Madden, 7. Skinner, 8. Hollander, 9. Eaton, 10. Evans, 11. Payne
*Madden took the lead from Payne on lap 5 but a caution negated the move. Madden moved inside of Payne on the lap 5 restart and the two made contact which damaged both cars. Madden and Payne had a “discussion” on the track under the caution. Page took the lead as a result of the Madden/Payne incident. Payne got into Madden and spun both cars in turn 3 after the restart.
B-main Results: No B-mains.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Millwood, 2. Page, 3. Hiett, 4. McDowell, 5. Ridley, 6. Roland, 7. Hickman, 8. Leonhardi, 9. Ownbey, 10. Barton, 11. Johnson, 12. Madden, 13. Cloer, 14. Skinner, 15. Littleton, 16. Hollander, 17. Hernandez, 18. Eaton, 19. Hood, 20. Evans, 21. Hall, 22. Payne
10:24- Feature rolling out. 60 laps for $10,000.
10:46- Engines have fired after fans were allowed to come down to the track for a meet & greet with the drivers.
10:50- Four wide!
10:52- Green flag!
Lap 6 caution for a spin by Eaton. Page leads Millwood, McDowell, Hiett, Ridley, Roland, Hickman, Leonhardi, Ownbey, Madden
Caution just after the restart for spin. McDowell had moved to second on the restart but had to give the spots back as the caution negated the lap.
Lap 7 caution for flat right front on Leonhardi. Page leads McDowell, Millwood, Hiett, Hickman, Madden, Ridley, Roland
Caution on the lap 7 restart for Roland.
Lap 9 caution. Still Page up front with McDowell, Millwood and Hiett trailing. Madden had just cracked the top-5 but had to give the spot back to Hickman because of the caution.
Lap 13 caution for multi-car incident involving Barton, Evans, Hall, and others. Hall’s car rolled but once it was uprighted he drove it back to the pit area. Page leads McDowell, Hiett, Millwood, Madden, Ridley, Hickman. Currently under a red flag.
Lap 48 caution. Things were getting intense up front as McDowell had tracked Page and actually got by briefly on lap 39 but Page used a crossover move to get the lead back. Hiett had closed in on the leaders. Madden runs fourth.
Page pulled away on the final restart and left the others to battle.
Feature Results: 1. Page, 2. McDowell, 3. Hiett, 4. Madden, 5. Johnson, 6. Payne, 7. Millwood, 8. Hickman, 9. Ownbey, 10. Ridley, 11. Cloer, 12. Skinner, 13. Hernandez, 14. Hood, 15. Barton
David Payne leads the SNBS standings
