InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates for the United Crate Racing Alliance race from I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN on Friday evening, September 16, 2016. These updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: United Crate Racing Alliance for $2,500-to-win(40 laps) as well as features in Sportsman and other classes.
*Please Note: These updates will focus primarily on the UCRA Late Models. Any other updates will be dependent on a number of factors, including driver roster availability and timeliness of the event.
General Information: Drivers meeting is scheduled for 7:00pm with hot laps to begin soon afterwards.
Weather is expected to be warm with little chance of rain.
This is part of a two night show for the UCRA Late Models. The second race of the weekend will take place on Saturday at Smoky Mountain Speedway.
Rusty Ballenger currently leads the UCRA standings over Robert Gant, Kenny Kizzar, Heath Hindman and Forrest Trent.
7:10- Local drivers being called to the drivers meeting.
7:25- Local classes hot lapping now. There is a bit of a delay in UCRA activity due to a traffic backup on the highway that has caused some drivers to be late in arriving.
8:00- UCRA hot laps are complete.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Sportsman Drivers Describe All That’s Good With Their Class
Live Updates:
UCRA Late Models
Car Count: 30 cars
Drivers Here: J0- John Ownbey, B00- Josh Henry, p4- Jamie Perry, H4- Mark Heatherly, 4- Shane Smith, c6- Oakley Johns, 8a- Todd Morrow, 9- Heath Hindman, 11- Josh Fields, 15- Andy Standridge, 17- Chip Brindle, 17jr- Tyler Wood, 22- Robert Gant, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 24c- Barry Goodman, 24- Philip Thompson, 29- Rusty Ballenger, 29- Jason Welshan, 33x- Cameron Skinner, T35- Tanner Works, 36- Evan Taylor, J39- Jimmy Elliott, 44- Chase King, c66- Donald Johns, 88- Brad Coffey, 101- Forrest Trent, 117- Jake Teague, 521- Mickey Trojclair
Qualifying Results: 1. Works (13.666), 2. Hedgecock, 3. Henry, 4. Thompson
These drivers will start on the pole of their respective heat races.
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-5 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. Works, 2. Ownbey, 3. Standridge, 4. Heatherly, 5. Gant, 6. Hindman, 7. Taylor, 8. Trent
Heat 1 Finish – 1. Ownbey, 2. Works, 3. Standridge, 4. Gant, 5. Hindman
Heat 2 Lineup – 1. Hedgecock, 2. Teague, 3. Goodman, 4. Welshan, 5. Morrow, 6. O Johns, 7. Skinner
Heat 2 Finish – 1. Hedgecock, 2. Teague, 3. Welshan, 4. Morrow, 5. Goodman
Heat 3 Lineup – 1. Henry, 2. King, 3. Elliott, 4. Ballenger, 5. Wood, 6. Smith, 7. D Johns
Heat 3 Finish – 1. Henry, 2. Elliott, 3. King, 4. Ballenger, 5. Wood
Heat 4 Lineup – 1. Thompson, 2. Perry, 3. Kizzar, 4. Coffey, 5. Fields, 6. Brindle, 7. Trojclair
Heat 4 Finish – 1. Thompson, 2. Perry, 3. Kizzar, 4. Fields, 5. Brindle
Last Chance Race: The top-2 will transfer to the feature.
Finish – 1. Taylor, 2. Smith
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Ownbey, 2. Hedgecock, 3. Henry, 4. Thompson, 5. Works, 6. Teague, 7. Elliott, 8. Perry, 9. Standridge, 10. Welshan, 11. King, 12. Kizzar, 13. Gant, 14. Morrow, 15. Ballenger, 16. Fields, 17. Hindman, 18. Goodman, 19. Wood, 20. Brindle, 21. Taylor, 22. Smith
*Hindman has been moved to the tail of the feature lineup. I think he failed to go to the scales after his heat.
10:54- Feature lining up on the front stretch. 40 laps for $2500.
10:58- Four wide!
11:00- Green flag!
Perry spins in turn two. Complete restart upcoming.
Lap 16 caution. What a race! Ownbey and Hedgecock having tremendous battle in traffic. They have exchanged lead multiple times. Ownbey leads Hedgecock, Works, Henry, Teague, Elliott, Perry, Thompson
Lap 19 caution for Kizzar. Works made a big move on the outside on the last restart and now leads Ownbey, Hedgecock, Teague and Henry.
Big pileup on the restart as one car got sideways at the back of the top-10 and several more got tangled up. King, Thompson, Standridge, Perry, Gant among those involved. Works leads Ownbey, Hedgecock, Henry, Teague, Elliott, Ballenger, Brindle, Welshan
King spins on the second lap 19 restart.
Welshan, Ballenger, Kizzar tangle on the third lap 19 restart.
Lap 25 caution for Welshan. Works still leads. Ownbey and Hedgecock had a side-by-side battle for several laps for second. Works leads Ownbey, Teague, Hedgecock, Elliott, Brindle, Henry
The top-4 were very tight at the finish as they caught up with slower traffic.
Feature Results: 1. Works, 2. Teague, 3. Ownbey, 4. Hedgecock, 5. Elliott, 6. Brindle, 7. Henry, 8. Fields, 9. Hindman, 10. Wood
Sportsman
Car Count: 7 cars
Qualifying Results: 1. Darren Goins(13.752), 2. Justin Winters, 3. Michael Courtney, 4. Arthur Russell, 5. John Smith, 6. Nick Perry, 7. Derek Blair
Feature Results: 1. Goins, 2. Courtney, 3. Winters
