Jason Trammell of Knoxville slipped past Dakotah Knuckles of Ewing, VA on the tenth lap of the Limited Late Model feature to score his second win in a row at the 1/3 mile speed plant. Knuckles was quickest in time trials with a lap opf 12.189 seconds with Steve Smith of Powell recording the second fastest time. As the field was lining up for the feature Smith’s car was scratched from the event with mechanical woes. This would move Trammell up to the outside of the front row beside Knuckles.
At the drop of the green Knuckles took the point followed by Trammell, Brian Hendrix, Anthony Arnwine and Brian Shockley. Eight laps in Knuckles had his hands full holding off the challenge from Trammell and Hendrix. On lap ten Knuckles slid up out of the groove entering turn four allowing Trammell to go low and take the lead away. On the next lap Hendrix would spin after making contact with Knuckles in turn three. Up front Trammell would go unchallenged to notch his second victory in a row in the Fastlane Signs & Graphics, Quality Medical Center, Trammell Construction, Hatmaker Holdings, High Velocity Heads, Integra Shocks, Charlie Brown Screen Printing & Embroidery, Hoosier Tire by Pup sponsored Rayburn Race Car with power from a Vic Hill Race Engine.
Limited Late Model
1. 90J Jason Trammell
2. 21K Dakotah Knuckles
3. 11 Anthony Arnwine
4. 17 Brian Shockley
5. 5 Bryan Hendrix
6. 22 Lynn Leach
7. 144 Chris Barton
8. 1 David Clark
DNS 3 Steve Smith
Jonathan Miracle of Tazewell led every lap of the Sportsman feature to score his first Late Model win. The veteran driver with over 30 Pure Street victories moved up into the Sportsman division full time last season. Miracle was quickest in qualifying with a lap of 12.489 seconds with Matt Tharp of Luttrell qualifying second. After three attempts at a double file start failed due to several spins the field was lined up single file.
Grabbing the early lead Miracle set the pace with Tharp and last week’s winner Michael Boyd of Morristown in tow. On lap five Tharp brought out the caution as he spun in turn two and retired from the race with a broken brake rotor. Using the experience from his years of driving a much heavier Pure Street truck Miracle held off Boyd in the closing laps for his first Sportsman win in the Petty’s Wrecker Service, Noah’s Wholesale, Tim Fletcher Heating & Air, Eagle Race Engine powered Rayburn Race Car.
Sportsman
1. 50 Jonathan Miracle
2. 3 Michael Boyd
3. 1 David Clark
4. 15 Wade Howerton
5. K5 Nick Kniat
6. 41 Richard Bailey
7. 79 Josh Sneed
8. 92T Travis Crosby
9. 11 Cody Smith
10. 97 Keith Chapman
11. 5 Josh Chesney
12. 35 Matt Tharp
13. 21 Bryan Howerton
14. 20S James Weaver
15. 34 Phillip Shockley
Wayne James of Newport picked up his first Open Wheel Modified win of the year after taking over the lead on lap thirteen of the feature. Logan Hickey of Morristown, in his first start at Tazewell Speedway, turn in the fastest lap in qualifying with a lap of 13.408 seconds. Hickey would take the point at the start of the feature with James, Billy Palmer, Jody Puckett and Billy Palmer giving chase. Six laps in Hickey had almost half track lead over the rest of the field. On lap thirteen Hickey would tag the outside wall in turn four breaking a tie rod end and ending his night.
Taking over the lead, James would hold off the pressure from Palmer to score the win in the Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen, West Haven Speed Equipment, Accurate Heating & Cooling, Lane’s Market sponsored Performance Chassis.
Open Wheel Modified
1. 4 Wayne James
2. 90 Don Adams
3. 00 Jeff Akard
4. 36 Billy Palmer
5. J3 Jody Puckett
6. 16 Logan Hickey
7. 21 Dustin Duncan
Fast qualifier Brad Davis of Tazewell led every lap of the Super Stock feature for his first win of the year in the Jeffers Exterminating, A-1 Tint & Graphics, Dynamic Machine, Andrews Construction, Old Town Grill, Little Caesars, Southern Outdoors, Paradise Marine, Locus Chapel sponsored Rainmaker Race car with power from a Phantom Race Engine. The task wasn’t easy as Davis had his hands full holding back Austin Neely of Tazewell who was debuting a new engine. Davis
Super Stock
1. 88 Brad Davis
2. 3 Austin Neely
3. 14 Kurt Owens
4. P21 Jonathan Miracle
5. A85 Brandon Hutchinson
6. 83 Cody Thompson
7. 56 Tony Horton
8. 17S Logan Seal
9. C4 Logan Cobb
10. 5 Gary Blanken
DNS Jeffery Melton
John Stevens of Wallins Creek, KY took the lead away from Josh Chesney of Maynardville on lap thirteen to notch back-to-back Classic Car wins in the Red Eyes Racing, VFW #1178, Hensley Trucking sedan.
Classic Car
1. 7 John Stevens
2. XXX Josh Chesney
3. 11 Tim Stevens
4. 5 Hayston Collett
5. 4 Brian Saylor
Joey Allen of Cosby led every lap of the 4 Cylinder feature for his first win of the season in the Allen’s Railroad Contracting, Norton’s Body Shop, New Vision Graphics sponsored Ford Mustang.
4 Cylinder
1. 00 Joey Allen
2. 99 Bill Goss
3. 1 Mark Wallace
4. 17 Danny Pennington
5. 99 Chuck McMahan
6. B7 Bubby Braden
This Saturday night April 9th we proudly welcome back the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Models for the Ray Varner 50 paying $10,000 to win.
