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Wood, Crabtree, McLemore and Presley snag Smoky Mountain Speedway wins

By Chris Tilley

MARYVILLE, TN (May 25, 2013)—Dillon Wood of New Smyrna Beach, FL led flag-to-flag for his first Ultimate Late Model Series win and his first victory at Smoky Mountain Speedway on Saturday Night May 25 during the ‘Ultimate Showdown” event. Other event winners were David Crabtree of Maryville, TN in the Crate Late Models, Jeff McLemore of Maryville, TN in the Street Stocks and Lukas Presley of Crossville, TN in the Mini Stocks.

Wood and outside pole-sitter Chris Ferguson would bring the field to Darrell Watson’s green flag for the start of the 40-lap main event in the Super Late Models with Woof getting the jump into one and leading early on and Ferguson staying right with him, going side-by-side at times for the lead. Five cautions slowed the race as lap three Zack Mitchell slowed in turn two, then lap eight it was Jeff Franklin spinning in turn two. On lap 11, a multi-car accident between Sammie Russell and Chuck Laney coming off turn four ended Russell’s night. On Lap 28 Chuck Laney slowed on the front chute with smoke underneath his #91 mount and his night was over. The final yellow would come on lap 38 as Jeff Smith slowed coming off turn four. Wood went to Victory Lane over sixth starting Billy Ogle Jr. Ray Cook was third after starting tenth, then Chris Ferguson fourth and Casey Roberts was fifth. The driver known as ‘Sunshine’ pulled into Victory Lane while driving the Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, GW Performance and Gotta Race sponsored Clements Racing Engines powered Rocket Chassis.

In preliminary Super Late Model action, Dillon Wood would set fast time with a 15:192 second lap while Josh Collins and Ray Cook claimed B-Main victories.

David Crabtree of Maryville, TN would hold off challenges from Crossville, TN’s Brett Wyatt to claim the Crate Late Model main event. Wyatt settled for second while Hunter Best, John Cobb and Adam Beeler rounded out the top five. In the Street Stock main event, Maryville, TN’s Jeff McLemore claimed the victory on his Birthday Saturday over Jon Cook, Mark Mincey, Scott Brown and Mitchell Brown. The Mini Stock main event was won by Crossville, TN drover Lukas Presley over Jason Carter, Sam Burgess, Bobby Reichert and Nick Adams.

The Smoky Mountain Speedway will return to action on Saturday Night June 15th with the running of the third annual Big Daddy 500 presented by Tennessee R.V. as the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series makes their second appearance of the season to the Maryville, TN speed plant for a 40-lap $5,000 to win event along with racing in the Crate Late Models ($1,000 to win), Street Stocks ($300 to win) and Topless Modifieds.

Racing action for Smoky Mountain Speedway includes the hosting of other special events throughout the 2013 season including: Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series, Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals Series, Ray Cook’s Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series, American Modified Series, World of Outlaws Late Model Series, United Sprint Car Series, Southern Regional Racing Series and the Ultimate Late Models.

The Smoky Mountain Speedway is located at 809 Brickmill Road in Maryville, TN 37801. The track phone number is (865) 856-8989. You can obtain further information on Smoky Mountain Speedway by logging on to www.smokymountainspeedway.com . Be a follower of Smoky Mountain Speedway on Twitter by following @SMOKYMTNSPEED.

Smoky Mountain Speedway-Maryville, TN
Saturday May 25, 2013 Official Summary of Results

Ultimate Super Late Model Series:
1.  Dillon Wood # 1w
2.  Billy Ogle, Jr. # 201
3.  Ray Cook # 53
4.  Chris Ferguson # 21
5.  Casey Roberts # 101
6.  Brett Miller # 83
7.  David Watts # 04
8.  Mike Gault # 17
9.  Jeff Wolfenbarger # 28
10.  Mark Rosner # 17
11.  Jeff Franklin # J12
12.  Jeff Smith # 70
13.  Tommy Kerr # 4t
14.  Josh Collins # 63
15.  Chuck Laney # 91
16.  Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. # 21
17.  Skylar Marlar # 257
18.  Terry Wolfenbarger # 14
19.  Sammie Russell # F4
20.  Chad Ogle # 10
21.  Vic Hill # 1
22.  Mark Vineyard # 4
23.  Stacy Boles # 11b
24.  Zack Mitchell # 57

FAILED TO QUALIFY:  Daniel Baggerly (16), Joe Denby (27), Ellery Leake (34), Mark Douglas (52d), Larry Timms (71), Bobby Giffin (97)

Crate Late Models:
1.  David Crabtree # C5
2.  Brett Wyatt # 17
3.  Hunter Best # 007
4.  John Cobb # 40
5.  Adam Beeler # 66
6.  Matt Henderson # 17
7.  Robby Moses # 7
8.  Rusty Webb # 22
9.  Roger Best # 5
10.  Jason McCall # 98
11.  James Kelso # 49
12.  Tom Smith # 14
13.  Greg Muse # 44
14.  James Cole # 5
15.  Cody Brake # 586

