4.23.21 Tri County Race Track Results

Round three of the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series took center stage on Friday night, April 23 at Ray Cook’s Tri-County Race Track and local favorite David Payne came out on top of an exciting race at the 1/4-mile oval dubbed as the “Tiger Pit.” David, who knocked down the quickest lap in Group A during the qualifying session to earn the pole position for the 40-lap headliner, utilized heavy lapped traffic to grab the point from race long leader Cory Hedgecock on the 18th circuit. The Murphy, North Carolina ace then fought back several challenges and slidejobs from Hedgecock over the final 22 laps to claim the $4,053 top prize in the inaugural running of the ‘North Carolina State Championship.’ (Candice McCue Photo)

Hedgecock, who paced the field for the first 17 laps from the outside of the front row, settled for a strong runner-up performance – a mere 0.290 seconds behind Payne. Series point leader Dale McDowell blasted from his ninth starting spot to round out the podium in third. Another local hotshoe Shawn Chastain brought his #x15 machine home in the fourth position, while series regular Donald McIntosh grabbed the final spot inside of the top five.

“This is a racy place and Ray (Cook) does a great job with it,” exclaimed Payne following the triumph. “There at the end, I could feel my car start going away a little bit, so I started trying to move around. I was searching a little bit and I could feel him a time or two, but I really appreciate (Cory) Hedgecock racing me clean.”

David’s win last night at the Brasstown, North Carolina bullring marked his first career visit to Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series victory lane. His win came aboard a Gibson Motorsports Capital Race Car powered by a Jay Dickens Racing Engine with sponsorship from Payne Excavating, Interstate Welding, PPM Racing Products, American Racer Tires South, Base Racing Fuels, and Schaeffer’s Oil.

An 18 car field assembled at Tri-County Race Track and the feature lineup was set entirely from the qualifying session. David Payne paced Group A with a lap of 12.513 seconds, while Cory Hedgecock posted the quickest time in Group B and overall with a fast lap of 12.360 seconds.

Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series:
1) 8 David Payne $4,053
2) 23 Cory Hedgecock $2,000
3) 17m Dale McDowell $1,400
4) x15 Shawn Chastain $1,000
5) 7m Donald McIntosh $800
6) 15 Dean Bowen $700
7) 4 Danny Ledford $600
8) 3 Luke Bennett $550
9) 86 Jeff Neubert $525
10) 7g Craig Greer $500
11) 12 Ashton Winger $480
12) 11b Stacy Boles $470
13) 47 Tim Rucker $460
14) 31 Alex Ashley $450
15) 6 Blake Spencer $440
16) 14 Johnny Cloer $430
17) 38 Jamie Oliver $420
18) 34 Glenn Barnett DNS

Interstate Welding Modified Street:
1) 6 Seth Wimpey
2) 44 Bobby Elkins
3) 88 Ricky Smith
4) 4 Jacob Parris
5) 37 Michael Barnett
6) 03 Dante Curtis
7) 35 Dylan Daves
8) 45 Brandon Elliott
9) 56 Colton Berrong
10) 22 Matt Sandefur
DQ) 42 Johnny Gulizia

Street Stock:
1) 1 Roger Beaver
2) 21 Troy Turner
3) j69 Jim Weller
4) 44 Chuck Sims
5) 36 Eric Farnham
6) 95 Alex Vance
7) 9 Logan Exum
8) 01 Jacob Lynch
9) 41 Andy Ames
DQ) 91 Clint Watkins

Beginner Class:
1) 22 Tucker Anderson
2) 4 Mark Ledford
3) 15 Noah Phillips
4) 28 Roy Hardman
5) 16 Teresa Schuler
6) 192 Jay Lynch
7) 117 Dylan Beaver
8) 55 Brad Sosebee
9) 9 Jordan Rogers
DNS) James Klaucke

Pony:
1) 4m Marty King
2) f11 Caylee Payne
3) 01 Phillip Wood
4) 21 Kylee Worley

Front Wheel Drive:
1) j3 Josh Deese
2) 192r Robby Lynch
3) 10 Blake Lynch
4) 35 Kyle Worley
5) 05 Glenn Coker
6) 101 Brandon Lynch
7) 92 Brent Lynch
8) 2bb John Burnette
9) 42 Scotty Gosnell
10) 74 DJ Worley
11) j4 Josh Smith
12) 19 Sean Rice
13) a1 Stephen Godfrey
14) 28 Jason Coates
15) 32 Justin Queen
DNS) j32 Shannon Jones
DNS) 18x Lucas Beaver
DQ) 7 Matt Cordin