Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers battle for $50,000 to win in Tennessee
Tonight, the 4/10-mile dirt track of Smoky Mountain Speedway hosts the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. National dirt late model drivers are set to battle for $50,000 to win via the Mountain Moonshine Classic in Maryville, Tennessee.
View Smoky Mountain Speedway results for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series below.
Spencer Hughes and Chris Ferguson set the front row for the main event. 60 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
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Green flag, Ferguson rolls the top and he’s clear off turn two.
Lap 4, Tyler Bruening slows in turn two, caution.
Green, Ferguson leads as Ricky Thornton Jr takes over 2nd via the outside lane.
Lap 20, race leader Chris Ferguson has caught the tail of the field. Thornton Jr trails by a car length.
Lap 22, Ricky Thornton Jr dives inside of Ferguson for the lead. Ferguson holds him off.
Lap 24, Hudson O’Neal slides Spencer Hughes for 3rd.
Lap 25, Thornton Jr dives inside of Ferguson in turn three. He clears himself off turn four, by inches. Thornton Jr to the lead.
Lap 35, Ferguson gets trapped behind lap traffic. As he loses momentum, O’Neal slides him to take 2nd away.
10 to go, Thornton Jr has driven away from the field. Hudson O’Neal runs 2nd with Chris Ferguson on his bumper.
Ricky Thornton Jr wins at Smoky Mountain Speedway!
Smoky Mountain Speedway
Results
June 17, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 results from the Tennessee dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Heat 1 : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.284[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.398[5]; 3. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.467[4]; 4. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.484[2]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.485[3]; 6. AUS1-Brent Vosbergen, 00:16.140[6]; 7. 34-Ellery Leake, 00:16.615[7]
Hot Laps – Heat 2 : 1. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:15.422[2]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.475[4]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.703[1]; 4. 23-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.859[3]; 5. 12D-Doug Drown, 00:16.250[5]; 6. M2-Caden Mullinax, 00:16.279[6]
Hot Laps – Heat 3 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.399[4]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.511[2]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.637[1]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.639[3]; 5. 1G-Rusty Ballenger, 00:15.855[6]; 6. J27-Jay Scott, 00:16.056[5]; 7. 5T-John Tweed, 00:17.272[7]
Hot Laps – Heat 4 : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.488[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.609[3]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.657[2]; 4. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:15.700[6]; 5. 54-David Breazeale, 00:15.744[5]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.832[4]; 7. 7M-Donald McIntosh, 00:15.873[7]
Hot Laps – Dash : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.322[4]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson, 00:15.588[1]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.597[3]; 4. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.642[5]; 5. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.758[6]; 6. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.835[2]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 111B-Max Blair[4]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 6. AUS1-Brent Vosbergen[6]; 7. 34-Ellery Leake[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 3. 23-Cory Hedgecock[3]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith[4]; 5. 12D-Doug Drown[5]; 6. M2-Caden Mullinax[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 5. J27-Jay Scott[5]; 6. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[6]; 7. 5T-John Tweed[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 5. 83-Jensen Ford[6]; 6. 54-David Breazeale[5]; 7. 7M-Donald McIntosh[7]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 6 Advance) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 5. 12D-Doug Drown[6]; 6. J27-Jay Scott[7]; 7. 83-Jensen Ford[8]; 8. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[11]; 9. AUS1-Brent Vosbergen[9]; 10. 54-David Breazeale[12]; 11. 7M-Donald McIntosh[15]; 12. M2-Caden Mullinax[10]; 13. 34-Ellery Leake[13]; 14. 5T-John Tweed[14]; 15. (DNS) 58-Garrett Alberson
Dash
Dash (6 Laps) : 1. 11-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[2]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 6. 8K-Kyle Strickler[5]
Smoky Mountain Speedway
Feature Race Results
June 17, 2023
A-Main (60 Laps – $50,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]
2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[7]
3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[2]
4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]
5. 8K-Kyle Strickler[6]
6. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]
7. 1T-Tyler Erb[12]
8. 11-Spencer Hughes[1]
9. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]
10. 39-Tim McCreadie[10]
11. 18D-Daulton Wilson[8]
12. 111B-Max Blair[11]
13. 23-Cory Hedgecock[17]
14. 157-Mike Marlar[19]
15. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[16]
16. 99-Devin Moran[15]
17. 99B-Boom Briggs[14]
18. 58-Garrett Alberson[23]
19. 7-Ross Robinson[22]
20. 10-Garrett Smith[20]
21. 16-Tyler Bruening[18]
22. 17M-Dale McDowell[13]
23. 76-Brandon Overton[21]
24. 83-Jensen Ford[24]
Race Statistics
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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings0
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Smoky Mountain Speedway
Video Highlights
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