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SPRING CITY, TN – Mountain View Raceway will be a busy place for both fans and competitors this Saturday night with a Regular Weekly Show for eight Divisions, and something new on the Grandstand side of the track. Three Late Model drivers will be bringing their race cars in the Victory Lane Fan Zone for a special Meet and Greet Session prior to Intermission.
The Late Model, Sportsman, 4-Cylinder, Thunder, Front-Wheel-Drive, Junior Front-Wheel-Drive, and Developmental Sportsman Divisions will compete in Regular Weekly Point races. The Open-Wheel Modifieds will run a Non-Points Race.
Right after Late Model Qualifying, the defending and three-time Mountain View Raceway Late Model Champion Barry Goodman of Spring City, TN, Young Gun Kelby Norwood of Athens, TN and Jeremy Thurman of Rockwood, TN will bring their race cars to Victory Lane on the Grandstand side of the track.
Goodman, Norwood and Thurman will meet and greet the fans, and they will come bearing gifts to hand out to the fans as well. Goodman, the Late Model point leader, will be looking for his third straight win this Saturday night in his colorful #24 Charlie’s Used Auto Parts CVR. Norwood and Thurman graduated out of the Developmental Sportsman Division last season.
Norwood is a 17-year-old Junior at McMinn County High School that drives the #757 Exit Realty/Sutton Dental Lab/Suttles Trucking Rocket. Thurman drives the #03d C&W Trucking/Conner’s Duct Cleaning/Susie’s Que GRT “Batmobile” that the kids love to see.
“When you average over 100 race cars for a Weekly Show each Saturday night, it takes a while to get them warmed up in Hot Laps, and then set the field for three of the Divisions through Qualifying,” Mountain View Raceway Communications Director Roby Helm said. “That’s a lot to ask the fans to sit through, so we thought we would try to give them some interaction with the drivers by doing a Fan Zone Meet and Greet each week with a different Division before Intermission.”
Addison Cardwell of Knoxville, TN is second in the Late Model standings with 102 points driving the Cardwell Racing Rocket, and Jeff Jackson of Ooltewah, TN is third with 94 points in the Jackson Racing Special. Michael Smith of Crossville, TN is fourth with 92 points in the Smurtee Longhorn, and Josh Walker of Ringgold, GA rounds out the top five in the Nichols Fiberglass Mastersbilt with 86 points.
Cardwell has three straight wins in the Sportsman Division to lead the standings with 150 points and Bradley Goodman of Spring City, TN is third driving the Goody’s Power Sweeping Rocket with 128 points. D.J. McMahan of Cedar Ridge, TN holds the third spot with 106 points in the McMahan Racing Rayburn.
Jimmy Dalton of Powell, TN in the Willett Powder Coating Lightning leads the Open-Wheel Modified standings with 98 points. The defending Open-Wheel Modified Champion Billy Palmer of Knoxville, TN is second with 84 points driving the Mighty Muffler and Brakes Tinch. Matthew Hopper of Lancing, TN is third in the Charlie Hopper Enterprises Trick Race Car with 82 points.
Brady Lee of Knoxville, TN has two wins this season driving the Lee’s Mountain Retreat Camaro to lead the B-Hobby standings with 100 points. Casey Cash of Spring City, TN is the Thunder Division point leader with 138 points in the Duncan Family Camaro.
Josh Scealf of Decatur, TN is the Front-Wheel-Drive Division point leader with 138 points driving the C&S Towing Honda. The Junior Front-Wheel-Drive Division standings for kids 15 years of age and under is led by nine-year-old Frankie Sharp of Crossville, TN with 100 points after two wins this season in the Sharp Race Cars Chevrolet.
This Saturday, the Pit Gate opens at 3 p.m. and the Grandstand and Tier Parking Gates open at 4 p.m. Pre-Race Registration and Technical Inspection will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Drivers Meeting is set for 6:15 p.m. and Hot Laps are scheduled for 6:45 p.m.
Pit Passes are $25 for Adults, $15 for Children 6-11, and Children 5 and under are admitted Free. The General Admission and Tier Parking ticket prices are $10 for race fans 12 and older, Children 6-11 are $5. and Children 5 and under are admitted Free. All Children must be accompanied by an Adult.
Mountain View Raceway where you can get “Your Thrill By The Hill” is located at 20626 Rhea County Highway (U.S. Highway 27), Spring City, TN 37381. For more information, call 423-405-8490 or visit the track website at www.mountainviewraceway.com. You can also like the Mountain View Raceway Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mountainviewraceway.
