InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the XR Working Man Series-sanctioned Spring Thaw Warm-Up $10,000-to-win event at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN on Thursday, April 11, 2023. These updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
Live updates are provided by Smoky Mountain Speedway. Make plans now to visit the Maryville, TN track for their $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series weekend on June 16 & 17, 2023.
Weather Forecast: Highs in the 70s and with little to no chance for rain.
Time: Hot laps are slated for 6:15pm.
Feature Payout: $10,000-to-win
Track Description: 4/10 mile mile clay oval
Other Classes:
Live Stream: raceXR.plus
Pre-race Notes: This is the first ever race for the XR Working Man Series.
5:35- Drivers meeting underway.
6:10- Hot laps about to begin. Only running one class so the show should move along quickly.
Live Updates:
Car Count: 45 cars
Drivers Here: B00- Josh Henry, 1- Tyler Erb, B1- Brent Larson, 1G- Rusty Ballenger, 1v- Vic Hill, 2s- Stormy Scott, 3- Steve Smith, 3- Austin Neely, 3s- Brian Shirley, 5- John Tweed, 7w- Ricky Weiss, 8- Kyle Strickler, 8- Chris Chandler, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 20- Jimmy Owens, 20B- Brad Dyer, 20RT- Ricky Thornton Jr.. 21k- Dakotah Knuckles, 22- Will Roland, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 25z- Mason Zeigler, 30- Ryan King, 32- Bobby Pierce, 37- Jacob Hawkins, 39- Tim McCreadie, 40B- Kyle Bronson, 44- Chris Madden, 44- Chase King, 44- Kip Sawyer, 51- Mack McCarter, 55- Benji Hicks, 72- Barrett Lowe, 76- Brandon Overton, 79- Kyle Courtney, 83H- Clint Hodges, 89- Logan Roberson, 90- John Llewellyn, 96v- Tanner English, 97- Michael Chilton, 99- Devin Moran, 99- Camaron Marlar, 101- Forrest Trent, 126- Kaede Loudy, 157- Mike Marlar, 174- Ethan Dotson
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: The field will be broken and two groups for qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. Dale McDowell (12.056), 2. Chris Madden, 3. Kyle Bronson, 4. Ricky Thornton Jr, 5. Tim McCreadie, 6. Bobby Pierce, 7. Vic Hill, 8. Jimmy Owens, 9. Benji Hicks, 10. Austin Neely, 11. Tanner English, 12. Devin Moran
Group B Results – 1. Mike Marlar (12.470), 2. Mack McCarter, 3. Rusty Ballenger, 4. Brad Dyer, 5. Brent Larson, 6. Josh Henry, 7. Brian Shirley, 8. Daulton Wilson, 9. Jacob Hawkins, 10. Chase King, 11. Ryan King, 12. Camaron Marlar
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 to the Dirt Dominator Dash to set the first four rows for the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. McDowell, 2. Bronson, 3. McCreadie, 4. Hill, 5. Hicks, 6. English, 7. Llewellyn, 8. Lowe, 9. Hedgecock, 10. Chandler, 11. Loudy, 12. Knuckles
Heat 1 Finish– 1. McDowell, 2. Bronson, 3. McCreadie, 4. Hicks … English, Hedgecock, Loudy, Hill, Lowe, Chandler, Knuckles, Llewellyn
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. Thornton, 3. Pierce, 4. Owens, 5. Neely, 6. Moran, 7. Roberson, 8. Overton, 9. Trent, 10. Courtney, 12. Tweed
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Madden, 2. Thornton, 3. Owens, 4. Pierce … Overton, Roberson, Neely, Trent, Courtney, Moran, Tweed
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. M Marlar, 2. Ballenger, 3. Larson, 4. Shirley, 5. Wilson, 6. C Marlar, 7. C King, 8. Chilton, 9. Roland, 10. Dotson, 11. Sawyer
Heat 3 Finish– 1. M Marlar, 2. Shirley, 3. Dotson, 4. C Marlar… Chilton, Wilson, C King, Ballenger, Roland, Larson, Sawyer
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. McCarter, 2. Dyer, 3. Henry, 4. Hawkins, 5. R King, 6. Erb, 7. Strickler, 8. Weiss, 9. Scott, 10. S Smith, 11. Hodges
Heat 4 Finish – 1. McCarter, 2. Weiss, 3. R King, 4. Scott … Henry, Strickler, Erb, Dyer, Hodges, S Smith, Hawkins
Dirt Dominator Finish – The Dirt Dominator is a series of match races among the top-2 finishers of each heat that will determine the starting lineup for the first four rows in the feature.
McDowell wins Dominator 1 over Weiss.
M Marlar wins Dominator 2 over Thornton
Bronson wins Dominator 3 over McCarter
Madden wins Dominator 4 over Shirley
McDowell wins Dominator 5 over M Marlar
Madden wins Dominator 6 over Bronson
McDowell will start the feature from the pole after winning Dominator 7 over Madden
B-main Results:
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. Hedgecock, 3. English
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Chilton, 2. Wilson, 3. Strickler
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. McDowell, 2. Madden, 3. Bronson, 4. M Marlar, 5. Thornton, 6. McCarter, 7. Shirley, 8. Weiss, 9. McCreadie, 10. Dotson, 11. Owens, 12. R King, 13. Hicks, 14. C Marlar, 15. Pierce, 16. Scott, 17. Overton, 18. Chilton, 19. Hedgecock, 20. Wilson, 21. English, 22. Strickler
9:00- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $10,000.
9:10- Green flag!
Lap 10- McDowell pulling away from Madden, Bronson, M Marlar, McCarter
Lap 20- McDowell leads but Madden has closed in heavy traffic. Bronson, m Marlar, Thornton run 3-5.
10 to go- Madden now leads McDowell, Bronson, M Marlar, Thornton
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. McDowell, 3. Bronson, 4. Thornton, 5. M Marlar, 6. McCarter, 7. Weiss, 8. McCreadie, 9. Owens, 10. Dotson
Mike Marlar is expected to be among in competition