Street Stock:
1.  Jeff McLemore # J3
2.  Jon Cook # 0z
3.  Mark Mincey # 75
4.  Scott Brown # 368x
5.  Mitchell Brown # 368
6.  Jeremy Hershner # 10
7.  Travis Reno # 77
8.  Michael Herron # 25
9.  Lloyd Hall # 00

Mini Stock:
1.  Lukas Presley # L92
2.  Jason Carter # 39
3.  Sam Burgess # 23
4.  Bobby Reichert # 21
5.  Nick Adams # 92
6.  Scott Webb # 0
7.  Justin Kelso # 21

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Dillon Wood takes back-to-back Memorial Day Championships at Tri-County

By Chris Tilley

BRASSTOWN, NC (May 27, 2013)—Dillon Wood put an exclamation point on a very profitable Memorial Day Weekend!

The New Smyrna Beach, FL driver earned $3,000 on Monday Night May 27th as he claimed back-to-back Circuit World-sponsored Memorial Day Championship Victories at the Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, NC. The driver known as ‘Sunshine’ pulled into Victory Lane while driving the Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, GW Performance and Gotta Race sponsored Clements Racing Engines powered Rocket Chassis. This was Wood’s second win of the weekend as on Saturday Night he claimed $4,000 at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN with the Ultimate Late Model Series tour.

In preliminary qualifying action that set the field, Toccoa, GA’s Casey Roberts lowered the track’s qualifying record to a 12:434 second lap of the 18 entries at the Ray Cook-promoted track which drew a record-high 74 cars in five divisions for action on a beautiful Memorial Day evening.

Polesitter Roberts and Wood brought the field to life for the start of the 40-lapper with Wood winning the drag race into turn one and leading the opening two circuits. Roberts would slip around Wood on the inside coming off turn four to take the lead on lap three. After a lap 30 caution, Wood would regain the lead from Casey Roberts and lead the remaining distance for his back-to-back win in the annual Circuit World-sponsored Memorial Day Championship. Wood crossed the line ahead of fourth starting Chip Brindle, who made his first-ever start at Tri-County in the Baird Transport Barry Wright Race Car. Third was seventh starting David Payne in the Payne Tire MasterSbilt while 11th starting Johnny Chastain finished fourth and ninth starting George Mashburn finished fifth. Sixth starting Daniel Baggerly of Rural Retreat, VA also made his first Tri-County start in the En-Compass Solutions Rocket Chassis and finished sixth. 14th starting Kyle Bronson made his first-ever Super Late Model start and his first Tri-County start as he made the long six-hour haul from Mississippi after competing three straight nights Crate racing. He finished seventh. Completing the top ten was Randy Nichols, Rodney Weeks and Jamie Oliver.

The first of five yellow flags would wave on the seventh lap as Gabe Wilson slowed in turn four. The next yellow would be lap 22 as George Mashburn spun into the infield in turn two. The lap 27 caution fell for Shawn Chastain coming to rest at the top of turn four and the yellow would again wave on lap 30 as Casey Roberts jumped the cushion and slammed the outside wall in turn four. Looked as if something broke on the car causing it to turn right and bring out the fourth yellow flag. The final yellow would wave with four laps to go on the 36th circuit as George Mashburn came to a rest in turn four.

Official Summary of Results

Tri-County Race Track-Brasstown, NC
Memorial Day Championship
Monday Night May 27, 2013

Feature Finish:
1. Dillon Wood-New Smyrna Beach, FL
2. Chip Brindle-Chatsworth, GA
3. David Payne-Murphy, NC
4. Johnny Chastain-Murphy, NC
5. George Mashburn-Murphy, NC
6. Daniel Baggerly-Rural Retreat, VA
7. Kyle Bronson-Brandon, FL
8. Randy Nichols-Young Harris, GA
9. Rodney Weeks-Blue Ridge, GA
10. Jamie Oliver-Murphy, NC
11. Ivedent Lloyd Jr.-Ocala, FL
12. Jordy Nipper-Gray, GA
13. Casey Roberts-Toccoa, GA
14. Shawn Chastain-Murphy, NC
15. Brent Dixon-Elberton, GA
16. Danny Ledford-Warne, NC
17. Gabe Wilson-Waynesville, NC
18. Glenn Barnett-Murphy, NC

Entries: 18
Fast Time: Casey Roberts-12:434 (New Track Record)
Cautions: Five (laps 7, 22, 27, 30, 36)
Red Flags: None
Lap Leaders: Wood (1-2), Roberts (3-30), Wood (31-40)
Time of Race: 25 Minutes