InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $10,000-to-win World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series event at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN on Friday evening, June 19, 2020. The updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
These updates are brought to you by Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn. The next event there will be the “Smoky Mountain Summer Showdown” featuring a $10,000-to-win Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals race on July 10, 2020.
General Information:
Weather is expected to be warm with a slight chance for rain.
Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 7:00pm.
Brandon Sheppard currently leads the World of Outlaws Late Model Series standings over Ricky Weiss, Darrell Lanigan, Chris Madden and Chase Junghans.
Sheppard has scored three WoO Late Models feature wins so far in 2020 while Weiss has collected two victories.
The feature will be 50 laps for $10,000-to-win.
7:50- Local classes out packing the track. A little rain shower earlier has delayed things just a bit.
8:20- Got some water weepers coming up through the track at the exit of turn 4. Track crew is working on it.
8:47- Hot laps for all classes about to begin.
9:12- WoO Late Model hot laps on the track.
9:50- WoO Late Model qualifying underway
Photos: I often post photos and/or short videos on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account and my @RichardAllenIDR Instagram account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Darrell Lanigan looking forward to WoO Late Models races at Volunteer & Mark Richards on racing and how Rocket Chassis conducts business
Live Updates:
World of Outlaws Late Models
Car Count: 32 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 0m- Chris Madden, 1- Brandon Sheppard, B1- Brent Larson, 3- Steve Smith, 4G- Kody Evans, 5- John Tweed, 5- Vic Hill, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7t- Drake Troutman, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 12- Ashton Winger, 14- Terry Wolfenbarger, 17- Logan Roberson, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18- Chase Junghans, 20- David Bullington, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 23- Ahnna Parkhurst, 24D- Michael Brown, 28- Dennis Erb, Jr., 28- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 29- Darrell Lanigan, 31- Tyler Millwood, 37- Drew Kennedy, 51- Joey Moriarty, 66- Matt Cosner, 76- Brandon Overton, 97- Cade Dillard, 97- Michael Chilton, 99- Boom Briggs, 101- Forrest Trent, 329- Travis Fultz
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be broken into two qualifying groups.
Group A Results- 1. Weiss(12.181), 2. Madden, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Strickler, 5. McDowell, 6. Kennedy, 7. Chilton, 8. Dillard
Group B Results- 1. Sheppard (12.151) 2. Overton, 3. Junghans, 4. Lanigan, 5. Erb, 6. Hedgecock, 7. J Wolfenbarger, 8. Briggs
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature. The top-2 from each heat will go a redraw to determine the starting lineup for the first four rows in the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Weiss, 2. Bloomquist, 3. McDowell, 4. Chilton, 5. Brown, 6. Fultz, 7. McIntosh, 8. Trent, 9. Bullington
Heat 1 Results- 1. Bloomquist, 2. Weiss, 3. Dillard, 4. McDowell … Fultz, Hill, McIntosh
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. Strickler, 3. Kennedy, 4. Brown, 5. Chilton 6. Evans, 7. Larson, 8. Roberson
Heat 2 Results- 1. Strickler, 2. Brown, 3. Madden, 4. Kennedy … Larson, Chilton, Evans
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Sheppard, 2. Junghans, 3. Erb, 4. J Wolfenbarger, 5. Troutman, 6. Moriarty, 7. S Smith, 8. Parkhurst
Heat 3 Results- 1. Junghans, 2. Sheppard, 3. Erb, 4. Moriarty … J Wolfenbarger, Troutman, S Smith
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Lanigan, 3. Hedgecock, 4. Briggs, 5. Millwood, 6. Winger, 7. Tweed, 8. T Wolfenbarger
Heat 4 Results- 1. Overton, 2. Hedgecock, 3. Millwood, 4. Winger … Lanigan, Briggs, T Wolfenbarger
Redraw Results: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Strickler, 3. Junghans, 4. Overton, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Weiss, 7. Sheppard, 8. Brown
Last Chance Showdown Results: There will be two Last Chance Showdown races with the top-3 from each transferring to the feature.
LCS 1 Finish- 1. McIntosh, 2. Fultz, 3. Evans
LCS 2 Finish- 1. Lanigan, 2. J Wolfenbarger, 3. Troutman
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bloomquist, 2. Strickler, 3. Junghans, 4. Overton, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Weiss, 7. Sheppard, 8. Brown, 9. Dillard, 10. Erb, 11. Madden, 12. Millwood, 13. McDowell, 14. Moriarty, 15. Kennedy, 16. Winger, 17. McIntosh, 18. Lanigan, 19. Fultz, 20. J Wolfenbarger, 21. Evans, 22. Troutman, 23. Larson, 24. Briggs
11:44- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $10,000.
The car of Ricky Weiss has stopped on track twice during pace laps.
11:51- Four wide!
11:54- Green flag!
Lap 3 caution. Bloomquist slid up the track in turn 1 on the start which allowed Overton to get by him and Strickler.
Lap 6 caution for J Wolfenbarger. Strickler got by Overton for the lead just before the caution. Strickler leads Overton, Bloomquist, Erb, Sheppard.
Lap 27 caution. Hard racing throughout the pack. Strickler leads Erb, Bloomquist, Sheppard, Overton, Junghans, Dillard Strickler has been riding on what appears to be a flat left front tire for several laps.
Shortly after the restart Overton pulled off the track while leading.
Lap 45 caution. A crazy lap 27 restart jumbled the running order. Sheppard now leads Erb, Dillard, Winger, Strickler, Bloomquist
Lap 46 caution for Larson. Sheppard leads Erb, Dillard, Winger, Bloomquist
Strickler stopped on track with a mechanical issue.
Feature Results: 1. Brandon Sheppard, 2. Erb, 3. Dillard, 4. Winger, 5. Bloomquist, 6. Junghans, 7. Hedgecock, 8. Madden, 9. McDowell, 10. Weiss, 11. Lanigan, 12. Briggs, 13. Larson, 14. McIntosh, 15. Strickler, 16. Evans, 17. Overton, 18. Millwood, 19. Brown, 20. Kennedy
Scott Bloomquist (0) and Dennis Erb Jr. (28) will be among those racing at Volunteer
