Skip Arp
is the Master at the Mountain!
(September
14, 2024) Skip Arp showed why he’s the one to beat
by winning Saturday’s Topless Outlaws feature. (MRM
Racing Photo)
The 40-lap feature started with Jordan Rodabaugh and Skip Arp
on the front row via setting fast time in their respective qualifying
group. Rodabaugh took the lead on lap 1 as the field raced into
turn 1. Arp fought back with a power move on the outside to take
the lead on lap 2. Rodabaugh slid back through the field just
past the halfway point as Rusty Ballenger took the second spot
on a lap 5 restart. Cory Hedgecock would later wrestle third away
from Rodabaugh after a lengthy battle with Riley Hickman for the
fourth spot. Ballenger made a bid for the lead on a lap 28 restart
but could not get the drive on the low side to complete the pass.
Arp cruised to the win in the closing laps with Ballenger and
Hedgecock rounding out the top 3.
Jason Welshan held off Zach Shannon in the closing laps to win
the sportsman late model feature. The race went caution free with
Shannon giving a peak to the outside of Welshan in the closing
laps. Welshan was too strong in taking the win over Shannon. Adam
Mitchell finished third.
Tim Kilby won the street stock feature despite a late charge
by Eric Hughes who came from the 5th starting spot. Colby Long
avoided disaster in a mid-race accident that took place around
him to post a third place finish.
Travis Weeks picked up his second front wheel drive win at Smoky
Mountain Speedway ahead of Brandon Porstner. Dakota Lamping came
from fifth to finish third.
Tucker Banther was in the right place as the right time to get
the Crown Vic win.
Topless Outlaws: 1. 31-Skip Arp[2]; 2. 29-Rusty
Ballenger[3]; 3. 20J-Cory Hedgecock[9]; 4. 66-Jordan Rodabaugh[1];
5. R1-Riley Hickman[5]; 6. 22(A)-Tucker Anderson[11]; 7. 17-Randy
Weaver[13]; 8. 51-Jed Emert[12]; 9. 32-Jason Manley[8]; 10. 18-Hayden
Ownbey[15]; 11. 2X-Anthony White[21]; 12. 24-Anthony White Jr[17];
13. 171-Kyle Courtney[10]; 14. 38-Jamie Oliver[20]; 15. 3-Austin
Neely[16]; 16. 2P-Terry Poore[23]; 17. J4-Colten Jackson[24];
18. 03-Dante Curtis[4]; 19. 16C-Chad Alley[7]; 20. 10B-Bradley
Lewelling[14]; 21. 7T-Tyler Price[18]; 22. 27-Jordon Horton[22];
23. 97-Bobby Giffin[19]; 24. 29(W)-Jason Welshan[6]
Sportsman Late Models: 1. 01-Jason Welshan[1];
2. Z1-Zach Shannon[2]; 3. 50-Adam Mitchell[4]; 4. 102-Reed Hatchett[3];
5. 2-Mitchell Childress[5]; 6. 6C-Chandler Hickman[6]; 7. C4-Cameron
Hawkins[8]; 8. 22-Dustin Ward[12]; 9. 15-Colby Horner[7]; 10.
5-Curtis Thomas[10]; 11. P7-Matt Steward[13]; 12. 7T-Tiffany Hensley[9];
13. 33-Warren McMahan[16]; 14. 14-Ralph Langston[14]; 15. 13-Chris
Kelly[11]; 16. 44-David Beeler[23]; 17. 6-Sonny Huskey[24]; 18.
11-Tim Bounds[22]; 19. 99-Robert Buchanan[21]; 20. 54-Mitchell
Burke[18]; 21. 1-Michael Helton[20]; 22. 95B-Hunter Jenkins[17];
23. D22-DJ Shannon[15]; 24. (DNS) 34-Phillip Shockley
Street Stocks: 1. T11-Tim Kilby[1]; 2. 10H-Eric
Hughes[5]; 3. 10-Colby Long[4]; 4. 23-Greg Huskey[9]; 5. M2-Shannon
Emery[12]; 6. 14H-Sam Burgess[8]; 7. 1-Cody Satterfield[10]; 8.
20-David Brogdon[6]; 9. 15-Donovan Long[2]; 10. 51-Allen Birchfield[13];
11. 8-Brandon Francis[16]; 12. 20H-Johnny Hughes[3]; 13. 00-Josh
Henry[7]; 14. (DNS) 51C-David Clark; 15. (DNS) 51K-Dalton King;
16. (DNS) 05-Jesse Hickman
Front Wheel Drive: 1. 85-Travis Weeks[1]; 2.
B56-Brandon Porstner[2]; 3. 11D-Dakota Lamping[5]; 4. 24-Ricky
Ritenour[7]; 5. 23S-Karsyn Stibb[14]; 6. 88-Shaylee Hinds[16];
7. 7-Kaitlyn Bray[4]; 8. 32-Chase Sands[9]; 9. 57-Cody Ritenour[11];
10. 51-Colton Keasler[13]; 11. 21H-Shane Hawkins[12]; 12. 11-Ricky
Elrod[15]; 13. 27-Jeff Singleton[18]; 14. 27R-Nick Romesburg[6];
15. 18-James Burnette[8]; 16. 11R-Shal Ritenour[10]; 17. B01-Braden
Johnson[20]; 18. 20-Preston Atkins[17]; 19. 23-Austin Maples[3];
20. 8-Dylan Cupp[19]
Crown Vic: 1. 21-Tucker Banther[6]; 2. 11-Emma
Coffey[3]; 3. 7-Corey Vickers[2]; 4. 21X-Travis Banther[1]; 5.
327-Shyan Lichlyter[8]; 6. J1-Joseph McGill[4]; 7. 13-Amber Gilpatrick[5];
8. (DNS) 20-Anthony Brown
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