September 29, 2012 - Tazewell Speedway opened up the gates for "Championship Night 2012" as a full moon greeted the large crowd to what proved to be a very interesting evening.

First up would be the Late Models to qualify as a season high twenty three late models prepared to challenge the “Bad Fast Taz” during time trials. Steve Smith of Powell would let everyone know that if they were going be successful on this night he would be the man they would have to beat. He would end up setting fast time with a 11:921 on a tricky racing surface.

The ever popular Modified Streets would bring in their largest car count of the season also as sixteen cars prepared for time trials. Dandridge’s Warren McMahan would lay claim to the top spot with a blazing 13:318.

As the Classics took to the track, Knoxville’s Logan Dukes would come out on top with a 14:417.

In 4 Cylinder time trials Brad Pressley topped a 12 car field with a 14:642.

The Pure Street division would also have a season high car count with fourteen cars in a strong field. Dustin Eldridge would lay down the quick time of 14:702.

Before the action would start Tazewell Speedway would honor its Track Champions for the 2012 season.

In Late Models Jason Trammell would win his 6th Championship of his career with 17 year old Matthew Holt being named Rookie of the Year. Modified Streets would name a very emotional Jordon Horton its track champion and Tazewell’s David Clark would claim the Rookie of the Year honors. Classics would have a double winner as Shane Lockhart would win both the track championship and Rookie of the Year. In 4 Cylinders Bubby Braden would be crowned track champion and Rufus Collett would be Rookie of the Year.
Dustin Eldridge earned the championship in Pure Street division with Jason Saylor being named the Rookie of the Year. Aaron Guinn was named this year’s recipient of the Anthony Burchett Award.

First up on the evenings racing would be the Late Model Consolation. Larry Moore would take home the win with B.J. Morris running second with both advancing to the feature.

Next up would be the 4 Cylinder feature after the invert Cosby’s Joey Allen would blast into the lead after overtaking Chad Manning from his third place starting position followed closely by Brad Pressley. The two would battle tooth and nail with Pressley repeatedly challenging Allen to the inside only to have Allen pull away in the waning laps to take his second win in a row. Pressley would finish second and Manning, Mark Wallace, and Jeromy Collins completing the top five.

In the Classic feature, things took a turn for the worse after a restart. Chuck McMahan and Joe Keck would go into turn one and make contact and turning McMahan to the right and sending him over the wall and into the catch fence. McMahan would exit the car in perfect health as a safe race car and a good catch fence both did their job well in making sure a bad situation would end up with a driver walking away. As the feature restarted Robbie Sands once again showed why he’s the man to beat with yet another flag to flag win. Phillip Shockley would bring his mount home second and Track Champ Shane Lockhart capped off a great rookie season with third, followed by Jason Beeler and Eli Keck.

On a side note Tazewell Speedway would like to thank “Chargin Charlie” Tharp for donating his point money for drawings for the Taz Kidz. Great jesture!!!

Modified Street action was hot and heavy as Warren McMahan would jump to a early lead followed closely by Jordon Horton, Robbie Buchanan, Gary Blanken, and Brad Davis. As the race went on McMahan would start to pull away as Horton, Buchanan, and Blanken were in a tremendous battle for second as they were throwing haymakers at one another in some of the most exciting racing of the year. As the race would end McMahan would go on to take the victory as the top five remain the same but not without bringing the fans to their feet on several occasions with some very close racing throughout the event.

In Late Models Steve Smith and Travis Fultz would go hammer down into turn one and side by side until they came off turn 4. Fultz would fall in line but keep heavy pressure on Smith as he would keep trying the low line. Bryan Hendrix then started to apply the pressure to Fultz as Smith started to make some room between him and the field as they were fighting for second. Third place starting Jason Trammell started to make his presence known as he began to apply heavy pressure on Hendrix. After several laps Trammell finally made the pass work and jumped into third and immediately started to work on Fultz. With Fultz and Trammell doing battle, Smith went on to his eighth win of the season. Fultz managed to hold off Trammell for a hotly contested second place. Hendrix would bring his mount home fourth and Steve Carr making a rare appearance would bring his ride home in fifth.

