ELLIOTT TAKES LAST LAP NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS WIN AT 411

SEYMOUR, TN – The “Mohawk Warrior” Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN only led 200 feet of the Ole Smoky Moonshine 40 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division on Friday night at 411 Motor Speedway, but it was the most important distance, as it led to the checkered flag and the $2,000 top prize.

Elliott drove his Car Smart Auto Sales CVR under Brian King of Seymour, TN coming off the fourth turn on the final lap to post his second career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division victory.

“Ryan was leaving just enough of the bottom groove open for me to get my nose in there going into turn three,” Elliott said.  “I got into him, and I didn’t mean to, but it’s the last lap, and it’s for the win.  That’s racing.”

King hung on to finish second in the Brian King Roofing Stinger, a race car adorned with a graphics package to honor his mentor, the late great Scott Sexton.  Polesitter and new track record holder Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN took the third spot in the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket.  Hedgecock out-timed the 31-car field with a lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 13.826 seconds.

Walker Arthur of Forest, VA started 12^th in the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms Special and made some big moves on restarts to finish fourth.  Josh Adkins of Talladega, AL was fifth in the Yellow Hammer Construction Special.  Arthur took over the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point lead with a 16-point advantage over Adkins.

The defending 411 Motor Speedway Late Model Champion Rusty Ballinger of Sevierville, TN finished sixth in the Rehel Diesel/East Tennessee Metal Special and Todd Coffman of Parksville, KY drove the Coffman Photography Rocket to a seventh-place finish.  Brad Coffey of Maryville, TN was eighth in the CDE Electric Warrior.

Tait Davenport of Benton, KY finished ninth in the Murtco, Inc. Special, and Adam Beeler of Knoxville, TN rounded out the Top 10 in the Mighty Muffler and Brakes CVR.  In preliminary action, the two 12-lap B-Main races were won by Coffey and Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN in the Vic Davis Construction TNT.

Hedgecock grabbed the lead from the pole position at the drop of the initial green flag followed by Elliott, King, Adkins, and Coffman.  The first of three caution flags came out on lap two when Tanner Works of Cleveland, TN spun the D&K Auto CVR in turn two.  On the restart, King drove around the outside of Elliott coming off the second turn to take over the second spot.

The yellow caution bulb was lit a second time on lap three when Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN slowed the A Plus Collision Center GRT in turn four.  Hedgecock had King, Elliott, Adkins, Coffman, Ballinger, and Coffey in the seventh spot doubled up behind him for the “Dixie Style” double file restart.

Chris Noah of Rainbow City, AL in the Old Man’s Garage Special restarted in the eighth spot with defending NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN up from the 13^th starting spot to restart in ninth driving the NeSmith Chevrolet Special, and Arthur was tenth when the field went back to green flag action.

Arthur made a big move on the restart, coming from tenth to seventh.  King began to put pressure on Hedgecock to challenge for the point, and made an inside move on lap five to take the lead.  King began to encounter lapped traffic on lap 11, and by lap 15, had stretched his advantage over to Hedgecock to a half-straightaway advantage.

Elliott dodged a bullet on lap 24 when he tangled with a lapped car on the front straightaway and spun to the infield.  That brought out the yellow flag, and Elliott was put back in the third spot for the restart, as the lapped car was ticketed for the caution.  Elliott took advantage of his good fortune, as he passed Hedgecock for the second spot on the restart, while Arthur vaulted from seventh to fourth.

Once Elliott got around Hedgecock for second, King was unable to shake the second-place car, as Elliott stayed within two to three car lengths of the leader.  King was running the middle groove of the speedway, leaving the inside open.  Elliott was chomping at the bit to fill the opening.

With five laps to go, lapped traffic loomed ahead of the lead duo, and after they took the white flag, they were entangled in the traffic on the final lap.  Going into turn three, King maintained his line, but Elliott pulled the trigger and dove for the bottom of the race track.

The two cars made contact, but on the smooth, hammer-down race track, it was Elliott powering off the bottom the fourth turn to take the lead with the checkered flag waving in front of him.