MOUNTAIN VIEW RACEWAY POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/23/22:
LATE MODEL: 1. Barry Goodman, Spring City, TN, 144; 2. Addison Cardwell, Knoxville, TN, 102; 3. Jeff Jackson, Ooltewah, TN, 94; 4. Michael Smith, Crossville, TN, 92; 5. Josh Walker, Ringgold, GA, 86; 6. Tommy Miller, Soddy Daisy, TN, 74; 7. Ruben Mayfield, Lenoir City, TN, 70; 7. Chris Lewis, Lenoir City, TN, 70; 9. Donnie Van Winkle, Soddy Daisy, TN, 66; 10. Jeremy Thurman, Rockwood, TN, 60.
SPORTSMAN: 1. Addison Cardwell, Knoxville, TN, 150; 2. Bradley Goodman, Spring City, TN, 128; 3. D.J. McMahan, Cedar Ridge, TN, 106; 4. Brandon Stanfield, Soddy Daisy, TN, 92; 5. John Smith, Soddy Daisy, TN, 88; 6. Christian James, Soddy Daisy, TN, 84; 7. Cody Youngblood, Rockwood, TN, 82; 8. Adam Bishop, Riceville, TN, 70, 9. Tyler Dennis, Dayton, TN, 58; 10. Adam Mitchell, Knoxville, TN, 48; 10. Jesse Lowe, Crossville, TN, 48; 10. Sylvan Schuette, Blairsville, GA, 48.
OPEN-WHEEL MODIFIED: 1. Jimmy Dalton, Powell, TN, 98; 2. Billy Palmer, Knoxville, TN, 84; 3. Matthew Hopper, Lancing, TN, 82; 4. Reece Ogle, Sevierville, TN, 78; 5. Rodney Griffin, Rockwood, TN, 74; 6. Kyle Shadden, Dayton, TN, 72; 7. Jay Metcalfe, Rockwood, TN, 54; 8. Robby Reagan, Crossville, TN; 9. Ricky Tinch, Deer Lodge, TN, 50; 9. David Lester, Rockwood, TN, 50;
B-HOBBY: 1. Brady Lee, Knoxville, TN, 100; 2. Jim Gilbert, Rossville, GA, 96; 3. Adrian Williams, Chattanooga, TN, 90; 3. Kenneth Daniels, Spring City, TN, 90; 5. Gary Brown, Soddy Daisy, TN, 42; 6. Jerry Spence, Spring City, TN, 40; 7. Lloyd Singleton, Oliver Springs, TN, 38.
THUNDER: 1. Casey Cash, Spring City, TN, 138; 2. Chris Williams, Soddy Daisy, TN, 136; 3. Bobby Davenport, Crossville, TN, 128; 4. Zaniel Rogge, Spring City, TN, 126; 5. Eric Honeycutt, Rockwood, TN, 122; 6. Scott Smith, Soddy Daisy, TN, 88; 7. Daniel Parker, Cleveland, TN, 78; 8. Jonathan Sims, Knoxville, TN, 48; 9. Chase Hoffman, Dayton, TN, 46; 10. Adrian Smith, Albany, KY, 44.
FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE: 1. Josh Scealf, Decatur, TN, 138; 2. Bo Millsaps, Decatur, TN, 120; 3. Charlotte Jones, Decatur, TN, 118; 4. Gene Clayton, Dayton, TN, 110; 5. Ethan Johnson, Crossville, TN, 106; 6. Nathan Adams, Crossville, TN, 100; 7. Jacob Sharp, Crossville, TN, 92; 8. Cody Rector, Crossville, TN. 90; 9. Nate Ingham, Athens, TN, 78; 10. Lilly Qualls, Cleveland, TN, 72.
JUNIOR FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE: 1. Frankie Sharp, Crossville, 100; 2. Steven Clowers, Englewood, TN, 94; 3. Chevy Adams, Crossville, TN, 88; 4. Josiah Singleton, Oliver Springs, TN, 80; 5. Emma Qualls, Cleveland, TN, 76; 6. Ronnie Sharp, Crossville, TN, 72; 7. Rebeacca Gresham, Decatur, TN, 48; 8. Blake Albright, LaFollette, TN, 44; 8. Hunter Rector, Crossville, TN, 44; 10. Evan Ingham, Athens, TN, 40.
PHOTO CUTLINE: Three Late Model drivers, #24 Barry Goodman of Spring City, TN, #757 Kelby Norwood of Athens, TN, and #03d Jeremy Thurman of Rockwood, TN, will be bringing their race cars in the Victory Lane Fan Zone for a special Meet and Greet Session prior to Intermission this Saturday night at Mountain View Raceway in Spring City, TN. (Greg Farmer Photos)