Official Results & Recap: June 7th, 2014

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OFFICIAL RESULTS & RACE NIGHT RECAP

Championship Points Race #8
June 7th, 2014

Thunder & Lightning

Finish Start Driver, No.
1. 4 Dale Watson, No. 11
2. 2 Steve Owens Jr., No. 17
3. 5 Steve Hillard, No. 2
4. 1 Chase King, No. 44
DQ 3 Dennis Barton, No. 35 (soft tire)

Sportsman

Finish Start Driver, No.
1. 6 Terry Poore, No. 2
2. 4 David Miley, No. 71
3. 3 Rex Coffey, No. 329
4. 2 Wayne Rader, No. 01
5. 1 Dalton King, No. 51
6. 5 Erix Hux, No. 11
7. 11 Josh Beal, No. 12
8. 9 Austin Atkins, No. 14
9. 7 Chad Beeler, No. 10
10. 8 Adam Mitchell, No. 50
11. 12 Lee Merritt, No. 14
DNS 10 Kailee Horsley, No. 87
Street Stock

Finish Start Driver, No.
1. 2 Jerry Hux, No. 01
2. 1 Bradly Lewelling, No. 1B
3. 3 David Price, No. 1
4. 7 31B-Willie Busler
5. 4 Daniel Reese, No. 66
6. 5 Brandon Jarnigan, No. B31
7. 6 Justin French, No. 18
8. 8 Scott Atkins, No. 20

Mini Stock

Finish Start Driver, No.
1. 2 Nick Perry, No. 19
2. 1 Mike Townsend, No. 29
3. 4 Jason Gregory, No. 21
4. 6 Sam Burgess, No. 23
5. 9 Jack Teffeteller, No. 5
6. 10 Jimmy Thompson, No. 9
7. 11 Chris Reichert, No. 22
8. 7 Samuel Fox, No. 54
9. 3 John Byers, No. J7
10. 8 Josh Davis, No. 26
DNS 5 Bryant Idles, No. BA2
DNS 12 Rodney Whitworth, No. 11-6


NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series
3rd Annual J.T. Kerr Memorial 40

Finish Start Driver, No.
1. 3 Ronnie Johnson, No. 5
2. 1 Jimmy Elliott, No. J39
3. 2 Mack McCarter, No. 51
4. 6 Tanner Works, No. T35
5. 7 Ryan King, No. 52
6. 22 Chris Noah, No. 56
7. 13 Matt Henderson, No. 17
8. 15 Rusty Ballenger, No. 29
9. 11 Jake Teague, No. 117
10. 4 Adam Beeler, No. 66
11. 20 Chase Edge, No. 18
12. 12 Walker Arthur, No. 87
13. 21 Marty Calloway, No. 79C
14. 18 Barry Goodman, No. 24
15. 23 Marcus Minga, No. 19
16. 17 Warren McMahan, No. 33
17. 5 Greg Martin, No. 24
18. 16 Johnny Stokes, No. 1
19. 8 Jacob Anderson, No. 64
20. 19 Michael Blount, No. 121
21. 9 Jensen Ford, No. 83
22. 14 Jonathan Rowen, No. 56
23. 10 Todd Morrow, No. 8A
DNS 24 Gusty Christenberry, No. 31

 

RACE NIGHT RECAP

Ronnie Johnson claims his second J.T. Kerr Memorial 40 victory
By Markus Hankins
June 9th, 2014

Seymour, TN – It was another warm but beautiful Saturday afternoon at Tennessee’s Action Track. We would play host to the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, where the night kicked off with Qualifying for the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS. Jimmy Elliott would claim quick time honors with his lap of 14.553. Next up was heat races for the support divisions and B-Mains for the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS. Feature time rolled around, where Dale Watson was awarded what could be one of the final Thunder & Lightning checkered flags, after winner Dennis Barton was disqualified for having a soft tire. Next was Sportsman, where Terry Poore came from 6th to win. Street Stock was up next, where Bradly Lewelling appeared to be on his way to certain victory, until Jerry Hux made a power move entering turn 1 on the final lap to go on to claim the win. Next was Mini Stock, where Mike Townsend took the early lead, then came John Byers, who was pulling away to the certain victory until mechanical failure would send Byers to the infield, handing the lead to Nick Perry. Perry would hold off Townsend to claim the victory. Capping off the night was the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 3rd Annual J.T. Kerr Memorial 40. The early leader in this one was Jimmy Elliott, but he had a mirror chocked full of “The Chattanooga Flash” Ronnie Johnson. On the 22nd circuit, Johnson finally got the run he needed and quickly dispatched “The Mohawk Warrior” to the 2nd spot. Johnson would go on to claim his 2nd victory in the J.T. Kerr Memorial 40, becoming the first multiple time winner in the memorial race.

Join us this Saturday June 14th as we have a full night of championship points racing action in store for you! The future of the Thunder & Lightning division will be discussed at a meeting to be scheduled at a later date. On June 14th, we’ll have double features in Mini Stock, with more details to follow on this new format. See you all on Saturday fans!

