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April
13, 2013 - Another weekend of mild weather in east Tennessee
brought out fans and a stout field of cars Saturday night at
Tazewell Speedway.
Modified Street would be first to race in their twenty lap feature.
Morristown's Gary Blanken would take fast time honors and with
the invert draw lined up on the outside of the front row alongside
second generation driver Clyde Overholt. At the drop of the
green Blanken would charge into the lead trailed by Overholt,
Warren McMahan, Larry Burke and David Clark. By the second lap
McMahan would start pressuring Overholt for second. McMahan
and Overholt raced door to door several times in the early going
with McMahan slipping by on lap eight. By that time Blanken
had built a comfortable lead and pick up his second win in a
row in the Britt's Welding, Morristown Towing and Automotive,
Sonny's Collision Monte Carlo.
Modified Street
1. Gary Blanken
2. Warren McMahan
3. Clyde Overholt
4. Robbie Buchanan
5. Larry Burke
6. David Clark
7. Brad Davis
8. Tony Horton
DNS Michael Boyd
In
4 Cylinder action Travis Dawson and former Champion Bubby Braden
would share the front row by virtue of blind draw. Braden would
lead the field into turn one yet Joey Allen, who started sixth,
would challenge Braden for the lead on the back stretch and
take over the top spot to lead lap one. On lap four Dawson would
move into second. Last week's winner Chuck McMahan, who started
eleventh, moved his way into fourth by lap six and start setting
his sights for the lead. Dawson brought out the caution on lap
nine with a spin putting Braden back into second and McMahan
third. On the restart McMahan shoved his way into second but
it was not enough to catch Allen who picked up his second win
of the year in the Allen's Railroad Contracting, Norton's Body
Shop, New Vision Graphics Ford Mustang.
4
Cylinder
1. Joey Allen
2. Chuck McMahan
3. Bubby Braden
4. Hayston Collett
5. Mark Wallace
6. Travis Dawson
7. Jeromy Collins
8. Wayne Hobson
9. Rufus Collett
10. Chris Reichert
11. John Collett
The
most exciting race of the night came courtesy of the Tazewell
Late Models. Greg Estes of Jonesville, VA was fast qualifier
with a lap of 12.079 seconds but after the invert draw would
start third behind Jason Trammell who shared the front row with
Steve Smith. The first lap saw a four way battle for the lead
as Estes and Smith using the outside lane to start pressuring
Trammell who was busy fighting off Josh Henry of Newport. Trammell
would lead the first three circuits but couldn't hold off Estes
who took over the point on lap four. The next lap Henry took
second away from Trammell and used the bottom groove to start
chasing down Estes. On lap seven Henry dove low coming out of
turn two and drifted up into the left side of Estes sending
both cars spinning down the back stretch. Estes limped pitside
with a flat right rear and retire for the evening. Henry would
be relegated to the tail end of the field. On the restart Trammell
pulled out a comfortable lead on Steve Smith but on lap thirteen
Smith's night came to an end with engine woes. Henry moved his
way back up through the field and took third away from Anthony
Arnwine on lap sixteen and on lap twenty-five would take over
second from Jody Horton. As the white flagged waved Henry had
second place wrapped up until rear suspension problems caused
him to pull pitside. Jason Trammell, the 2012 Tazewell Late
Model Champion, would take his first win of the season in the
Fast Lane Signs and Graphics, Trammell Construction, Hatmaker
Holdings, A-1 Storage Trailers, Sun Electric Company sponsored
Bloomquist Race Car.
Tazewell
Late Models
1. Jason Trammell
2. Jody Horton
3. Anthony Arnwine
4. Brent Hensley
5. B.J. Morris
6. Matthew Holt
7. Josh Henry
8. Brian Shockley
9. Steve Smith
10. Billy Gordon
11. Greg Estes
DNS Brian Howerton
DNS Andy Wilder
The
Sportsman Division continued the action in their twenty lap
feature. Keith Chapman shared the front row with last week's
winner Ryan Carey. Chapman took the early lead with Carey defending
the second spot from Justin Beeler. On lap three Brad Pressley,
debuting a new late model, would spin in turn two bringing out
the caution. On the restart Josh Chesney would take second away
from Beeler. Pressley brought out another caution on lap six
as he spun and collected Chesney in the crash with Chesney suffering
front body damage yet able to continue. With Chapman pulling
away with the lead Carey and Ryan Coppock battled for the second
spot. On lap twelve the duo made contact coming out of turn
four sending Carey up on two wheels riding the outside retaining
wall directly under the flag stand ending Carey's night. Up
front it was Keith Chapman taking his second win of the year
in the A-1 Storage Trailers, JRT Promotions, Sun Electric Company,
Trammell Construction, Fast Lane Signs and Graphics Warrior
Race Car.
Sportman
1. Keith Chapman
2. Justin Beeler
3. Ryan Coppock
4. Derrick Shockley
5. Darrell Saylor
6. Larry Moore
7. Ryan Carey
8. Josh Chesney
9. Brad Pressley
Steve
Smith of Barbourville, Ky qualified on the pole of the Pure
Street feature and was the best of the field picking up his
third win in a row in the Steve's Body Shop, Gordon Construction,
Bob's Roofing Camaro. In Victory Lane he decicated the win to
Buster Cupp, a former Pure Street competitor and Tazewell Speedway
employee who passed away last December.
Pure Street
1. Steve Smith
2. Daniel Carpenter
3. Jason Saylor
4. Jonathan Miracle
5. J.J. Green
6. Justin James
7. Eric Webber
8. Johnny Simpson
9. Toby Turner
DNS Tim Stevens
Maynardville's
Josh Chesney has competed in almost every division at Tazewell
Speedway in the past few years without a visit to Victory lane.
After a disappointing finish in the Sportsman feature he would
turn things around in the Classic Car feature. Starting on the
pole he would hold off a hard charging Charlie Tharp to notch
his first Tazewell Speedway win in the Fat Boyz Racing, Eddie's
Auto Parts, Hot Rod's Paint and Body, Inskip Body Shop Ford
Sedan.
Classics
1. Josh Chesney
2. Eli Keck
3. Shane Lockhart
4. Daris Braden
5. Joel Wolfenbarger
6. Charlie Tharp
7. John Stevens
8. Jason Beeler
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