After a long January it was back to action at Tennessee’s Action Track with a jam packed field of cars in all divisions.
First up was the 20 lap Classic Car feature. Shaun Sise would set fast time in qualifying with a brand new look to his #16 machine. The green waved and it was Sise who lead the field into turn one with Michael Milsap, Shane Taylor, Will Carey and 2019 Champion Lee Merritt in chase. Adam Engel started near the rear of the field but was on go early on moving past Taylor into the 6th position. His strong run would end when he pulled off track with issues. Sise may have been strong out front but the fight was on between Carey, Merritt and Milsap for the runner up spot. Tim Bounds would go into the spin cycle on lap 9 bringing out the caution. Sise would pull away the second half to pick up the first Classic win of 2020.
1: #16 Shaun Sise
2: #515 Michael Milsap
3: #15 Will Carey
4: #14 Lee Merritt
5: #113 Chris McKinney
6: #27 Charlie Bates
7: #37 Shane Tayolor
8: #35 Mark Sise
9: #00 Mac Lockhart
10: #11 Tim Bounds
11: #51 Adam Engel
12: #17 Luke Ellis
Next up was the 602 Late Models. The returning David Miley would set fast time in qualifying. Under green it was Miley, Josh Walker, Adam Mitchell, Eli Beets and Ricky Smith your top five on the start. Mitchell quickly moved past Walker into the runner up spot setting his sights on the leader. Beets and Walker would make contact in turn two with Beets moving past. Walkers #2 machine had started to have a trail of smoke follow him and would end up pulling off track. Mitchell had closed in on the leader as the two would make contact coming off turn four as they battled for the top position. Miley would inch away in the closing laps and score the win.
1: #71 David Miley
2: #50 Adam Mitchell
3: #6 Eli Beets
4: #88 Ricky Smith
5: #7 Matt Steward
6: #20 Larry Higgins
7: #19 Nick Perry
8: #23 Jacob Hamby
9: #31 Curtis Thomas
10: #19 David Singleton
11: #117 Stanton Davis
12: #85 Lee Branch
13: #2 Josh Walker
Next up was the always exciting B-Hobby/Super Street feature. Duke Lowe was dominant in 2019 and he picked up where he left off setting fast time in qualifying. Lowe would lead us to green with David Clark, Skylar Douglass, McKenlee Hall and Reagan Williams your top five. Robbie Comer would go for a spin bringing out the caution and setting up a restart. David Clark was setting up to make a run at the leader but had to pull of early with a flat tire. Travis Reno also had issues as he would have to take the long ride on the tractor back to the pits with front end damage. Comer and Williams would get together later in the race sending Williams for a spin. The caution would be called on Comer who was forced to go to the rear of the field for the restart. Trouble for Ryan Watson as he and Evan Wrinkle would get together coming off turn two sending Watson for a wild ride down into the infield. Watson would be done with a broken left front wheel. Lowe would run away in the final laps to pick up another win.
1: #55 Duke Lowe
2: #48 Reagan Williams
3: #14 Douglas skylar
4: #01 Eric Hughes
5: #42 Robbie Comer
6: #1 Evan Wrinkle
7: #17 Steve Owens
8: #44 McKenlee Hall
9: #33 Sam Burgess
10: #23 Don McCourt
11: #4 Jocob Kelso
12: #17 Quincy Arnwine
13: #51 Josh Beal
14: #11 Ryan Watson
15: #13 David Clark
16: #77 Travis Reno
17: #77 Chester Anderson
Next up was the 604 Late Models. Cory Hedgecock and Jensen Ford would start on the front row leading us to green. The green waved and the stacked field went screaming into turn one. Hedgecock, Ford, Jesse Lowe, Randy Weaver and Riley Hickman made up your top five on the start. Anthony White would find his race coming to an early end as he slowed on the second lap of the event and pulled infield. Josh Henry was trying to work his way up into the top 10 as he and Rusty Ballenger fought it out. Zach Sise would get turned in turn two triggering a multi car crash which would bring out the red flag. Back under green Hedgecock found himself in lap traffic with Ford trying to close the gap. Brandon Williams and Rusty Ballenger would get together down the front stretch sending Ballenger into the turn one wall ending his night. Lowe would turn up the heat on Ford for the runner up spot as the final laps ticked away. It was all Hedgecock out front who cruised to the win.
