Over 150 drivers were on hand for the annual Sweetheart event highlighted by the Iron Man Super Late Models paying $5,000 to the winner.
The Sportsman division would be up first for their 20 lap feature. A strong field of over twenty cars were on hand to do battle for the fans. Addison Cardwell has been Mr 411 in the Sportsman class the past year or so and would once again start on the front row for the feature. Pole winner Bailie Lowe would lead the field to green ahead of Cardwell, Brad Seagle, Seth Jolley and John Adams. Jolley had a strong top five run going but would go for a wild spin on the backstretch and down into the infield bringing out the caution. Back under green and Wayne Rader who was making his return to the 4-1-1 after a long absence, had a hard fought battle with Adams. Cardwell was inching away out front but we started to hear some hiccups coming from the power plant as the laps ticked off. Seagle had chewed into the lead bringing Bailey Cardwell with him in the closing laps. Addison would hold on to score another win.
1: #07A Addison Cardwell
2: 31 Brad Seagle
3: #07B Baily Cardwell
4: #32A John Adams
5: #01 Wayne Rader
6: #50 Adam Mitchell
7: #10 Bailie Lowe
8: #15 Bryan Cooper
9: #56 Colton Boring
10: #5 Curtis Thomas
11: #22 Dustin Ward
12: #11 Tim Bounds
13: #76 Joe Bray
14: #59 Shaun Sise
15: #28 Richard Cox
16: #5C Joshua Chesney
17: #7 Bill Norwood
18: #202 John Stout
19: #10 Dustin Ratliff
20: #32 Cody Gloyne
21: #K28 Brandon James
22: #16 Seth Jolley
23: #7 Heath Alvey
Next up was the 20 lap B-Hobby feature. Jeffrey Wood and Bobbie Petty would lead us to green. Wood would put his #818 on top of the scoreboard ahead of Petty, the #13 of Austin Byrd, the #95 of Alex Vance and the #73 of CB McKinnon. Wood quickly began pulling away but the battle was on for the runner up spot as Byrd used the low line to put pressure on Petty. Jonathan Jenkins had moved up into the top five but would slip coming off turn two losing several spots. It was all Jeffrey Wood who ran away to a huge lead.
1: #818 Jeffrey Wood
2: #XP21 Bobbie Petty
3: #13 Austin Byrd
4: #95 Alex Vance
5: #73 CB McKinnon
6: #46 Loyd Roberts
7: #4 Jonathan Jenkins
8: #18 Dale Brummett
Next up was the 40 lap Super Late Model feature paying $5,000 to win. Cory Hegecock is always one of the favorites to win anytime at the 4-1-1 and he would set fast time in qualifying earning the pole for the feature. Hedgecock would lead us to green ahead of Cabin Fever winner Sam Seawright, Heath Hindman, Jensen Ford and Christian Hanger. Clay Coghlan would have mechanical issues in the opening laps retiring his #6 early on. Mack McCarter and Forrest Trent had a great battle early on in the second half of the top 10. McCarter would pull off a couple laps later along with the #90 of John Llewellyn. Jensen Ford had started to find a groove in his #83 as he moved up into the third position setting his sights on Seawright for second. Hegecock was setting a blistering pace and found himself in lap traffic as laps ticked away. Seawright would not be able to gain any ground on Hedgecock who picked his way perfectly through the slower traffic. Ford had now reeled in the #16 and would power past taking over the second spot. Hedgecock was on cruise control out front and picked up the win.
1: #23 Cory Hedgecock
2: #83 Jensen Ford
3: #44 Dalton Cook
4: #16 Sam Seawright
5: #91 Heath Hindman
6: #19 Will Herrington
7: #B00 Josh Henry
8: #51 Jed Emert
9: #101 Forrest Trent
10: #15 Christian Hanger
11: #72 Barrett Lowe
12: #1N Jordy Nipper
13: #212 Josh Putnam
14: #1G Ryan King
15: #J0 John Ownbey
16: #1 Shane Bailey
17: #151 Kyle Lear
18: #34 Pete Crum
19: #116 Cameron Weaver
20: #51 Mack McCarter
21: #90 John Llewellyn
22: #6 Clay Coghlan
DNS: #3 Austin Neely
DNS: #38 Jamie Oliver
DNS: #6 Josh Sneed
DNS: #00 Ruben Mayfield
DNS: #X JR Crum
DNS: #702 Kent Keyser
DNS: #7 Travis Greer
DNS: #23 Justin Meredith
DNS: #56 Michael Asberry
DNS: #002 Tyler Arrington
DNS: #21 Kenneth Howell
DNS: #3 Steve Smith
DNS: #3 Dakota Smith
DNS: #52 Troy Eads
DNS: #14 Jerry Hendrix
Hayden Cardwell was making his debut in the #22 car for the new season. He’d lead us to green with Rusty Ballenger, Jason Cardwell, Bradley Lewelling and Matthew Smith making up your initial top five. Cardwell was set on go as he inched away from the field. Trouble for the #08 of Bradley Strong who pulled off track early in the opening laps. Lewelling had found something as his #10B was moving to the front past Jason Cardwell. Cardwell who had a strong top five run going pulled off track with left front damage ending his night. Back under green Lewelling was on the move again slipping past Ballenger for the runner up spot. Cardwell would hold on and pick up his first every 604 Late Model win.
