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Walnut Grove, N.C. driver Jason Myers survived two spins to earn an Open Wheel Modified win in his first career visit to Kingsport Speedway. (photo by Randall Perry)
KINGSPORT — Having already conquered “The Madhouse”, Walnut Cove, N.C. racer Jason Myers proved worthy at the “Concrete Jungle” as well, winning a wild KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series 125 at Kingsport Speedway Friday night.
Myers, starred on the History Channel’s 2009 reality series “The Madhouse” depicting the struggles and triumphs of Open Wheel Modified racers at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Sale, N.C.
It got pretty crazy at Kingsport Speedway Friday night, as Myers survived two spins initiated by the rough driving Dawsonville, Ga. youngster Spencer Davis to make a double pass, moving from third to first on the final lap.
Abingdon’s Caleb Holman appeared to be the man to beat in the early laps, moving from his fifth places starting position to the lead within the first five laps. Holman was stretching his lead turning laps in the 14.2-second range when a apparent mechanic failure put his “Food Country” sponsored entry in the pits for good around lap 30.
With Holman’s departure, Myers appeared to have the race in hand.
But, late contact between Davis and Myers as they were maneuvering through slower traffic put King, N.C. driver Dan Speeny in the lead with five to go. As Myers was making a move to pass Speeny for the lead in the final laps, Davis set Myers spinning in turn four with contact from behind.
On the last lap Davis pushed Speeny high coming out of turn two, opening the door for Myers to make a winning move on the bottom past both of them on the backstretch. Speeny finished second and Davis in third.
“It was’t much of a race until the restarts,” Myers said from victory lane. “It takes a real class act to knock somebody out going around a lapped car, and then try to wreck him on the restart when you know I’m getting ready to straight-away you like I did the first 120 laps. But I’ll tell you what, this thing was untouchable tonight. We stayed out on our old tires and we’re still better than the rest of them.”
Myers added, “I drove my butt off. I earned that race.”
Myers wasn’t very flattering towards Davis’s driving style.
“You can tell he’s trying to wreck everybody to get there, because it’s the only way he’s going to do it. We passed him, and I don’t think I wrecked anybody all night long.”
Zane Smith Scores 1st PASS South Victory At Kingsport’s Daniel Boone Classic
KINGSPORT, TN (May 8) – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model points leader Zane Smith took the lead from veteran Lee Tissot on lap 47 and led the rest of the way to score the win in the Daniel Boone Classic 125 Friday night at Kingsport Speedway. The win comes in only Smith’s ninth PASS South Super Late Model start and continues a dream season which started with a Speedweeks championship at New Smyrna Speedway back in February.
“I can’t thank this Crooks Racing crew enough, they’re the reason this car went so fast and they make my job a lot easier,” said Smith, donning the traditional coonskin cap that goes to the winner of the Daniel Boone Classic. “The outside groove worked great. We didn’t even try that in practice and I decided I didn’t want to try the bottom so we moved up top and made it work.”
In qualifying, Smith set a blazing pace to capture his first career PASS South fast qualifying time with a lap of 14.757 seconds around the .375 mile concrete speedway. After the top 10 qualifiers redraw, Smith would slot back into the seventh position while Jody Measamer and Tate Fogleman moved to the front row.
Measamer grabbed the initial lead, but was quickly overtaken by Jimmy Doyle on lap five. Local favorite Lee Tissot wasted little time moving from the eighth starting position to the lead on lap 13.
Following a caution for debris from Trey Jarrell’s machine on lap 16, Smith took the hard way around Kingsport Speedway, utilizing the high groove to move into second on lap 21. A fierce battle for the lead ensued as Smith stalked Tissot for the lead lap after lap. On lap 44, the two cars made contact entering turn one and began a side-by-side battle for the lead. Smith would eventually move by Tissot to take the lead three laps later.
Mechanical failures bit several contenders including Fogleman on lap 56 and Matt Craig on lap 100. Tissot spun in fluid from Craig’s machine and fell back to fourth after he got his car back going. Tissot climbed his way back up to second, but had nothing left from Smith’s Pro Am Racing Products Chevrolet. Following Smith and Tissot to the checkered flag were Jarrell, Measamer, and Kevin Floars. Rounding out the top 10 were Jay Fogleman, AJ Frank, Tim Pinion, Jimmy Doyle, and Craig,
Rookie Jake Spillers took advantage of a flat right front tire for race leader Kodie Conner with five laps to go and cruised the rest of the way for his first career PASS Pro Late Model win. Rounding out the top five were Jordan McCallum, Zachary Dabbs, Cameron Burke, and Conner.
Jason Myers survived two late race spins and outran Dan Speeney and Spencer Davis in a wild three way photo finish to win the Food Country USA 125 for the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series. Series points leader and two-time race winner Burt Myers suffered a series of mechanical failures to end his early season win streak. Following J. Myers, Speeney, and Davis to the checkered flag were Mike Norman and Jimmy Wallace.
Johnny Johnson led flag-to-flag to claim the win in the Flathead Ford feature.
The PASS South Super Late Models and KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series will be in action again, along with the PASS Pro Late Models and Street Stocks on Friday, May 22 for the Old Glory Twin 125’s at Concord Speedway. For more information, please go to ProAllStarsSeries.com, “Like” the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @PASSSLM14.
PASS South Super Late Model – Daniel Boone Classic – Unofficial Results
1. 77 – Zane Smith 125
2. 27 – Lee Tissot 125
3. 12 – Trey Jarrell
4. 98 – Jody Measamer
5. 55 – Kevin Floars
6. 8 – Jay Fogleman
7. 24 – AJ Frank
8. 42 – Tim Pinion
9. 71 – Jimmy Doyle
10. 54 – Matt Craig
11. 8f – Tate Fogleman
12. 4m – Kyle McCallum
PASS Pro Late Model – 40 laps – Unofficial Saturday Results
1. 55 – Jake Spillers
2. 3 – Jordan McCallum
3. 23 – Zachary Dabbs
4. 82 – Cameron Burke
5. 45 – Kodie Conner
6. 26 – Chandler Smith
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