NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

April 4, 2014

ELLIOTT TAKES LAST LAP NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS WIN AT 411

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                SEYMOUR, TN – The “Mohawk Warrior” Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN only led 200 feet of the Ole Smoky Moonshine 40 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division on Friday night at 411 Motor Speedway, but it was the most important distance, as it led to the checkered flag and the $2,000 top prize.

                Elliott drove his Car Smart Auto Sales CVR under Brian King of Seymour, TN coming off the fourth turn on the final lap to post his second career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division victory.

                “Ryan was leaving just enough of the bottom groove open for me to get my nose in there going into turn three,” Elliott said.  “I got into him, and I didn’t mean to, but it’s the last lap, and it’s for the win.  That’s racing.”

                King hung on to finish second in the Brian King Roofing Stinger, a race car adorned with a graphics package to honor his mentor, the late great Scott Sexton.  Polesitter and new track record holder Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN took the third spot in the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket.  Hedgecock out-timed the 31-car field with a lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 13.826 seconds.

                Walker Arthur of Forest, VA started 12th in the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms Special and made some big moves on restarts to finish fourth.  Josh Adkins of Talladega, AL was fifth in the Yellow Hammer Construction Special.  Arthur took over the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point lead with a 16-point advantage over Adkins.

                The defending 411 Motor Speedway Late Model Champion Rusty Ballinger of Sevierville, TN finished sixth in the Rehel Diesel/East Tennessee Metal Special and Todd Coffman of Parksville, KY drove the Coffman Photography Rocket to a seventh-place finish.  Brad Coffey of Maryville, TN was eighth in the CDE Electric Warrior.

                Tait Davenport of Benton, KY finished ninth in the Murtco, Inc. Special, and Adam Beeler of Knoxville, TN rounded out the Top 10 in the Mighty Muffler and Brakes CVR.  In preliminary action, the two 12-lap B-Main races were won by Coffey and Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN in the Vic Davis Construction TNT.

                Hedgecock grabbed the lead from the pole position at the drop of the initial green flag followed by Elliott, King, Adkins, and Coffman.  The first of three caution flags came out on lap two when Tanner Works of Cleveland, TN spun the D&K Auto CVR in turn two.  On the restart, King drove around the outside of Elliott coming off the second turn to take over the second spot.

                The yellow caution bulb was lit a second time on lap three when Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN slowed the A Plus Collision Center GRT in turn four.  Hedgecock had King, Elliott, Adkins, Coffman, Ballinger, and Coffey in the seventh spot doubled up behind him for the “Dixie Style” double file restart.

Chris Noah of Rainbow City, AL in the Old Man’s Garage Special restarted in the eighth spot with defending NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN up from the 13th starting spot to restart in ninth driving the NeSmith Chevrolet Special, and Arthur was tenth when the field went back to green flag action.

Arthur made a big move on the restart, coming from tenth to seventh.  King began to put pressure on Hedgecock to challenge for the point, and made an inside move on lap five to take the lead.  King began to encounter lapped traffic on lap 11, and by lap 15, had stretched his advantage over to Hedgecock to a half-straightaway advantage.

Elliott dodged a bullet on lap 24 when he tangled with a lapped car on the front straightaway and spun to the infield.  That brought out the yellow flag, and Elliott was put back in the third spot for the restart, as the lapped car was ticketed for the caution.  Elliott took advantage of his good fortune, as he passed Hedgecock for the second spot on the restart, while Arthur vaulted from seventh to fourth.

Once Elliott got around Hedgecock for second, King was unable to shake the second-place car, as Elliott stayed within two to three car lengths of the leader.  King was running the middle groove of the speedway, leaving the inside open.  Elliott was chomping at the bit to fill the opening.

With five laps to go, lapped traffic loomed ahead of the lead duo, and after they took the white flag, they were entangled in the traffic on the final lap.  Going into turn three, King maintained his line, but Elliott pulled the trigger and dove for the bottom of the race track. 

The two cars made contact, but on the smooth, hammer-down race track, it was Elliott powering off the bottom the fourth turn to take the lead with the checkered flag waving in front of him.