 

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Thunder & Lightning
There were 5 cars signed in for what could be one of the final features for the Thunder & Lightning division. Dennis Barton, who was disqualified in NeSmith competition after failing opening tech inspection, joined the Thunder & Lightning field, where he walked away with the victory after Chase King succumbed to mechanical failure on the opening lap. However, in post-race tech, it was found that Barton’s tire did not meet the minimum hardness and was deemed too soft, therefore Dale Watson was awarded the feature win. 2nd went to Steve Owens Jr. and Steve Hillard.
Cautions: 1
Leaders: 35-Barton (1-15)

 

 

 

Sportsman
Sportsman was up next, where Dalton King and Wayne Rader led the field to the green flag after winning their respective heat races. Rader quickly jumped to the lead until the 5th circuit, where Terry Poore, who started 6th, would muscle into the race lead. Poore would hold off Miley for the feature win, with Rex Coffey rounding out the top 3.
Cautions: 3
Leaders: 01-Rader (1-5); 2-Poore (6-20)

 

 

 

 

Street Stock
Street Stock was up next, where Bradly Lewelling led the field to green after winning the heat race. Outside front row was Jerry Hux. At the drop of the green it was Lewelling quickly taking the race lead. Hux would pull inside multiple times from lap 1 until finally getting a run through turns 1 and 2 on lap 19 to come back around to claim the checkered flag in last-lap-pass-fashion. Lewelling would hang onto the 2nd spot, while defending Street Stock champion came home in 3rd.
Cautions: 4
Leaders: 1B-Lewelling (1-19); 01-Hux (20)

 

 

 


Mini Stock

The front row for Mini Stock was made up of Mike Townsend and Nick Perry, who won their respective heat races. At the drop of the green, Townsend, who was doing the weekend double, would muscle his machine into the race lead. He would lead until lap 5 when 3rd-place starter John Byers slid into the race lead. He would hold off Townsend and actually pull away from the field, until he would succumb to mechanical failure on lap 13. This handed the lead over to Nick Perry, who held off the advances of Townsend for next 6 circuits to take the win. Coming home in 3rd was Jason Gregory.

Cautions: 1
Leaders: 29-Townsend (1-5); J7-Byers (6-13); 19-Perry (14-20)
Time of Race:

 

 

 

 

NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series J.T. Kerr Memorial 40
Story By Richard Allen
http://insidedirtracing.com

Ronnie Johnson collected a win in the NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series on Friday night at the Tri-County Race Track after Jason Welshan was disqualified because of a tire infraction. On Saturday night in the J.T. Kerr Memorial at the 411 Motor Speedway, there was no need for a disqualification as the legendary driver took the lead in the middle stages of the race and sailed away for the victory and a $4,000 payday.

The night began with Cleveland’s Jimmy Elliott setting fast time in qualifying among the 27 Crate Late Model cars on hand as he posted a lap of 14.553 seconds around the 3/8 mile oval. With the top-10 from qualifying being locked into the feature, Mack McCarter, Ronnie Johnson, Adam Beeler, Greg Martin, Tanner Works, Ryan King, Jacob Anderson, Jensen Ford and Todd Morrow joined Elliott in earning a starting spot though time-trials.

Jake Teague and Walker Arthur won the two B-mains used to set the remainder of the field for the main event.

Elliott shot to the early lead in what would prove to be a caution plagued 40-lap race. A wreck on the initial start of the feature would cause heavy damage to the car of series points contender Walker Arthur as his and several other cars tangled in turn four before a single lap had been completed.

Once the race finally did get underway, drivers stalking the front runner during those early laps would be McCarter, Johnson and Martin. Those four cars would break away from the pack immediately after each restart in the race’s first half.

In all, the race would be slowed seven times for incidents on the track, with most of those coming before the halfway point.

 In between the caution periods, there was great racing throughout the field. Johnson continuously stalked Elliott, except for when he briefly surrendered the runner-up spot to McCarter after losing momentum while challenging Elliott for the lead. Also, the action was fast and furious in the back half of the top-10 as the likes of Anderson, King, Works, Morrow and Ford fought for each of those spots.

On lap 22, Johnson was finally able to take advantage of several consecutive green flag laps to make a move on Elliott. The ‘Chattanooga Flash’ rolled around the ‘Mohawk Warrior’ on the outside as the cars worked down the back stretch and through turns three and four to assume the lead. From that point, the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame member never looked back as he was able to pull away in the closing laps.

Perhaps the race’s most noteworthy caution came after a lap 27 restart when Martin and Works had their cars get locked together during a battle for the 4th position. That incident brought out a brief red flag as track workers had to get the two machines pulled apart.

There would be no more yellow flags after that point and Johnson would drive away from his pursuers to take the win.

At the finish, it was Ronnie Johnson, Jimmy Elliott, Mack McCarter, Tanner Works, Ryan King, Chris Noah, Ryan King, Rusty Ballenger, Jake Teague and Adam Beeler taking the top-10 spots.

Cautions: 7
Leaders: J39-Elliott (1-22); 5-Johnson (23-40)

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