SPRING CITY, TN – Chase King of Seymour, TN picked up the $3,000 top prize with a win in the 40-lap Topless Outlaw Dirt Late Model Series main event on Saturday night at Mountain View Raceway. King drove the Stinger Race Cars “House Car” to victory, a chassis he builds himself and a brand that was started by well-known East Tennessee racer the late J.T. Kerr in the 1980s.
King got by early race leader Addison Cardwell of Knoxville, TN in heavy lapped traffic early in the race, and then held off a late-race charge by John Ownbey of Cleveland, TN to take the win on the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval. Ownbey was the show, as he started 15th and finished second in the Orr Brothers Construction Kryptonite.
Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN drove the Eagle Racing Engines Black Diamond to a third-place finish and Kenny Collins of Colbert, GA was fourth in the Collins Racing Special. The defending Mountain View Raceway Late Model Champion Barry Goodman of Spring City, TN took the fifth spot in the Charlie’s Used Auto Parts CVR.
Jesse Lowe of Crossville, TN finished sixth, Matt Henderson of Loudon, TN was seventh, National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN took the eighth spot, Jordan Horton of New Tazewell, TN drove to a ninth-place finish, and Jed Emert of Maryville, TN rounded out the top ten.
There were also six Mountain View Raceway weekly Divisions in action on Saturday night, as 122 race cars were on hand for the special event with drivers representing four different states. Those Divisions were Sportsman, Beginner Sportsman, Open-Wheel Modified, B-Hobby, Thunder, and Front-Wheel-Drive.
Emert had double-duty on Saturday night, as he won the 15-lap Sportsman main event in the Emert Racing Special followed by Hayden Cardwell of Knoxville, TN in the Shorty’s Motorsports PPM, and Hayden Ownbey of Cleveland, TN in the Ownbey Racing Special.
Sean Truelove of Cleveland, TN drove the Levi Racing Rocket to his third Beginner Sportsman feature race win followed by David Peak of Evensville, TN in the BS Welding Rayburn and Brady Lear of Brodhead, KY driving the 859 Off Road Lazer. With his third win of the season in the B-Sportsman 15-lap main event, Truelove graduated up to the Sportsman Division.
Wayne James of Cosby, TN drove the James Racing Special to victory in the 15-lap Open-Wheel Modified main event with Adam Ogle of Cosby, TN in the Ogle’s Neighborhood Service and Towing Lightning and Kirk Turner of Crossville, TN in the C&S Logging Dirtworkx finishing second and third respectively.
Johnny Hughes of Graysville, TN continued his domination of the B-Hobby Division by driving the Hughes Racing Monte Carlo to his fourth straight win in the 15-lap main event. Lamar Hughes of Soddy Daisy, TN took the second spot in the Hughes Racing Chevy, and the third spot went to Jim Gilbert of Rossville, GA in the Gilbert Racing Special.
Spencer Walton of Crossville, TN won the 15-lap Thunder main event in the Kennedy Siding Monte Carlo. Cody Satterfield of Knoxville, TN took the second spot in the Satterfield Racing Monte Carlo and Clayton Forsyth of Crossville, TN finished third in the Forsyth Motorsports Chevelle.
Jacob Sharp of Crosville, TN in the Sharp Race Cars Chevrolet topped the Adams Brothers of Crossville, TN in the 15-lap Front-Wheel-Drive main event. Nick Adams was second in the Grave Digger Chevrolet HHR, and Nathan Adams took the third spot in the Adams Racing Special.
Mountain View Raceway will present a Regular Weekly Point Race this Saturday night for the Late Model, Sportsman, Beginner Sportsman, Open-Wheel Modified, B-Hobby, Thunder and Front-Wheel-Drive Divisions. The Kids will also take the spotlight at Intermission with a Bicycle Race for three age groups: 4 to 6, 7 to 10, and 11 to 13.
On Saturday at Mountain View Raceway, the Pit Gate opens at 3 p.m., and the Grandstand/Tier Parking Gates opens at 4 p.m. Pre-Race Technical Inspection and Registration will be from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the Drivers Meeting is set for 5:45 p.m., with Racing scheduled for 6 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 $2. 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 423-507-2619 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.
OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW RACEWAY IN SPRING CITY, TN ON 5/22/21:
TOPLESS OUTLAW DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES – 40 Laps: 1. Chase King, Seymour, TN; 2. John Ownbey, Cleveland, TN; 3. Cory Hedgecock, Loudon, TN; 4. Kenny Collins, Colbert, GA; 5. Barry Goodman, Spring City, TN; 6. Jesse Lowe, Crossville, TN; 7. Matt Henderson, Loudon, TN; 8. Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga, TN; 9. Jordan Horton, New Tazewell, TN; 10. Jed Emert, Maryville, TN; 11. Austin Neely, New Tazewell, TN; 12. Jason Manley, Loudon, TN; 13. Layne Clifton, Seymour, TN; 14. Ruben Mayfield, Lenoir City, TN; 15. Karl Tipton, Gilbert, AZ; 16. Joe Bray, New Tazewell, TN; 17. John Llewellyn, Knoxville, TN; 18. Roger Best, Maryville, TN; 19. Chris Lewis, Lenoir City, TN; 20. Daniel Richards, Lenoir City, TN; 21. Kelvin White, Madisonville, TN; 22. Christopher Peak, Evensville, TN; 23. Addison Cardwell, Knoxville, TN; 24. Jeremy Hicks, Cleveland, TN; DNS: Harley Maginness, Dayton, TN; Micah Jones, Knoxville, TN; Mitchell Childress, Seymour, TN; Gregory Jolley, Spring City, TN; Mitchell Burke, Tazewell, TN.
