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Dale McDowell scores Spring Nationals victory at Dixie

By Michael Despain

WOODSTOCK, Ga. - Dale McDowell took the lead with 14 laps to go in Saturday night’s Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals event at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Georgia, and went on to score the victory.

The Chickamauga, Georgia speedster powered past Tyler Millwood on lap 36, and drove away to a 4.162 second advantage at the checkered flag.

It marked McDowell’s third series victory of the season and the ninth of his career, making him the all-time series win leader. The win was also worth a $5,000 payday.

Millwood took the lead on the drop of the green flag, with Jason Croft, McDowell, Austin Horton, and Donald McIntosh giving chase.

By lap 11, McDowell began to challenge Croft for second, finally taking the spot on lap 16 when Croft slowed on the backstretch, drawing the only caution flag of the night.

Millwood would hold the lead on the restart, with McDowell in tow. The two would pace the event until lap 36, when McDowell used a high-side pass to take the lead.

From there, McDowell went on to take the win, with Millwood in second, Horton in third, McIntosh in fourth and Michael Page in fifth.

Casey Roberts, Ashton Winger, Tyler Bruening, Shane Clanton and Aaron Ridley rounded out the top ten.

In other action, local division winners included Landon Bagby Steel Head/525, Jake Knowles in Crate Late Models, Daniel Brewer in 602 Sportsman, Justin Begley in Economy Bombers, and Tony Newman in Street Stingers.

The Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Bonus Spring Nationals were slated to race on Sunday at Georgia’s Rome Speedway, but heavy rains during the day Saturday and into the evening plus saturated grounds forced track officials to cancel the event. No suitable makeup date could be found.

For more information, visit SouthernNationalsSeries.com.

Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals
Dixie Speedway – Woodstock, GA
Race Results – May 26, 2018

1. Dale McDowell – Chickamauga, GA
2. Tyler Millwood – Kingston, GA
3. Austin Horton – Whitesburg, GA
4. Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA
5. Michael Page – Douglasville, GA
6. Casey Roberts – Toccoa, GA
7. Ashton Winger – Senoia, GA
8. Tyler Bruening – Decorah, Iowa
9. Shane Clanton – Zebulon, GA
10. Aaron Ridley – Chatsworth, GA
11. Austin Smith – Rome, GA
12. Eric Wells – Hazard, KY
13. Justin Shipley – Douglasville, Ga
14. Zach Leonhardi – Cartersville, Ga
15. David Payne – Murphy, Nc
16. Kenny Collins – Colbert, GA
17. Will Roland – Jasper, GA
18. Chicky Barton – Middlesboro, KY
19. Jason Croft – Woodstock, GA
20. Scott Groves – Canton, GA
21. Cla Knight – North Augusta, SC
22. Ronnie Johnson – Chattanooga, TN

Steel Head/525
1. 19 – Landon Bagby
2. 9 – Cass Fowler
3. 99 – Rucker Orr
4. 85 – Ronnie Johnson
5. 06 – Matt Bishop
6. 79 – Jimmy Price
7. J28 – Jacques Daniel
8. c87 – Chris Fennell
9. 40 – Andy Morris
10. 43 – Billy Dean
11. 51 – Donnie Whatley
12. 89 – Harvey Cunningham
13. 34 – Brant Hardin
14. 01 – Tate McCollum
15. 00 – Dalton Polston

Crate Late Models
1. 66 – Jake Knowles
2. 87 – Jake Rainey
3. 6 – Parker Martin
4. 92 – Rodney Martin
5. 07 – Scott Hall
6. 79 – Travis Price
7. 12 – Drew Deaver
8. 57 – John Williams
9. m96 – Marty Lunsford
10. 10 – Matthew Turner
11. 23 – Ahnna Parkhurst
12. 14 – Logan Palmer
13. 1 – George Wilson
14. 19 – Daniel Casteel
DNS: 21 – Jake Jones
DNS: 17 – Jake Pilgrim

602 Sportsman
1. D22 – Daniel Brewer
2. 1 – Craig Scott
3. 22 – Alan Brewer
4. 24 – Chris Hough
5. 14 – Drew Larson
6. 5 – Russell Schell
7. 41 – Parris Simmons
8. 15 – John Sexton
9. 52 – Hayden Swaney
10. 41 – Jake Green
11. 07 – Austin Aldridge
12. 01 – Jesse Goss
13. 38 – William Blair
14. 99 – Matt Thompson
15. 1 – Ty Ellis
16. F4 – Derek Franks
17. x39 – Nathan Chambers
18. 99 – Colt Sosebee
DNS: 14G – Gary Johnson
DNS: 151 – David Turner

Economy Bombers
1. J21 – Justin Begley
2. 21 – Randy Smith
3. 14 – Jeremy Williams
4. 07 – Dan Meadows
5. 27 – Andrew Johnson
6. 03 – Doel Anderson
7. 10 – Dylan Armstrong
8. 83 – Randy Ledford
9. 08 – Don Lindsey

Street Stingers
1. 622 – Tony Newman
2. 3 – Jason Young
3. 17 – Jordan Tillery
4. 38 – Paul Heitsenrether
5. 7 Green – Name Not Available
6. 7 Black – Name Not Available
7. 15 – Brandy Brewer
8. 10 – Charlie Ivey
9. 27 – Jimmy Tillery, Sr.
10. 33 – Cory Stansell
11. 5 – Jonathan Nelson
12. 27 – Daniel Turner
13. 13 – Mike Blevins
14. 2 – Taylor Simmons
15. 99 – Shawn Harper
16. 5 – Michael Follmer

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