Overholt makes it two in a row

Just over a week after hosting the biggest crowd to witness a race at Tazewell Speedway it was back to the regular racing program at the high-banked speedplant. Super Stocks were on showcase with $1,000 on the line for the winner of the Dirty Thirty feature. Kurt Owens of Newport, who was searching for his third win in a row, outqualified the rest of the field to earn the pole for the main event with Tazewell’s Brad Davis earning the outside front row starting spot. Sportsman standout Jonathan Miracle was picked to pilot the Petty Motorsports entry yet crashed in hot laps with heavy rear suspension damage.
Owens took the point with the drop of the green as Davis and Austin Neely of Tazewell gave chase. Before the second lap could be scored Davis would bring out the caution as he climbed the wall between turns three and four. After changing a flat right rear tire Davis would restart at the tail of the field. Suffering bad luck all season long Neely was hoping to bring home a solid finish. He would stay within reach of Owens until lap fifteen when his car slowed on the speedway. Davis would suffer from the bad luck bug as he tagged the wall again in the slowing laps. Up front Owens would lead every lap for his third win in a row and his fourth overall win at Tazewell Speedway this season

Super Stock
1. 14 Kurt Owens
2. 83 Cody Thompson
3. 3 Austin Neely
4. 88 Brad Davis
DNS P21 Jonathan Miracle

East Tennessee Late Model veteran Brad Hall of Knoxville notched his first Open Wheel Modified win in only his second start of the season. Hall set fast time with a lap of 12.597 seconds with last week’s winner Don Adams qualifying second.  With the drop of the green Hall took the point followed by Adams, Jimmy Dalton of Powell, Billy Palmer of Hardin Valley and Newport’s Wayne James.
The caution would fly on the third lap for a spinning Logan Hickey. During the caution Wayne James would drop pitside. Back under green Dalton began pressuring for second place. On lap six the pair were side by side with Dalton taking the spot on the next lap. Dalton would chase Hall until lap thirteen when he retired with engine woes and bring out the caution. This would move Adams up into second yet on the restart he would pull off the track with problems. Hall would lead the rest of the way unchallenged for his first Open Wheel Modified win in the Brad Hall Racing, Tazewell Chiropractic Center, Bodies by Skinny, BruceBilt Performance  Race Car.

Open Wheel Modified
1. 47 Brad Hall
2. 36 Billy Palmer
3. J4 Tyler James
4. 90 Don Adams
5. 2 Jimmy Dalton
6. 4 Wayne James
7. 22 Shawn Hibbard
8. 16 Logan Hickey

Last year’s Sportsman point champion Clyde Overholt notched his second victory of the season leading all twenty laps of the feature. Overholt would turn the quickest laps in time trial and after the invert draw start on the outside of the front row alongside teammate Jonathan Miracle. Under green Overholt would use the outside line to take the lead over Miracle. Behind them Tazewell natives Randy Davis and David Clark battled side by side for third. On lap five Clark would move past davis for the spot. Overholt would pick up his second win in a row in the Eagle Race Engine powered Rayburn Race Car with sponsorship from Overholt Racing & Fabrication, Petty’s Wrecker Service and Noah’s Wholesale.