1: #23 Cory Hedgecock
2: #83 Jensen Ford
3: #5J Jesse Lowe
4: #116 Randy Weaver
5: #D2 Riley Hickman
6: #07 Jason Cardwell
7: #5J Ronnie Johnson
8: #95 Brandon Williams
9: #89 Brandon Miller
10: #617 Colton Profitt
11: #9 Zach Sise
12: #N5 Distin Nobbe
13: #002 Tyler Arrington
14: #14 Jerry Green
15: #9 Brian Kinnersley
16: #15 Ronnie Martin Jr
17: #00 Ruben Mayfield
18: #17 Chip Brindle
19: #109 Eli Beets
20: #29 Rusty Ballenger
21: #41 Jim Couch
22: #B00 Josh Henry
23: #39 Jimmy Elliott
24: #2X Anthony White
DNS: #9 Jamie Oliver
DNS: #87 Jared Carey
DNS: #555 Ryan Carey
DNS: #144 Josh Collins
DNS: #61 Kenny Ford
DNS: #7 Heath Alvey
Next up was the Open Wheel feature. Clayton Miller would start on the front row but would go for a loop in the opening laps sending him to the rear. The top 5 in the opening laps was Adam Stricker, Tim Davenport, Ricky Arms, Brad Dyer and Jimmy Lennex. Arms looked to have a fast car but would pull off track early with issues. Amos bunch would also find problems as he had to be towed off track with heavy rear end damage. Stricker was pulling away out front with the lead as he picked his way through the slower traffic. Wayne James had a great battle just outside the top five with RJ Pruitt. Nobody would have anything for Stricker as he pulled away to pick up the win.
1: #68 Adam Stricker
2: #18 Tim Davenport
3: #20 Brad Dyer
4: #P2 Peyton Walker
5: #15 Clayton Miller
6: #40 RJ Pruitt
7: #8 Jimmy Lennex
8: #4 Wayne James
9: #28 Josh Stumbo
10: #49 Clayton Turner
11: #c29 Joey Cotterman
12: #J1 Justin Blevens
13: #2 Scott Lacy
14: #1 Todd Beeler
15: #47 Larry James
16: #R4 Ricky Arms
17: #98 Zac Harris
18: #271 Chad Crain
19: #50 Amos Bunch
20: #10 Rick Standridge
21 #94 Cory Balkey
Next up would be the Front Wheel Drive feature and what a strong field of cars they had. 28 of the best Front Wheel Drive drivers around were on hand to do battle for the $500 payday. It was a rough race for some drivers as the #4 of Daniel Wright and the #55 of David Miller would get together early bringing out the caution. The #96 of James Kelso would have it even worse as he went for a wild flip in turn one. He was okay but would obviously be done for the night. It was an incredible battle for the lead up front between the #15 of Cordell Moore, the #21 of Dustin Duncan and the #11 of Billy Bailey battled it out. Moore would take the lead with a great pass going into turn one and lead several laps but had issues late. Duncan would get the lead back and hold on to pick up the first win of the new year.
1: #21 Dustin Duncan
2: #11 Billy Bailey
3: #90 Nick Adams
4: #1 Jacob Sharp
5: #1W Jeremy Wyatt
6: #1/2 John Willard
7: #A93 Nathan Adams
8: #B21 Distin Branstetter
9: #10 James Powell
10: #11 Andy Wilson
11: #27 Welsey Teefeteller
12: #4V Brandon Viers
13: #15 Cordell Moore
14: #12 Marcus Mays
15: #9K Kevin Sexton
16: #33 Aaron Herbert
17: #7W Ray Wyatt
18: #38 Bryan Williams
19: #55 David Miller
20: #11 Brian Moyer
21: #96 James Kelso
22: #72 Daryl Teefeteller
23: #3 Matthew Sullivan
24: #4W Daniel Wright
25: #B10 Brad Broyles
26: #51 Chris Norris
27: #13 Steve Hurley
28: #Ic4 Dakota King