Dunn Earns The Pole Position For The $7,500-To-Win King Of The Hill 60

SUMMERTOWN, TN – Corey Dunn of Milledgeville, GA swept the Friday night preliminary events to earn the pole position for Saturday night’s $7,500-to-win $400-to-start King of the Hill 60 for the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series at Thunderhill Raceway.

Dunn topped a 47-car field in Boyd Built Fabricators Group Qualifying with a lap around Thunderhill Raceway in 12.971 seconds in the Georgia Timber CVR. That earned Dunn the pole position for his heat race which he won to earn the pole position for Saturday night’s Big Show.

The top two finishers in the six ten-lap KRC Power Steering Heat Race earned a starting spot for the main event. The Heat Race winners will make up the first three rows for the King of the Hill 60. Brandon Williams of Crossville, TN will start on the outside of the front row in the Jeff Woods Construction Special.

Michael Page of Douglasville, GA in the Troy Beard Racing Special and Christian Hanger of Winchester, TN in the Hanger Racing Special will make up the second row, while Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, GA in the 5m Construction Rocket and Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS in the B&M Salvage Rocket will start the big show from the third row.

Starting spots seventh through 12 of “The Dirty Dozen” are the second-place finishers in the six Heat Races. Jake Rainey of Hiram, GA in the Harrod Logging Special and Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN in the Dixon Plumbing Rocket will start in the fourth row for the main event, and Tim Busha of Boaz, AL in the Busha Racing Special and Oakley Johns of Hohenwald, TN in the Shoals Box and Pallet Special will tee off from the fifth row.

Tyler Wood of Hohenwald, TN in the Johns Farms Special and Justin Maxwell of Spring Hill, TN in the Cantcom 1 Warrior round out the Top 12 starters for Saturday night’s feature race. Starting positions 13 through 24 will be determined on Saturday night through three B-Main Races.

The top three finishers in the three B-Main Races will fill in starting spots 13 through 21. The fastest non-transferring qualifier from Friday night’s Group Qualifying will earn the 22nd starting spot for the King of the Hill 60. The 23rd and 24th starting spots are Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Provisional spots are reserved for the Top 15 drivers in the point standings that fail to make the show through Heat Race or B-Main competition.

There are still seven drivers in the Top 15 of the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series point standings that are on the outside looking in. They include the current point leader Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL, T.J. Brittain of Centre, AL, Jody Knowles of Tyrone, GA, Troy Dixon of Dallas, GA, Trynt Lloyd of Jacksonville, FL, Ty Ellis of Covington, GA, and Parker Martin of Milledgeville, GA.

On Saturday, the Pit Gate opens at 3 p.m., with the Drivers Meeting set for 6:30 and Hot Laps to follow. Also on Saturday night, the Chevrolet Performance “Fan Zone” will take place during intermission where the drivers will come to the Grandstand Fan Zone to greet the fans and give out autographs, hero cards and be available for photos.
Thunderhill Raceway Park is located at 75 North Old Military Road, Summertown, TN 38483. For more information call 931-334-9699 or visit the track’s official website www.thunderhillracewaypark.com. You can also like the track’s official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Thunderhill66/.

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Newsome Raceway Parts gives a portion of the sales from each Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine sold back to the Crate Racin’ USA Point Funds in four different Divisions. Each economical Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine is built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications. To place an order call 1-877-497-3624.

For more information and rules about the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at www.crateracinusa.com, or visit the series on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CrateRacinUSA/. You can follow us on Twitter @CrateRacinUSALM, and at Instagram at crateracinusa.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 8 AT THUNDERHILL RACEWAY IN SUMMERTOWN, TN ON 8.7.2020:

BOYD BUILT FABRICATORS GROUP QUALIFYING:

GROUP 1:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 13 Tim Busha Boaz, AL 13.154
2 18x Michael Page Douglasville, GA Mastersbilt 13.225
3 2 Trynt Lloyd (R/YG) Jacksonville, FL Longhorn 13.403
4 20m Cody Martin Christiana, TN Rocket 13.413
5 10c Ronnie Cooper McKenzie, TN Black Diamond 13.561
6 03 Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA Longhorn 13.580
7 1 David Seibers Chapel Hill, TN Black Diamond 13.934
8 39 Troy Dixon (R) Dallas, GA Rocket 14.796

