InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Spring Nationals race from the Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA on Friday evening, May 26, 2017. These updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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To follow along, simply scroll down and look under each heading for that particular class. Also, refresh the page frequently as new information will be added often.
Classes in action: Spring Nationals Super Late Models for $4,000-to-win(40 laps); Limited/Crate Late Models for $1,500-to-win(30 laps).
*These updates will primarily focus on the Spring Nationals and the Limited/Crate Late Models.
General Information: Drivers meeting is slated for 6:30 with hot laps to begin soon thereafter.
Weather is expected to be warm with only a slight chance of showers.
Brandon Overton leads the Spring Nationals standings over Donald McIntosh, Michael Chilton, Shanon Buckingham and Ricky Weiss.
This is the final weekend for the Spring Nationals mini-series with races slated for Boyd’s, Dixie(Saturday) & Rome(Sunday).
7:05- Drivers meeting underway.
7:10- Hot laps underway for all classes.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Regional drivers describe the difficulties of racing under national series rules & Fans rank passing more important than personalities or crashes
Live Updates:
Spring Nationals Super Late Models
Car Count: 37 cars
Drivers Here: J0- John Ownbey, 1- Vic Hill, 1c- Kenny Collins, 1G- Ryan King, R1- Riley Hickman, 7g- Craig Greer, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- David Payne, A8- Austin Arnold, 9- Jason Croft, 9- Dusty Carver, 11B- Stacy Boles, 11k- Austin Kirkpatrick, 15- Ethan Hunter, 16- Austin Horton, 16- JT Seawright, 17r- Brad Skinner, 18- Brandon Kinzer, 18x- Michael Page, 19- Trey Wood, 21- Robby Moses, 21- Casey Turman, 22- Will Roland, 29- Gary McPherson, 31- Tyler Millwood, 38- Jamie Oliver, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 58- Ivedent Lloyd Jr, 66- Jake Knowles, 86- Jeff Neubert, 91- Heath Hindman, 97- Michael Chilton, 99- Derek Ellis, 111- Steven Roberts, 116- Brandon Overton, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr.
Qualifying Results: Cars will be broken into two qualifying groups with the top-2 from each group being locked into the feature.
Group A Results- 1. Buckingham (14.921), 2. Hill … McIntosh, Overton, Page, Horton
Group B Results- 1. Kinzer (15.034), 2. Croft … Payne, Weiss, Ownbey, Hickman
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. McIntosh, 2. Page, 3. Collins, 4. Moses, 5. Kirkpatrick, 6. Millwood, 7. Ogle, 8. Turman, 9. Greer
Heat 1 Finish- 1. McIntosh, 2. Page, 3. Moses, 4. Collins
*McIntosh dominated to win by a straightaway.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Horton, 3. Hindman, 4. Seawright, 5. Skinner, 6. Chilton, 7. Boles, 8. McPherson
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. Hindman, 3. Horton, 4. Seawright
*Overton drove away from a tight battle for 2nd- 4th.
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Payne, 2. Ownbey, 3. Carver, 4. Wood, 5. Knowles, 6. Hunter, 7. Roberts, 8. Arnold
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Ownbey, 2. Payne, 3. Carver, 4. Knowles
*Top-2 breakaway at the front. Hunter made several attempts to pass Knowles for the final transfer spot but was never able to make the move.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Weiss, 2. Hickman, 3. Roland, 4. Lloyd, 5. King, 6. Oliver, 7. Ellis, 8. Neubert
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Weiss, 2. Hickman, 3. Roland, 4. King
*Weiss and Hickman mixed it up on the first lap before Weiss drove away. King passed Lloyd for the final transfer spot on lap 2.
B-main Results: No B-mains.
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Buckingham, 2. Kinzer, 3. Hill, 4. Croft, 5. McIntosh, 6. Ownbey, 7. Overton, 8. Weiss, 9. Page, 10. Payne, 11. Hindman, 12. Hickman, 13. Moses, 14. Carver, 15. Horton, 16. Roland, 17. Collins, 18. Knowles, 19. Seawright, 20. King, 21. Chilton, 22. Ogle
10:21- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $4000.
10:29- Green flag!
Lap 10 caution for Hickman spin. Buckingham leads Hill, McIntosh, Kinzer, Ownbey, Weiss, Overton, Page, Croft
Racing was intense as leaders were in traffic. Buckingham has damage on the right rear of his car.
Great racing! Overton took the lead in traffic on lap 21.
Page was running third until the last lap when it appeared as if he broke a drive shaft.
Feature Results: 1. Overton, 2. McIntosh, 3. Buckingham, 4. Weiss, 5. Payne, 6. Ownbey, 7. Hill, 8. Croft
Limited/Crate Late Models
Car Count: 19 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Ronnie Johnson (15.213), 2. Ethan Hunter, 3. Riley Hickman, 4. Sam Seawright, 5. Chip Brindle, 6. Craig Burrows, 7. Bryan Pritchard, 8. Ahnna Parkhurst, 9. Andy Miller, 10. Dillon Tidmore, 11. Larry Higgins, 12. Cruz Skinner, 13. Jody Hixson, 14. Robby Mason, 15. Jimmy Brown, 16. Ronnie Weeks, 17. Robert Ballard, 18. Marshall Chastain, 19. Brent Beard
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Hickman, 2. Johnson, 3. Pritchard, 4. Brindle, 5. Miller, 6. Higgins
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Hunter, 2. Burrows, 3. Seawright, 4. Parkhurst, 5. Tidmore, 6. Mason
Feature Notes:
9:50- Feature rolling out. 30 laps for $1500.
9:59- Green flag!
Lap 17 caution for fluid on the track. Good racing so far. Hunter leads Hickman, Johnson, Pritchard, Brindle, Burrows, Seawright
Lap 18 caution for Tidmore crash in turn two. Johnson went from third to first on the last restart. He leads Hunter, Hickman, Pritchard, Brindle, Burrows
Feature Results: 1. Johnson, 2. Hickman, 3. Brindle, 4. Hunter. 5. Pritchard, 6. Burrows
Ricky Weiss won the Spring Nationals race in Crossville
