Dale McDowell Dominant
in King of the Mountain Win
(September 25, 2021)
Dale McDowell has been a frequent visitor to victory lane during
Southern All-Stars competition at Smoky Mountain Speedway. He
backed that up with a dominating win in Saturday’s King
of the Mountain Fall Classic. Payton Freeman and Ricky Weiss were
the front row starters for the 50-lap race. Each driver was the
fast time qualifier in their respective heats.
Freeman quickly shot to the lead going into turn 1. The series
points leader went up high in front of Weiss. That move allowed
McDowell to quickly move into second. Freeman was quickly under
fire from McDowell. The lead duo raced side-by-side for several
laps until McDowell secured the lead on lap 5. Freeman tagged
along in second as the lead pair pulled away from the rest of
the field.
Dalton Cook, Eli Beets, and Zack Mitchell spent much of the race
battling for third place, swapping spots back and forth throughout
much of the race. Back up front McDowell sliced through traffic
as he pulled away from Freeman. McDowell lapped up the 5th place
until the race’s first caution came out on lap 40. Mitchell
had to fight off Beets and Cook on the restart. Mitchell held
onto the position as Beets and Dalton battle for fourth. Beets
and Cook made contact on lap 46 that sent Cook into the turn 1
wall. On the final restart, Beets made a late pass to take third
as McDowell cruised to victory and Freeman finishing second.
(MRM
Racing Photo)
SOUTHERN ALL STARS SUPER LATE MODELS
1. Dale McDowell # 17m
2. Payton Freeman # F1
3. Eli Beets # 109
4. Zack Mitchell # 57
5. Sam Seawright # 16
6. Robby Moses # 21
7. Forest Trent # 101
8. Dusty Carver # 9
9. Dalton Cook # 44d
10. Donald McIntosh # 7m
11. David Crabtree # C5
12. John Llewellyn # 90
13. Gary McPherson # 29m
14. Ricky Weiss # 7
15. Stacy Boles # 11b
16. Mack McCarter # 51
17. Mark Dodson # 32
18. Steve Smith # 3
19. Craig Greer # 7g
20. Tommy Kerr # 4t
DID NOT START: Phil Helton (24h), David Breazeale (54)
(MRM
Racing Photo)
The Topless Outlaws made their second trip to Smoky Mountain
Speedway for their final points race of the season. Brad Lowe
and Ronnie Johnson started the race on the front row.
As the green waved, Lowe and Johnson battled for the lead going
into turns 1 and 2. Johnson took the lead going into turn 3. As
Lowe tried to settle into second, he came under fire from Cory
Hedgecock. Lowe was able to hold off Hedgecock until a caution
came out on lap 7. On the restart, Hedgecock surged ahead of Lowe
to take second.
Following a caution on lap 8, Hedgecock began to pressure Johnson
for the lead. Johnson fought off several challenges until lap
25 when Hedgecock made the pass for the lead. Hedgecock never
looked back over the last 15 laps of the race. Johnson suffered
a flay tire with two laps to go and would finish 7th. Austin Neely
rallied for a second place finish and Jordan Horton finished third.
TOPLESS OUTLAWS LATE MODELS
1. Cory Hedgecock # 23
2. Austin Neely # 3
3. Jordan Horton # 56h
4. Bobby Giffin # 97
5. Brad Lowe # 16
6. Karl Tipton # 22t
7. Ronnie Johnson # 5
8. Layne Clifton # 23
9. Roger Best # 007
10. Jason Manley # 32
11. Jake Whitehead # 116
12. Daniel Richards # 25
13. Chandler Hickman # 6c
14. Kyle Courtney # 171
15. Skip Arp # 31
16. Sammie Russell # F4
17. Jonathan Ingram # 6
18. Brad Berry # 27
19. Kelvin White # X
DID NOT START: Buddy Norwood (7)
Dustin Duncan picked up another win in the front wheel drive
division. Duncan led the entire race in taking the win. Fisher
Swanson and Daniel Hunt spent most of the race battling for second.
Swanson pulled away in the final laps to secure a second place
finish. Hunt held off Hunter Swanson for third.
FRONT WHEEL DRIVES
1. Dustin Duncan # 21
2. Fisher Swanson # 43
3. Daniel Hunt # 84
4. Hunter Swanson # 8
5. Ricky Ritenour # 24
6. Shal Ritenour # 8x
7. Luke Thompson # 3
8. Josh Davis # 526
9. Trey Floyd # 3kp
NEXT EVENT:
Friday, October 8th
Mountain Moonshine Classic
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - $20,000 to win
604 Late Models - $1,500 to win
Red Clay 602 Late Models - $1,500 to win
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