Dale McDowell made his second trip to Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series victory lane of the weekend on Sunday night at Volunteer Speedway. Photo: Rick Neff
Dale McDowell took control in the second half of Sunday night’s Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series feature at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tennessee.
From there, the Chickamauga, Georgia pilot went on to record his second win in as many nights, as well as his second $10,053 payday of the weekend.
McDowell started the night by setting fast time in qualifying, followed by a win in his heat race.
Things didn’t come as easily in the feature, however, as McDowell had to work to grab the lead from Jensen Ford on lap 34 of the event.
Dale then survived a late caution for debris on lap 44 and was able to lead the remainder of the 53-lap contest to cross the finish line 2.318 seconds ahead of Ford.
Mack McCarter finished in third, with Sam Seawright in fourth, and Dakotah Knuckles in fifth.
“Well this place is just awesome and these great race fans make it all worth it,” McDowell said after recording his ninth career series win. “This track got slick and that’s more this old man’s speed. Earlier there (in the feature), Jensen fired off good and I didn’t know if I was going to have anything for him – I was a little free. But once it slickened up and we couldn’t charge the corners as hard, the car balanced out.”
Only two caution flags slowed the action during the 53-lap main event. Eighth-starting Vic Hill slowed with a flat right rear tire on lap 29 to draw the first yellow before the second caution of the night was caused by debris on lap 44.
The 12 race miniseries will get its first break in the action on Monday before returning to competition on Tuesday evening, July 19 at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, Tennessee. For more information, visit SouthernNationalsSeries.com.
Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series
Volunteer Speedway – Bulls Gap, TN
Round 3 – July 17, 2022
1. (1) Dale McDowell $10,053
2. (2) Jensen Ford $5,000
3. (3) Mack McCarter $2,500
4. (10) Sam Seawright $1,800
5. (5) Dakotah Knuckles $1,250
6. (4) Camaron Marlar $900
7. (18) Carson Ferguson $800
8. (6) Zack Mitchell $700
9. (11) Ross Bailes $675
10. (7) Matthew Nance $650
11. (13) Michael Brown $625
12. (12) Will Roland $600
13. (14) John Henderson $575
14. (17) Parker Martin $550
15. (19) Ashton Winger $525
16. (21) Kenny Collins $500
17. (20) Brenden Smith $500
18. (15) Austin Neely $500
19. (9) Cory Hedgecock $500
20. (24) Tim Vance $75
21. (16) Forrest Trent $500
22. (8) Vic Hill $500
23. (22) Clay Coghlan $500
24. (23) Dalton Cook $75
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