GROUP 2:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 19 Marcus Minga Shannon, MS Rocket 13.582
2 212 Josh Putnam Florence, AL 13.585
3 28 Justin Maxwell Spring Hill, TN Warrior 13.609
4 6 Clay Harris Jupiter, FL Rocket 13.660
5 F36 Cale Finley Athens, AL 13.665
6 H17 Steven Holcomb Santa Fe, TN Mastersbilt 13.693
7 78 Matthew Brocato Muscle Shoals, AL Black Diamond 13.757
8 C66 Donald Johns Summertown, TN Pierce 13.781

GROUP 3:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 21 Corey Dunn – R Milledgeville, GA CVR 12.971
2 98 Eric Hickerson Linden, TN 13.129
3 87 Jake Rainey Hiram, GA Capital 13.160
4 65 Scott Spurgeon Lawrenceburg, TN GRT 13.183
5 11 Cruz Skinner Oxford, AL Rocket 13.278
6 73 Evan Ellis Plantersville, MS 13.548
7 5c Mike Combs Odenville, AL Rocket 13.609
8 713 Ben Brocato Muscle Shoals, AL Black Diamond 13.951

GROUP 4:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 95 Brandon Williams Crossville, TN Capital 13.041
2 17 Brad Skinner Spring Hill, TN Rocket 13.232
3 15 Shane Stephens Arlington, TN Mastersbilt 13.341
4 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR Mastersbilt 13.598
5 6jr Parker Martin (R/YG) Milledgeville, GA Longhorn 13.626
6 7 Clint Nichols Shelbyville, TN Black Diamond 13.679
7 18 Matt Cooper McKenzie, TN Rocket 14.104
8 1 Ty Ellis (R) Covington, GA Barry Wright 14.122

GROUP 5:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 29 Christian Hanger Winchester, TN Capital 13.256
2 05 T.J. Brittain Centre, AL Warrior 13.268
3 C6 Oakley Johns Hohenwald, TN Pierce 13.282
4 s4 Seth McCormack Muscle Shoals, AL Rocket 13.347
5 B87 Brock Hall Ethridge, TN Savage 13.472
6 101 Forrest Trent Talbott, TN Bloomquist 13.488
7 27 Joe Denby Tullahoma, TN Capital 13.659
8 115 Cody Gentry Gallatin, TN CVR 14.052

GROUP 6:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 14 Wil Herrington Hawkinsville, GA Rocket 13.328
2 17jr Tyler Wood Hohenwald, TN Pierce 13.375
3 35 Dustin Harris Flintville, TN Mastersbilt 13.467
4 84 Randall Beckwith Kilmichael, MS Rocket 13.587
5 M77 Morgen Lambert Booneville, MS Barry Wright 13.684
6 2 Oakley Gillespie Five Points, TN Savage 13.757
7 63 Jeremy Greenway Luray, TN CVR 13.931

KRC POWER STEERING HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 2 Transfer To Main Event):

1ST HEAT: 1. Page; 2. Busha; 3. Lloyd (R/YG); 4. C. Martin; 5. Knowles; 6. Seibers; 7. R. Cooper; 8. Dixon (R).

2ND HEAT: 1. Minga; 2. Maxwell; 3. Putnam; 4. D. Johns; 5. C. Harris; 6. M. Brocato; 7. Holcomb; 8. Finley.

3RD HEAT: 1. Dunn (R); 2. Rainey; 3. C. Skinner; 4. Hickerson; 5. E. Ellis; 6. Spurgeon; 7. Combs; 8. B. Brocato.

4TH HEAT: 1. Williams; 2. B. Skinner; 3. Stephens; 4. P. Martin (R/YG); 5. M. Cooper; 6. T. Ellis (R); 7. Nichols; 8. Beard DNS.

5TH HEAT: 1. Hanger; 2. O. Johns; 3. Hall; 4. Brittain; 5. Denby; 6. McCormack; 7. Trent; 8. Gentry.

6TH HEAT: 1. Herrington; 2. Wood; 3. D. Harris; 4. Beckwith; 5. Lambert; 6. Gillespie; 7. Greenway.