Chris
Madden Masterful in Mountain Moonshine Classic!
(June
18, 2022) Chris Madden survived a late-race scare en
route a $50,000 victory on Saturday night in the Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series-sanctioned, Mountain Moonshine Classic Presented
by Lazydays RV.
Madden made heavy contact with the fourth turn wall which allowed
Jonathan Davenport to close the gap heading into the final lap.
However, Madden held on for the win despite severe damage to the
right rear of his No. 44 entry - crossing the finish line .355
seconds ahead of the three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
National Champion. Brandon Overton took third at the stripe with
Ricky Thornton Jr. and Mike Marlar rounding out the top-five finishers.
(MRM
Racing Photo)
Madden bolted from the pole position to grab the lead at the start
of the 60-lap event. Davenport moved around Carson Ferguson on
the second lap to take over the second position. Madden then began
to put some distance between himself and the other contenders
in lapped traffic. With 22 laps complete Davenport started to
gain on Madden as he fought heavier lapped traffic before the
second caution of the race flew just one lap later.
As the race continued, Madden still held the point, fighting off
challenges from Davenport and Brandon Overton. As Madden approached
the back of the field in the closing laps he made hard contact
with the turn four wall while battling through lapped traffic.
Madden held off a final bid from Davenport to claim the victory
– the richest overall purse in the history of Smoky Mountain
Speedway.
In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the second night in a row and for
the 15th time in his career, Madden said: “I caught Terbo
[Tyler Erb] there and I thought going down the back straightaway
he was going to commit to the bottom, so I committed to the top
and tried to get up beside him. He made a lane change suddenly
and I was running way faster than him. We had to get on the binders
hard and I got loose, I just backed it in the fence. You know
when you have JD and Overton chasing you then you’ve got
it hit every mark and you had better not miss a mark if you do
then they will get by you.”
“You know we have had a great race car all year long,”
Madden added. “This Rocket has been extremely good to us.
It’s just amazing to come back to Smoky Mountain and win
in front of such a big crowd. There’s always a big crowd
here and a bunch of great people here with Roger [Sellers] and
his crew. I appreciate you guys for putting on these big races
in this part of the country for us.”
Davenport, who won the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series “Historic
100” just two weeks ago, fell short of victory this time
around, but still collected $20,000 for second. “You just
never know when something is going to happen when you are leading
you could cut a tire or something. I was hoping it would stay
green once we got into heavy lapped traffic there so I could sneak
around him. It’s really a technical place to get around.
He [Madden] just had a little bit better race car than I did.
Congratulations to him and his guys. I wasn’t going to run
him dirty. I got beside him one time and that’s about all
I could do.”
Overton rounded out the podium for the night claiming the third
spot, earning $10,000. “It was about track position. We
didn’t do a good enough job to win our heat race, so we
had to start seventh. I was passing them, and I was still trying
to take care of my tires. I knew there were two good cars in front
of me and I was hoping they would race it out a little bit and
maybe I would have had something left over to get them. I could
make up a little time getting into one on the bottom, but they
had enough grip to lead me off the corner. But we’ll take
it.”
The winner’s Rocket Chassis is powered by a Durham Racing
Engine and sponsored by Drydene, Franklin Enterprises, Henderson
Amusement, Millwood Plumbing, VP Fuels, Worley Monuments, DirtCar
Lift, Davis Diesel Service, and Swift Springs.
Completing the top ten were Tim McCreadie, Zack Mitchell, Carson
Ferguson, Brandon Sheppard, and Ricky Weiss.
The sportsman late models saw a new face in victory lane. Tyler
Price led flag-to-flag to win convincingly over Brad Seagle. Price
and Seagle had the field covered during the 25-lap affair. Adam
Mitchell would draw in Seagle and began to challenge for second
place. But mechanical issues for Mitchell to pull into the field.
Dustin Ratliff finished third.
The mini stocks had a strong showing of cars with extra money
on the line. Shane Bullock set fast time to earn the pole position
alongside Hayston Collett. It was Collett that got the lead over
Bullock in the opening laps after several attempts to get the
race started. Both of those drivers were the class of the field
and settled the race among themselves. Collett held off Bullock
to get the win. Michael Courtney finished third.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Mountain Moonshine Classic presented by Lazydays RV
Saturday, June 18th, 2022
Smoky Mountain Speedway – Maryville, TN
Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4Transfer):
1. 44M-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 3. 46-Earl
Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 5. 51-Mack McCarter[6];
6. 23B-John Blankenship[8]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[7]; 8. 109-Eli
Beets[5]; 9. 89-Ashton Winger[10]; 10. 3-Austin Neely[11]; 11.
