Following up a successful weekend with the Old Mans Garage Spring Nationals Series it was time for the Limited Late Models to be on showcase at Tazewell Speedway in a $1550 to win in a thirty lap feature. Jason Trammell of Knoxville turned in the quickest time among nine entries with a lap of 11.617 secoonds. After the invert draw Trammell would start on the outside of the front row alongside Knoxville’s Brad Hall. Using the outside line to his advantage Trammell took the early lead trailed by Hall, Josh Collins, Steve Smith and Matthew Holt. On lap three Collins flexed his muscles and shoved his way past Hall and Trammell to take over the lead. Two laps later Trammell would slow on the speedway with a flat right rear tire bringing out the caution. He would be relegated to the tail end of the field. On the restart Holt put the squeeze on Smith for the third spot and on lap seven Holt would gain the position.
Midway through the race eyes were on Trammell as he sliced and diced he way through the field, moving into the the third spot by lap twenty-two. With five laps to go Trammell moved up alongside Hall to battle for the second spot. The duo raced door to door with Trammell slipping past for second. With two to go the yellow flag came out for Dakotah Knuckles, driving a car owened by J. Smith, as he blew the engine going into turn one. This would reset the field for a green/white/checkered finish. Collins would hold off Trammell for his second win of the season in the Howerton Motorsports, Rocky Top Tower Services, Howerton Logging, B&B Racing Engines powered Warrior Race Car.
Limited Late Models
1. 63 Josh Collins
2. 90J Jason Trammell
3. 47 Brad Hall
4. 3 Steve Smith
5. 22 Matthew Holt
6. 17 Brian Shockley
7. 28 Jerry Williams Jr.
8. J2 Dakotah Knuckles
9. 54 Mitchell Burke
Matt Tharp of Luttrell turned the fastest lap in Sportsman qualifying with a lap of 12.137 seconds. He would start on the outside of the front row after the invert draw with Tazewell’s Clyde Overholt on the point. Overholt jumped into the early lead hoping to score his third win in a row. Tharp settled into second followed by Wade Howerton, Anthony Burchett and Jonathan Miracle. Up front Overholt had his hands full holding off the challenge from Tharp. With the laps winding Tharp jumped down low and raced door to door with Overholt. With two to go Tharp shoved his way out front and led the rest of the way for his first Sportsman win. Fighting back the emotions Tharp was joined in Victory Lane by his father Randy along with his crew and several fans. Showing great sportsmanship Overholt was one of the first one to congratulate Tharp on the win. The Luttrel Leadfoot drove a Phantom Race Engines powered GRT Race Car with sponsorship from Hickory Star Marina, Satterfield Trucking and FastLane Signs & Graphics.
Sportsman
1. 35 Matt Tharp
2. 4 Clyde Overholt
3. 50 Jonathan Miracle
4. 1 David Clark
5. 18 Anthony Burchett
6. 50 Rick Welch
7. 24 Andy Wilder
8. 25 Terry Smith
9. 15 Wade Howerton
For the third week in a row Philip Thompson of Knoxville set fast time in Classic Car qualifying with a lap of 13.783 seconds, breaking the track record that he set two weeks ago. Thompson would start third in the feature after the invert draw. Chris Evans of Middlesboror, KY would start on the pole alongside fellow Kentuckian John Stevens of Wallins Creek. At the drop of the green the battle was on as Stevens would lead the first laps with Evans and Thompson hot on his trail. Evans would get loose in turn two allowing Thompson to slip into second. On the second lap Thompson would spin in turn two bringing out the caution and sending him to the rear of the fireld. On the restart Evans, who had moved into second, would loop his car in almost the exact spot as Thompson. By lap eight Thompson had passed his way into the fifth spot and on the next lap slipped into third. On lap eleven Thompson went door to door with Stevens and taking the lead as they went into turn two. Thompson would lead the remaining laps yet as he crossed the scales was informed that a protest had been issued on his engine by another competitor. As of press time no official word had been given in the results of the protest.
In KDRA Super Stock action Mike Mays of St. Paul, VA became the fourth different winner so far this season leading every lap of the feature.
Super Stock
1. 30 Mike Mays
2. C5 Daniel Carpenter
3. 38 Cody Thompson
4. 01 Luke Sharp
5. 1 Jamie Whitt
6. G2 Austin Neely
7. 20 Hannah Melton
Bubby Braden of Luttrell led every lap of the 4 Cylinder feature holding off Jeromy Collins of Tazewell for his second win in a row.
4 Cylinder
1. 7 Bubby Braden
2. 44J Jeromy Collins
3. 1 Michael Branham
4. 66 David Nolan
5. 99 Chuck McMahan