The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division returns to 411 Motor Speedway on Saturday night for night two of the Ole Smoky Moonshine Nationals with the $3,000-to-win Ole Smoky Moonshine 50, Round 5 of the 2014 season.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 4 AT 411 MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN SEYMOUR, TN ON 4/4/14:

 

POS        STRT     CAR #    DRIVER                               HOMETOWN                     LAPS     $ WON
1.             2              J39         Jimmy Elliott                      Cleveland, TN                     40           $2,000
2.             3              52           Ryan King                            Sevierville, TN                    40           $1,000
3.             1              23           Cory Hedgecock                 Loudon, TN                         40           $700
4.             12           87           Walker Arthur                    Forest, VA                            40           $550
5.             5              19m        Josh Adkins                         Talladega, AL                     40           $500

6.             7              29           Rusty Ballinger                  Sevierville, TN                    40           $425
7.             4              35           Todd Coffman                    Parksville, KY                    40           $375
8.             9              88           Brad Coffey                        Maryville, TN                     40           $350
9.             15           18           Tait Davenport                   Benton, KY                          40           $325
10.          8              66           Adam Beeler                       Knoxville, TN                     40           $300
11.          13           5              Ronnie Johnson                  Chattanooga, TN                40           $275
12.          14           007         Roger Best                           Maryville, TN                     40           $250
13.          19           51           Mack McCarter                  Gatlinburg, TN                   40           $225
14.          6              56           Chris Noah                           Rainbow City, AL              40           $200
15.          21           B00        Josh Henry                          Newport, TN                        40           $175
16.          16           17w        Brett Wyatt                          Crossville, TN                     40           $150
17.          20           71           Brian Courtney                  Knoxville, TN                     40           $140
18.          17           RJ1        Jared Hawkins                    Fairmont, WV                     24           $125
19,          11           8a           Todd Morrow                     East Ridge, TN                    22           $125
20.          23           121         Michael Blount                   Sumrall, MS                        21           $125
21.          10           24           Jensen Ford                         Piney Flats, TN                   16           $125
22.          24           33           Warren McMahan             White Pine, TN                   16           $125
23.          18           T35        Tanner Works                    Cleveland, TN                     1              $125
24.          22           73           Ashley Newman                  Ripley, TN                            0              $125

 

ENTRIES:  31
FAST QUALIFIER:  Hedgecock, 13.826 Seconds (New Track Record)
PROVISIONAL:  Blount
LEAD CHANGES:  2
LAP LEADERS:  Hedgecock, 1-4; King, 5-39; Elliott, 40
LAPS LED:  King, 35; Hedgecock, 4; Elliott, 1
ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Noah
DOMINATOR RACE PRODUCTS HARD LUCK AWARD:  Newman
PRC JUST MISSED IT AWARD:  Evan Taylor
STEALTH RACING CARBURETORS 7^TH-PLACE AWARD:  Coffman
SCHAEFFER’S OIL 8^TH-PLACE AWARD PRESENTED BY CHAD WALLACE AND HEATHER NEWSOME: Coffey
MODERN IMAGES 9^TH-PLACE AWARD:  Davenport
AR BODIES 10^TH-PLACE AWARD:  Beeler
MIKE CUSTOM TANKS 11^TH-PLACE AWARD:  Johnson
SCHOENFELD HEADERS 12^TH-PLACE AWARD:  Best
KINSER AIR FILTERS 13^TH-PLACE AWARD:  McCarter
CAUTIONS:  3
MARGIN OF VICTORY:  .424 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE:  27 Minutes and 18.570 Seconds

 

QUALIFYING (Top 8 Transfer To Main Event):

 

