After a long off-season it was back to business at the 4-1-1.
The Sportsman division were up first for a 20-lap feature. Duke Lowe would earn the pole in qualifying earlier in the day putting his #55 on the front row. The green waved and the stacked field went screaming into turn one with Lowe showing the way. Brad Seagle, Jake Whitehead and Kip Sawyer were in chase in the opening laps. The top four began to inch away from the rest of the pack until the caution waved on lap number six for a multi-car crash involving the #82 of Aaron McCarter, the #M5 of Garet McCloud and the #5 of Joshua Chesney. After a cleanup we were back to racing with Adam Mitchell moving up into the top five. Seth Jolley didn’t have the best starting spot but was putting on a clinic as he worked his way up into the battle for the lead just past halfway. Lowe had developed a push on his #55 machine keeping him from pulling away. On lap 16, Jolley would power past Lowe and into the lead to score his first victory at the 4-1-1.
1: #16 Seth Jolley
2: #31 Brad Seagle
3: #55 Duke Lowe
4: #44 Kip Sawyer
5: #50 Adam Mitchell
6: #D22 DJ Shannon
7: #116 Jake Whitehead
8: #76 Joe Bray
9: #31 Wes Tilley
10: #11 Tim Bounds
11: #6 Jonathan Ingram
12: #8 Spencer Walton
13: #D5 Coby Jones
14: #1 Michael Helton
15: #28 Richard Cox
16: #5 Joshua Chesney
17: #A8 Logan Amy
18: #77 Jimmy Calloway
19: #31 Dustin Williams
20: #82 Aaron McCarter
21: #5 Garet McCloud
The Classic Cars would be up next for another 20-lap feature. Shaun Sise would lead us to green ahead of Mark Sise, Bobby Mays and brother Jeff Mays on the start. Sise had clearly hit the setup perfectly on his #J16 as he began to inch away from the battle for second. Mays had now worked his way around the #35 of Mark Sise. The caution would wave for the #12 of Hugh Scalf. Back to green and the fight for the runner up spot was intense as Sise and Mays swapped the spot several times. The leaders found themselves in slower traffic as the laps ticked off. Shaun Sise would pull away in the final laps to score another victory.
1: #J16 Shaun Sise
2: #5 Bobby Mays
3: #35 Mark Sise
4: #6M Jeff Mays
5: #27 Charlie Bates
6: #4 Travis Ward
7: #M4 Michael Millsap
8: #52 Kevin Crane
9: #57 Merrill Frazier
10: #21 Danny Hutchens
11: #12 Hugh Scalf
12: #80W Hayley White
13: #02 Lee Merritt
14: #2 Jacob Sutton
The 604 Late Models were up next. A huge 38 car field had been cut down to the best 24 604 drivers doing battle for $3,023 to win. The #23 of Cory Hedgecock would set fast time in qualifying but it would be Hayden Cardwell who put his #22 out front ahead of Hedgecock, Brandon Miller and Rusty Ballenger. Mack McCarter was on the move as he quickly moved his #51 up into the fourth spot in the opening laps. The leaders were setting a furious pace and quickly found themselves in heavy lap traffic. Cardwell and Hedgecock were fighting through a swarm of lap traffic until a caution waved on lap 19 for the #7 of Smith. Back under green and long runs were the story of the day as they once again caught the tail-end of the pack. Cardwell would get caught up behind a slower car allowing Hedgecock to take the lead away. He’d inch away in the final laps to score back-to-back Sweetheart wins.
1: #23 Cory Hedgecock
2: #22 Hayden Cardwell
3: #29 Jason Welshan
4: #51 Mack McCarter
5: #29 Rusty Ballenger
6: #7 Heath Alvey
7: #17 Chip Brindle
8: #22 Tucker Anderson
9: #89 Brandon Miller
10: #21 Mario Gresham
11: #10B Bradley Lewelling
12: #1 Mitchell Stanley
13: #07A Addison Cardwell
14: #07B Baily Cardwell
15: #7 Brian Smith
16: #4F Rye Faulk
17: #7 Tyler Price
18: #118 Brodie Sharp
19: #11 Daniel Dye
20: #K7 Keaton Smith
21: #4 Joe Mike
22: #7 Matthew Smith
23: #29 Kyle Courtney
24: #66 Jake Knowles
Josh Hampton and Chris Wilson would lead us to green for the Open Wheel feature. The green wouldn’t be out long as a big crash on the opening laps collected Adam Ogle, Jeremy Sears, Pete Sabatino and Billy Green. All drivers would be able to continue other than Green who pulled off track. It would be a short day for the #50 of Amos Bunch as he would slow with mechanical issues just two laps into the feature and retire early. Wilson had pulled away but the #2h of Hampton had chewed into his lead big time. Another caution would wave this time for the #01 of Ernie Woodard and the #88 of Justin Parker. Back to green and Hampton would make his move taking the lead away. He’d hold off Wilson to pick up his first win at 411.
