Skip Arp Among Opening
Night Winners
(March
30, 2024) Skip Arp came from the outside front row to
win the Mountain Late Model feature on opening night at Smoky
Mountain Speedway. Arp took the lead over Layne Clifton to win
the 25-lap feature. Terry Poore came from the 5th starting spot
to finish third. (Travis Haston Photo)
Michael Courtney got the lead over Colby Horner to win the sportsman
late model feature. Adam Mitchell would get by Horner to finish
second.
Austin Atkins outdueled Robby Comer to get the street stock
win. Eric Hughes passed Comer to finish second. Comer finished
third.
Dustin Duncan dominated the front wheel drive feature. Travis
Weeks grabbed second while Travis Taylor could come home in third.
Johnny Grooms came from 4th starting spot to win the crown vic
feature. Grooms took the lead from Troy Davenport in getting the
win. Coby Scott was the third place finisher.
The next race at Smoky Mountain Speedway will be Saturday, April
13 when the Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits visit for the $3,000
to win race. Sportsman late models, street stocks, and front wheel
drives will also be racing.
Mountain Late Models: 1. 31-Skip Arp[2]; 2. 29-Rusty Ballenger[3];
3. 23C-Layne Clifton[1]; 4. 2-Terry Poore[5]; 5. 002-Tyler Arrington[6];
6. 18-Hayden Ownbey[10]; 7. 24-Anthony White Jr[17]; 8. 97-Bobby
Giffin[8]; 9. 6H-Chandler Hickman[9]; 10. 16-Chad Alley[13]; 11.
28-Taylor Puckett[12]; 12. 156-Andy Standridge[18]; 13. 28W-Kelvin
White[16]; 14. 31T-Wes Tilley[15]; 15. 49-James Kelso[14]; 16.
1-Ellery Leake[21]; 17. 4-Austin Langley[19]; 18. 50-Benji Shaw[22];
19. 116-Jake Whitehead[7]; 20. 2X-Anthony White[11]; 21. 12-Richie
Standridge[20]; 22. (DNS) 90J-Jason Trammel
Sportsman Late Models: 1. 19C-Michael Courtney[2]; 2. 50-Adam
Mitchell[3]; 3. 15-Colby Horner[1]; 4. 33-Warren McMahan[7]; 5.
7R-Jesse Russell[5]; 6. 117-Jeff Russell[6]; 7. 3-David Beeler[8];
8. 4-Jacob Kelso[12]; 9. 51-Dalton King[9]; 10. 4L-Chase Lawson[11];
11. 7-Bill Norwood[13]; 12. 73-Ray Jarnigan[14]; 13. 19-Samuel
Oakley[15]; 14. 586-Tyler Matthews[10]; 15. C4-Cameron Hawkins[4]
Street Stocks: 1. 14-Austin Atkins[1]; 2. 10-Eric Hughes[4];
3. 42-Robbie Comer[2]; 4. A13-Austin Byrd[3]; 5. 1-Cody Satterfield[6];
6. 8-Brandon Francis[8]; 7. M2-Shannon Emery[7]; 8. 21XP-Bobbie
Petty[5]; 9. 20-Scottie Atkins[9]; 10. (DNS) 11B-Shane Poplin
Front Wheel Drive: 1. 21-Dustin Duncan[1]; 2. 85-Travis Weeks[2];
3. 21T-Travis Taylor[4]; 4. J19-Dylan Jones[7]; 5. 26-Michael
Lambert[6]; 6. 08-Dan Beckham[3]; 7. 20-Preston Atkins[9]; 8.
96-Chayse McDaniel[8]; 9. 88-Shaylee Hinds[12]; 10. 506-Josh Davis[5];
11. 13-Leonard Brooks[11]; 12. (DNS) 4-Britton Roxberry; 13. (DNS)
27-Jeff Singleton
Crown Vic: 1. 93-Johnny Grooms[4]; 2. 5X-Troy Davenport[1];
3. 4-Coby Scott[3]; 4. 5-Chris Wilson[5]; 5. 17-Steve Owens[6];
6. 14-James Hill[7]; 7. J1-Joseph McGill[2]; 8. 99-Mark Rader[10];
9. 414-Darien Wampler[11]; 10. 20-Anthony Brown[8]; 11. 13-Amber
Gilpatrick[9]
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