In the final race of the evening Jason Long and Aaron Guinn would put on a fierce battle for the lead for the full twenty laps as they swapped paint, dodged lap traffic, all while putting on a great show for the fans. With a late caution Jason Saylor and would enter the fray and make it a three way battle to the end as they would go nose to tail to the finish. Clyde Overholt came home fourth in “The Big Dodge Truck” and Justin James survived overheating problems for a top five finish.

Next week October 6th, the 2012 season will come to a close as the 2nd Annual Chris Collinsworth 77 Fall Brawl will bring on one final bang to the speedway. Both Modified Streets and Late Models will be going for the top prize of $2000 to win. 4 Cylinders have also been added to the Fall Brawl lineup with the winner pocketing $300.

Pit gates will open at 3 and grandstands at 5. Pit admission is $30 with children 12 and under admitted for $20. Grandstand admission is $15 with children 9 and under admitted free. For more information you can contact us @ tazewellspeedway.net or (423) 626-2222.
The Fall Brawl will be a three part series this year with races being run October 5th thru the 7th at 411 Motor Speedway (5th), Tazewell Speedway (6th), and Smokey Mountain Speedway (7th).

LATE MODELS

1. #3 STEVE SMITH
2. #T0 TRAVIS FULTZ
3. #90 JASON TRAMMELL
4. #5 BRYAN HENDRIX
5. #77 STEVE CARR
6. #56J JODY HORTON
7. #33 PHILLIP NICHOLS
8.#31 GREG ESTES
9.# G71 BILLY GORDON
10. #24 ALLEN HOLT
11. #111 J. ALLEN
12. #75 RICKY MOORE
13. #G7 LARRY MOORE
14. # 24 ANDY WILDER
15. #22 MATTHEW HOLT
16. #97 KEITH CHAPMAN
17. #45 B.J. MORRIS
18. #21A WADE HOWERTON
19. #4 TRAVIS HENSLEY
20. #11 BRIAN SHOCKLEY
DNS #7 HEATH ALVEY
DNS #007 MATT SHOCKLEY
DNS #21 BRIAN HOWERTON

MODIFIED STREET

1. #33 WARREN McMAHAN
2. # 56H JORDON HORTON
3. # P21 ROBBIE BUCHANAN
4. #5 GARY BLANKEN
5. #88 BRAD DAVIS
6. #56 TONY HORTON
7. #1 JAMIE WHITT
8. #14 AUSTIN ATKINS
9. #36 JERRY RAINEY
10. #1 SCOTT JOHNSON
11. #1 DAVID CLARK
12. #21K DAKOTAH KNUCKLES
13. #30 MIKE MAYS
14. #52 MICHAEL BOYD
15. #54 LARRY BURKE
16. #14 CLYDE OVERHOLT

4 CYLINDERS

1. #A00 JOEY ALLEN
2. #19 BRAD PRESSLEY
3. #14 CHAD MANNING
4. #1 MARK WALLACE
5. #44J JEROMY COLLINS
6. # B7 BUBBY BRADEN
7. #38 JAMES COLLETT
8. #D17 DARIS BRADEN
9. #72 RUFUS COLLETT
10. #21 CHRIS REICHERT
11. # TRAVIS DAWSON
12. #36 WILLIAM TRAVIS

PURE STREET

1. #15 JASON LONG
2. #97 AARON GUINN
3. #5 JASON SAYLOR
4. #26 CLYDE OVERHOLT
5. #28 JUSTIN JAMES
6. #94 DUSTIN ELDRIDGE
7. #25 STEVE HARMON
8. #97 DANIEL HURST
9. #14 JOSH SMITH
10. #T14 TERRY COBB
11. #JUNIOR CODY
12. #41 JONATHAN MIRACLE
13. #39 JOHNNY MILLER
14. #00 BRIAN RUSSELL

CLASSICS

1. #17 ROBBIE SANDS
2. #34 PHILLIP SHOCKLEY
3. #1 SHANE LOCKHART
4. #3 JASON BEELER
5. #18 ELI KECK
6. #5 LOGAN DUKES
7. #44 JOE KECK
8. #77 CHUCK McMAHAN
9. #7 JOHN STEVENS