InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Spring Nationals race from the Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA on Saturday evening, March 31, 2018. These updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: Spring Nationals Super Late Models for $10,000-to-win(60 laps).
*These updates will primarily focus on the Spring Nationals event.
General Information: Drivers meeting is slated for 6:00 with hot laps to begin soon thereafter.
Weather is expected to be mild with virtually no chance of rain.
Senoia Raceway is a 3/8 mile clay oval.
This will be the second race for the 2018 Spring Nationals Mini-Series.
This is a two-night event with Friday night’s feature paying $3,000-to-win and the Saturday night feature paying $10,000-to-win.
The Spring Nationals is an 11-race tour. The champion of the Mini-Series will receive a payment of $5,053.
5:55- Drivers meeting about to begin.
6:15- Hot laps for all divisions underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Scott Bloomquist snares Spring Nationals opener at Senoia
& Michael Page wins Crate Late Model thriller at Senoia
Live Updates:
Spring Nationals Super Late Models
Car Count: 33 cars
Drivers Expected: 0- Scott Bloomquist, J0- John Ownbey, 1D- Dalton Cook, 1F Payton Freeman, 1G- Ryan King, 2x- John Henderson, 3V- Kyle Hardy, 03- Brandon Cameron, 8- David Payne, c8- Timothy Culp, 9- Jason Croft, F9- Frank Ingram, 10- Joseph Joiner, , 15- Mason Massey, 15- Justin Duty, 16- Austin Horton, 17M- Dale McDowell,18- Eric Wells, 18K- Brandon Kinzer, 18X- Michael Page, 21- Ivedent Lloyd, Jr., 24- Zach Leonhardi, 25- Shane Clanton, 26- Jimmy Sharpe, 44- Clint Smith, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 58- Riley Hickman, 62- Cody King, 81- Aaron Ridley, 84- Austin Smith, 101- Casey Roberts, 144- Chicky Barton, 151- Mark Page
Qualifying Results: No one will be locked into the feature through qualifying. The field will be broken into A & B groups.
Group A Results- 1. C Smith (16.382), 2. C King, 3. Ridley, 4. A Smith, 5. Bloomquist, 6. Clanton
Group B Results- 1. McDowell (16.398), 2. Leonhardi, 3. Massey, 4. Lloyd, 5. Hickman, 6. Buckingham
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. C Smith, 2. Ridley, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Michael Page, 5. D Cook, 6. Croft, 7. Sharpe, 8. Barton
Heat 1 Finish- 1. C Smith, 2. Ridley, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Page
*Good race. Page went from fourth to first on the start but fell back to fourth. Multiple grooves in use again tonight.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. C King, 2. A Smith, 3. Clanton, 4. Henderson, 5. Wells, 6. Duty, 7. Ownbey, 8. Mark Page
Heat 2 Finish- 1. A Smith, 2. C King, 3. Wells, 4. Ownbey
*Third running Clanton hit the wall hard off of turn 2 on lap 7. Looks like significant damage to the right side of the car. King made a bid for the win on the last lap but Smith held on. Another race in which multiple grooves were used.
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Massey, 3. Hickman, 4. Ingram, 5. Joiner, 6. Roberts, 7. Payne, 8. Kinzer, 9. Cameron
Heat 3 Finish- 1. McDowell, 2. Hickman, 3. Joiner, 4. Massey
*McDowell led all the way but Hickman kept pace.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Leonhardi, 2. Lloyd, 3. Buckingham, 4. Hardy, 5. Horton, 6. R King, 7. Freeman, 8. Culp
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Leonhardi, 2. Lloyd, 3. Hardy, 4. Buckingham
*The top-4 ran the first half of the race in tight formation but separated themselves later.
B-Main Results: There will be two B-mains with the top-2 transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Cook, 2. Croft
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Horton, 2. Freeman
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. C Smith, 2. McDowell, 3. ASmith, 4. Leonhardi, 5. Ridley, 6. Hickman, 7. C King, 8. Lloyd, 9. Bloomquist, 10. Joiner, 11. Wells, 12. Hardy, 13. Page, 14. Massey, 15. Ownbey, 16. Buckingham, 17. Cook, 18. Horton, 19. Croft, 20. Freeman, 21. Clanton, 22. Roberts, 23. R King, 24. Kinzer, 25. Payne
10:10- Feature rolling out. 60 laps for $10,000.
10:20- Four wide!
10:23- Green flag!
Lap 20- caution free so far. McDowell leads. Bloomquist up to second after starting ninth. Ridley, C Smith, A Smith follow.
Lap 28 caution as Michael Page slows. McDowell had to fight off challenges from Bloomquist as they raced in very heavy traffic. Ridley is third followed by C Smith, A Smith, Leonhardi, Hickman, Wells, Hardy, Clanton.
10 to go. McDowell and Bloomquist have pulled away from the field. Everyone single-file on the bottom.
Track locked down in the second half of the race and the front runners never caught traffic after that lap 28 caution.
First and second for Sweet-Bloomquist Race Cars.
Feature Results: 1. McDowell, 2. Bloomquist, 3. Ridley, 4. C Smith, 5. Leonhardi, 6. Wells, 7. Hardy, 8. A Smith, 9. Hickman, 10. Clanton
Scott Bloomquist was last night’s feature winner at Senoia
