Goodman Wins A Close One At Mountain View Raceway

SPRING CITY, TN – The defending Champion Barry Goodman of Spring City, TN must have not shaved on Saturday night, as he won the 25-lap Late Model Feature Race at Mountain View Raceway by a whisker driving the Charlie’s Used Auto Parts CVR. Goodman padded his lead in the point standings with his third win of the season.

Goodman and Ruben Mayfield of Lenoir City, TN battled side-by-side for the lead on the last lap of the race after a caution flag. Mayfield drove under Goodman in turns one and two to take the lead. Mayfield and Goodman raced side-by-side down the backstretch, but Goodman got a run on the outside coming off the fourth turn and beat Mayfield back to the checkered flag by inches.

Goodman’s margin of victory at the checkered flag was .093 seconds. Mayfield had to settled second in the RM Trucking Stinger, and Michael Smith of Crossville, TN finished third in the Spin City Studio Longhorn. Michael Evans of Chattanooga, TN was fourth driving the Evans Racing Special. Brian Selby of Sparta, TN rounded out the top five in the Selby Racing Special.

In preliminary action, Goodman was also the fast qualifier among the 16 entrants with a lap around the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval in 11.072 seconds to earn the pole position for the 25-lap Main Event. Goodman took the lead at the start of the race followed by Smith, Jordan Rodabaugh of Soddy Daisy, TN in the Orr Brothers Construction Kryptonite, Mayfield and Selby.

Mayfield dropped back to the sixth spot, as Selby moved up to fourth on lap three, and Tim Ladd of Clinton, TN took over the fifth spot on the fourth lap. Mayfield regained the fifth position on lap five, getting by Ladd in the Ladd Racing Special.

The first of six caution flags came out on lap six when Shannon Elrod of Baxter, TN spun the Elrod Racing Rocket in turn four. Goodman led Smith, Rodabaugh, Selby and Mayfield down for the restart. After two more restarts, Mayfield got busy and passed Selby for the fourth spot after a lap nine restart.

By lap 13, Mayfield got the inside line on Rodabaugh, and they raced side-by-side for two laps before Mayfield claimed the third position off the fourth turn on lap 15. Ladd spun in turn four on lap 21 to bring out the fourth caution flag. During the caution period, Rodabaugh broke a brake line and dumped brake fluid around most of the race track.

When the green light signaled the field back to racing, Mayfield powered under Smith to take over the second spot. With Goodman solidly in the lead, he took the white flag to signal one lap to go, but that was replaced with the caution flag when Mike Bishop of Decatur, TN stalled his Bishop Racing Special in turn two.

That set up a one-lap dash to the finish, and the green and white flags were displayed simultaneously. Mayfield drove up inside Goodman in turn one and two leaders made contact. Goodman kept the fire lit in his dayglo orange, yellow and blue machine and stayed alongside Mayfield down the backstretch. Goodman got a better run off the fourth turn to get to the finish line first.

A total of 93 race cars in eight Divisions piled into the pit area of Mountain View Raceway on Saturday night. The Shannon Boys of Wartburg, TN showed up and showed out in the 20-lap Sportsman Division Feature Race with Jeremy Shannon taking the win in the Shannon Racing Special and Zach Shannon finishing second in the Shannon & Sons Trucking Longhorn.

David Peak of Evensville, TN drove the BS Welding Rayburn to victory in the 20-lap Beginner Sportsman Main Event and Wayne James of Newport, TN was the winner in the 20-lap Open-Wheel Modified Feature Race in the Steve’s Heat and Air Lightning. The Hughes Brothers of Graysville, TN were the second Family Act of the night in the B-Hobby 20-lap Main Event with Eric Hughes beating Johnny Hughes in their Hughes Farms Monte Carlos.

Clayton Forsyth of Crossville, TN won the 15-lap Thunder Feature Race in the Forsyth Motorsports Chevelle and Michael Jones of Crossville, TN took the win in the 20-lap Front-Wheel-Drive Main Event driving the Jones Racing Special. Rebeacca Gresham of Decatur, TN won the 10-lap Junior Front-Wheel-Drive Feature Race for kids 15 and under in the Gresham Racing Special.

Mountain View Raceway will present a Regular Weekly Points Race on Saturday night, August 14 for the Late Model, Sportsman, Beginner Sportsman, Open-Wheel Modified, B-Hobby, Thunder and Front-Wheel-Drive Divisions, plus the Sharp’s Mini Late Models. The Crew Chiefs will have an opportunity to trade their tools for a helmet and take part in a Crew Chiefs Race.

This Saturday, the Pit Gate opens at 3 p.m. and the Grandstand/Tier Parking Gates open at 4 p.m. Pre-Race Registration and Technical Inspection will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Drivers Registering after 6 p.m. will start at the rear of a Heat Race or get one lap of Qualifying. The Drivers Meeting is set for 6:15 p.m.

Pit Passes are $25 for Adults, $15 for Children 6-11, and Children 5 and under are admitted Free. The General Admission and Tier Parking ticket prices are $10 for race fans 12 and older, Children 6-11 are $5. and Children 5 and under are admitted Free. All Children must be accompanied by an Adult.

