Under
picture perfect skies Tazewell Speedway fans witnessed another
night of great racing and fresh faces in Victory Lane. Fourteen
Super Late Models signed in with all but three qualifying in the
11 second bracket. Veteran racer Billy Ogle Jr. flirted with breaking
the track record with a blistering lap of 11.267 seconds. Ogle,
who has won dozens of features at The Taz, had not tasted victory
in over a year since driving for Mike Kittrel Motorsports. With
the pole, Ogle quickly showed he was out to break that streak.
At the drop of the green Ogle jumped into the lead over Rick Rogers
and used the middle groove to distance himself from the field.
Ther race was halted only a few times for the ailing machines
of Marty Calloway, Terry Wolfenbarger and Steve Smith who all
had strong cars. In the end it was Ogle's night as returned to
Victory Lane in the Kilby's Equipment, Calhouns Restaurant, Grady
& King Construction, Competition Race Engines powered GRT
Corvette shod with American Race Tires. As a reminder Super Late
Models will be part of our weekly racing program this season.
Super
Late Model Results
1.201 Billy Ogle Jr
2.44 Rick Rogers
3.22 Mike Weeks
4.5 Bryan Hendrix
5.7 Brian Smith
6.90J Jason Trammell
7.30 Jeff Neubert
8.J1 Brandon James
9.3 Steve Smith
10.14 Terry Wolfenbarger
11.01 Brad Hall
12.7 Marty Calloway
13.J11 Terry James
Another
driver with a long winless streak was Rogersville's Steve Carr
who's last win at The Taz was in July of 2007. Carr qualified
second and shared the front row with Travis Fultz. Carr would
take the lead at the green in the feature and looked to have
the car to beat until suffering a flat tire on lap twenty-three.
Fultz would take over the lead to notch his first victory of
the year in the Harrogate Collision, Fultz Auto Body, DJ's Performance
Racing Engines Rayburn Mopar.
Limited
Late Model
1.T0 Travis Fultz
2.90 Jason Trammell
3.2 James England
4.97 Keith Chapman
5.31 Greg Estes
6.77 Steve Carr
7.11 Anthony Arnwine
8.8 Mike Reece
9.xxx Josh Chesney
10.11 Josh Fields
11.33 Phillip Nichols
12.12R Ricky Houston
13.18 Anthony Burchett
The
wildest action of the night came in the Modified Street feature.
Wayne Overholt earned the top spot alongside Warren McMahan.
On the first lap Overholt and McMahan touched in turn three
sending Overholt heed-on into the outside wall causing his car
to overturn. Just as Overholt's car was landing he was collected
by several cars and sent into another flip, this time landing
on top of the cars of Andrew Loving, Dixon Greenwood and Larry
Burke. After a few tense moments Overholt emerged uninjured
from his car. McMahan would continue and keep the lead over
Chris Collinsworth, Brad Davis , Leonard Bray and Allen Holt.
Bray would retire early and Holt spun on his own on lap seven.
Collingsworth, still looking for his first ever win, would put
the pressure on McMahan throughout the feature. McMahan would
cross the checkered flag first yet was disqualified after a
post-race inspection giving Chris Collinsworth his first win
in the Robbie's Auto Sales, Petty's Wrecker Service Monte Carlo.
Anthony Morgan, who started thirteenth, would finish third.
Modified
Street
1.77 Chris Collinsworth
2.88 Brad Davis
3.26 Anthony Morgan
4.M7 Mike Simpson
5.24 Charlie Rouse
6.69 Nick Barnard
7.3 Tim Hatfield
8.5 Sue Curl
9.56J Jody Horton
10.56 Tony Horton
11.7 Mike Bright
12.17 Leonard Bray
13.31 Greg Estes
14.54 Larry Burke
15.1 Wayne Overholt
16.8 Andrew Loving
17.7 Dixon Greenwood
33 Warren McMahan DQ
Steve
Smith would take the lead in the Pure Street feature on lap
four to score his first win of the season in the Shane's Body
Shop, Kitt's Tire, Collett & Sons Transport Camaro.
Pure
Street
1.2 Steve Smith
2.11 Kevin Smith
3.15 Jason Long
4.12 Michael Daniels
5.56 Jordan Horton
6.30 Dwight Creech
7.12H Travis Helton
8.1 Anthony Standifer
9.97 Bo Hall
10.27 Gary Harville
11.12X Jerry Green
12.48 Charles Barnette
13.16 Will Carey
14.J35 John Chesney
15.25 Jonathan Miracle
16.1 Brian Carpenter
17.8 Tony Eads
18.27 Johnny Simpson
In
Four Cylinder action Newport's Kurt Owens scored his first win
since August of last year in the familiar 7UP Mustang.
4 Cylinder
1.7UP Kurt Owens
2.A00 Joey Allen
3.19 Brad Pressley
4.13 Scottie Frazier
5.J5 Jamie James
6.7 Bubby Braden
7.K9 Cheyenne Kite
8.66 David Reece
9.22 Jeff Lucas
10.007 Hayston Collett
Another
night of weekly racing is on tap for Saturday night May 2 with
Super Late Models, Limited Late Models, Modified Street, Pure
Street and Four Cylinders. For more info call 423.626.2222 or
visit www.TazewellSpeedway.net.
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