17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 12. (DNS) 24 D-Michael Brown
Summit Racing Equipment Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4Transfer):
1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 1-Brandon
Sheppard[3]; 4. 7W-Ricky Weiss[7]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 6.
71-Hudson O'Neal[5]; 7. 17-Cameron Weaver[6]; 8. 99-Camaron Marlar[11];
9. 21M-Robby Moses[8]; 10. 20H-Bryson Harper[9]; 11. 11-Spencer
Hughes[10]
Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer):
1. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 2. 57-Zack Mitchell[3]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[4];
4. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 5. 83-Jensen Ford[8]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[5];
7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[11]; 9. 16-Ben Watkins[6];
10. 9C-Dusty Carver[9]; 11. (DNS) 16S-Sam Seawright
Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1.
49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 1V-Vic Hill[2]; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist[4];
4. 79-Ross Bailes[3]; 5. 88-Trent Ivey[7]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[6];
7. 23-Cory Hedgecock[10]; 8. 8-Kyle Strickler[5]; 9. 10-Garrett
Smith[8]; 10. (DNS) 118-Matt Henderson; 11. (DNS) 22-Lynn Leach
Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 40B-Kyle
Bronson[2]; 2. 23B-John Blankenship[3]; 3. 51-Mack McCarter[1];
4. 71-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 5. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 6. 17-Cameron Weaver[6];
7. 99-Camaron Marlar[8]; 8. 109-Eli Beets[7]; 9. 20H-Bryson Harper[12];
10. 11-Spencer Hughes[14]; 11. 89-Ashton Winger[9]; 12. 17SS-Brenden
Smith[13]; 13. 3-Austin Neely[11]; 14. 21M-Robby Moses[10]; 15.
(DNS) 24 D-Michael Brown
UNOH B-Main #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 83-Jensen
Ford[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 88-Trent Ivey[2]; 4. 7-Ross
Robinson[7]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith[10];
7. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 8. 8-Kyle Strickler[8]; 9. 16-Ben Watkins[9];
10. 9C-Dusty Carver[11]; 11. 23-Cory Hedgecock[6]; 12. (DNS) 118-Matt
Henderson; 13. (DNS) 16S-Sam Seawright; 14. (DNS) 22-Lynn Leach
Mountain Moonshine Classic Presented by Lazydays RV Feature Finish
(60 Laps): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4];
3. 76-Brandon Overton[7]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. 157-Mike
Marlar[3]; 6. 39-Tim McCreadie[10]; 7. 57-Zack Mitchell[6]; 8.
93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 9. 1-Brandon Sheppard[11]; 10. 7W-Ricky
Weiss[15]; 11. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[9]; 12. 1V-Vic Hill[8]; 13.
20-Jimmy Owens[14]; 14. 0-Scott Bloomquist[12]; 15. 58-Garrett
Alberson[20]; 16. 71-Hudson O'Neal[24]; 17. 79-Ross Bailes[16];
18. 40B-Kyle Bronson[17]; 19. 1T-Tyler Erb[23]; 20. 83-Jensen
Ford[18]; 21. 51-Mack McCarter[21]; 22. 23B-John Blankenship[19];
23. 11-Spencer Hughes[26]; 24. 89-Ashton Winger[25]; 25. 18D-Daulton
Wilson[28]; 26. 7-Ross Robinson[27]; 27. 88-Trent Ivey[22]; 28.
17M-Dale McDowell[13]
Sportsman Late Models
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 7T-Tyler Price[1]; 2. 31-Brad Seagle[2];
3. 10-Dustin Ratliff[5]; 4. 21H-Tyler Haynes[8]; 5. 33-Warren
McMahan[7]; 6. 15-Bryan Cooper[6]; 7. 03-Forrest Medina[11]; 8.
7X-Mark Sexton[13]; 9. (DNF) 50-Adam Mitchell[3]; 10. (DNF) 98-Jed
Emert[4]; 11. (DNF) 8W-Paul Whitley[12]; 12. (DNF) 00-Isaac Boring[10];
13. (DNF) 7-Bill Norwood[9]
Dash 1 (5 Laps): 1. 7T-Tyler Price[1]; 2. 31-Brad Seagle[2];
3. 50-Adam Mitchell[3]; 4. 98-Jed Emert[4]; 5. 10-Dustin Ratliff[5]
Qualifying 1: 1. 7T-Tyler Price, 00:18.121[8]; 2. 31-Brad Seagle,
00:18.470[12]; 3. 50-Adam Mitchell, 00:18.601[9]; 4. 98-Jed Emert,
00:18.634[2]; 5. 10-Dustin Ratliff, 00:19.013[4]; 6. 15-Bryan
Cooper, 00:19.195[13]; 7. 33-Warren McMahan, 00:19.244[11]; 8.
