Dakotah Knuckles of Ewing, VA used a last lap pass on Knoxville’s Jason Trammell to score his second career Late Model victory in a thriller at Tazewell Speedway. Trammell set quick time in qualifying with a lap of 11.622 seconds with Knuckles and Bobby Mays of Jonesborough turning the second and third quickest times. With Trammell drawing the three on the invert draw Mays would start on the pole of the thirty lap feature with Knuckles starting on the outside of the front row.
With the drop of the green Knuckles quickly took control with Trammell slipping past Mays on the back stretch for second. Forrest Trent of Talbott and last week’s winner Josh Collins of Powell took the fourth and fifth spots in the early laps. By lap five Knuckles and Trammell distanced themselves from the rest of the field by a very wide margin. On lap eleven Trammell made the move on Knuckles as the duo raced door to door on the front stretch. Trammell cleared Knuckles coming out of turn two to take the lead.
The caution flag would fly on lap thirteen as contact between Greeneville’s Jerry Williams and Taran Hurst of Bulls Gap sent Williams crashing into the outside wall in turn three. Williams would walk away uninjured. On the restart Trammell smashed the loud pedal and began putting distance between himself and Knuckles. As the laps were winding down it appeared that Trammell was on his way to first win since May 17th. Knuckles had other plans. As Trammell was working his way past lap traffic Knuckles was using the high line to find speed. With two to go Knuckles closed the gap down to three car lengths. Seeing the white flag flying Knuckles got up on the wheel and set his sights on Trammell. As the pair stormed into turn three Knuckles shot to the bottom and took the lead coming out of turn four bringing the entire crowd to their feet . “Mr. Showtime” cleared Trammell at the stripe for his second career Limited Late Model win in the Hickory Star Resort & Marina, Marcum Oil, Jovida Enterprises, Florida Vet Cardiology, Fast Lane Sign & Graphics, Vic Hill Racing Engine powered Rocket Race Car.
Limited Late Models
1. 21K Dakotah Knuckles
2. 90J Jason Trammell
3. 63 Josh Collins
4. 101 Forrest Trent
5. 56J Jody Horton
6. 22 Matthew Holt
7. 79 Marty Calloway
8. 17 Brian Shockley
9. 22 Taran Hurst
10. 54 Mitchell Burke
11. 25 Bobby Mays
12. 11 Josh Fields
13. 28 Jerry Williams
14. 14 Austin Atkins
Sportsman point leader Clyde Overholt scored his second win in a row and fifth overall win of the season leading every lap of the twenty lap feature. Overholt was quickest in qualifying with a lap of 12.042 seconds with his teammate Jonathan Miracle of Tazewell turning the second quickest time. Drawing the pole for the feature Overholt took the early lead in the feature trailed by Miracle, David Clark of Tazewell, Matt Tharp of Luttrell and Randy Davis of Tazewell. On lap five Tharp slipped past Clark for second and on the next lap took second away from Miracle.
The caution flag would fly on lap six as several cars got together between turns one and a two including Davis, Andy Wilder, Michael Boyd and Rex Coffey. During the caution Tharp would dive pitside giving up the second spot. He would restart at the tail of the field and work his way back to finish fourth.
Out front it was Overholt leading the way to make it two in a row in the Overholt Racing and Fabrication, Petty’s Wrecker Service, Noah’s Wholesale, Baker’s Tree Service, Eagle Race Engines powered Rayburn Race Car.
Sportsman
1. 4 Clyde Overholt
2. 50 Jonathan Miracle
3. 1 David Clark
4. 35 Matt Tharp
5. 11 Cody Smith
6. 3 Michael Boyd
7. 22 Anthony Liford
8. 34 Phillip Shockley
9. XXX Josh Chesney
10. 119 Josh Evans
11. 24 Andy Wilder
12. 46 Steven Martin
13. J2 Randy Davis
14. 3 Rex Coffey
15. 25 Terry Smith
16. 21 Brian Howerton
DNS G7 Billy Gordon
DNS 50 Rick Welch
Kurt Owens of Newport bested a stout field of Super Stocks in qualifying with a lap of 13.216 seconds with points leader Brad Davis turning in the second best time. Owens would draw the three on the invert draw giving Austin Neely of Tazewell his first ever pole starting position on the high banks of The Taz.
Davis shot into the early lead followed by Neely and Owens. Sneedville natives Phillip Nichols and Tony Horton battled side by side for the fourth spot. On lap three Owens took second away from Neely yet Davis had pulled away from the field by over six car lengths. Four laps later Owens was knocking on Davis’ back door. On lap eleven Owen shot to the bottom of turn three pulling alongside Davis for the lead. Owens would shoot by Davis on the back stretch on lap twelve and lead the rest of the way for his second Super Stock win of the season.
Super Stock
1. 14 Kurt Owens
2. 88 Brad Davis
3. 3 Austin Neely
4. 33 Phillip Nichols
5. 56 Tony Horton
6. 1 Jamie Whitt
7. P21 Donnie Petty
8. 12 JJ Green
9. 38 Cody Thompson
Philip Thompson continued his dominance of the Classic Car division taking the early lead way from Sawyer Walton and leading every lap of the feature in the Skyline Transportation ,Vyve Broadband Crockett Creek Beef Jerky, Hooker Harness Filmax Filtration, Eagle Race Engine powered Radioactive Race Car.
Classic Car
1. 24 Philip Thompson
2. 7 John Stevens
3. 3 Jason Beeler
4. 2 Sawyer Walton
5. 28 Denver Tharp
6. 1 Daisie Lockhart
Chuck McMahan scored his fifth 4 Cylinder feature win in a row in the Original Mr. Freezo, Lowes Auto Parts, Round Boy Motorsports Ford Mustang.
4 Cylinder
1. 99 Chuck McMahan
2. 7 Bubby Braden
3. 44J Jeromy Collins
This Saturday night August 1st Tazewell Speedway proudly welcomes back for the eleventh year in a row the finale of the Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals Series tour. The region’s best Super Late Model drivers will be on hand for the West Chevrolet 50 paying $10,050 to win. Sportsman will be racing for $800 to win with Super Stocks competing for $700 to win. Also in action will be our Classic Cars and 4 Cylinders.
