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April
14, 2012 - Tazewell Speedway kicked off the 2012 regular points
season in a big way with a stellar night of action in five classes
and $1 hotdog night to boot! Weather was perfect for racing
and track conditions played very favorable into making the track
fast and racy.
The
night’s action started off with the Modified Street division
displaying some strange events at the end of the feature. Five
cars took the green flag, with Wayne Overholt retiring on lap
14. Entering turn three on the white flag lap, contact from
the 56H of Jordan Horton sent the caution-free race long leader
Jason Sizemore in the 44C spinning. Horton crossed the stripe
taking the checkered first; however, he was penalized to finishing
as the last car on the lead lap for rough driving. This gave
the 44C the win, but not for long. A protest was declared on
the 44C of Sizemore, and the team decided not to tear the motor
down in post-race inspection, handing the win to the 2nd place
finishing Robbie Buchanan in the Petty Enterprises’ P21.
Modified Street Results
1. P21 – Robbie Buchanan
2. 20S – James Weaver
3. 56H – Jordan Horton
4. 14 – Wayne Overholt
DNS
4 – Clyde Overholt
1 – Scott Johnson
56 – Tony Horton
DQ
44C – Jason Sizemore (Fast Time: 13.216)
The 4-Cylinder class came into action next. Kurt Owens in the
7UP showed up late, putting him starting on the tail end of
the field. At the end of lap one, Kurt Owens was in the lead.
However, tragedy struck on lap 9 when something went amiss under
the hood of the 7UP costing him the race. He drew the event’s
only caution on lap 9. Bubby Braden in the B7 restarted as the
leader and led the final 6 laps to take the win.
Four Cylinder Results
1. B7 – Bubby Braden
2. 44J – Jeromy Collins
3. 7UP – Kurt Owens
4. 13 – John Collett
5. 1 – Mark Wallace
DNS
D17 – Daris Braden
A27 – Allen Holloway
The headlining Tazewell Late Models ran third on the night’s
slate. Steve Smith began the night by destroying the track’s
TLM track record turning 11.609 in qualifying. The event covered
the track with multiple battles between the leaders and lapped
cars. The event was slowed by three cautions, all for single
car spins, coming on laps 7, 8, and the final on 11. In the
closing laps, it appeared that Jason Trammell had a good shot
at the lead, but was unable to get by the pole sitter as Steve
Smith picked up the flag-to-flag victory.
Tazewell Late Model Results
1. 3 – Steve Smith (Fast Time: 11.609)
2. 90J – Jason Trammell
3. 33 – Phillip Nichols
4. 56J – Jody Horton
5. 97 – Keith Chapman
6. 24 – Allen Holt
7. 31 – Greg Estes
8. 34V – Jason Varner
9. 75 – Chris Long
10. 22 – Matthew Long
11. 1 – Kevin Gentry
12. 24 – Andy Wilder
13. J11 – Tony Horton
DQ
T0 – Travis Fultz
Up next was the Classic feature. Robbie Sands took the early
lead in the event slowed by three cautions, all for single car
incidents. A lap 16 caution set up a 4 lap dash giving Joe Keck
in the 8 one more shot at the 17, but it was to no avail. Robbie
Sands took the victory leading flag-to-flag.
Classic Car Results
1. 17 – Robbie Sands (Fast Time: 13.962)
2. 8 – Joe Keck
3. 28 – Adam Engel
4. 1 – Shane Lockhart
5. 18 – Eli Keck
6. 3 – Jason Beeler
7. 59 – Shawn Walton
DNS
20 – Charlie Tharp
Pure Street wrapped the night up with arguably the best racing
action of the night. Dustin Eldridge, J.J. Green, and Jason
Long ran all 20 laps of the feature under a blanket. Side by
side, bumper to bumper action displayed some nail biting racing
between the three drivers. The event was only slowed by two
caution for debris, with the last being lap 6. Although 3 cars
showed possibilities of winning, Dustin Eldridge was able to
hold off Green and Long for the victory.
Pure Street Results
1. 94 – Dustin Eldridge
2. 12 – J.J. Green
3. 15 – Jason Long
4. 39 – Johnny Miller
5. 17 – Tim Stevens
Tazewell Speedway will return to action next Saturday night,
April 21st, with round two of regular points racing programs.
Come out and join Tazewell Speedway next Saturday for another
exciting action-packed night of racing!
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