21H-Tyler Haynes, 00:19.320[7]; 9. 7-Bill Norwood, 00:19.526[10];
10. 00-Isaac Boring, 00:19.709[3]; 11. 03-Forrest Medina, 00:20.263[14];
12. 8W-Paul Whitley, 00:20.493[5]; 13. (DNS) 7X-Mark Sexton, 00:20.493;
14. (DNS) 9C-Chris Johnston, 00:20.493
Hot Laps 1: 1. 31-Brad Seagle, 00:18.432[12]; 2. 98-Jed Emert,
00:18.513[2]; 3. 21H-Tyler Haynes, 00:18.628[7]; 4. 50-Adam Mitchell,
00:18.631[9]; 5. 7T-Tyler Price, 00:18.904[8]; 6. 10-Dustin Ratliff,
00:18.986[4]; 7. 33-Warren McMahan, 00:19.115[11]; 8. 15-Bryan
Cooper, 00:19.501[13]; 9. 7X-Mark Sexton, 00:20.066[1]; 10. 8W-Paul
Whitley, 00:20.900[5]; 11. 03-Forrest Medina, 00:21.277[14]; 12.
7-Bill Norwood, 00:21.349[10]; 13. 9C-Chris Johnston, 00:22.138[6];
14. 00-Isaac Boring, 00:44.257[3]
Mini Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Hayston Collett[2]; 2. 2B-Shane
Bullock[1]; 3. C11-Michael Courtney[3]; 4. D1-Nathan Davis[8];
5. D3-Jeremy Davis[7]; 6. 18D-Marcus Thompson[19]; 7. 5D-Paul
Day[13]; 8. 13-Landon Housley[9]; 9. 21F-Justin Farless[11]; 10.
8-Joey Harmon[15]; 11. (DNF) 96-Bradley Creech[12]; 12. (DNF)
7UP-Chad Manning[14]; 13. (DNF) 46-Ricky Harmon[4]; 14. (DNF)
30-Larry Housley[5]; 15. (DNF) 44-Cordell Collins[16]; 16. (DNF)
25-Brian Smith[17]; 17. (DNF) 61-Richard Warfield[18]; 18. (DNF)
12-Dustin Stephens[10]; 19. (DNF) 25G-Gracie Duggan[6]; 20. (DNS)
99-Chuck McMahan
Qualifying 1: 1. 2B-Shane Bullock, 00:20.908[20]; 2. 21-Hayston
Collett, 00:21.015[7]; 3. C11-Michael Courtney, 00:21.432[5];
4. 46-Ricky Harmon, 00:21.644[14]; 5. 30-Larry Housley, 00:21.696[16];
6. 25G-Gracie Duggan, 00:21.730[13]; 7. D3-Jeremy Davis, 00:21.778[2];
8. D1-Nathan Davis, 00:21.873[18]; 9. 13-Landon Housley, 00:22.028[17];
10. 12-Dustin Stephens, 00:22.069[3]; 11. 21F-Justin Farless,
00:22.245[11]; 12. 96-Bradley Creech, 00:22.362[10]; 13. 5D-Paul
Day, 00:22.403[19]; 14. 7UP-Chad Manning, 00:22.842[8]; 15. 8-Joey
Harmon, 00:23.068[4]; 16. 44-Cordell Collins, 00:23.279[6]; 17.
25-Brian Smith, 00:24.158[9]; 18. 61-Richard Warfield, 00:24.669[15];
19. 18D-Marcus Thompson, 00:33.037[12]; 20. (DNS) 99-Chuck McMahan,
00:33.037
Hot Laps 1: 1. 21-Hayston Collett, 00:20.870[7]; 2. C11-Michael
Courtney, 00:21.099[5]; 3. D1-Nathan Davis, 00:21.356[18]; 4.
2B-Shane Bullock, 00:21.484[20]; 5. D3-Jeremy Davis, 00:21.506[2];
6. 46-Ricky Harmon, 00:21.715[14]; 7. 25G-Gracie Duggan, 00:21.858[13];
8. 99-Chuck McMahan, 00:21.893[21]; 9. 30-Larry Housley, 00:21.986[16];
10. 13-Landon Housley, 00:22.042[17]; 11. 96-Bradley Creech, 00:22.128[10];
12. 5D-Paul Day, 00:22.141[19]; 13. 12-Dustin Stephens, 00:22.445[3];
14. 21F-Justin Farless, 00:22.492[11]; 15. 18D-Marcus Thompson,
00:22.678[12]; 16. 7UP-Chad Manning, 00:22.689[8]; 17. 8-Joey
Harmon, 00:23.118[4]; 18. 44-Cordell Collins, 00:23.357[6]; 19.
61-Richard Warfield, 00:24.024[15]; 20. 25-Brian Smith, 00:24.290[9]
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