The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division returns to 411 Motor Speedway on Saturday night for night two of the Ole Smoky Moonshine Nationals with the $3,000-to-win Ole Smoky Moonshine 50, Round 5 of the 2014 season.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 4 AT 411 MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN SEYMOUR, TN ON 4/4/14:

POS        STRT     CAR #    DRIVER                               HOMETOWN                     LAPS     $ WON 
1.             2              J39         Jimmy Elliott                      Cleveland, TN                     40           $2,000
2.             3              52           Ryan King                            Sevierville, TN                    40           $1,000
3.             1              23           Cory Hedgecock                 Loudon, TN                         40           $700
4.             12           87           Walker Arthur                    Forest, VA                            40           $550
5.             5              19m        Josh Adkins                         Talladega, AL                     40           $500

6.             7              29           Rusty Ballinger                  Sevierville, TN                    40           $425
7.             4              35           Todd Coffman                    Parksville, KY                    40           $375
8.             9              88           Brad Coffey                        Maryville, TN                     40           $350
9.             15           18           Tait Davenport                   Benton, KY                          40           $325
10.          8              66           Adam Beeler                       Knoxville, TN                     40           $300
11.          13           5              Ronnie Johnson                  Chattanooga, TN                40           $275
12.          14           007         Roger Best                           Maryville, TN                     40           $250
13.          19           51           Mack McCarter                  Gatlinburg, TN                   40           $225
14.          6              56           Chris Noah                           Rainbow City, AL              40           $200
15.          21           B00        Josh Henry                          Newport, TN                        40           $175
16.          16           17w        Brett Wyatt                          Crossville, TN                     40           $150
17.          20           71           Brian Courtney                  Knoxville, TN                     40           $140
18.          17           RJ1        Jared Hawkins                    Fairmont, WV                     24           $125
19,          11           8a           Todd Morrow                     East Ridge, TN                    22           $125
20.          23           121         Michael Blount                   Sumrall, MS                        21           $125
21.          10           24           Jensen Ford                         Piney Flats, TN                   16           $125
22.          24           33           Warren McMahan             White Pine, TN                   16           $125
23.          18           T35        Tanner Works                    Cleveland, TN                     1              $125
24.          22           73           Ashley Newman                  Ripley, TN                            0              $125

ENTRIES:  31
FAST QUALIFIER:  Hedgecock, 13.826 Seconds (New Track Record)
PROVISIONAL:  Blount
LEAD CHANGES:  2
LAP LEADERS:  Hedgecock, 1-4; King, 5-39; Elliott, 40
LAPS LED:  King, 35; Hedgecock, 4; Elliott, 1
ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Noah
DOMINATOR RACE PRODUCTS HARD LUCK AWARD:  Newman
PRC JUST MISSED IT AWARD:  Evan Taylor
STEALTH RACING CARBURETORS 7TH-PLACE AWARD:  Coffman
SCHAEFFER’S OIL 8TH-PLACE AWARD PRESENTED BY CHAD WALLACE AND HEATHER NEWSOME: Coffey
MODERN IMAGES 9TH-PLACE AWARD:  Davenport
AR BODIES 10TH-PLACE AWARD:  Beeler
MIKE CUSTOM TANKS 11TH-PLACE AWARD:  Johnson
SCHOENFELD HEADERS 12TH-PLACE AWARD:  Best
KINSER AIR FILTERS 13TH-PLACE AWARD:  McCarter
CAUTIONS:  3
MARGIN OF VICTORY:  .424 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE:  27 Minutes and 18.570 Seconds

QUALIFYING (Top 8 Transfer To Main Event):

