Tazewell, TENN. (July 3, 2005) - Bryan Hendrix of Knoxville along with Steve Smith of Powell showed the fans of Tazewell Speedway what a "show stopper" is, as the duo "duked it out" throughout the 35 Lap Super Late Model feature in which ended as a "photo finish" with Hendrix barely edging Smith by two inches to capture his second win of 2005 at "The Taz."
Steve Smith set a blistering lap as he toured the high-banked 1/3 Mile Dirt Oval in 11.397 Seconds (105.18 MPH) during time trials with Bryan Hendrix taming "The Taz" in 11.448 Seconds (104.71 MPH) putting him on the outside of row one with Smith.
As Smith and Hendrix led the 14 car field to the green, Smith quickly blasted into turn one with Hendrix wasting no time diving to the inside of Smith trying to overtake the lead as the duo ran door to door down the backstretch with the first caution of the feature being waved before a lap could be completed as Michael Rutherford looped his No. 18 around coming out of turn four.
The restart saw Smith and Hendrix "back at it" with Gary Blanken quickly mounting a challenge for third place working the inside of Jeff Wolfenbarger as Jeff Treece looked to be on a rail as the 9th place qualifier had worked his way into the fifth running position by lap seven and was quickly reeling in fourth placeman Gary Blanken.
The battle for 6th heated up with Jack Trammel, Jason Trammell, Brett Miller and Brian Smith running three and four wide coming down the front stretch and into turns one and two as the four made contact on the backstretch bringing out the second caution of the event on lap 8 sending Miller, Trammell and Trammell into the pits for the night.
Jeff Treece wasted no time on the restart as he picked off Gary Blanken for fourth and quickly put his nose to the inside of Wolfenbarger challenging him for third as the duo got two-wide several times with Treece finally clearing Wolfenbarger on lap 12 and quickly tried putting a move on Hendrix for 2nd with race leader Steve Smith holding a several car length lead over the field as the third caution of the event waved on lap 14 for fluid on the race surface from the No. 05 Gary Blanken machine as Blanken retired to the pits for the night moving Jeff Walker into fifth place.
Going back green the top five were Steve Smith, Bryan Hendrix, Jeff Treece, Terry Wolfenbarger and Jeff Walker.
As the green waved on the restart, Treece quickly drove to the inside of Hendrix with the duo running two wide down the backstretch and into turn 3 Treece slowed and retired to the pits ending a great night with an overheating engine.
On lap 25, Steve Smith looked as if he was well on his way to his first victory of 2005 until lap 29 when the fourth caution of the event waved for debris laying in turn four from the No. 7 of Marty Calloway as he went to the pits with a "shredded tire" setting up a "four lap dash" to the finish.
The top five on the restart were Smith, Hendrix, Jeff Wolfenbarger, Terry Wolfenbarger and Brian Smith.
At the drop of the green Hendrix quickly dove under Smith trying to snatch the lead several times as the duo came out of turn four on the final lap, Steve Smith lost a little momentum and that's all it took as Smith and Hendrix came to the finish line with their cars almost "dead-even" with Hendrix holding a very slim lead over Smith by less than half of a nose piece as Hendrix went on to capture the biggest "thriller" of the season by far piloting the Armstrong Refrigeration/ Tennessee RV/ West Haven Speed Equipment/ Matlock Decal/ Hoosier No. 5 GRT over Steve Smith, Jeff Wolfenbarger, Terry Wolfenbarger and Jeff Walker.
Super Late Models - Feature-35 Laps
Pos Driver (Car)
1 Bryan Hendrix (5)
2 Steve Smith (3)
3 Jeff Wolfenbarger (28)
4 Terry Wolfenbarger (14)
5 Jeff Walker (49)
6 Brian Smith (7)
7 Marty Calloway (7C)
8 Michael Rutherford (18)
9 Troy Eads (52)
10 Jeff Treece (31)
11 Gary Blanken (05)
12 Brett Miller (25)
13 Jason Trammell (91)
14 Jack Trammell (90)
Chris Chandler made his first trip to Tazewell Speedway and "made his mark" as Chandler posted third quick time during Limited Late Model time trials behind Pole Sitter Dale Huskey after Huskey toured "The Taz" in 12.315 Seconds (97.34 MPH) and Freddie Brock who turned a 12.680 Second Lap.
