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 Saturday evening, June 20, 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 four WoO Late Models feature wins so far in 2020 while Weiss has collected two victories.
Sheppard was last night’s winner at Volunteer Speedway.
The feature will be 50 laps for $10,000-to-win.
6:30- Drivers meeting underway.
7:00- Hot laps for all classes about to begin.
7:35- WoO Late Model hot laps underway.
Chris Madden, 4th in the series standings, crashed during hot laps. Madden will go to a backup car.
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
& Brandon Sheppard seizes Friday night win at Volunteer
Live Updates:
World of Outlaws Late Models
Car Count: 29 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 0m- Chris Madden, 1- Brandon Sheppard, B1- Brent Larson, 3- Steve Smith, 4G- Kody Evans, 5- Vic Hill, 7m- Donald McIntosh, 7t- Drake Troutman, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 12- Ashton Winger, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18- Chase Junghans, 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, 53- Ray Cook, 57- Zack Mitchell, 76- Brandon Overton, 97- Cade Dillard, 97- Michael Chilton, 99- Boom Briggs, 101- Forrest Trent
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be broken into two qualifying groups.
Group A Results- 1. Sheppard (13.502), 2. Lanigan, 3. Overton, 4. Hedgecock, 5. Weiss, 6. Bloomquist, 7. Chilton, 8. Hill
Group B Results- 1. McDowell (13.775), 2. Junghans, 3. Madden, 4. Mitchell, 5. Trent, 6. Dillard, 7. Briggs, 8. Strickler
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. Sheppard, 2. Overton, 3. Weiss, 4. Chilton, 5. Wolfenbarger, 6. Millwood, 7. Moriarty, 8. McIntosh
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Sheppard, 2. Overton, 3. Weiss, 4. Chilton … Millwood, J Wolfenbarger
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Lanigan, 2. Hedgecock, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Hill, 5. Troutman, 6. Larson, 7. S Smith
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Lanigan, 2. Bloomquist, 3. Hedgecock, 4. Hill … Larson, Troutman
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. McDowell, 2. Madden, 3. Trent, 4. Briggs, 5. Winger, 6. Erb, 7. Brown
Heat 3 Finish- 1. McDowell, 2. Trent, 3. Winger, 4. Briggs … Brown, Erb
*Madden’s trouble continues. After going to a backup car following a crash in hot laps, his car stalled before the start of the heat race. He had to be pushed back to the pit area.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Junghans, 2. Mitchell, 3. Dillard, 4. Strickler, 5. Kennedy, 6. Cook, 7. Evans
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Mitchell, 2. Strickler, 3. Junghans, 4. Kennedy … Cook, Evans
Redraw Results: 1. Lanigan, 2. Mitchell, 3. Sheppard, 4. McDowell, 5. Overton, 6. Bloomquist, 7. Trent, 8. Strickler
Last Chance Showdown Results: There will be one Last Chance Showdown with the top-6 transferring to the feature.
LCS Finish- 1. Brown, 2. Millwood, 3. Larson, 4. Cook, 5. Erb, 6. Madden
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Lanigan, 2. Mitchell, 3. Sheppard, 4. McDowell, 5. Overton 6. Bloomquist, 7. Trent, 8. Strickler, 9. Weiss, 10. Winger, 11. Hedgecock, 12. Junghans, 13. Chilton, 14. Briggs, 15. Hill, 16. Kennedy, 17. Brown, 18. Millwood, 19. Larson, 20. Cook, 21. Erb, 22. Madden
11:10- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $10,000.
11:17- Four wide!
11:19- Green flag!
Lap 20- caution free. Top-6 of Mitchell, Lanigan, McDowell, Bloomquist, Sheppard, Overton tight in traffic.
Lap 29 caution for Briggs. Mitchell leads Lanigan, McDowell, Bloomquist, Overton, Strickler, Sheppard, Winger.
Racing was getting intense in traffic.
Lap 30 caution for multiple car incident. Weiss and Hedgecock among those involved. McDowell moved to second on the last restart.
Lap 31 caution for Dillard. Mitchell leads McDowell, Lanigan, Overton, Bloomquist, Strickler, Winger
Feature Results: 1. Zack Mitchell, 2. McDowell, 3. Lanigan, 4. Bloomquist, 5. Overton, 6. Winger, 7. Strickler, 8. Sheppard, 9. Junghans, 10. Hill, 11. Trent, 12. Erb
Brandon Sheppard was victorious on Friday night at Volunteer