POS

CAR #

DRIVER

HOMETOWN

CHASSIS

LAP 1

LAP 2

TIME

1

23

Cory Hedgecock

Loudon, TN

Rocket

14.038

13.826

13.826

2

J39

Jimmy Elliott

Cleveland, TN

CVR

14.585

14.087

14.087

3

52

Ryan King

Seymour, TN

Stinger

14.167

14.114

14.114

4

35

Todd Coffman

Parksville, KY

Rocket

14.292

14.137

14.137

5

19m

Josh Adkins

Talladega, AL

Barry Wright

14.317

14.177

14.177

6

56n

Chris Noah - R

Rainbow City, AL

Mastersbilt

14.949

14.211

14.211

7

29

Rusty Ballinger

Sevierville, TN

Mastersbilt

14.476

14.225

14.225

8

66

Adam Beeler

Knoxville, TN

CVR

14.413

14.275

14.275

9

88

Brad Coffey

Maryville, TN

Warrior

14.971

14.335

14.335

10

24

Jensen Ford

Piney Flats, TN

TNT

14.461

14.384

14.384

11

5

Ronnie Johnson

Chattanooga, TN

Mastersbilt

14.554

14.385

14.385

12

007

Roger Best

Maryville, TN

Warrior

14.620

14.393

14.393

13

8a

Todd Morrow

East Ridge, TN

GRT

14.509

14.399

14.399

14

T35

Tanner Works

Cleveland, TN

CVR

14.662

14.406

14.406

15

18

Tait Davenport

Benton, KY

Longhorn

14.663

14.471

14.471

16

87

Walker Arthur

Forest, VA

Mastersbilt

14.815

14.493

14.493

17

33

Warren McMahan

White Pine, TN

Warrior

14.494

14.631

14.494

18

17w

Brett Wyatt

Crossville, TN

Mastersbilt

14.931

14.523

14.523

19

RJ1

Jared Hawkins

Fairmont, WV

Rocket

14.961

14.635

14.635

20

A1

Rick Hixson

Soddy Daisy, TN

CVR

14.789

14.708

14.708

21

51

Mack McCarter

Gatlinburg, TN

CVR

14.752

14.893

14.752

22

73

Ashley Newman

Ripley, TN

Pierce

15.520

14.831

14.831

23

121

Michael Blount

Sumrall, MS

Trak-Star

15.092

14.902

14.902

24

71

Brian Courtney

Knoxville, TN

CVR

NT

15.027

15.027

25

17

Ronald Dunn

Corinth, MS

Barry Wright

15.429

15.071

15.071

26

36

Evan Taylor

Clarksville, TN

PPM

15.437

15.412

15.412

27

B00

Josh Henry

Newport, TN

Stinger

15.821

15.615

15.615

28

7

William Overbey

Norris, TN

Rayburn

16.438

15.735

15.735

29

97

Evan Bell

Buford, GA

Rocket

16.079

15.836

15.836

30

56r

Jonathan Rowan

Whiteville, TN

Rocket

NT

NT

NT

31

17

Matt Henderson

Loudon, TN

CVR

NT

NT

NT

B-MAINS (12 Laps – Top 7 Transfer To Main Event):

                1ST B-MAIN:  1. Coffey; 2. Morrow; 3. Johnson; 4. Davenport; 5. Hawkins; 6. McCarter; 7. Henry; 8. McMahan; 9. Dunn; 10. Blount; 11. Bell; 12. Henderson DNS.

                2ND B-MAIN:  1. Ford; 2. Arthur; 3. Best; 4. Wyatt; 5. Works; 6. Courtney; 7. Newman; 8. Taylor; 9. Overbey; 10. Rowan; 11. Hixson.

NeSMITH CHEVROLET DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/4/14:
1. 87 Walker Arthur – 284
2. 19m Josh Adkins – 268
3. 51 Mack McCarter – 264
4. 56n Chris Noah (R) – 248
5. 5 Ronnie Johnson – 240
6. 18 Tait Davenport – 236
7. 121 Michael Blount – 198
8. 53 Ray Cook – 194
9. 58 Mark Whitener – 182
10. 5d Robert Diekemper – 174
11. 2c Joey Coulter – 172
12. 4 Jeremy Faircloth – 170
13. 18e Chase Edge – 164
14. 7 Jason Fitzgerald – 158
15. 93 Donald Bradsher – 156
16. 8 Scott Lagesse Jr. – 148
17. 27 Ben Faircloth – 144
18. 110 Brent Barrett – 142
19. 56 David Earl Gentry – 138
20. 17c Steve Cooke - 132

R – Rookie of the Year Candidate

 

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