Hayden
Cardwell Takes Mayhem in the Mountains
(May
27, 2023) Hayden Cardwell came from the third starting
spot to win Saturday’s Mayhem in the Mountains. Cardwell
collected $3,000 for the defending series champion in the American
All-Stars Pro Late Models. Bradley Lewelling captured the pole
for the 40-lap main event by winning the fast car dash. He was
joined on the front row by Phillip Thompson. (MRM
Racing Photo)
Lewelling quickly took the lead when the race started. Cardwell
and Thompson battled for second as the field completed lap 1.
Cardwell took the spot from Thompson and set his sights on Lewelling.
Following a quick caution on lap 6, Cardwell and Thompson resumed
their battle for second. Thompson took the position just before
another caution on lap 7.
When the race continued, Lewelling maintained the lead as Thompson
and Cardwell continued fighting for second. Thompson briefly held
second before overtaking Thompson. Cardwell chased down Lewelling
who was having trouble with slower traffic. Cardwell saw an opening
on lap 22 and got past Lewelling for the lead. Thompson would
take second following a restart on lap 28. Thompson could not
run down Cardwell who took the checkers for his first series win
of the season.
The Cumberland Open Wheel Modified Series made their first visit
to Smoky Mountain Speedway. Crossville’s Chris Wilson took
the checkers in dominating fashion. Wilson grabbed the lead at
the start over Brandon Kinzer. Wilson checked out as Kinzer was
overtaken by Jacob Hall and Bryan Barber as the 20-lap race moved
along.
Dustin Duncan made a return visit to Smoky Mountain Speedway
victory lane in the TSCRA race. Ryan Harness came from 6th starting
spot to finish second over Austin Maples.
The aptly named Chevy Adams won the TSCAR Junior race. The 12
year-old from Crossville looked right at home leading the race
from flag to flag. Kaitlyn Bray finished second and Brantlee Chambers
finished third.
The next event at Smoky Mountain Speedway is the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series Mountain Moonshine Classic on June 16-17. There
will be a pair of $5,000 to win races on Friday, June 16. The
results from those races will set the field for heat races on
Saturday that lead up to the $50,000 to win feature presented
by FK Rod Ends and East Tennessee Auto Outlet.
Mayhem in the Mountains #1 (40 Laps): 1. 22-Hayden
Cardwell[3]; 2. 24T-Phillip Thompson[2]; 3. 10L-Bradley Lewelling[1];
4. 9-Josh Dietz[4]; 5. 5RJ-Ronnie Johnson[12]; 6. 32-William Blankenship[7];
7. 24-Anthony White Jr[9]; 8. 5J-Jesse Lowe[14]; 9. 21-Trey Bayne[8];
10. 7-Tyler Price[6]; 11. 2X-Anthony White[16]; 12. 5-Colby Quick[11];
13. 07C-Jason Cardwell[20]; 14. 2M-Michael Bland[18]; 15. 14S-Sylvan
Schuette[23]; 16. 10M-Chris Chandler[17]; 17. 95-Brandon Williams[10];
18. 727-Baillie Lowe[24]; 19. 9S-Zach Sise[22]; 20. 73-Trevor
Sise[5]; 21. 28-Taylor Puckett[13]; 22. 24W-Seth Wimpey[21]; 23.
89-Brandon Miller[15]; 24. 14LP-Logan Palmer[19]
Cumberland Plateau Open Wheels (20 Laps): 1.
56-Chris Wilson[1]; 2. 43-Jacob Hall[3]; 3. 10-Bryan Barber[5];
4. 18-Brandon Kinzer[2]; 5. 155-Peyton Harlow[4]; 6. 28-JT Ayers[7];
7. 5M-Scott Shelton[9]; 8. 71-Tony Garber[8]; 9. 14-Skylar Douglas[6];
10. 26-Adam Ogle[10]; 11. 50-Amos Bunch[16]; 12. 3-Kaleb Trent[11];
13. 36-Billy Palmer[13]; 14. 20-Justin Maxwell[12]; 15. 11-Reece
Ogle[14]; 16. 4-Wayne James[17]
TSCRA (20 Laps): 1. 21D-Dustin Duncan[1]; 2.
13-Ryan Harness[6]; 3. 23M-Austin Maples[3]; 4. 85-Travis Weeks[4];
5. 28-Jason Ketron[8]; 6. 25-Allen Walker[5]; 7. 11-Marcus Huston[15];
8. 731-Tyler Walton[16]; 9. 21T-Travis Taylor[9]; 10. 24-Justin
Manning[21]; 11. 21-Jacob Sharp[7]; 12. 17W-Gregory Wyatt[12];
13. 506-Josh Davis[2]; 14. 4-Daniel Wright[11]; 15. 33-Jonathan
Moses[14]; 16. 1-Jason Wilde[10]; 17. 33H-Dakota Morgan[19]; 18.
3KP-Trey Floyd[18]; 19. 2-Tanner Tate[13]; 20. 138-Gauge Norwood[17];
21. 88-Larry Rudd[22]
TSCRA Junior (10 Laps): 1. C93-Chevy Adams[1];
2. 7-Kaitlyn Bray[2]; 3. 19-Brantlee Chambers[4]; 4. 12-Rebeacca
Gresham[5]; 5. 0-Frankie Sharp[3]; 6. 3-Ronnie Sharp[6]; 7. 22-Caleb
Manning[8]; 8. A22-Ashlyn Day[9]; 9. 23-Breanna Huston[7]
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