SPORTSMAN – 15 Laps: 1. Jed Emert, Maryville, TN; 2. Hayden Cardwell, Knoxville, TN; 3. Hayden Ownbey, Cleveland, TN; 4. Joe Bray, New Tazewell, TN; 5. Warren McMahan, Dandridge, TN; 6. Ethan Hunter, Harrison, TN; 7. John Smith, Soddy Daisy, TN; 8. David Doss, Cleveland, TN; 9. Trent Turner, Crossville, TN; 10. Billy Branch, Knoxville, TN; 11. Aaron Watson, Dayton, TN; 12. Jeremy Hicks, Cleveland, TN; 13. Jeff Jackson, Ooltewah, TN; 14. Bradley Douglas, Dayton, TN; 15. Bobby Doss, Cleveland, TN; 16. Randall Hicks, Cleveland, TN; 17. Donnie Van Winkle, Soddy Daisy, TN; 18. Bradley Goodman, Spring City, TN; 19. Tyler Dennis, Dayton, TN; 20. Zach Crager, Decatur, TN; 21. Addison Cardwell, Knoxville, TN DNS; 22. Tim Kilby, Maryville, TN DNS.
BEGINNER SPORTSMAN – 15 Laps: 1. Sean Truelove, Cleveland, TN; 2. David Peak, Evensville, TN; 3. Brady Lear, Brodhead, KY; 4. Josh Rogers, Dayton, TN; 5. Jamie Singleton, Tazewell, TN; 6. Tyler Loden, Spring City, TN; 7. Gary Levi, Cleveland, TN; 8. Danielle Loner, Tunnel Hill, GA; 9. Hunter Carey, Madisonville, TN; 10. Jeremy Thurman, Rockwood, TN; 11. Noah Phillips, Sevierville, TN; 12. Christian James, Soddy Daisy, TN; 13. Cody Youngblood, Rockwood, TN; 14. Earl Jordan, Dayton, TN; 15. Tyler Jolley, Spring City, TN; 16. Eric Rossington, Gainesboro, TN DNS.
OPEN-WHEEL MODIFIED – 15 Laps: 1. Wayne James, Cosby, TN; 2. Adam Ogle, Cosby, TN; 3. Kirk Turner, Crossville, TN; 4. Travis Sietsema, Crossville, TN; 5. Todd Mingey, Knoxville, TN; 6. Billy Palmer, Knoxville, TN; 7. Walter Walsh, Claxton, TN; 8. Joseph Reid, Harriman, TN; 9. Justan Parker, Spring City, TN; 10. Kyle Shadden, Dayton, TN; 11. David Lester, Rockwood, TN; 12. Chris Standridge, Maryville, TN; 13. Jeff Hamby, Lancing, TN.
B-HOBBY – 15 Laps: 1. Johnny Hughes, Graysville, TN; 2. Lamar Hughes, Soddy Daisy, TN; 3. Jim Gilbert, Rossville, GA; 4. David Beeler, Sevierville, TN; 5. Lewis Johnson, Dunlap, TN; 6. Andrew Rice, Crossville, TN; 7. James Smith, Dayton, TN; 8. Lloyd Singleton, Oliver Springs, TN; 9. Kenneth Daniels, Spring City, TN DNS.
THUNDER – 15 Laps: 1. Spencer Walton, Crossville, TN; 2. Cody Satterfield, Knoxville, TN; 3. Clayton Forsyth, Crossville, TN; 4. Colby Yarger, Spring City, TN; 5. Scott Smith, Soddy Daisy, TN; 6. Bobby Davenport, Crossville, TN; 7. Chris Williams, Soddy Daisy, TN; 8. Tony Tankersley, Spring City, TN; 9. Nate Hale, Spring City, TN DNS; 10. Eric Honeycutt, Rockwood, TN DNS.
FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE – 15 Laps: 1. Jacob Sharp, Crossville, TN; 2. Nick Adams, Crossville, TN; 3. Nathan Adams, Crossville, TN; 4. Tyler Walton, Crossville, TN; 5. Joe Scealf, Decatur, TN; 6. Jack Gresham, Decatur, TN; 7. Brandon Crawford, Knoxville, TN; 8. Josh Scealf, Decatur, TN; 9. Billy Long, Niota, TN; 10. Samuel King, Decatur, TN; 11. Josh Davis, Lenoir City, TN; 12. Savannah Merriman, Maryville, TN; 13. Krystin Webb, Spring City, TN; 14. Johnathon Evans, Sweetwater, TN; 15. Dylan Crumbley, Dayton, TN; 16. Evon Alley, Spring City, TN; 17. Zack Ricker, Niota, TN; 18. Bryson Elliott, Knoxville, TN; 19. Shaun Massey, Athens, TN; 20. William Beddingfield, Spring City, TN; 21. Allen Daniels, Decatur, TN; 22. Nate Ingham, Athens, TN; 23. Steven Ellison, Rockwood, TN DNS.
PHOTO CUTLINE: Chase King of Seymour, TN celebrates his $3,000 win driving the #44 Stinger Race Cars “House Car” on Saturday night with Trophy Girl Tabatha Hufstetler after the 40-lap Topless Outlaw Dirt Late Model Series Feature Race at Mountain View Raceway in Spring City, TN. (Mountain View Raceway Media Photo by Greg Farmer)