Mountain View Raceway where you can get “Your Thrill By The Hill” is located at 20626 Rhea County Highway (U.S. Highway 27), Spring City, TN 37381. For more information, call 423-405-8490 or visit the track website at www.mountainviewraceway.com. You can also like the Mountain View Raceway Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mountainviewraceway.

OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW RACEWAY IN SPRING CITY, TN ON 8/7/21:

LATE MODEL – 25 Laps: 1. Barry Goodman, Spring City, TN; 2. Ruben Mayfield, Lenoir City, TN; 3. Michael Smith, Crossville, TN; 4. Michael Evans, Chattanooga, TN; 5. Brian Selby, Sparta, TN; 6. Rich Standridge, Cleveland, TN; 7. Shannon Elrod, Baxter, TN; 8. Donnie Van Winkle, Soddy Daisy, TN; 9. Tyler Jolley, Spring City, TN; 10. Sean Truelove, Cleveland, TN; 11. Mike Bishop, Decatur, TN; 12. Jordan Rodabaugh, Soddy Daisy, TN; 13. Josh Walker, Ringgold, GA; 14. Tim Ladd, Clinton, TN; 15. Christopher Peak, Evensville, TN; 16. Tommy Miller, Soddy Daisy, TN.

SPORTSMAN – 20 Laps: 1. Jeremy Shannon, Wartburg, TN; 2. Zach Shannon, Wartburg, TN; 3. Tyler Dennis, Dayton. TN; 4. Seth Jolley, Spring City, TN; 5. Bobby Doss, Cleveland, TN; 6. Bradley Goodman, Spring City, TN; 7. Mike Levi, Cleveland, TN; 8. Zach Crager, Decatur, TN; 9. Brandon Stanfield, Soddy Daisy, TN; 10. Joe Bray, New Tazewell, TN; 11. Tyler Nichols, Ringgold, GA DNS; 12. Aaron Watson, Dayton, TN DQ.

BEGINNER SPORTSMAN – 20 Laps: 1. David Peak, Evensville, TN; 2. Jeremy Thurman, Rockwood, TN; 3. Tyler Loden, Spring City, TN; 4. Adam Bishop, Riceville, TN; 5. Aaron McCarter, Dandridge, TN; 6. Christian James, Soddy Daisy, TN; 7. Adrian Williams, Chattanooga, TN; 8. Gary Levi, Cleveland, TN; 9. Jeff Gaither, Dayton, TN; 10. Cody Youngblood, Rockwood, TN; 11. Danielle Loner, Tunnel Hill, GA.

OPEN-WHEEL MODIFIED – 20 Laps: 1. Wayne James, Newport, TN; 2. Joe Freels, Coalfield, TN; 3. Walter Walsh, Claxton, TN; 4. Justan Parker, Spring City, TN; 5. Billy Palmer, Knoxville, TN; 6. Kyle Shadden, Dayton, TN; 7. Chris Standridge, Maryville, TN; 8. David Lester, Rockwood, TN; 9. Jimmy Dalton, Powell, TN; 10. Jason Reed, Hillsboro, TN DNS; 11. Tyler Strickland, Limestone, TN.

B-HOBBY – 20 Laps: 1. Eric Hughes, Graysville, TN; 2. Johnny Hughes, Graysville, TN; 3. Jim Gilbert, Rossville, GA; 4. Lloyd Singleton, Oliver Springs, TN; 5. Casey Cash, Spring City, TN; 6. David Beeler, Sevierville, TN; 7. Audie Wyrick, Luttrell, TN; 8. Denver Shrum, Whitwell, TN; 9. Kenneth Daniels, Spring City, TN; 10. Charles Williams, Ringgold, GA; 11. Tyler Dennis, Dayton, TN.

THUNDER – 15 Laps: 1. Clayton Forsyth, Crossville, TN; 2. Bobby Davenport, Crossville, TN; 3. Chris Williams, Soddy Daisy, TN; 4. Scott Smith, Soddy Daisy, TN; 5. Spencer Walton, Crossville, TN; 6. Bruce Willis, Knoxville, TN; 7. Nate Hicks, Spring City, TN.

FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE – 20 Laps: 1. Michael Jones, Crossville, TN; 2. Nate Ingham, Athens, TN; 3. Zachery Roderick, Athens, TN; 4. Joe Scealf, Decatur, TN; 5. Alex Cope, Chickamauga, GA; 6. Lilly Qualls, Cleveland, TN; 7. Tyler Walton, Crossville, TN; 8. Abishai Barnes, Crossville, TN; 9. Carl Daniels, Dayton, TN; 10. Carter Jolley, Spring City, TN; 11. Jack Gresham, Decatur, TN; 12. William Beddingfield, Spring City, TN; 13. Bryson Elliott, Knoxville, TN; 14. Nick Adams, Crossville, TN; 15. Guy Ingham, Athens, TN; 16. Josh Kilgore, South Pittsburg, TN; 17. Evon Alley, Spring City, TN DNS; 18. Robert Creasman, Dayton, TN DNS; 19. Ronald Daniels, Spring City, TN DNS; 20. Lee Underwood, Athens, TN DNS; 21. Krystin Webb, Spring City, TN DNS.

JUNIOR FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE – 10 Laps: 1. Rebeacca Gresham, Decatur, TN; 2. Brayden Elliott, Knoxville, TN; 3. K.P. Beddingfield, Spring City, TN; 4. Carter Jolley, Spring City, TN DNS.