October 13, 2012 - As the curtain was set to fall on the 2012 season. The Tazewell Speedway drivers had one last hurrah for the fans before the gates finally closed for the last time of the year. It was time for the Fall Brawl. After waiting a extra week because of inclement weather. The fans got what they came for side by side breathtaking action at it's best. As the track was in tip top condition for the 2nd Annual Chris Collinsworth Memorial 77 and the time trials told you all you needed to know. Steve Smith laid down a blistering time of 11:436 as the top 10 would all get into the 11 second range. A first for the Limited Late Model division. Fall Brawl rules or not. Next up would be the Modified Streets and Greg Estes would let everyone know that to win you were going to have to deal with him after he laid down a 12:758. Chuck McMahan would threaten the track record as he just missed Josh Fields track record of 14:421 with a 14:431. Josh Chesney would take the top spot in Pure Streets with a 14:431 of his own.

In heat racing action for the Limited Late Models Steve Smith, Matt Henderson, and Mack McCarter would all take wins as Henderson would take the pole position for the feature on the invert.
Winning the heat races for Modified Streets were Greg Estes, Robbie Buchanan, and Warren McMahan.

As the feature racing begin action would be hot and heavy from the get go. With a strong field of fourteen 4 Cylinders. McMahan would show the way into turn one only to make heavy contact with the 111 of Randy Dyke ending McMahan's run for the evening. After several position swaps for the lead Jeremy Collins would finally bolt away from the crowd and hold the lead. Meanwhile back in the pack fifth place running Joey Allen started making a run to the front and by the final lap he had pulled beside Collins in turn 1 for the lead. After the two made contact going into turn two Allen went on to the win and Bubby Braden threaded the needle for a second place finish followed by Dyke, Mark Wallace, and Collins rounding out the top 5.

Next up would be the Modified Streets for their portion of the Chris Collinsworth Memorial 77 with a 37 lap feature. At the drop of the green Estes would show his dominance as he bolted out to a five car lead over Robbie Buchanan and Warren McMahan. As they were racing for second going into turn one they would make heavy contact causing a huge pileup and a red flag. Both would have to go to the pits for repairs and rejoin the field at the tail as the green fell. After several more cautions the field finally settled in for some green flag racing with Estes leading the charge. Gary Blanken, Brad Davis , Jason Sizemore, Jody and Tony Horton, and McMahan were putting on a show for the fans as they were swapping paint and positions at every turn. Blanken had finally started to reel in Estes and was bottom feeding at every corner trying to take the lead after his last attempt Estes would suddenly slow and Blanken would lead the brigade by the disheartened Estes as he entered the pits with rear end troubles on lap 32. Blanken would then set sail to biggest payday of his career and collect the checkered and $2000 that went along with it. Brad Davis would haunt his every move all the way to the finish but would have to settle for second on one of his best races of the year. McMahan would battle back from the rear twice as he crossed the finish line third followed by Jason Sizemore and Tony Horton.

As one of the strongest Limited Late Model fields to ever hit the High Banks at the Taz took to the speedway for their chance at a $2000 payday in the 40 lap feature. The fans didn't know what they were in for. At the drop of the green Smith and Henderson battled hard all the way around the track with Smith finally taking the lead only to immediately start feeling the pressure from not only Henderson but also McCarter. They battled for the first five laps until coming off turn 4 on lap six Henderson would dive under Smith only to have McCarter dive under him as the crowd rose to their feet as they came three wide off turn four with neither giving a inch as they passed the flag stand. Smith would use all of his many years of experience to hold off the two young bloods until lap eight when Henderson would show his might and drive into the lead. Smith would then have to deal Mr. McCarter as he applied heavy pressure on Smith diving under him at every corner. Meanwhile up front Henderson was putting some distance between him and the field. As all of this was going on there was some fantastic racing going on back throughout the top 10. Josh Henry, Bryan Hendrix, Stacy Boles, Terry Wolfenbarger, Steve Carr, just to name a few were battling tooth and nail for every inch of Tazewell's red clay they could get a hold of. With traffic starting to become a factor Henderson was slicing and dicing his way to what looked to be his second win of the 3 night Fall Brawl races. While completing lap 37 Henderson came up on heavy lapped traffic as they were all battling for position. Henderson first went high as lapped traffic was directed to the bottom only to have the car of Phillip Nichols move in front of him as Henderson made evasive action to dive under the lapped car darted across the right front of Henderson causing him to slow and allowing Smith and McCarter to pass on the high side. As they entered turn one McCarter and Heath Alvey made contact sending Alvey into a spin collecting Hendrix and bringing out the final caution ending both of their nights. With the lap not being complete Henderson was placed back at the front of the field for the final three circuits. Henderson would look fine until he came off turn 2 on the restart and suddenly slow and enter the pits with front end damage. Smith and McCarter would bolt past pulling Wolfenbarger, Boles, and Jody Horton with them .They would remain that way to the finish as McCarter made one final charge only to come up short as Smith capped off a great season at the Taz with his ninth win.