At the drop of the green Huskey rocketed into the first turn over Brock, Chandler, Keith Chapman and Jimmy Calloway. Chris Chandler quickly put the move on Freddie Brock to overtake second with race leader Dale Huskey and second placeman Freddie Brock's night ended early as the two retired to the pits on lap 4 moving Chandler into the lead followed by Keith Chapman, Steve Carr, Randle Self and Jimmy Calloway. Steve Car mounted several challenges on Chandler but could never overtake the point from him as he went on to take his first victory at Tazewell Speedway followed by Carr, Calloway, Danny Yoder, Sr., and Keith Chapman.
Limted Late Models - Feature- 25 Laps
Pos Driver (Car)
1 Chris Chandler (8)
2 Steve Carr (77)
3 Jimmy Calloway (77)
4 Danny Yoder, Sr. (2)
5 Keith Chapman (97)
6 Marty Calloway (7)
7 James England (1)
8 Brad Davis (G7)
9 Greg Huskey (04J)
10 Randle Self (91)
11 Eric Creech (N30)
12 Steve Rouse (19)
13 Dale Huskey (23)
14 Freddie Brock (0B)
Rick Welch set fast time during Modified Street Time Trials wheeling his black No. 18 around Tazewell Speedway in 13.826 Seconds with Tony Trent posting 2nd quick time, Anthony Morgan third, Bubba Long fourth and Johnny Lane setting fifth quick time.
At the drop of the green, Welch jumped into the lead and led from flag-to-flag with Tony Trent and Anthony Morgan mounting several challenges but never overtaking the point from Tazewell's own Rick Welch as he went on take his first official victory over the year over Tony Trent, Anthony Morgan, Leonard Bray and Jason Long.
Modified Street - Feature- 20 Laps
Pos Driver (Car)
1 Rick Welch (18)
2 Tony Trent (18)
3 Anthony Morgan (26)
4 Leonard Bray (17)
5 Jason Long (15)
6 Robbie Buchanan (29)
7 Tony Horton (56)
8 Randy Davis (8)
9 Sue Curl (5)
10 Jason Sizemore (22)
11 Robbie Comer (42)
12 Johnny Lane (19)
13 Scott Atkins (20)
14 Bubba Long (10)
DNS Ben Harris (H1)
Twenty Cars signed in for Pure Street qualifying as Phillip Nichols of Sneedville, TN repeated a domanting performance as Nichols toured Tazewell Speeedway in 14.871 Seconds placing him on the pole of the 20-Lap Pure Street Feature with Jody Horton turning a 14.936 Second Lap nailing down the second starting position. At the drop of the green Phillip Nichols took the lead and never looked back en-route to capturing his third Pure Street victory of 2005 over Mike Bright, Johnny Lay, Larry Burke and Eddie Younce.
Pure Street - Feature- 20 Laps
Pos Driver (Car)
1 Phillip Nichols (33)
2 Mike Bright (7)
3 Johnny Lay (21)
4 Larry Burke (54)
5 Eddie Younce (81)
6 Jack England (55)
7 Gary Harville (27)
8 Jody Horton (56J)
9 Richard Crosby (92)
10 Neil Lee (L8)
11 Dwight Creech (N30)
12 Michael Daniels (12)
13 Steve Wilder (74)
14 Bobby Moore, Sr. (04M)
15 Clyde Overholt (4)
16 Emery Harvey (74)
17 Chris Hickman (5X)
18 Maxwell Daniels (52)
19 Jerry Hurst (1)
DNS Roy Bailey (04)
An impressive 16 cars took the green in the Four-Cylinder division with the feature Line-Up being determined by Heat Races Brian Courtney made his first visit to "The Taz" and led wire-to-wire capturing the 15-Lap Four-Cylinder Feature over Bo Johnson, Adam Poyner, Justin Duncan and Rick King.
Four-Cylinders - Feature- 15-Laps
Pos Driver (Car)
1 Brian Courtney (71)
2 Bo Johnson (J59)
3 Adam Poyner (2)
4 Justin Duncan (9)
5 Rick King (5)
6 Cheyenne Kite (9K)
7 Jimmy Kerr (K72)
8 Jeff Smith (4)
9 Bobby Lovin (10)
10 Allen Wright (27)
11 Mikey Sells, Jr. (7)
12 Allen Holloway (A27)
13 Robert McIntosh (1)
14 Jerry Green (12) DNS
DNS Richard McIntosh (19)
DNS Matthew Butcher (41)
Next Saturday, July 9th Tazewell Speedway will host an exciting five-division racing program featuring the Super Late Models, Limited Late Models, Modified Street, Pure Street and Four-Cylinder divisions. General Admission is $8.00, with 9 Year Olds and younger being admitted free. Pit Passes will be $20.00. For More Information visit Tazewell Speedway online at www.TazewellSpeedway.net or contact the track via phone by calling 423.626.2222.
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