1: #2H Josh Hampton
2: #56 Chris Wilson
3: #188 Jeremy Sneed
4: #7D Pete Sabatino
5: #33 Jeremy Sears
6: #26 Adam Ogle
7: #29 Joey Cotterman
8: #88 Cody Thornhill
9: #13P Sarah Patrick
10: #117 Mark Enk
11: #R88 Justin Parker
12: #01 Ernie Woodard
13: #50 Amos Bunch
14: #49 Billy Green
The 602 Late Models were up next with Curtis Thomas leading us to green. The caution would quickly wave as a crash on the first lap swept up the #73 of CB McKinnon, the #9 of Josh Cheatham and the #22 of Dustin Ward. After a very lengthy cleanup it was back to racing with the #19 of Brian Courtney taking the lead. Thomas started up front but began to fall back as he also gave up the runner up spot to the #24 of Seth Wimpey. The caution waved again this time for the #59 of Shaun Sise who went for a spin in turn four ending his top five run. Sise would get caught up into another incident coming back to green and decided to retire for the day. Courtney would fight off a hard charge from Wimpey and pick up the win.
1: #19 Michael Courtney
2: #24 Seth Wimpey
3: #66 Taylor Cole
4: #4 Jacob Parris
5: #P7 Matt Steward
6: #5 Curtis Thomas
7: #07D Baily Cardwell
8: #D9 Dustin Bunch
9: #C9 Josh Cheatham
10: #11 Sam Ellison
11: #22 Matt Thompson
12: #4M Joseph Mike
13: #4 David Stooksbury
14: #1 David Singleton
15: #73 CB McKinnon
16: #16 Jonathan Williams
17: #22 Dustin Ward
18: #59 Shaun Sise
The Street Stock feature was up next, and they would put on a fantastic show for the fans. Late Model regular Jesse Lowe would earn the pole in qualifying alongside the #XP21 of Bobbie Petty. The top five were all under a blanket as the #26 of Mat Hartman would take the lead in the opening laps. David Clark did not have a great starting spot but was flying up through the pack as he would take the lead just a couple laps into the feature. Greg Husky in his #23 would have a flat left rear and had to get some attention from his crew. He’d return but would start at the tail. That wouldn’t be much of a delay as he’d zoom past the field back into the runner up spot catching a caution for the #71 of Brandon Walton who spin in turn two. Huskey would make a charge, but Clark would hold on to pick up the win.
1: #13 David Clark
2: #23 Greg Huskey
3: #14 Austin Atkins
4: #29 Jesse Lowe
5: #26 Mat Hartman
6: #M2 Shannon Emery
7: #XP21 Bobbie Petty
8: #515 Michael Millsap
9: #51 John Stevens
10: #17 Brandon Walton
11: #71 Wayne Abner
12: #1 Jonathan Hughes
13: #18 Damien Holt
14: #8 Brandon Francis
Kevin McKenzie and Ryan Harness would start front row for the first FWD feature. McKenzie, Harness, Dustin Duncan and Nick Adams would make up your front competitors on the start. A great battle for position between the #A93 of Nathan Adams and the #24 of Nick Adams. A scary moment would bring out the red flag as the #56 of Brandon Portsner would go for a wild flip on the backstretch. The driver would be okay, but he would obviously be done for the day with heavy damage. Trouble would find Nathan Adams as his #A93 machine would slow off turn four with smoke trailing. McKenzie had run away to a sizeable lead but the fight for second was intense with Duncan all over Harness. Duncan would take the spot in the closing laps, but it would be McKenzie who would score the victory.
1: #M4 Kevin McKenzie
2: #D21 Dustin Duncan
3: #13H Ryan Harness
4: #424 Nick Adams
5: #85 Travis Weeks
6: #S7 Josh Scalf
7: #F17 Raymond Fuson
8: #K3 Josh Davis
9: #1W Ray Wyatt
10: #75 Eric Partin
11: #19 Jericho Stephens
12: #M11 Brian Moyer
13: #206 Allen Vaughn
14: #38 Austin Maples
15: #964 Jamie Harper
16: #A93 Nathan Adams
17: #17 Gregory Wyatt
18: #B56 Brandon Portsner
19: #64 Tyler Patterson
20: #G11 Marty Gilley
21: #R3 Dakota Lamping
22: #1 Jacob Sharp
23: #731 Tyler Walton
Travis Taylor would score the win in the second FWD feature. He had an incredible battle with the #5 of Bradley Owens. The two basically ran side by side the entire feature putting on a great show for the fans.
1: #21 Travis Taylor
2: #5 Bradley Owens
3: #28 Robert Gravitt
4: #9 Nicholas Canyon
5: #22 Antohny Brock
6: #D2 Marcus Houston
7: #24 Ricky Ritenour
8: #1 Woodson Smith
9: #11 Landon Beeler
10: #R13 Zach Roderick
11: #72 Dary Teefeteller
12: #72 Justin Solis
13: #21 Jason Wilde
14: #11 Rob Pyle
15: #D8 Dwayne Smith
16: #A38 Allen Daniels
17: #A38 Allen Daniels
18: #Z1 Zachry Ricker