Dale McDowell took advantage of a couple of opportunities to win Saturday’s Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals finale. Dakotah Knuckles led the first 40 of the 53 laps. Knuckles tangled with the slower car of John Henderson that ended his night. McDowell assumed the lead with Mack McCarter in second. On lap 45, several cars got together in turn 4 and McDowell got a piece of the altercation. McDowell was able to keep his spot as the leader. McCarter and Weiss waged a tough battle for second in the closing laps and McDowell held on for the win. Cory Hedgecock overcame a flat tire to finish 11th and win the 2022 Southern Nationals championship over Will Roland.
Other winners were Jody Horton, John Stevens, Zach Campbell, and Hayston Collett.
Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series
- 17M Dale McDowell
- 51M Mack McCarter
- 7 Ricky Weiss
- 8 David Payne
- 101 Forrest Trent
- 1C Kenny Collins
- 1V Vic Hill
- 3 Austin Neely
- 2X John Henderson
- 6JR Parker Martin
- 23 Cory Hedgecock
- 22R Will Roland
- 83 Jensen Ford
- 51W Ryan WInchester
- 97 Aaron Guinn
- 17SS Brenden Smith
- 6 Josh Sneed
- 109 Eli Beets
- 19M Will Herrington
- 21K Dakotah Knuckles
- 35 Matt Tharp
- 3 Steve Smith
Sportsman
- 56J Jody Horton
- 54 Mitchell Burke
- 14 Odie Overholt
- 50 Jonathan Miracle
- 25 Justin Beeler
- 17 Logan Seal
- 10 James Parrott
- 52 Troy Eads
- 28 Richard Cox
- 000 Greg Goins
- 112 Shane Starnes
- 20 David Bullington
- 51R Richard Wilson
- 11 Tim Bounds
- 7J Aaron Jones
- 5 Joshua Chesney
- 2N Nicky Starnes
- 2 Anthony Ferguson
- 29 Robbie Buchanan
DNS 21 Bryan Howerton
DNS 22B Tyson Britt
DNS 28 Jesse Helton
Classic Car
- 7 John Stevens
- 5 Jason Saylor
- 88 Chris Nix
- 52 Kevin Crane
- 15 Chris Griffin
- 22 Hunter Graybeal
- 59 Phillip Blackford
- 86 Ryan Bailey
- 13 Ivis Early
- 69 Jesse Hickman
- 3 Michael Branham
- 95 Thomas Saylor
- XXX Josh Chesney
DQ’d 8 Richie Overholser
Street Stock
- 26 Zach Campbell
- 20 Scottie Atkins
- 14 Lee Merritt
- 9 James Miller Jr
- 8 Eli Keck
- 31 Brandon Muncey
- 1 Jamie Whitt
- XP21 Bob Petty
DQ’d 18 Tony Trent
4 Cylinder
- 21 Hayston Collett
- 99 Chuck McMahan
- 22 Samuel Fox
- 49 Levi Fox
- 18 Damien Holt
- 11 Josh Cody
- 1 Mark Dalton
- 2 Tim Miller
