Michael
Brown Outdeuls Jeremy Steele for Brick Mill Bash Win
(October
8, 2022) Smoky Mountain Speedway capped off the 2022
season with the Brick Mill Bash featuring the American Pro Late
Models, Red Clay 602 Series, and the Enduro cars. The night produced
three first time winners. (MRM
Racing Photo)
Michael Brown took home the $10,000 prize by winning the American
Pro Late Models feature. Sixty cars signed in for the race. Jeremy
Steele and Brown started the race from the front row. Steele grabbed
the early lead over Brown. Once the two leaders caught the back
of the field, Brown seized the opportunity to take the lead from
Steele. Both drivers swapped the lead several times before Brown
retook the lead with a few laps to go. Ricky Weiss had ran down
the lead duo and got by Steele for second. Weiss pulled alongside
Brown on the final lap, but could not pull off the pass as Brown
held on for the win. Mack McCarter took home fourth and new series
champion Hayden Cardwell came from last to finish in 5th.
The Red Clay 602 Series saw 30 cars sign in for the $5,000 to
win race. Booger Brooks not only clinched the championship, but
also lead all 30 laps to get the win. While Brooks was unchallenged
for most of the race, the action was fierce from second through
fifth. Jake Geene, Brad Seagle, David Smith, and Blake Craft spent
most of the 30 laps trading those positions. Craft got by Green
and Seagle in the closing laps to finish second. Green, Seagle,
and Smith rounded out the top 5.
Ray Hawk won the $1,000 to win enduro race. Hawk passed early
leader John Burger and went on to win the race by two laps over
second place finisher Corey Vickers. Thirteen cars entered the
race with only 4 making it to the 50-lap mark.
American Pro Late Models Feature (50 Laps): 1. 32B-Michael Brown;
2. 7-Ricky Weiss; 3. 2S-Jeremy Steele; 4. 51-Mack McCarter; 5.
07-Hayden Cardwell; 6. 5-Ronnie Johnson; 7. 20N- Tyler Neal; 8.
14W-Logan Walls; 9. 9S-Zach Sise; 10. 116-Cameron Weaver; 11.
32- William Blankenship; 12. 5-Travis Steele; 13. 23-Cory Hedgecock;
14. 31G-Stephen Pedulla; 15-31M-Tyler Millwood; 16. 40-John Cobb;
17. 6-Eli Beets; 18. 7S-Justin Smith; 19. 55H-Benji Hicks; 20.
329-Travis Fultz; 21. 24-Tanner Collins, 22. 07j-Jason Cardwell;
23. 10B-Bradley Lewelling; 24. 21-Trey Bayne
Red Clay 602 Series
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 148-Booger Brooks[2]; 2. 114-Blake
Craft[4]; 3. 41-Jake Green[6]; 4. 31-Brad Seagle[1]; 5. 11S-David
Smith[3]; 6. 59-Shaun Sise[5]; 7. 56-Colton Berrong[16]; 8. 9B-Dustin
Bunch[14]; 9. 22W-Dustin Ward; 10. 5-Curtis Thomas[8]; 11. 44-Elliott
Johnson[7]; 12. 6-Tucker Anderson[20]; 13. 8W-Blake Wright[21];
14. 4F-Derek Franks[9]; 15. 70-Davin Cardwell[11]; 16. 2-Dusty
Quillen; 17. 9-Josh Cheatham[15]; 18. 11-John Harrison[12]; 19.
727-Baillie Lowe[19]; 20. 37-Joel Gordon[13]; 21. 24-Ronnie Johnson[10];
22. 1-Robert Koons[18]; 23. 51-Bradley Hamilton[22]
Enduro
Feature (50 Laps): 1. 1H-Ray Hawk[10]; 2. 7V-Corey
Vickers[6]; 3. 21-Dustin Price[7]; 4. 4D-Dale Dunn[3]; 5. 7-David
Myers[1]; 6. 14-Opie Barndt[11]; 7. 71-John Burger[5]; 8. 22-Jonathan
Allen[13]; 9. 75-Ben Shelton[12]; 10. T21-Travis Banther[14];
11. 77-Ty Bowman[9]; 12. 0-Josh Freedman[8]; 13. 20-Jimmy Hill[4]
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