InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates for the Steelhead Nationals race from the 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN for Saturday, October 22, 2016. Today’s updates are being provided IPby 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: Steelhead Late Models($3,500-to-win), Sportsman($800-to-win), Open Wheel Modifieds($700-to-win), Street Stocks, Classics.
These updates will focus primarily on the Steelhead Late Models class.
General Information: Drivers meeting is slated to begin at 3:00pm with hot laps to follow soon afterward.
Weather forecast calls for clear skies with daytime temperatures in the 50s.
This is the 10th Annual running of the Steelhead Nationals at 411.
3:00- Drivers meeting underway.
3:20- Hot laps underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Steelhead Late Models
Car Count: 33 cars
Drivers Expected: J0- John Ownbey, B00- Josh Henry, 1- Austin Atkins, 2- Mitchell Childress, 2x- Anthony White, c5- David Crabtree, 5j- Jesse Lowe, 7- Heath Alvey, 07- Jason Cardwell, 8- Chris Chandler, 12T- Dan Tipton, 16- Scott Gardner, 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 23- Layne Clifton, 23- Tim Damron, 25- Bobby Mays, 29- Rusty Ballenger, 31- Greg Estes, 31- Johnny Ridings, 32- Jason Manley, k37- Mike Weeks, 39- Eddie King, Jr., 41- Justin Gravely, 44- Chase King, 51- Mack McCarter, 63- Josh Collins, 66- Jordan Rodabaugh, 69- Carder Miller, 72- Barrett Lowe, 72- Derrick Rankin, 73- Trevor Sise, 90j- Jason Trammell, 97- Bobby Giffin, 144- Chicky Barton, 171- Kyle Courtney
Qualifying Results: No one will be locked in via qualifying. Everyone will heat race.
1. Clifton (15.894), 2. Knuckles, 3. Sise, 4. White, 5. Ballenger, 6. Cardwell, 7. Tipton, 8. C King, 9. Giffin, 10. Manley
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-5 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. Clifton, 2. Ballenger, 3. Giffin, 4. Miller, 5. J Lowe, 6. E King, 7. Ownbey, 8. Gravely, 9. McCarter
Heat 1 Results – 1. Ballenger, 2. Clifton, 3. Miller, 4. J Lowe, 5. Giffin
Heat 2 Lineup – 1. Knuckles, 2. Cardwell, 3. Manley, 4. Rodabaugh, 5. Damron, 6. Trammell, 7. Estes, 8. Weeks, 9. Atkins
Heat 2 Results – 1. Cardwell, 2. Knuckles, 3. Manley, 4. Rodabaugh, 5. Weeks
Heat 3 Lineup – 1. Sise, 2. Tipton, 3. Courtney, 4. Crabtree, 5. Henry, 6. Alvey, 7. Rankin, 8. Gardner, 9. Barton
Heat 3 Results – 1. Tipton, 2. Crabtree, 3. Sise, 4. Henry, 5. Barton
Heat 4 Lineup – 1. White, 2. C King, 3. B Lowe, 4. Mays, 5. Chandler, 6. Collins, 7. Ridings, 8. Childress
Heat 4 Results – 1. King, 2. Mays, 3. B Lowe, 4. Ridings, 5. Collins
B-main Results: There will be two B-mains with the top-2 from each transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. E King, 2. Rankin
B-main 2 Finish – 1. Trammell, 2. Damron
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Ballenger, 2. Cardwell 3. Tipton, 4. King, 5. Clifton, 6. Knuckles, 7. Crabtree, 8. Mays, 9. Miller, 10. Manley, 11. Sise, 12. B Lowe, 13. J Lowe, 14. Rodabaugh, 15. Henry, 16. Ridings, 17. Giffin, 18. Weeks, 19. Barton, 20. Collins, 21. E King, 22. Trammell, 23. Rankin, 24. Damron
6:50- Feature rolling out. 51 laps for $3500.
6:59- Green flag!
Lap 14 caution for Rankin stopped on track. Good racing throughout the field. Ballenger leads King, Clifton, Tipton, Cardwell, Manley, Knuckles, Crabtree, B Lowe.
Lap 15 caution for Rodabaugh stopped on track. Still Balenger, King, Clifton, Tipton, Cardwell
Lap 16 caution for spin by Miller. Clifton took second from King on the last restart.
Lap 24 caution for incident involving 4th running Cardwell. Ballenger leads King, Clifton, Cardwell, Manley, Weeks, Henry. Tipton sent to the rear and Cardwell given his spot back.
Lap 32 caution for Rodabaugh stopped on track. Ballenger continues to lead over Clifton, King, Manley, Cardwell, Weeks, Henry, Sise and Knuckles
Feature Results: 1. Ballenger, 2. King, 3. Clifton, 4. Manley, 5. Cardwell, 6. Weeks, 7. Henry, 8. Sise, 9. Miller, 10. Knuckles
Sportsman
Car Count: 16 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Jed Emert (16.317), 2. Zach Sise, 3. Travis Fultz, 4. Clyde Stanton, 5. Floyd Self, 6. Josh Sneed, 7. Adam Mitchell, 8. Matt Tharp, 9. Richard Bailey, 10. Jonathan Miracle
Feature Results: 1. Emert, 2. Sise, 3. Stanton, 4. Seagle, 5. Fultz
*Great race as Emert and Sise battled all the way with Emert finally getting the lead with 3 laps remaining. The battle for 3rd, 4th and 5th was also intense.
Open Wheel Modifieds
Car Count: 10 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Blake Brown (16.963), 2. Logan Hickey, 3. Jody Puckett, 4. Jeff Watson, 5. Jimmy Dalton, 6. Wayne James, 7. Jeff Hamby, 8. Jamie Mosley
Feature Results: 1. Watson, 2. Puckett, 3. Brown, 4. Hamby, 5. Dalton