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	HOMETOWN	CHASSIS	LAP 1	LAP 2	TIME
1	23	Cory Hedgecock	Loudon, TN	Rocket	14.038	13.826	13.826
2	J39	Jimmy Elliott	Cleveland, TN	CVR	14.585	14.087	14.087
3	52	Ryan King	Seymour, TN	Stinger	14.167	14.114	14.114
4	35	Todd Coffman	Parksville, KY	Rocket	14.292	14.137	14.137
5	19m	Josh Adkins	Talladega, AL	Barry Wright	14.317	14.177	14.177
6	56n	Chris Noah – R	Rainbow City, AL	Mastersbilt	14.949	14.211	14.211
7	29	Rusty Ballinger	Sevierville, TN	Mastersbilt	14.476	14.225	14.225
8	66	Adam Beeler	Knoxville, TN	CVR	14.413	14.275	14.275
9	88	Brad Coffey	Maryville, TN	Warrior	14.971	14.335	14.335
10	24	Jensen Ford	Piney Flats, TN	TNT	14.461	14.384	14.384
11	5	Ronnie Johnson	Chattanooga, TN	Mastersbilt	14.554	14.385	14.385
12	007	Roger Best	Maryville, TN	Warrior	14.620	14.393	14.393
13	8a	Todd Morrow	East Ridge, TN	GRT	14.509	14.399	14.399
14	T35	Tanner Works	Cleveland, TN	CVR	14.662	14.406	14.406
15	18	Tait Davenport	Benton, KY	Longhorn	14.663	14.471	14.471
16	87	Walker Arthur	Forest, VA	Mastersbilt	14.815	14.493	14.493
17	33	Warren McMahan	White Pine, TN	Warrior	14.494	14.631	14.494
18	17w	Brett Wyatt	Crossville, TN	Mastersbilt	14.931	14.523	14.523
19	RJ1	Jared Hawkins	Fairmont, WV	Rocket	14.961	14.635	14.635
20	A1	Rick Hixson	Soddy Daisy, TN	CVR	14.789	14.708	14.708
21	51	Mack McCarter	Gatlinburg, TN	CVR	14.752	14.893	14.752
22	73	Ashley Newman	Ripley, TN	Pierce	15.520	14.831	14.831
23	121	Michael Blount	Sumrall, MS	Trak-Star	15.092	14.902	14.902
24	71	Brian Courtney	Knoxville, TN	CVR	NT	15.027	15.027
25	17	Ronald Dunn	Corinth, MS	Barry Wright	15.429	15.071	15.071
26	36	Evan Taylor	Clarksville, TN	PPM	15.437	15.412	15.412
27	B00	Josh Henry	Newport, TN	Stinger	15.821	15.615	15.615
28	7	William Overbey	Norris, TN	Rayburn	16.438	15.735	15.735
29	97	Evan Bell	Buford, GA	Rocket	16.079	15.836	15.836
30	56r	Jonathan Rowan	Whiteville, TN	Rocket	NT	NT	NT
31	17	Matt Henderson	Loudon, TN	CVR	NT	NT	NT

 

B-MAINS (12 Laps – Top 7 Transfer To Main Event):

 

1^ST B-MAIN:  1. Coffey; 2. Morrow; 3. Johnson; 4. Davenport; 5. Hawkins; 6. McCarter; 7. Henry; 8. McMahan; 9. Dunn; 10. Blount; 11. Bell; 12. Henderson DNS.

 

2^ND B-MAIN:  1. Ford; 2. Arthur; 3. Best; 4. Wyatt; 5. Works; 6. Courtney; 7. Newman; 8. Taylor; 9. Overbey; 10. Rowan; 11. Hixson.

 

NeSMITH CHEVROLET DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/4/14:
1. 87 Walker Arthur – 284
2. 19m Josh Adkins – 268
3. 51 Mack McCarter – 264
4. 56n Chris Noah (R) – 248
5. 5 Ronnie Johnson – 240
6. 18 Tait Davenport – 236
7. 121 Michael Blount – 198
8. 53 Ray Cook – 194
9. 58 Mark Whitener – 182
10. 5d Robert Diekemper – 174
11. 2c Joey Coulter – 172
12. 4 Jeremy Faircloth – 170
13. 18e Chase Edge – 164
14. 7 Jason Fitzgerald – 158
15. 93 Donald Bradsher – 156
16. 8 Scott Lagesse Jr. – 148
17. 27 Ben Faircloth – 144
18. 110 Brent Barrett – 142
19. 56 David Earl Gentry – 138
20. 17c Steve Cooke – 132

 

R – Rookie of the Year Candidate

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