1: #22 Hayden Cardwell
2: #10 Bradley Lewelling
3: #29 Rusty Ballenger
4: #7 Matthew Smith
5: #22 Tucker Anderson
6: #2 Terry Poore
7: #22 Tim Clark
8: #317 Mike Bargo
9: #515 Matt Shannon
10: #317 Blake Creech
11: #20 Glen Hounshell
12: #14 Dwight Smith
13: #49 Ray Ciccerelli
14: #9 Derrick Meadors
15: #26 Dylan Morgan
16: #4M Mike Joseph
17: #4 Joe Mike
18: #07 Jason Cardwell
19: #15 Bryson Dennis
20: #08 Bradley Strong
DNS: #24 Philip Thompson
Shannon Emery would take the lead on the start of the 20 lap Street Stock feature. Emery, Jon Cook, Donavan Long and Classic Car regular John Stevens your top five on the start. The #29 of Alex Quals had some handling issues on his machine as he’d be involved in a couple cautions early on before retiring from the event. The #20 of James Weaver had worked his way into the top five despite his rear bumper cover hanging off his machine. The caution would wave for the #C3 of Nathan Cobb who went for a spin in turn two. The #51 of Phoenix Lawler had now moved himself into the second position and was quickly running down the #M2 of Emery for the lead. The two would make contact several times as they fought it out for the lead leaving Emery with left side damage on the door. Lawler would get tangled up with a slower car on the closing laps allowing Emery to slip away and pick up the win.
1: #M2 Shannon Emery
2: #51 Phoenix Lawler
3: #0Z Jon Cook
4: #14 Lee Merritt
5: #20 James Weaver
6: #11 John Stevens
7: #C4 Logan Cobb
8: #4 Adrian Smith
9: #C3 Nathan Cobb
10: #5 Dylan Wolfe
11: #33 Chris Hickman
12: #31 Brandon Mincey
13: #14 Austin Atkins
14: #2 Bo Smith
15: #15 Donavan Long
16: #29 Alex Quals
17: #15 Marvin Green
A massive field of Front Wheel Driver competitors were on hand to do battle in the final event of the day. With over 40 drivers signed in, two B Mains were necessary to set the field. Jacob Sharp would lead us to green with Amelia McClain, Todd Maples, Cody Rector and Jack Gresham your top drivers on the start. Maples would quickly move his #23 past Sharp and into the lead. A fantastic battle would take place basically the entire race between Maples, Sharp, and Rector. The caution would wave for a loose wheel slowing the pace. Back under green and Rector was on go as he slipped by Maples and into the lead. Trouble for the 2021 FWD 411 Champion of James Brunette who pulled off track. A wild crash between the #2 of Kylee Laws and the #k19 of Samuel King. Laws would slam the outside wall hard in a scary crash. The driver would be okay but she was done for the night. Sharp would retake the second spot on the restart trying to chase down Rector. Rector would hold on to score another victory.
1: #46 Cody Rector
2: #1 Jacob Sharp
3: #23 Todd Maples
4: #717 Amelia McClain
5: #85 Travis Weeks
6: #6 Jack Gresham
7: #16 Carter Jolley
8: #20 Spunky Brown
9: #22 Anthony Brock
10: #43 Fisher Swanson
11: #20 savanna Merriman
12: #D2 Danny Tate
13: #99 Lily Quails
14: #3G Ryan Crocker
15: #X Colby Paris
16: #2L Kylee Laws
17: #K19 Samuel King
18: #18 James Brunette
19: #24 Ricky Ritenour
20: #2 Tyler Capps
21: #XW Dakota Wallace
22: #K3 James Klauke
DNS: #17 Gregory Wyatt
DNS: #26 Josh Davis
DNS: #12 Jimmy Linville
DNS: #57 Rowdy Long
DNS: #A23 Angel Jolley
DNS: #T8 Justin Tate
DNS: #38 Brad Ostermann
DNS: #24 Sean Rice
DNS: #15 Larry Patterson
DNS: #3 Chad Thompson
DNS: #52 Robert Creasman
DNS: #10 Danny Sandiford
DNS: #72 Daryl Teefeteller
DNS: #44 Scott Valez
DNS: #21 Jason Wilde