InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates for the World of Outlaws Late Models race from Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday evening, May 7, 2016. These updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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Classes in action: World of Outlaws Late Models for $10,000-to-win(50 laps), Sportsman for $1,200-to-win, Street Stocks for $800-to-win.
*Please Note: These updates will focus primarily on the WoO Late Models race.
General Information:
Drivers meeting is set for 7:00pm.
Weather is expected to be clear and mild.
Josh Richards currently leads the WoO Late Models Series standings over Shane Clanton, Rick Eckert, Brian Shirley and Brandon Overton.
Shane Clanton beat out Chris Madden and Gregg Satterlee to win Friday night’s WoO Late Models feature at Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, KY.
7:00- Drivers meeting underway.
7:35- Hot laps underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Ricky Weiss set to debut in Vic Hill Racing entry at Smoky Mountain & Ryan King conquers The Gap for Walter Ball Memorial victory
Live Updates:
World of Outlaws Late Models
Car Count: 45 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 1- Josh Richards, 1- Ricky Weiss, 1*- Chub Frank, 2- Joey Coulter, 3- Brian Shirley, H3- Kayne Hickman, 4T- Tommy Kerr, 4v- Mark Vineyard, 5- Don O’Neal, c5- David Crabtree, 7- Rick Eckert, 7m- Donald McIntosh, c9- Steve Casebolt, 11- Ray Cook, 11- Austin Smith, 11- Skylar Marlar, 11- Tommy Bailey, 14- Morgan Bagley, 15- Darrell Lanigan, 15- Steve Francis, 17- Dale McDowell, 18- Eric Wells, 18c- Chase Junghans, 21- Billy Moyer, Jr., 21b- Shannon Buckingham, 21m- Robby Moses, 22- Gregg Satterlee, 25- Shane Clanton, 28- Jeff Wolfenbarger, 44- Chris Madden, 51- Mack McCarter, 52D- Mark Douglas, 56- Jordon Horton, 76- Brandon Overton, 88- Greg Johnson, 91- Tyler Erb, 91- Todd Darda, 97- Bobby Giffin, 99- Frank Heckenast, Jr., 101- Casey Roberts, 157- Mike Marlar, 128- Skip Arp, 201- Billy Ogle, Jr., 777- Jared Landers
Qualifying Results: There will be two groups for qualifying. Group A will qualify for heats 1 & 2. Group B will qualify for heats 3 & 4.
Group A Results- 1. Madden (15.797), 2. Coulter, 3. Eckert, 4. Arp, 5. McDowell, 6. Roberts, 7. Francis, 8. Moyer Jr, 9. Wells, 10. Lanigan
Group B Results- 1. Bloomquist (16.037), 2. Richards, 3. M Marlar, 4. Weiss, 5. Cook, 6. McIntosh, 7. Overton, 8. Junghans, 9. Landers, 10. Johnson
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races transferring the top-4 from each. The top-2 from each heat will go to the redraw.
Heat 1 Lineup: 1. Madden, 2. Eckert, 3. McDowell, 4. Francis, 5. Wells, 6. Smith, 7. S Marlar, 8. Kerr, 9. Hickman, 10. Ogle
Heat 1 Results: 1. Madden, 2. Eckert, 3. McDowell, 4. Wells… Francis, Bagley, Clanton
*Madden dominated. There was a lap 7 caution for a spin by Smith. Eckert took second from McDowell on the lap 7 restart. Best battle was between Wells and Francis for 4th.
Heat 2 Lineup: 1. Coulter, 2. Arp, 3. Roberts, 4. Moyer Jr, 5. Lanigan, 6. Crabtree, 7. McCarter, 8. Satterlee, 9. Horton, 10. Wolfenbarger, 11. Erb
Heat 2 Results: 1. Moyer Jr, 2. Roberts, 3. Lanigan, 4. Coulter… Crabtree, Arp, Satterlee
*Moyer led all the way. Arp was docked one row for jumping the initial start which moved Moyer to the front row. Tight battle for 4th between Coulter, Crabtree and Arp.
Heat 3 Lineup: 1. Bloomquist, 2. M Marlar, 3. Cook, 4. Overton, 5. Landers, 6. Frank, 7. Giffin, 8. O’Neal, 9. Darda, 10. Vineyard, 11. Douglas
Heat 3 Results: 1. Bloomquist, 2. M Marlar, 3. Overton, 4. Cook… O’Neal, Frank, Landers
*Bloomquist was on cruise control.
Heat 4 Lineup: 1. Richards, 2. Weiss, 3. McIntosh, 4. Junghans, 5. Johnson, 6. Buckingham, 7. Shirley, 8. Heckenast, 9. Casebolt, 10. Moses, 11. Bailey
Heat 4 Results: 1. Richards, 2. McIntosh, 3. Weiss, 4. Johnson… Shirley, Junghans, Casebolt
*Richards won handily.
Redraw Results: 1. Roberts, 2. Richards, 3. Bloomquist, 4. Eckert, 5. McIntosh 6. Madden, 7. Marlar, 8. Moyer Jr
Last Chance Showdown Results: There will be two LCS races transferring the top-3 to the feature.
LCS 1 Results- 1. Francis, 2. Crabtree, 3. Bagley
LCS 2 Results- 1. O’Neal, 2. Frank, 3. Landers
Feature Notes:
10:40- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $10,000.
10:47- Four wide!
10:50- Green flag!
Lap 20- caution free so far. Bloomquist leads Roberts, Madden, Richards, McIntosh. Leaders in heavy traffic.
Lap 35- Still caution free. Bloomquist in command. Roberts, Madden, Richards in a tight battle for 2nd with Marlar closing.
Race ran caution free all the way. Madden and Richards battled virtually the entire way for what turned out to be second. Traffic was a factor for the leaders for most of the race.
Feature Results: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Madden, 3. Richards, 4. M Marlar, 5. Roberts, 6. McIntosh, 7. McDowell, 8. Steve Francis, 9. Rick Eckert, 10. Billy Moyer Jr., 11. Darrell Lanigan, 12. Brandon Overton
Sportsman
Car Count: 21 cars
Feature Results: 1. Jed Emert, 2. Andy Ogle, 3. Michael Courtney, 4. Heath Alvey, 5. David Kerr
Street Stock
Car Count: 10 cars
Feature Results: 1. Chris Rickett, 2. Tony Horton, 3. Ty Crisp