Smith Sweeps Late Model Loot At Mountain View Raceway

SPRING CITY, TN – Michael Smith of Crossville, TN swept the Late Model Division portion of the racing program Saturday night at Mountain View Raceway. There were many highlights among the 128 drivers in eight Divisions that took part in the action on the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval.

Smith earned the pole position for the 25-lap Late Model Feature Race by out-timing the 17-car field in qualifying with a lap in 11.621 seconds in the Smartec LLC Longhorn. Smith took the lead at the drop of the green flag, and led all 25 circuits around Mountain View Raceway to take a 2.904 second margin of victory over Josh Collins of Knoxville, TN in the Knoxville Diesel Rocket.

Jesse Lowe of Crossville, TN finished third driving the C&C Auto Mastersbilt, while the defending and three-time Mountain View Raceway Late Model Champion Barry Goodman of Spring City, TN was fourth in the Charlie’s Used Auto Parts CVR. Seth Jolley of Spring City, TN rounded out the top five driving the Jolley Racing Special.

Brandon Stanfield topped a 25-car Sportsman field with the victory in the 20-lap Main Event driving the Frizzell Excavating Mastersbilt. Addison Cardwell of Knoxville, TN finished second in the Cardwell Racing Rocket, and third went to Jesse Lowe driving the Hogan Racing Special,

Brandon Kinzer of Allen, KY was the winner of the 20-lap Open-Wheel Modified Feature Race in the Kinzer Racing Special followed by Skylar Douglas of Clinton, TN driving the Lisa’s Boutique Bandit in second, and point leader Jimmy Dalton of Powell, TN in third aboard the Willett Powder Coating Elite.

Austin Lankford of Decatur, TN won a wild 15-lap 4-Cylinder Main Event after being crashed in turn four coming to the checkered flag by Tim Ladd of Clinton, TN in the Ladd Racing Special. Officials ticketed Ladd with rough driving, and extended the race for a green/white/checkered finish with Lankford back on the point.

Lankford held on to take the win driving the Lankford Racing Lankford. Nathan Davis of Madisonville, TN was second in the Davis Racing Pony, and Landon Fitzgerald of Dayton, TN finished third in the Fitzgerald Marine Detailing and Restoration KDR.

Casey Cash of Spring City, TN won the 15-lap Thunder Feature Race driving the Dunkin Family Camaro. Chris Williams of Soddy Daisy, TN took the second spot in the Anneke Wilkey Monte Carlo and third went to Chase Hoffman of Dayton, TN in the Buck’s Race Shop and Repair Dodge.

Jacob Sharp of Crossville, TN scored a wire-to-wire win in the 15-lap Front-Wheel-Drive Main Event in the Sharp Race Cars Chevrolet, but missed seeing all of the great action behind him. Nathan Adams of Crossville, TN had to start 19th and on the back row of the Feature Race after winning five straight points races at Mountain View Raceway.

Adams put on a passing clinic in the Adams Racing Special, as he spent the closing laps of the race in a side-by-side battle for second with point leader Josh Scealf of Decatur, TN in the J&S Towing Honda. Scealf beat the hard charging Adams to the checkered flag by a bumper for the runner-up spot.

Chris Jenkins of Sweetwater, TN was another Front-Wheel-Drive hard charger, as he came the 15th starting hole to win the 12-lap B-Feature Race driving the Jenkins Racing Special. Michael Ownby of Oak Ridge, TN was second in the Ownby Racing Special, and Christopher Gornik of Spring City, TN took the third spot in the Wonder Bread Honda.

Steven Clowers of Englewood, TN dominated the ten-lap Junior Front-Wheel-Drive Feature Race for kids 15 years of age and younger driving the Clowers Racing Special. The nine-year-old point leader, Frankie Sharp of Crossville, TN, was second in the Sharp Race Cars Chevrolet, and Rebeacca Gresham of Decatur, TN finished third in the Gresham Racing Chevrolet.

Tyler Norwood of Athens, TN started his racing career off on the right foot in the 15-lap Developmental Sportsman Main Event. In his first time behind the wheel of a race car, Norwood suffered through the usual growing pains of a driver in their first race. In the first eight laps of the race, Norwood hit the fence, he spun out, and went to the back of the pack for the restart.

In the second half of the race, Norwood slowed down and went fast. The raw rookie came back through the field, took the lead and won his very first race driving the Stacey Suttles Trucking Mastersbilt. Jack Jarrell of Prestonsburg, KY was second in the Jarrell Racing Special and third went to Johnny Vanover of Harriman, TN in the Vanover Racing Special.

The Contingency Connection Racer Rewards worth $4,000 in Racing Parts and Equipment Product Certificates went to the Hard Luck driver in each Division. The Late Model Hard Luck Driver was Addison Cardwell of Knoxville, TN driving the Jake Miller Excavating Longhorn, and Skylar Delaney of Sparta, TN in Sportsman driving the Delaney Racing Special.

David Lester of Rockwood, TN in the Cadillac Grill LG was the Hard Luck Driver in the Open-Wheel Modified Division and Donnie Turpin of Harriman, TN was the Hard Luck Driver in the 4-Cylinder Division driving the Turpin’s Auto DRS. Bobby Davenport was the Hard Luck Driver in the Davenport Racing Monte Carlo in the Thunder Division.

Other Hard Luck Driver Racer Rewards Books went to Tierralyn Garibay of Soddy Daisy, TN in the Front-Wheel-Drive Division driving the A Soldiers Deck and Fence Company Honda, Eston Humphrey of Sparta, TN in the Humphrey Racing Special in the Junior Front-Wheel-Drive Division and Jathan Campbell of Altamont, TN in the Developmental Sportsman Division driving the Campbell Racing Special.

On Saturday night, June 4 Mountain View Raceway presents a $5,000-to-win Super Late Model Special Event featuring the Valvoline Ironman Super Late Model Series. The Sportsman, Open-Wheel Modified, B-Hobby, Thunder, Front-Wheel-Drive, and Junior Front-Wheel-Drive Divisions will also be in action.

This Saturday, the Pit Gate opens at 3 p.m. and the Grandstand and Tier Parking Gates open at 4 p.m. The Mandatory Pre-Race Registration and Technical Inspection will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Drivers Meeting is set for 6:15 p.m. and Hot Laps are scheduled for 6:45 p.m.

Pit Passes are $40 for Adults, $20 for Children 6-11, and Children 5 and under are admitted Free. The General Admission and Tier Parking ticket prices are $20 for race fans 12 and older, Children 6-11 are $10. 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.