In Pure Street action Josh Chesney would use his pole setting time to blast off to a early lead. Leaving Jason Long, Jason Sayor, and Buster Cupp to do battle for second. Chesney would hold the top spot until lap 8 slowing in front of his competitors. As they took evasive action to miss the leader Long and Saylor begin to swap some paint and positions with Long taking the short end of the stick with what looked to be a wreck looking for a place to happen. Long made a great save and found his way back into third all at the same time. As the Rookie of the Year Saylor was looking for his first ever victory Cupp begin to close ground and start to show his nose to the leader but it was to no avail as Saylor sailed on to victory lane in what was a very popular victory with his fans. Cupp held on to second and Long, J.J. Green and Justin James rounding out the top 5 and bringing down the curtains for the 2012 season at Tazewell Speedway.

Rules and the Schedule for the 2013 season should be ready sometime in November. We will post them as soon as possible.

Gary and Shirlene Hall and the Tazewell Speedway Staff would like to thank each and every FAN and DRIVER for you loyal support this season. Without you none of this could be possible. We wish everyone a safe and healthy off season and look forward to seeing each of you hopefully in March 2013.

Remember there's several tracks still open. Please support our GREAT sport of Dirt Track Racing and visit a track near you!!!!

LATE MODELS

1. #3 STEVE SMITH
2. #51 MACK MCCARTER
3. #14 TERRY WOLFENBARGER
4. #11B STACY BOLES
5. #JODY HORTON
6. # 79C MARTY CALLOWAY
7. #T0 TRAVIS FULTZ
8. #17 MATT HENDERSON
9. # 5 BRYAN HENDRIX
10. #7 HEATH ALVEY
11. #31 GREG ESTES
12. # 33 PHILLIP NICHOLS
13. #21A WADE HOWERTON
14. # 77 STEVE CARR
15. # G71 BILLY GORDON
16. #BOO JOSH HENRY
17. #24 ANDY WILDER
18. #01 TRAVIS ARMES
19. #45 B.J. MORRIS
20. #98 JASON MCCALL
21. #25 JUSTIN BEELER DNS
22. #9 DARRELL SAYLOR DNS

MODIFIED STREET

1. #05 GARY BLANKEN
2. #88 BRAD DAVIS
3. #33 WARREN MCMAHAN
4. #44C JASON SIZEMORE
5. #56 TONY HORTON
6. # 56H JODY HORTON
7. # 94 DUSTIN ELDRIDGE
8. # 31 GREG ESTES
9. # 54 LARRY BURKE
10. # 21K DAKOTAH KNUCKLES
11. # 36 JERRY RAINEY
12 # P21 ROBBIE BUCHANAN
13. # M2 SHANNON EMERY
14. # 52 MICHAEL BOYD
15. # 14 CLYDE OVERHOLT
16. # 1 MATT SHOCKLEY DQ

4 CYLINDERS

1. # 00 JOEY ALLEN
2. # B7 BUBBY BRADEN
3. # 111 RANDY DYKE
4. # 1 MARK WALLACE
5. # 44J JEROMY COLLINS
6. # 19 TRAVIS DAWSON
7. # 23 SAM BURGESS
8. # 72 RUFUS COLLETT
9. # 14 CHAD MANNING
10. # 38 JAMES COLLETT
11. # 99 CHUCK MCMAHAN
12. # D17 DARIS BRADEN
13. # 22 ETHAN HANSARD DNS
14. # B01 BRANDON JOHNSON DNS

PURE STREET

1. # 5 JASON SAYLOR
2. # 28 BUSTER CUPP
3. # 15 JASON LONG
4. # 26 J.J. GREEN
5. # 28 JUSTIN JAMES
6. # 92T TRAVIS CROSBY
7. #01 LUKE SHARP
8. # 66 DANIEL REESE
9. # 25 STEVE HARMON
10. # 1 JOSH CHESNEY
11. #T14 TERRY COBB