InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $5,000-to-win ‘Frostbite 40’ Drydene Xtreme DIRTcar Late Model Series-sanctioned event at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC on Sunday, February 21, 2021. 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 at SMS will be the 8th annual Tennessee Tipoff featuring the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series on March 6th.
General Information:
Weather is expected to be cool with little to no chance for rain.
Racing action is slated to begin at 2:00pm.
The Xtreme DIRTcar feature will be 40 laps paying $5,000-to-win.
Brandon Overton won the first Xtreme DIRTcar Series feature of 2020-21 at Cherokee Speedway then Chris Madden won at the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN and Michael Brown was victorious at Lavonia(GA) Speedway.
Ross Bailes won on Saturday night at Lake View Motor Speedway in Nichols, SC.
Chris Madden leads the Xtreme DIRTcar Series standings over Kyle Strickler, Daulton Wilson, Anthony Sanders, and Trent Ivey.
2:15- Hot laps for all classes underway.
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Live Updates:
Xtreme DIRTcar Late Models
Car Count: 29 cars
Drivers Here: F1- Payton Freeman, 2- Matthew Nance, 2- Dennis Franklin, 03- David Yandle, 6- Dillon Brown, 8- Kyle Strickler, 9- Johnny Pursley, 16- Brian Nuttall Jr., 17- Billy Franklin, 17v- Tim Vance, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 18- Brett Hamm, 19- Pearson Lee Williams, 21- Will Harris, 22- Nick Schlager, 23- Michael Rouse, 24D- Michael Brown, 26- Jimmy Sharpe, Jr., 28- Tyler Pucket, 29- Larry Grube, 44- Chris Madden, 44- Stewart Friesen, 52- Josh Richeson, 55- Benji Hicks, 57- Zack Mitchell, 57- Adam Yarborough, 79- Ross Bailes, 88- Trent Ivey, 421- Anthony Sanders
Qualifying Results: One group for qualifying.
1. Strickler(14.985), 2. Z Mitchell, 3. Knight, 4. Yarbrough, 5. Hamm, 6. Bailes, 7. Madden, 8. Wilson, 9. Ivey, 10. Sanders, 11. Brown, 12. Rouse, 13. Nuttall, 14. Franklin, 15. Freeman, 16. Sharpe, 17. Brown, 18. Schlager, 19. Collins, 20. Grube, 21. Friesen
Heat Race Results: There will be three heats with the top-5 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Strickler, 2. Yarbrough, 3. Madden, 4. Sanders, 5. Nuttall, 6. Richeson, 7. Schlager, 8. Friesen, 9. Nance, 10. Puckett
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Strickler, 2. Madden, 3. Yarbrough, 4. Richeson, 5. Sanders
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Z Mitchell, 2. Hamm, 3. Wilson, 4. M Brown, 5. Franklin, 6. Sharpe, 7. Collins, 8. Franklin, 9. Yandle, 10. Harris
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Z Mitchell, 2. Wilson, 3. Hamm, 4. Franklin, 5. M Brown
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Knight, 2. Bailes, 3. Ivey, 4. Rouse, 5. Freeman, 6. D Brown, 7. Grube, 8. Pursley, 9. Vance
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Bailes, 2. Ivey, 3. Rouse, 4. D Brown, 5. Knight
Last Chance Showdown Results: One last chance race with the top-5 transferring to the feature.
1. Friesen, 2. Collins, 3. Freeman, 4. Franklin, 5. Pursley
Redraw Results: 1. Bailes, 2. Madden 3. D Wilson, 4. Ivey, 5. Strickler, 6. Mitchell
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Bailes, 2. Madden, 3. D Wilson, 4. Ivey, 5. Strickler, 6. Z Mitchell, 7. Yarbrough, 8. Hamm, 9. Rouse, 10. Richeson, 11. Franklin, 12. D Brown, 13. Sanders, 14. M Brown, 15. Knight, 16. Friesen, 17. Collins, 18. 19. Franklin, 20. Pursley, 21. Tim Vance, 22. David Yandle, 23. Larry Grube, 24. Matthew Nance
6:00- Feature rolling out. 40 laps for $5,000.
6:01- Four wide!
6:03- Green flag!
Lap 6 caution for spin by Yandle. Madden narrowly misses. Madden leads Bailes, Wilson, Strickler, Z Mitchell.
Lap 7 caution for incident involving Nance, Grube, and others. Madden leads D Wilson, Bailes, Z Mitchell, Strickler, Yarbrough, Ivey, Rouse.
Lap 14 caution for flat on third running Wilson. Madden leads Bailes, Strickler, Z Mitchell, Ivey, Yarbrough, Richeson, Rouse, Hamm, Friesen, M Brown
10 to go. Madden pulling away.
Lap 36 caution for flat on Franklin. Madden leads Bailes, Strickler, Ivey, Z Mitchell, Yarbrough, Richeson, Rouse, Friesen, M Brown, Knight, Sanders
Lap 38 caution for flat on fourth running Ivey. Madden leads Bailes, Mitchell, Yarbrough, Friesen, Richeson, M Brown
Caution on the restart for simultaneous flats on Z Mitchell and M Brown.
Feature Results: 1. Madden, 2. Bailes, 3. Strickler, 4. Yarbrough, 5. Friesen, 6. Richeson, 7. Knight, 8. Sanders, 9. Franklin, 10. Nance, 11. Vance, 12. Ivey, 13. Mitchell, 14. Brown, 15. Grube, 16. Rouse, 17. Wilson, 18. Franklin, 19. Yandle, 20. Pursley, 21. Freeman, 22. Hamm, 23. D Brown, 24. Collins
Chris Madden leads the Xtreme DIRTcar Series standings
