Smoky Mountain Speedway Hosts Southern Nationals Series on Friday July 29th

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Smoky Mountain Speedway Hosts Southern Nationals Series on Friday July 29th

By Chris Tilley, Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series

MARYVILLE, Tenn. – July 21, 2016 – Smoky Mountain (Tenn.) Speedway will host another exciting Super Late Model special event on Friday Night July 29th as the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series presented by Old Man’s Garage will visit the track for the fifth time competing in the Food City-sponsored event.

In addition to the $5,300-to-win Super Late Model event, the Late Model Sportsman ($1,000-to-win) and Street Stock ($500-to-win) will also be on the racing card for Friday July 29th.

In four previous stops by the tour, Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn. claimed the 2012 series stop while Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C. took the big payday in 2013 and 2014. Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn. is the most recent series winner at Smoky Mountain as he went to victory in the 2015 event. Earlier this season, the sister tour of the Southern Nationals, the Old Man’s Garage Spring Nationals Series visited Smoky Mountain Speedway for the Annual Tennessee Tipoff Classic with Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. capturing the $15,000 payday.

Drivers competing on the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series include: Chris Brown of Texas, Donald McIntosh of Georgia, Gavin Landers of Arkansas, Craig Vosbergen of Australia, Ricky Weiss of Canada, Devin Gilpin of Indiana, Tennessee drivers of Shanon Buckingham, Robby Moses, Vic Hill, Billy Ogle Jr., Pierce McCarter and Stacy Boles.

On Friday July 29th, the pit gates open at 3:00, the grandstand and tier gates open at 4:00 pm and the driver’s meeting will be at 6:30 pm and hot laps will roll out soon after. Adult general admission is $20.00 per person while adult tier parking is $25.00 per person and adult pit passes are $35.00 per person.

The tire rule for the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series-sanctioned event at Smoky Mountain Speedway will be as follows: Hoosier 1350 and 1600 along with the American Racer 48 and 56 compounds. The series entry fee is $100. Also, the highest finishing driver using a CT525 engine package will receive a $200 bonus and the highest finishing driver using a Steel Head/SPEC engine package will receive a $200 bonus courtesy of the series.

Super Late Model Purse for July 29 at Smoky Mountain:
1) $5,300, 2) $2,600, 3) $1,800, 4) $1,400, 5) $1,100, 6) $850, 7) $750, 8) $725,
9) $700, 10) $675, 11) $650, 12) $625, 13) $600, 14) $580, 15) $570, 16) $560,
17) $550, 18) $540, 19) $530, 20) $530, 21) $530, 22) $530

The Smoky Mountain Speedway is located at 809 Brickmill Road in Maryville, TN 37801. The track phone number is (865) 856-8989. You can obtain further information on Smoky Mountain Speedway by logging on to www.smokymountainspeedway.com . Be a follower of Smoky Mountain Speedway on Twitter by following @SMOKYMTNSPEED.

Further information on the Spring Nationals, Southern Nationals and Southern Nationals Bonus Series can be obtained by calling Promoter Ray Cook at (828) 360-5353 or Series P.R. Coordinator Chris Tilley at (606) 219-1723 or visit the official website located at www.SouthernNationalsSeries.com .

2016 Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series Schedule:
Saturday July 16-Wythe Raceway-Rural Retreat, VA-$10,000 to win/53 laps
Sunday July 17-Volunteer Speedway-Bulls Gap, TN-$3,500 to win/35 laps
Tuesday July 19-411 Motor Speedway-Seymour, TN-$3,500 to win/35 laps
Thursday July 21-Tri-County Race Track-Brasstown, NC-$3,500 to win/35 laps
Friday July 22-Swainsboro Raceway-Swainsboro, GA-$5,300 to win/53 laps
Saturday July 23-Screven Motor Speedway-Sylvania, GA-$5,300 to win/53 laps
Sunday July 24-Rome Speedway-Rome, GA-$5,300 to win/53 laps
Tuesday July 26-Boyd’s Speedway-Ringgold, GA-$3,500 to win/35 laps
Thursday July 28-Crossville Speedway-Crossville, TN-$3,500 to win/35 laps
Friday July 29-Smoky Mountain Speedway-Maryville, TN-$5,300 to win/53 laps
Saturday July 30-Tazewell Speedway-Tazewell, TN-$10,000 to win/53 laps